Airport Express & iMac (with Internet Sharing) issues

[vendettabass]

Ok so I moved back into uni with my iMac and AE. I use the Internet Sharing feature on my iMac to share its internet connection to my iPhone. Now, I want my AE to use this internet connection aswell, but when I tried to locate the AE in Airport Utility, it can't be found.

Only when I turn off Internet sharing can I locate the AE. I was wondering if theres any options in the advanced section of the Airport Utility that will enable the AE to use my iMacs shared internet connection?

Port mapping?
NAT?

thanks a lot for any help!!

 

[waw74]

You will probably have to

- temporarily plug the ethernet cable between the express and your mac
- set the express to join the network created by your mac
- once it has joined, you can then unplug the Ethernet from the express.

as long as it's one of the newer N expresses, you can also then share the wireless connection out of the ethernet port if you need to.

 

[vendettabass]

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lovely, I'll try that out tomorrow