iTunes Home Share with Apple TV Ethernet

[Keegan75]

Hey everyone,
I am having trouble using iTunes home sharing via WiFi to an AppleTV connected to ethernet.

The problem is that I want to connect my TV to a mesh network (which is connected to my gateway). If I connect my PC WiFI directly to the gateway it works.

As I am researching this it seems that because my Apple TV is connected via ethernet, it does not on the same network (IP address) as my PC connected via my mesh network.

I am a newbie here. Its been really frustrating. Does anyone have any idea how I can make the Apple TV see the iTunes homesharing via this configuration?

thank you!

 

[ColdCase]

Mesh is a mess, avoid it unless you don't have a choice.

So your wifi and hardwire networks are on different subnets? Thats a router configuration issue. What address are they reporting? Also you may have some conflicting or blocking rules defined.

I have ATVs hard wired ethernet and wireless and have connected my iTunes server both wireless and hardwired and it works fine. I have a fading issue with airplay of music that seems to be a network switch bug.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

I agree with ColdCase, this sounds like a router setup/config issue. Generally a router is NOT going to have separate networks for wired and wireless (to avoid exactly this kind of problem).

Is your wired network centralized to the same router? Or is this perhaps some kind of shared ethernet actually controlled by someone else's router to which you've attached your own for your own wifi network. For example, if you live in a building that offers free ethernet for various tenants, the ethernet network is controlled by a central router. You plug in your own router to it for personal wifi and you are going to have 2 different networks. The remedy will be to get both ends working with your wifi instead of half & half. Else, if you are sure you are controlling both your own ethernet network and your own wifi in a single router, the mesh satts should have the same network address as the primary router.

And added guess: if your mesh network allows you to set up more than one network- like primary and guest- is one device connected to primary and the other guest? If so, get both ends connected to either of those and they should easily connect as desired.

The fact that one part is connected by ethernet and the other wifi should NOT be an issue if both ends are on the same network. However, if you have any ability to get both connected the same way- ideally via ethernet- that would be ideal.