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| Will Bluetooth and Wi-Fi work when a Mac mini is racked in a RackMac mini and DuoModo xMac mini Module? | Nov-04-21 |
| Yes, both may work, conditionally. The Bluetooth and wireless antennas are exposed in the rear of the RackMac mini and DuoModo xMac mini Module. However, the steel chassis may prevent effective use. If you don't get adequate reception, then you can put the Sonnet USB Bluetooth or Edimax Wi-Fi dongle into the front USB port (or rear USB port with extender cable) to get functionality.
For Blutooth reception, use the Sonnet USB-BT4 Long-Range USB Bluetooth 4.0 Micro Adapter.
To use the Sonnet external Bluetooth 4.0 adapter on macOS:
1. Open Bluetooth System Preferences
2. Unpair all bluetooth devices from the internal bluetooth.
3. Check "Show Bluetooth in menu bar"
4. Option-click Bluetooth in menu bar, and note the internal Bluetooth address
5. Turn Bluetooth off and wait 5 seconds
6. Plug in the Bluetooth adapter and wait 5 seconds
7. Turn Bluetooth on.
8. Option-click Bluetooth in menu bar to comfirm that the Bluetooth address has changed to the external Bluetooth adapter
9. Pair your Bluetooth devices
10. To make the selection permanent, in Terminal, enter sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior=always
To restore the setting to use internal Bluetooth, enter sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior=never
11. M1 Mac minis hide the USB ports behind the T2 security chip, so you must unplug and plug in the USB Bluetooth adapter after every boot. It is not necessary to do this on Intel Mac minis.
For better Wi-Fi reception, some customers have used the Edimax EW-7822ULC external USB 2.0 wi-fi adapter, or the faster Edimax EW-7822UTC external USB 3.0 wi-fi adapter.
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649 | 
| Does the Apple Time Capsule fit in a RackMac mini? | Mar-19-12 |
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850 |
| How do I get the Apple DVD Player application to work with the Sonnet Blu-Ray Burner? | Jun-24-15 |
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1035 |
| Does the orginial RackMac mini support 2018 Mac mini or M1 Mac mini? | May-16-21 |
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1151 |
| Does the orginial RackMac mini support M1 Mac minis? | May-16-21 |
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1160 |
| Can Sonnet recommend a KVM for use with several racked Macs? | Sep-07-21 |
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