beoport and Ethernet?

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hgitzoller
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Posted October 14, 2009 at 14:35 GMT
#1889922

Hi,

I have the following setup, so far:

iMac which is linked to a routermodem which connects to my LAN. The LAN has a socket also near the BV8 and the BS3200. 

Now I want to use a BEOPORT wo have my music from the MAC also on the BS3200. And since I already have an ethernet wiring I want to use this one instead of wiring a new Masterlink (quite difficult). I read something about ML to Ethernet conjunction but did not find a easy description and if I can buy. 

Does anyone of you have an idea how the linking has to be connected? Which Equipment do I need?

 

Thanks a lot for your help,

Heribert

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michvmq (archived)
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Posted October 14, 2009 at 14:53 GMT
#1889923

You say it.................     "quite difficult"

PS a short cut ........ do the Masterlink wiring.

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joostdeclercq (archived)
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Posted October 14, 2009 at 16:43 GMT
#1889924

There has been some threads on using UTP wire as masterlink wire.  It is possible that these were on the old forum, which have been lost...

If I remember well, some of the wires in the masterlinkcable are not used.  If you leave these out, you have enough wires in the UTP cable to do the job.

There are believers and nonbelievers for this.  Some people have done it with good result, others encountered problems.  One thing is sure and that's you need a shielded UTP (STP or FTP).

Kind regards and good luck

Joost

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elephant (archived)
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Posted October 14, 2009 at 21:20 GMT
#1889925

Heribert wrote:
near the BV8 and the BS3200

I use an Apple Airport (the small one) to get around this same problem; the minijack output of the airport is connected to my Beosound's AUX.IN

Elsewhere someone warned that the Airport minijack signal strength is too high for Beolabs, but I have not had that problem on my Beosound

Another alternative is wait for the rumour B&O support of cat 7 cables

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Beoaus
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Posted October 15, 2009 at 01:59 GMT
#1889926

Find the ethernet to masterlink cables here

Location: Australia

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Posted October 16, 2009 at 18:03 GMT
#1889927

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