Setup Airport Express to use with iMAc G5 and PC laptop

Hi there
Can anyone please explain to me how to easily setup my Mac and PC via a wireless network to my cable broadband internet. I have set up Airport Express to my mac but am having trouble with my wife's PC laptop (it has wireless capability).
Thanks
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Have a look here at iFelix's site and it covers your issue. For all Windows Operating Systems.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/wireless.html
Cheers Don

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Ok I am really frustrated with this. I had my Airport Express configured to my mac and my old roommate's mac fine. I moved and just tried setting it up with my mac and my new roommate's PC laptop. It did not work. I tried connecting a router to see if that would help. It still didn't work. I reset the airport's default settings and it still didn't work. Is there a connectivity issue between macs and pcs using the airport express that I don't know about? Am I missing something? Can anyone give me some suggestions of what to try next because I am seriously fed up and running out of ideas of how to alleviate this.
Could it have anything to do with a firewall on the pc or the fact that I'm going from a place that supplied me cable internet to a place that now has dsl?
Thanks for any help.
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Macs and PCs work together just fine with an Airport Express.
Unfortunately, you have given us little information to help you with beyond simply indicating that "it doesn't work". Please elaborate:
1. do the Mac and PC "see" the Airport Express wireless network?
2. if so, does the Airport Utility (or Airport Admin Utility) on either computer "see" the Airport Express and allow you to view/change its configuration?
3. what does the status light on the Airport Express show?
4. if you can connect to the Airport Express wireless network from the PC and/or Mac, is the only problem that you cannot access the internet?
5. what kind of reset did you do? To really start from scratch, do a factory default reset as described here.

Can the airport express be used to stream music and act as network "extender" at the same time?

I have a time capsule as my base station but need to improve network coverage in the other end of the house. Have a new airport express that I use for music streaming. Can this airport express be used for both music streaming and "network extension" at the same time, or do I need to buy another product?

Yes, it can. You can either:
Extend a wireless network. The Express needs to be positioned half way between the TC and the area without network coverage, and can be flakey. This is wireless only.
Use Ethernet/Powerline. This is the preferred option (called a roaming network in Apple terminology). This allows for the Express to be placed wherever you want, as long as it reaches the other end of the house.

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On the advice of several people in a audio forum, I just purchase an Apple Airport Express. I will be using it with my new iPad 2. What I need to accomplish is using my iPad2 to stream subscription based music from the internet to the Airport Express, and for the Airport Express to connect via toslink cable to the DAC in my audio system.
What I am not sure about is how to set up my Airport Express to accomplish this. I do have a wireless network in my home, but wish to keep the wireless connectivity between the Airport Express and the iPad2 separate from it.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance with this. Thanks.

Deggie, firstly, thank you for your attempt to help. I greatly appreciate it. I connected it via the ethernet cable to the router since when I reconfigured the Airport Express adding it to my existing wireless system, the iPad could not connect to anything until I unplugged the Airport Express. I set it up for an ethernet connection to my router based on that experience.
Either the Ipad does not seem able to send anything to the Airport Express, or the AEX is not passing anything on. I also tried streaming a song stored on the iPad 2 to the AEX with no result, so it is not an issue with the subscription channel.
I don't own a miniplug cable of any sort for further testing, but the toslink cable is brand new, and was literally taken out of its package and plugged in, so I feel it extremely unlikely it is the issue. I've also tested it in three inputs on the DAC, so it is definitely not an issue with it.
I have a question though. You said "when you start your subscription and go to Airplay, does the iPad see the AEX?" You may be on to something there. How do I "go to Airplay" I thought it was just automatic? Also, how do I "select it"? This may be the problem.

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Hello, I would like to hook up my external HD to my airport Express and wirelessly still be able to use it for backing up and additional storage. Is this possible?? It will be hooked up via USB. It currently is sitting behind my iMac (2009) and hooked up to it via USB. I don't like how it is noisy and how it pauses my tasks sometimes while the external starts up every half hour or everytime I open certain applications.

it's possible (even though not officially supported by apple) but you'll have to restart your TM backups from scratch. remote backups are stored inside sparse bundles while directly attached ones are stored directly in a folder on the drive.
so you might want to erase your current TM backups first to free up space on the drive. but don't delete them from finder. erase the drive from disk utility.

