Q: Networking Help....
Usually I try and research to figure stuff out, but after months of combing the internet, I have decided that I am beyond my scope of understanding and need the guidance of you fantastic people. So if I am asking something that has already been asked I apologize. Here's the rub.
I am a pilot, so I travel over half the month. Here is what I have at home:
ATV
Time Capsule
Seagate 4TB external drive
Mac Mini
Cable Modern going to aforementioned TC
Mini PC (Stick that plugs into TV or media streaming with some sort of Android software...maybe Jellybean)
Traveling with me or the wife:
(2) iPhones
iPad 2
Macbook Pro 13" Retina (2012)
Here is what I would like to be able to do:
Plug hard drive into TC
Access Hard drive from Mini PC (JellyBean) for owned movie streaming (not illegal downloads--I recently converted my entire DVD library to digital)
Be able to access hard drive from the road
Be able to access Aperture library from road to be able to edit pictures both on road and in house and have one common place for them (thinking the hard drive attached to the TC)
Here are the problems I have already run into:
While traveling, a lot of airport and hotel WIFI have different settings, so over the last month, with my harddrive setup on the TC, I got multiple errors while trying to connect (I think it was the internet at the hotel).
I have looked up port mapping, etc., but am not sure the exact way I need to set everything up. I am pretty good with a computer, networking is just not my strong suit so looking for advice on what I should do, or rather what the best way to have my network setup would be.
Thanks in advance!
Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Posted on Sep 30, 2014 8:17 AM