A few beginner questions regarding Mac sharing

[Charlie97L]

(09-03-2010 09:41 PM)VelvetPaw Wrote:  Well, did you manage to update your PCH's firmware yet?

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http://www.popcornhour.com/download/A110...-A110.html

WOOOHOOOO

i just got it online.

i moved it downstairs to a different connection, and also i had changed around a few things on the router, rebooted everything, and reinitialized DHCP.

i want to make sure all my media is shared, then i will try it upstairs again. looks like a router setting was teh culprit.

[VelvetPaw]

(09-03-2010 10:02 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  WOOOHOOOO

i just got it online.

i moved it downstairs to a different connection, and also i had changed around a few things on the router, rebooted everything, and reinitialized DHCP.

i want to make sure all my media is shared, then i will try it upstairs again. looks like a router setting was teh culprit.

Great! Well, let's hope the shares are working, too.

[Charlie97L]

(09-03-2010 10:04 PM)VelvetPaw Wrote:  Great! Well, let's hope the shares are working, too.

Yes, everything is working downstairs.

I guess it's a cable problem, though that's odd, because netflix and streaming work over that connection to the PS3, use it every day.

At least I know where the issue is now.

[VelvetPaw]

(09-03-2010 10:17 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  Yes, everything is working downstairs.

I guess it's a cable problem, though that's odd, because netflix and streaming work over that connection to the PS3, use it every day.

At least I know where the issue is now.

That's odd indeed.. hopefully the wiring you have done is not too complicated to change.....

[Charlie97L]

(09-03-2010 10:18 PM)VelvetPaw Wrote:  That's odd indeed.. hopefully the wiring you have done is not too complicated to change.....

nah, it's just a jump down to the storage room where my router is.

ok, it appears that the router wants it connected via a switch instead of directly into the router.

that's odd. not questioning it though, i needed to put a switch up here anyway.

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(09-03-2010 10:22 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  nah, it's just a jump down to the storage room where my router is.

ok, it appears that the router wants it connected via a switch instead of directly into the router.

that's odd. not questioning it though, i needed to put a switch up here anyway.

Only problem now is that that switch I have is a decade old piece of garbage and wont' stream.

Anyhoo, it worked! YAY. Allllright.

Thank you so much for your help sir! Now, onto YAMJ!

I'm glad it wasn't my incompetence with settings and more just an issue with a cable.

[VelvetPaw]

(09-03-2010 10:22 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  nah, it's just a jump down to the storage room where my router is.

ok, it appears that the router wants it connected via a switch instead of directly into the router.

that's odd. not questioning it though, i needed to put a switch up here anyway.

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(09-03-2010 10:22 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  nah, it's just a jump down to the storage room where my router is.

ok, it appears that the router wants it connected via a switch instead of directly into the router.

that's odd. not questioning it though, i needed to put a switch up here anyway.

Only problem now is that that switch I have is a decade old piece of garbage and wont' stream.

Anyhoo, it worked! YAY. Allllright.

Thank you so much for your help sir! Now, onto YAMJ!

I'm glad it wasn't my incompetence with settings and more just an issue with a cable.

Hehe... Glad I could direct you a bit then.

[laden.m]

(09-03-2010 10:02 PM)Charlie97L Wrote:  WOOOHOOOO

i just got it online.

i moved it downstairs to a different connection, and also i had changed around a few things on the router, rebooted everything, and reinitialized DHCP.

i want to make sure all my media is shared, then i will try it upstairs again. looks like a router setting was teh culprit.

Hi Charlie97L,

i got the very same issue with my PCH110 and DIR-655 and a MAC.
I tried everything with no luck.
Can you please tell me how did you make it work.
PCH110 has the last FW. DIR-655 also.
I am using WIFI TPlink stick to connect with the ROUTER, and the router can see the PCH110, but i am not able to browse the device from my mac or to connect with anything from PCH.

as i read here it should be the same if i connect it with cable?

thanks in advance!

[Auggie]

(09-04-2010 03:12 PM)laden.m Wrote:  Hi Charlie97L,

i got the very same issue with my PCH110 and DIR-655 and a MAC.
I tried everything with no luck.
Can you please tell me how did you make it work.
PCH110 has the last FW. DIR-655 also.
I am using WIFI TPlink stick to connect with the ROUTER, and the router can see the PCH110, but i am not able to browse the device from my mac or to connect with anything from PCH.

as i read here it should be the same if i connect it with cable?

thanks in advance!

First thing, unless you have NMT apps installed on your PCH, which requires an internal hard drive to be installed, you won't be able to access your PCH-110 from your Mac as there really is nothing to access.

Second, most of the time my C-200 is unable to "see" my Mac and unRAID NAS Samba servers via the C-200's Network Browser, however, if I manually create the network shares on my C-200, I am only then able to "browse" those shares directly.

If you can at least access the internet with your PCH, try manually creating Network Shares on your PCH to the Samba shares on your Mac. If you haven't already, you will have to create Shares on your Mac via System Preferences->Sharing->File Sharing. For each folder or volume you share, you would need to also create a matching Network Share on the PCH.

[Charlie97L]

well, part of my issue was a weird switch/cable problem.

try turning off UPnP on the router and see if that does anything, that's the only major change i made in the settings.

above is right, there's nothing to "see" on the a-110 if it's not got a HDD in it.

[Charlie97L]

For those that were following, ultimately my issues stemmed from having a potential run in wall done in Cat 5 vs Cat 5 e... it'll be fine for the moment, but not when I rip my HD DVD collection to the HDD for streaming. I'm going to redo it in CAT6, I believe, and get rid of all my current ethernet cables (none else are in wall), and get all CAT6.

[barontracy]

I think that is not a problem because the router. Check the Mac (which you want to share files) and your IP settings PCH .Both should be one, IP, subnet mask, gateway and DNS addresses.