[X4U] FaceTime and local networks

[Mark Gibson]

Jens,

Please excuse the top post (but you seem happy with that 
practice so “When in Rome” ...).

For iChat, no the Macs could use Bonjour which doesn’t require 
an email address. as long as they all have built in (or built 
on) iSights or web cams they will pick each other up as soon as 
ichat is opened.

I have a client who uses it as an intercom, video / speech only 
conferencing tool (even for limited file sharing).

FaceTime however I believe uses email addresses (to be honest to 
me, FaceTime just = iChat for iOS devices).

Regards,

Mark

On 13/1/11 at 10:41 AM, lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) wrote:

>If I were going solely from OS X to OS X iChat would work. I 
>was wanting be able to use FaceTime, on an iPod Touch or an 
>iPhone. If I'm not mistaken, would each Mac on the network need 
>it very own email address to work with FaceTime or iChat?
>
>Jens
>
>
>On Jan 13, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:
>
>>On 1/11/10 at 3:25 AM, lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to  use FaceTime within my local area network? It would be great to be able to use it sort of as an
>intercom. I guess a corrallary question is will it work between 
>desktop computers. During the 'Back to Mac' video all that was 
>mentioned was connecting with mobil iOS devices, which leads me 
>to speculate that perhaps connecting from one iMac to another 
>wouldn't work.
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>>Jens,
>>
>>Why not use iChat for this?
>>
>>It happily supports bonjour and will work on pretty much anything that runs OS X 10.2 (IIRC) or better.
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>>
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>
>Jens Selvig
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>
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