How do I connect my Bricasti M21 DAC to my MAC Computer using the Network (Ethernet)

@hgeifman- Yes you would be able to use any iPad to play your music through M21. You need to install Audirvana Remote on the iPad which will simply turn the iPad into an Audirvana remote.
In the Audirvana settings you will see a streaming section. When you open that you will see different streaming options like Qobuz, Tidal, etc. Select Qobuz and connect it with your user id and pwd. That will complete the Qobuz set up process (most likely) and you would be able to stream through Audirvana and play through M21.

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@hgeifman- I have connected my Bricasti M12 to a Mac Mini server using the ethernet interface and this connection is very simple to set up. You would need a music player/organizer software like Audirvana/Roon/JRiver installed on the server which will handle all music files or the Qobuz connection in your case and send it to the player M21 over ethernet.
Once you install the music software on Mac computer, connect both the Mac computer and the Bricasti DAC M21 to the router using ethernet cable and complete a quick configuration on the music software you are ready to roll.
I use Audirvana because I like its performance on Mac better than the other two. As part of setting up the music software on Mac,
1. you have to select M21 as the player (the software would auto detect and list M21 as the DAC/player as soon as your M21 is connected to the network via ethernet cable) 
2. You have to connect to Qobuz using your account information
This will complete the entire set up process.
Hoe this helps.

@hgeifman- Do you have a window or a router software installed on the Mac that shows all lan connections wired or wireless connected to your router? I use Netgear router and they have a software called Genie which shows me all lan connections, connected to my Netgear router. If you have something like that then the 1st step would be to verify whether Bricasti is listed there and has an IP address. You have to make sure that Bricasti M21 is available on your network and the above diagnostic steps will help verify that part. If you see M21 in the network list then first get the IP address. The next step would be to ping it by issuing a  command like ping IP Address. If it is ping-able then Audirvana will surely detect it....
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@hgeifman- You have to ensure that Bricasti M21 is accessible from your MAC computer, else no software installed on that MAC will be able to connect to it. One way to do that would be to ping M21 from your MAC computer after getting the IP address of M21 from your Router's admin page. You would need to open a Terminal (found under Applications->Utilities folder) window on your MAC and issue the command ping IP Address. If you see a response like

64 bytes from 192.168.X.X: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.533 ms (where 192.168.X.X is the IP address) on the Terminal then M21 is visible to your MAC and the problem is most likely with Audirvana...

Alternatively you can install Roon or JRiver software on your MAC and verify whether they are able to connect to M21.

W/o the confirmation that M21 is accessible from your MAC it would be difficult to isolate and troubleshoot the real issue.

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@hgeifman- Congratulations!!! I am glad that you are finally out of this connectivity issue and you are able to enjoy the music. A good learning experience for all of us who use ethernet interface for DAC connectivity.
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