Hi, the reason to have your Mac Mini with EyeTV on a network is so that you have the program guide for recording programs easily. You just click on the program in the guide to set up the recording. If you are not on a network (either ethernet or wireless) which has access to the internet, you won't be able to use this feature, although as Daniel says, you don't need the internet to access the TV signal.
You do get a small arial with the Eyetv device, but unless you are very lucky, you won't get much much of a signal without having it linked to your main household outdoor arial. The program guide I use is IceTV, and you pay a yearly subscription for the service. cheers, Susan. On 17/06/2010, at 12:02 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > On 16/6/10 11:27 PM, "Curtis Peter" <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote: > >> >> Hi >> So you have the mac mini set up with wireless adsl? Does this present any >> problems with other people accessing your adsl through the wireless signal, >> or >> is the password protection sufficient? I presume the wireless access by the >> mac mini would be constant? Is a download speed of 1.2 or 1.3 mbps suffient? >> Excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject, but I am interested. >> Regards >> Peter >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > Hi Peter > > You don't actually need wireless at all for the eyeTV to work. It just runs > off the normal aerial point. > But yes, having it connected to the internet is good, as you can then update > the software, OS updates, TV guide online and "normal" access to the > internet as well as the other machines. > But if you don't want it on the internet, it won't affect the way eyeTV will > work. > > But yes, the Mac mini does hook up to the wireless internet. I use the > current model 1TB Time Capsule. I have a Netgear DG834 ADSL modem, an 8 Port > Gigabit Ethernet Router and at most times it runs 4-5 Mac's, 2 iPhones, an > iPad, a wireless Epson TX810FW printer, Epson Colour Laser printer, a WD > Ethernet MyWorld 1.5TB networked Hard Drive and most nights 2 other > computers I'm either setting up for clients or "fixing". And I don't notice > any loss in speed. It's all password protected and the SSD is not visible. > (People can't see the wireless network without knowing the name). > I think that's everything hooked up,...hehe. > > Hope that helps. > > Kind Regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
