I’m new to this discussion, so patience please.

We subscribe to Netflix, have a Mac Book Pro with Airport, our internet connect is with Dish on the one-tier-down-from-the-top level. We’d like to know if it is possible to view their download movies without having to buy a ‘gadget’?

Thank you.

Max

Thanks a lot for your reply. What you are saying is that the airport express will pickup wireless signal from my university’s wireless network and then relay that to my hard wired mac mini?

I initially thought that the ethernet port on the express was an input only.

If that solution is to work, that would be great cause I really wanted to buy an airport express anyway to be able to take it with me to the lab to connect my macbook to my iphone and transfer some files cause the security on my university’s wireless network prevents this connection from happening.

That would be awesome and I will look further into it. Thank a million alex again.

the wizard.

I’m keeping it now, because when my roommate moved in, it was here, so it would be unfair to take it away without dropping the rent… When he leaves, so does cable!

The problem is, if/when people do this en-masse, there won’t be any cable because no one will be buying cable. Without cable, all those shows you watch online won’t be there.

My solution is for the telcos to charge more. I know, I know… “Unlimited is unlimited” blah blah blah. Unlimited internet 2 years ago was a few web pages and a flash movie here and there. Now people are moving dozens of gigabytes a week around a network that is 40 years old, really. I’d be willing to pay for “unlimited internet, plus $10/month for streaming video services” if it was offered. The $10 fee could be used to upgrade infrastructure, buy content, and work on how to actually make revenue out of streaming video.

PS, I think Hulu has the best model. Pre-roll, and one or two ads in the middle that can’t be skipped. 30 seconds of my time is worth free, on-demand tv, I think.

Figures though, any possibility to degrade the most bi-partisan news channel there. That was quite unneccessary.

Right now I am content with using a DVR to watch thing when I want, and my VUDU Box for watching movies.

Cable will eventually leave, but not anytime soon. People are kind of stuck on conventional media.

I would recommend going the EyeTV route if you can — I sold an analog TiVO for enough to buy the EyeTV adapter. And no monthly fees.

Here are a few pics I took over the summer of the setup: http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/170770/1/HDTV%20Setup?h=862cd6

dennis

you could use an airport express…connect the mini from ethernet to ethernet on the airport express

it has been quite a while since i had to do this but i once was having usb wireless dongle problems with my Tivo…so i connected it up to one of my airports…and it treated it as if it was hard wired to the net

it was pretty much plug and play…now i cant be for certain which setting were set in the airport settings but that base station was being used as an itunes server to my stereo at the time…so it should work for you

good luck…or you could buy a usb dongle that is mac compatible unless you decide to open up ur mini and put an airport card it it…hope you get what you are looking for

alex

I have a first Gen Mac mini with no wireless adapter (airport) built-in. I am using it as a media center with my TV. How can I get wireless internet on it that also supports WPA Enterprise (PEAP) security protocol?

Can you please Michael or anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

PS> Please note that I can’t get an ethernet cable to the mini cause it’s on the second floor.