Wireless Connection

[Aydinz]

this is a very out of the ordinary problem, but when i connect to my wireless via my iPhone i can use the internet but when i try to connect to an app called Remote which controls and access my iTunes Library my phone doesnt show up in the wireless devices list on my HackMac, when i try it on my Windows Partition however it does show up and connect.

Does anyone know whats wrong?

[nfoav8or]

are you connecting via wireless on the Hacintosh? I had this issue for a while... also, what distro did you use to get OSx86 again? I know with LawlessPPC's distro, Bonjour didn't allow me to use file sharing or allow iTunes to let me connect to my AppleTV via wireless or over my LAN but I could use the Remote app on my iTouch. I was also having the same issue you are having with controlling iTunes using the Remote app. I could only solve it by using a different distro. This wasn't an isolated incident either (I reinstalled 4 times) and I never was able to pinpoint exactly what was wrong or to fix it so I switched back to Leo4Allv3 and haven't had any of those problems since.

Hope it helps.

[Aydinz]

im using Leo4All v3, and im using LAN to connect to the net on my computer but my phone is trying to connect to my HackMac via wireless network, it works on XP so i dunno what the problem is.

[nfoav8or]

it doesn't seem like an OS X problem then... it seems like your wireless adapter/router is creating a LAN/WLAN partition. I know with my DLINK DIR-655 I have an option to disable this partition so everything can see each other. check that out and get back to us.

[Aydinz]

hmm, ill have to ask my dad. he manages all that stuff :P but so why does Windows see it but not OS X?

[nfoav8or]

I really don't know. I think I might have been wrong earlier by saying it isn't your system.

try the app Airsharing (or a freebie of the same nature) and see if you can connect to OS X.

[Aydinz]

i installed AirSharing and when i try to connect via the go>connect to server method it gives me an error saying "Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occured. (Error code -50) however when i use my browser to connect to the same address it can view and read all of the files..

Do you still have no idea why this may be occuring?

[Aydinz]

i fixed that error it was some bug all i had to do was fix my disk permission on my startup disk, after i did this, i can now connect to my iPhone using Air Sharing via the Finder but the Remote App still doesnt work :(

[nfoav8or]

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1741

does this help?

you do have it allowed for iTunes to "Look for remote iPhones of iPod Touch" right? (stupid question but it has to be asked)

the issue the link points out is the firewall settings cannot be set specifically to "Allow essential services only"

[Aydinz]

already looked at this, i have all connections allowed on my firewall, and i have done everything it says to in iTunes and my phone and computer are both running on the same network, and i even turned the router firewall off but that still didnt change anything

[nfoav8or]

everything is up-to-date... no iPhone updates gone untouched?

Have you watched your Console while doing this for anything going wrong with iTunes or with the network?

[Aydinz]

no i havent watched console, i will try that. yep all the latest 2.2 firmware and everything, i will see what my console says and get back to you :)

[nfoav8or]

well I'm not too hopeful that it will provide an answer, but I figured if something jumped out at us that would make it easier to diagnose.

Have you EVER been able to connect to this iTunes via your iPhone?

[Aydinz]

nothing turns up in console when i try to connect, even when i try to connect with AirSharing nothing turns up in my console, other then when i find it with the computer.

[Aydinz]

only with XP never tried with OS X other then remote, i can connect via USB cable

[nfoav8or]

Right now I've got mine connected to iTunes controlling my music and I'm also using the Network Utility found in the Utilities folder and using Netstat and Port Scan...

I guess the reason I'm having you do this is to find the limit to the network usage between the two devices... keep trying that.

My wife is calling me upstairs ;) Gotta go. I'll check in tomorrow.

[Aydinz]

alright, well i dont really know what i should be looking for, so i will wait until tommorow and you can help me some more :)

[Aydinz]

nfoav8or! im back from school lol can you tell me what i should be looking for and searching for with this network utility or if you know any other method i can use to troubleshoot can you please explain?

cheers bro, you have helped me so much!