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AirPort Express with AirTunes
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I know it won't work, that's what I have been saying even though some people seem to think that magically the WAN port will work and somehow this thing will just happen to receive data without your modem attached.WM. said:
What you said about running an ethernet cable from your computer to the Airport Express. That's just nonsense.
iChan said:
Apple probably wouldn't want a 'route all sound through the Airport Express' solution - since you wouldn't want system beeps, speech synthesis reading out alert text etc. blaring out from your stereo.
If anything, they might expose an API (in Tiger, or independently) to stream lossless audio to the Air'press; so 3rd party developers can add this functionality.
WM. said:
Then explain it to me. How will you hook Airport Express to an iMac with an Ethernet cable?
Ah, good, you added a quote. Thanks.Powerbook G5 said:
Anyway, the audio hardware doesn't know whether the audio stream is coming over AirPort or Ethernet. It just doesn't know. So it'll work no matter where your iTunes-equipped computer is.
What won't work is to give anything access to an existing wireless network via the AP Express. That can be done, BUT not with any Apple product. You need a third-party product. I know you know this part; I'm just clarifying for everyone else.
WM
Powerbook G5 said:
An Ethernet port is an ethernet port, it can be used to connect to a DSL modem or a hub/switch just as easily.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html
And look at the picture at the top
whooleytoo said:An Ethernet port is an ethernet port, it can be used to connect to a DSL modem or a hub/switch just as easily.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html
And look at the picture at the top
So explain to me how it is going to work? You need to plug your modem into Airport Express in order for it to work. How is that going to happen if you stick your Xbox's ethernet into the port?
It's both, depending on whether you have the DHCP server turned on for the Ethernet port (among other things).PlaceofDis said:
Yes it can, but only if you don't have any computers (or other devices) that you want to connect via Ethernet. If all you have is wireless-equipped computers, it'll work fine.
HTH
WM
Powerbook G5 said:
According to the pictures the RJ-45 port is
Now I may not have a Master's Degree in Computer Science, but isn't "local network" then same thing as LAN and wouldn't that make this a "LAN port"?
Powerbook G5 said:
I think what he wants to do, is to plug the XBox into the AirportExtreme and try to connect to his already existing wireless network.
pjkelnhofer said:
According to the webpage, you setup Airport wireless as such:
Cable modem/DSL/LAN>Port on Airport Express>Wireless signal to computer. If you connect an Xbox>Airport Express, then there is no Internet connection going from the the Airport Express to the Xbox since that port is being used by the XBox itself.
pjkelnhofer said:
Well Airport Extreme is different than Airport Express. He said Express, not Extreme. Extreme is different.
You plug one end of the cable into the iMac, and the other end into the AP Express. You can now stream music from the iMac to the AP Express. You CAN'T do much else with your little network, like get on the Internet. But it will work for the music streaming part.Powerbook G5 said:
If you want to get on the Net, you can get a hub/switch and a router. Connect the switch to the three other items. You can now get on the Internet with the iMac, and continue to stream music to the AP Express, and if you set up the AP Express properly, if you get a wireless-equipped computer you can surf the Internet wirelessly through the AP Express.
WM. said:
From everyone saying that you can connect one to it. But going on what you said, how can you connect a non wireless iMac to Airport Express? I don't see it working since it is the exact same principle.
After reading Apple's own documentation on the Airport Express web page, I also thought that you could not use the Ethernet port on the device as a LAN port, only a WAN port.
HOWEVER, in an article on MacWorld with Greg Joswiak, it was explained that there IS an exception to this rule that will work fine: When using the Airport Express as a wireless bridge.
So let's say you ALREADY have an Airport Extreme or Airport Express that you're using as the router on your network. With a SECOND Airport Express plugged in elsewhere in your home, it communicates with the FIRST Airport Extreme/Express in order to get it's net access. Since that then leaves the Ethernet port unused, you CAN plug in a computer, or a video game system, or even a hub/switch that will properly get Internet access from the primary base station via the wireless connection on the SECOND Airport Express. But again...this only works when you have TWO routers, not just one.
However, since the Apple web site doesn't explain that clearly, it's completely understandable that you would not expect that to work. Hopefully once these are in people's hands, we can try out all sorts of combos and report on which ones really do work in REALITY, not just in theory though.
HOWEVER, in an article on MacWorld with Greg Joswiak, it was explained that there IS an exception to this rule that will work fine: When using the Airport Express as a wireless bridge.
So let's say you ALREADY have an Airport Extreme or Airport Express that you're using as the router on your network. With a SECOND Airport Express plugged in elsewhere in your home, it communicates with the FIRST Airport Extreme/Express in order to get it's net access. Since that then leaves the Ethernet port unused, you CAN plug in a computer, or a video game system, or even a hub/switch that will properly get Internet access from the primary base station via the wireless connection on the SECOND Airport Express. But again...this only works when you have TWO routers, not just one.
However, since the Apple web site doesn't explain that clearly, it's completely understandable that you would not expect that to work. Hopefully once these are in people's hands, we can try out all sorts of combos and report on which ones really do work in REALITY, not just in theory though.