Can an Apple TV be connected to iMac by cable?

[BuffaloG]

Hello All. Sorry in advance for my lack of technical expertise. My apple TV is nearly a year old, and I have just upgraded my iMac to 10.6.2.
My Apple TV has stopped communicating with my iMac. I upgraded last weekend - that could be the problem. I want to know if I can connect it directly to the iMac via cable and set up a network or do I need other equipment.
I would ideally like to get it working wirelessly but if a direct cable will have to be fitted - so be it.

Anyway any help would be appreciated.

Buffalo

Many thanks to GilesM, gerabbi and CaveMan I will give it a try

 

[GilesM]

Not sure, but you could try a crossover RJ45 cable from the ethernet port on the MAC to the ethernet port on the Apple TV.
'Straight' cables connect devices to a network and 'crossover' cables are used to connect direct from device to device, at least that's how it used to work with PC's last time I did this, many years ago though.

Might be worth a try if you can get a crossover cable.

 

[gerabbi]

Hello All. Sorry in advance for my lack of technical expertise. My apple TV is nearly a year old, and I have just upgraded my iMac to 10.6.2.
My Apple TV has stopped communicating with my iMac. I upgraded last weekend - that could be the problem. I want to know if I can connect it directly to the iMac via cable and set up a network or do I need other equipment.
I would ideally like to get it working wirelessly but if a direct cable will have to be fitted - so be it.

Anyway any help would be appreciated.

Buffalo

Crossover ethernet and it will work. At least it does for me.

 

[Cave Man]

A crossover cable is probably unnecessary. The iMac will autosense and adjust accordingly.