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Can anybody speculate on what would happen if I connected a Mac directly to a Beosound Essence MkII via an ethernet cable? Would the Essence work as it should if connected directly to a computer in this fashion?
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Well, would the essence "See" the twonky server instance running on the ethernet connected MAC, rather than using Wifi? I'd still use BeoMusic of course. I'm only interested in the connectivity possibility out of convenience.
Only saying this because I have acquired an old iMac which would be nice to have in the music nook area in my house for multiple purposes. I'd love to just connect it to the essence directly.
If you turn on internet sharing on the mac this can work, yes. Optimal? No.
If you add the Mac to the same network as the Essence, I would think this should work. That is, plug it into your router.
The Mac would have to have a DLNA server of some kind (could be Twonky) running.
Whether that runs on a Mac, a Win-pc or on a NAS is not important - as long as everything is on the same network (and online).
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Stan:If you add the Mac to the same network as the Essence, I would think this should work. That is, plug it into your router.
BeoNut since '75
Not true. Internet Sharing is there and works just fine on my Late 2013 MacBook Pro with latest software updates.
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tph: Not true. Internet Sharing is there and works just fine on my Late 2013 MacBook Pro with latest software updates.
And this was the post I was referring to (pardon me, I could not find a way to edit my previous post)...
leosgonewild:The macs don't support internet sharing anymore. I think you need a Mac pre 2009 for this. And Internet sharing on macs was real ***.
And Internet sharing on macs was real ***.