Remote application issue iPhone - Page 3

Also!!! I think it's due to the new version of Remote having bugs... I am looking for solutions!

Hello,

I struggled a lot, so I wanted to make a little post for those who are still having issues with Remote!

So, in my case, I have my desktop PC with iTunes that I want to control from Remote on my iPhone.
My desktop PC is connected to the local network via an RJ45 cable, and the iPhone is connected to the Wi-Fi of my Netgear Numericable box.

I had the issue of the library being unreachable from the iPhone, even though iTunes detects the iPhone and asks for the code.

After thorough analysis using Wireshark, I found that the communication between the iPhone (over Wi-Fi) and iTunes (over cable) occurs via multicast.

Home routers like the Numericable box don't seem to handle multicast well and don't transmit the multicast IP packets correctly.

To fix the issue, I added a Wi-Fi dongle to my desktop PC (which is now connected via Wi-Fi + cable), and the Remote app works fine now.

To summarize, if your desktop PC is on the wired network and your iPhone is on Wi-Fi, you might encounter issues related to your modem/router that poorly manages the transmission of multicast packets from the wired network to the Wi-Fi network...

I hope I was clear enough :)

Take care!

I have exactly the same problem! My iPhone connects whenever it wants. However, my firewall is off, and I'm with Telenet (Belgian internet provider). I have tried almost everything suggested on this forum, but nothing works. I also want to point out that I have the same problem with Rowmote (also an app that serves as a remote control for my MacBook Pro) and also with my printer that works via Wi-Fi; sometimes it finds it, sometimes it doesn't. It's really strange, yet I never have a connection loss on my MacBook Pro or anything like that. I want to emphasize that I've had these problems since my Belgian internet provider (Telenet) came to change my modem. Could it be that the issue comes from modified settings on that?

Hello everyone

I had the same problem, namely that I couldn't get the remote application to work with iTunes (I couldn't see my iPhone appearing in the list of Wi-Fi devices).

I solved it quite simply by updating the firmware of my Netgear router.

To do this, I went to the Netgear website, downloaded the latest firmware for my DG834 v3 router:
the download will be a .img file, then you need to access the router by typing its IP address - 192.168.0.1 in my case, then enter the username and password (written on the router), and then go to router upgrade and select the .img file

After that, the iPhone appeared like magic in the list of devices in iTunes!

Hope my solution will be helpful to you.

Personally, it was my firewall that was blocking the sharing.

Even though I had added iTunes as an exception in the firewall...

Try disabling the firewall!

Sorry for digging up old topics, but it might help some people! ;)

I had the same problem as you.
I tried everything...
Except that I had forgotten to connect my iMac to the same WiFi as my iPhone!!
So it works!!!

(if it can help...)

In my opinion, you are too far

I like stuff like Jenifer and Usher

Here is my solution:

Connect your iPad (iPhone, iPod) to your computer using your USB cable.

Open iTunes and as soon as you see your iPad in the left column, under the list of devices, open the Remote app. You will automatically see your library in Remote. You can then connect to it. Give it a try.

From now on, you can unplug your iPad from your computer and the Remote app will reconnect to your library without any problems.

I hope to have helped some of you.

You need to go to system preferences, click on SHARING, then click on the FIREWALL tab, go to the dropdown menu ALLOW and enable ITUNES MUSIC SHARING!
It should work!

Hello, seriously, you’re complicating things for no reason.
You install the wifi remote universal control app on the iPhone
You install the mbpowertools receiver on the PC to be controlled. Receiver at this address http://www.mbpowertools.ca
You launch the mbpowertools software and allow the ports if necessary
You launch the app and it automatically detects your PC as long as you are connected to the same wifi.