Experience with Mach2 Music Server?

01-08-11: Cfluxa
Tvad - go to Network Preferences and hit advanced and see whether the box "remember networks this computer has joined" is checked.

I think there was some mis-communication an an earlier post.

The re-entry of a password is needed to reconnect Screen Sharing, or to initiate VNC.

The re-entry of a password to connect to the network is not required...for the reason you mentioned.

Tvad - you shouldn't need to re-enter a password to reconnect to screen sharing, either. Have you checked the status of your Mini's preferences under "sharing"? Again, one would theoretically hope Apple tech support could help with this.

Cfluxa, see Paulfolbrecht's post on 1/08. He experiences the same.

The need to contact Apple tech support bolsters my argument that in comparison to a CD player, the MacMini source is not plug and play.

I'm one who believes computers should be like telephones. You don't have to study a manual to use a telephone, and you don't have to spend any time configuring a telephone to use it. You plug it in and dial. Same thing with a CD player. I don't think any of us ever had to read a manual to operate a CD player. The telephone and the CD player are plug and play.

In my dictionary, computers are not plug and play.

01-09-11: Cfluxa
Tvad - you shouldn't need to re-enter a password to reconnect to screen sharing, either.

Screen sharing does not require a password, but it does require entering the name of the host computer when starting Screen sharing.

VNC viewing does require a password. I use both methods to connect with different devices (VNC with an iPod Touch).

Tvad - you're quite right, of course, and I have no interest in an argument here. My plug and play comment was more in reference to the experience of using the setup once the kinks are all worked out. But IMHO, all the pain in suffering of dealing with Apple tech support and whatnot is worth it - once properly configured, I think the experience is a lot easier than using a CD player in many key respects.

I think you may be correct about VNC viewing - I tried it briefly a while ago and found it cumbersome. I'm sorry I'm not able to tell you precisely how I arrived in my current state of password-free, screen-sharing bliss - I'm no techie and got help getting there and it has been a while since I fiddled with it. That said, I would urge you to check the preference settings for Sharing and Network for both your Mini and your MacBook Pro. At any rate, I can testify that there is an a better way - I hope that being able to tell you that at least gives some hope. If all else fails, I would encourage you to gather your resolve and dial 800-MY-APPLE.