Another iTunes local subnet sharing workaround

Sep 21, '04 09:44:00AM

Contributed by: gcgiv

I tried a small trick the other day to get iTunes sharing to work on my company network across our 2 subnets. I've seen the various streaming and other solutions, but it seemed there should be an easier way to share to local computers on a second subnet. Well, it seems all you have to do is add another Network Interface in the Network Preferences and set it up with the second subnets IP paramaters.

So as an example, my office has a 192.168.1.X subnet and a 10.0.0.X subnet. My iTunes host computer is on the 192 network, and nobody on the 10 network could see my shared iTunes Library, because of the subnet limitation in iTunes. So by doing the following, it allowed the 10 network to access my shared library...

My iTunes library host computer networking is setup as:

Go into the Network Control Panel and select "Network Port Configurations" from the "Show" drop-down menu. You will see the list of all your network interfaces. Click "New" and give your new interface a name (like Built-In Ethernet2 or something) and select "Built-in Ethernet" from the Port drop-down and click "OK." In the "Show" drop-down menu, select your newly created port. Setup the new port with the second subnets paramaters, in my case it was: That's it. Users on the second subnet will be able to access your shared library. Now obviously this will not allow you to share your home computer library with your office computer, but it is a workaround for offices and possibly dorms that subnet their networks.

Also a note: You will have to know certain information about the second subnet, like a valid unused IP address and the router address, in order for this to go smoothly.

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