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Re-enable iTunes sharing outside local subnet
Authored by: gordonjones on Aug 11, '03 01:47:25PM

any ideas why my config doesn't work?

i'm trying to access my home itunes server (g3 tower) from work (powerbook) - the home server is behind a linksys cable router. i've fwd'd port 3689 to the server, enabled sharing on the server's itunes, the beacon is configured (on the pbook) as described above and the beacon is on.

the beacon shows up in itunes but just spins away "loading House iTunes Server". eventually it gives up. i have tried turning off the itunes sharing password, opening additional ports, etc. to no avail.

also, i'm able to see the server when i'm within the home LAN (via the beacon), so i suspect it's a router setting that i'm missing.

our work LAN is fairly simple with no filtering, proxies, etc. that i know of.

any tips/tricks are most appreciated.



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Re-enable iTunes sharing outside local subnet
Authored by: hulette on Sep 10, '03 04:31:23PM

I have pretty much the same setup, and am having the same problem. I know the connection is correct, because I am able to connect to the web server, FTP, file sharing, etc., on my home machine from my work machine, and I can select and connect in iTunes from home.

It looks like this topic has been abandoned, so I'm hoping someone will see this and know how to help. Thanks!



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Re-enable iTunes sharing outside local subnet
Authored by: agoodale on Nov 03, '03 01:32:18PM

I think I know what the problem is. I have a similar config as yours. I'm trying to connect to my home machine, behind a Netgear router, from my work machine running iTunes for Windows XP.

I create the beacon to point to my router's IP address. The router uses port forwarding to send all traffic on port 3689 to my Mac running iTunes.

I did some packet sniffing and noticed that the iTunes requests are HTTP 1.1. In the HTTP headers, the "Host:" header is the IP address of my router, not the Mac itself. This may be causing iTunes to realize that the request is coming from a machine outside the subnet, and thus it doesn't respond.

Try putting your Mac directly on the internet and see if that works. My guess is that it will. I'm not sure how to workaround this.



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Re-enable iTunes sharing outside local subnet
Authored by: bluehz on Nov 03, '03 10:29:02PM

Don't you need to create the beacon on the server machine where the iTunes you wish to share is located? Or am I missing something here...



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