I've been using an AirPort Express for AirTunes and as a Wireless-to-Ethernet bridge for my home theater setup for a while now.
But, since the only piece of home theater equipment I have now connected by Ethernet is my HD DVD player, which is now guaranteed to get no more firmware updates, and all of the HD DVDs I own have really stupid Internet-enabled features, I decided to move the AirPort Express to my 'lab'.
I had been using an old UFO-style AirPort Extreme connected over WDS there. But I prefer *NOT* to use WDS, because it makes my Extreme-n base stations not connect to each other at -n speeds. (With WDS, they top out at 54 Mbps, in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode; in 'Extend my Network' mode, they connect at 120 Mbps.) So I turned off WDS, and now have only the two -n stations with one 'primary', and one 'extend, allow clients to connect'.
But when I plug in my Express, it will connect wirelessly just fine, but it turns off its Ethernet port! (And, AirTunes is disabled for some reason.) I have reset the Express, and it happily goes back to default settings, with Ethernet turned on. But as soon as I turn on "Join a wireless network", it reboots, and turns Ethernet back off.
Anyone know what might be going wrong? (I have turned my network back to WDS, and it works fine that way, but now I get slow -n-to-n station speeds.)
But, since the only piece of home theater equipment I have now connected by Ethernet is my HD DVD player, which is now guaranteed to get no more firmware updates, and all of the HD DVDs I own have really stupid Internet-enabled features, I decided to move the AirPort Express to my 'lab'.
I had been using an old UFO-style AirPort Extreme connected over WDS there. But I prefer *NOT* to use WDS, because it makes my Extreme-n base stations not connect to each other at -n speeds. (With WDS, they top out at 54 Mbps, in either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz mode; in 'Extend my Network' mode, they connect at 120 Mbps.) So I turned off WDS, and now have only the two -n stations with one 'primary', and one 'extend, allow clients to connect'.
But when I plug in my Express, it will connect wirelessly just fine, but it turns off its Ethernet port! (And, AirTunes is disabled for some reason.) I have reset the Express, and it happily goes back to default settings, with Ethernet turned on. But as soon as I turn on "Join a wireless network", it reboots, and turns Ethernet back off.
Anyone know what might be going wrong? (I have turned my network back to WDS, and it works fine that way, but now I get slow -n-to-n station speeds.)