UK members - BT Homehub & Airport Express Question

[appledrone]

Hi, I am hoping someone on here can help, I have a BT homehub and an airport express unit. I want to have the airport unit behind my printer to use the wireless printing function, Does anyone know how i can create a network where my macs will connect to the airport unit (thus giving wireless printing) and still get an internet connection from the homehub. I have an ethernet cable which i can use to connect the hub to to the ae unit if needs be.

Can anyone help????:confused::confused:

[dubhe]

The easiest thing to do is wire your homehub to the express and connect the computers to the express wireless network for internet and printing.

I do this with my Orange LiveBox and Time Capsule.

[appledrone]

i have tried this but dont get an internet connection, which options do i use?

create new/extend range etc??

thanks for replying btw:)

[alexramsay]

Dead easy - go to your Airport Utility (you may need to make a temporary change from your BT Homehub option to Airport Express in the menu bar) and go through the 'change' settings until you get to a page with 3 options. Go for the third option which lets you effectively switch off airport express. Then go back to the menu bar and reselect BT Homehub, and voila - you will be able to print through your Airport connection.

[ajthomason]

Dead easy - go to your Airport Utility (you may need to make a temporary change from your BT Homehub option to Airport Express in the menu bar) and go through the 'change' settings until you get to a page with 3 options. Go for the third option which lets you effectively switch off airport express. Then go back to the menu bar and reselect BT Homehub, and voila - you will be able to print through your Airport connection.

Of course this works the other way around. I use the Airport Express to create the network and just use the Home Hub as an ethernet router (with Wireless disabled).