We are using Bluetooth to discover apple tvs that are on a wired connection. We also have some connected wirelessly using WPA2
Jeff Legge Network Services Radford University (540)-831-7727 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Heffner Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 1:57 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV BLE discovery when connected via wired We found the BT discovery does work ok with wired LAN. A few of the network guys weren’t too happy about the inability to disable the Apple Sleep Proxy Service. It can cause a little bit of bonjour hell, as they called it, if bonjour is enabled on the LAN. The BT discovery we found was a bit unreliable. It would work most of the time, but when testing we found there are times that we couldn’t get an iPad to find the AppleTV till it was rebooted and we were concerned with distance. IMO it works better for conference rooms and possibly smaller classrooms if you don’t mind it broadcasting. We are still using our Mirror App though. Yosemite still doesn’t have support for BT discovery yet, though I’d assume that is coming. I wonder if AirServer/Reflector will add it at some point too. I’ve been watching the iOS betas for the new features coming that will utilize WiFi-direct. Jason > On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:38 PM, Michael Dickson <mdick...@nic.umass.edu> wrote: > > Thanks Lee. Yes I believe you are correct. No ATV discovery over BLE yet for > MacOSX. I misspoke about that earlier. Maybe this will be announced tomorrow > and we'll forget all about the lack of iWatch announcement! ;-) > > Mike > > Michael Dickson > Network Analyst > Office of Information Technologies > University of Massachusetts Amherst > Voice 413.545.9639 > > On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > >> This is exactly what we're doing, and so far our biggest Appleheads are >> happy. But... only works from iOS so far, no BTE pairing from OSX yet >> (unless something changed very recently). >> >> -Lee Badman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv >> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Dickson >> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 1:26 PM >> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU >> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV BLE discovery when connected via wired >> >> Apple TV discovery over Bluetooth Low Energy is a welcome workaround for >> enterprises which block mDNS on their wireless networks. I see plenty of >> discussion about ATV discovery using BLE over wireless. What about when the >> ATV is connected to the wire? >> >> I'm curious if anyone has successfully used ATV BLE discovery when the Apple >> TV is connected to a wired Ethernet jack instead of wirelessly. In this >> scenario, the MacBook or iPad would be connected wirelessly, just not the >> ATV. The iPad would discover the ATV using BLE then the partnership would be >> handed off would be via IP. Seems this should be ok if all done via layer 3 >> post-discovery. >> >> We have an opportunity to add a dedicated wired jack for some ATV's going in >> classrooms and I'm in the camp of "wired when you can, wireless when you >> must" for these types of end points. >> >> Thanks, >> Mike >> >> Michael Dickson >> Network Analyst >> Office of Information Technologies >> University of Massachusetts Amherst >> Voice 413.545.9639 >> >> ********** >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >> >> ********** >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
