I'm looking for a creative way to view the screen of remote iPads without jailbreaking devices.
has anyone tried to mirror an iPad 2 over VPN to a remote Apple TV over AirPlay?
if anyone can confirm this works, it really would be a nice stopgap solution until Apple has a more formalized means of Screen Sharing!
AppleTV 2, iOS 4
The Apple TV is not intended to be used over VPN for obvious reasons.
Thanks for your response!
To be clear: I'm not trying to watch ATV remotely.
What I want to do:
I want to know if anyone has had any success doing this.
chinaru I wank make the same things...
if you have some information can you tell me?
Thank's
In theory it should work. Maybe a little "choppy" but still able to see and connect. I've been wondering about that for a while, also sync over the air thru vpn.
Anyway, after searching the Internet for hours and trying to make it work I finally decided to call apple and see what they say.
After talking with 3 or 4 "techs" they told me that it simply wasn't supposed to work... No one was able to give me a technical reason why...
I am really frustrated that something so simple and and useful just doesn't work!
I'm still trying to find a way around this... if I do I'll post...
Yes, you can use a VPN an an IPAd and mirror it to your apple TV to break into regional limitations. You'll need a good VPN and a fast connection to do it. It loses some quality, but it's doable. The best way to use Apple Tv and a VPN connection though, is through a Router.
Marilu19,
Have you got this to work? If so can you share how? I've had other attempts at it with no sucsess...
The scenario is as follows:
Iphone on 4g network => connects to same network as atv thru vpn(pptp) server router (mikrotik 450g).
The vpn works fine with everything else but I can't find any airplay devices(atvs, soundtouches, etc).
If anyone out there knows the Airplay protocol please enlighten us!!!
tks
Well, I live in South America and have been able to view Netflix US through an ipad, an Apple Tv, and the Airplay function. It does not seem to work with cable channels like HBO etc, haven't tried Hulu Plus yet.
Again, you need a very good VPN (I have HMA VPN) and a fast internet connection, and of course, be a Netflix subscriber. You can subscribe directly to Netflix US through your VPN.
Download the Netflix and VPN app and activate the VPN on your ipad and go to Netflix. Pick the movie you want to see, and click on Airplay at the bottom of your ipad. Once you have the movie in your screen, you can control it using the small Apple TV remote.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. This scenario has nothing to do with media regional limitations. I understand what you are saying that you use some kind of vpn/proxy service to get around media regional restrictions (I'm a network engineer). What I'm trying to do is broadcast(airplay) content from an ipad to a conference room that has ATV. Keep in mind that the Ipad and ATV are NOT in the same physical network, they are in different cities 70miles away from earth other.
I though it would work if the ipad connects to the office(via VPN) and all traffic is going out the new ip, but that's not how it works.
I'm still working on it but I think the reason this doesn't work is because airplay uses a DNS-based service discovey sending DNS-like queries via IP multicast. Here is some info on DNS based service discovery you want to get a little technical: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-cheshire-dnsext-multicastdns-15.txt
This is not a big deal but it would be really cool if it worked!
Any luck on getting the airplay functionality working over VPN?? I'm trying the same thing. Can connect to VPN. However no option for airplay
ATV2 remote Screen Sharing over VPN