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Does anybody have any instructions on how to do this so I can access the printer on my ios devices to print? It might be best for me to start from the beginning.
(I have already tried to connect the AX by extending the network but there is an error message coming up saying it was unable to extend the wireless network. I also tried to join an existing network but I didn't have any luck there either. I installed Airport Utility on my PC and I could see the printer under the printers options but now when I open the Aiport Utility, it doesn't even find that I have an AX!). I'm not havin much luck with it. Any assistance on how to start fresh and set it all up would be appreciated. Thanks, Jason

....I was told I could connect my printer to so we can print from our iPad, iPhones and iPods.
Unfortunately, the information that you received is not correct.
In order to print from iOS devices, you need to have an AirPrint compatible printer. Your Samsung model is not on the list of AirPrint compatible devices. See this Apple support document for more details:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
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As a possible workaround, Installing an App like Print Central on each of your iOS devices might allow you to print from the iOS devices to the printer.
PrintCentral for iPhone/iPod Touch - iTunes - Apple

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Hello lorifromminn,
The article linked below details some useful troubleshooting steps and information that can help get AirPlay working on your iPad.
iOS: Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215
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Will Airport Express do this?
I've got a cable modem. It connects by ethernet to a hub. Airport Express (not n) connects to the hub by ethernet. My laptops (MacBook and HP 69xx WinXP Pro) connect to AX and internet just fine.
In that same hub, I want to connect a D-Link DNS323, which I wish to be made accessible to the wireless network provided by AX. Here's a sort-of diagram:
cable ethernet
modem ---> hub <--- Airport Express <--- laptops, AppleTV, etc. by wireless
^
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With only the hub, the NAS, and the express, you can't access both the internet and the NAS wirelessly at the same time. Here's why:
The AirPort Express has only one Ethernet port. That port can either act as a WAN port or a LAN port, but not both at the same time.
You need the Express to be connected to the internet. Unless you have another wireless router (Apple or otherwise), it will have to be connected through its Ethernet port. Therefore, the Ethernet port must act as a WAN port.
The NAS, on the other hand, is part of your network. For it to be connected, the port must act as a LAN port.
This means that the NAS can't be connected to the Express via Ethernet because then the port would need to act both as a LAN port and a WAN port, which it can't do.
This means you'll need an additional wireless router if you want to access both the internet and the NAS at the same time.
If you have another wireless router (it doesn't have to be an AirPort), I can help you configure it to work with your current network so that you can access the NAS.
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Airport express error (Muted) with youtube, shoutcast and with tplink router

Hi!
My problem is:
I have an airport express 802.1g
Its wired to a tplink router . The airport's wifi is disabled.
1. Iam playing a youtube video. When its finised and i would like watch another one, the sound is not working anymore util i reboot the airport.
2. similar with shoutcast. If the stream disconnect, after reconnect there is no sound on speakers.
Iam using a tplink router and my ipad /iphone is connecting to the router's wifi. The router is wired to airport express.
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I have a new Time Capsule, want to use it in conjunction with an iMac G5 and a MacBook. MacBook runs Snow Leopard, but G5 (lacking Intel processor) can't install Snow Leopard, is stuck at OS 10.4.11. Am I doomed? Will appreciate any advice. Thanks.

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My internet comes in to one room in my house. All that is in there is a cable modem and a Linksys wireless router. All computers in my house access the web wirelessly through this modem.
In another room I have an iMac, that is my main computer and has my music on it.
Across the room from that computer is my stereo. There is no ethernet connectivity near the stereo.
I want to play my iTunes through my stereo and use my iPhone as a remote, but I am happy with my current router.
My questions are:
1. Can I buy one AE Base w/iTunes and use it as a link between my iMac and my stereo without using it for Internet access?
2. Do I have to buy two AE Bases and use one to replace my current router?
I live in a small town, no Apple store. I called Apple support yesterday but nobody I talked to seemed to be able to answer my questions.
Any light that anyone can shed on this for me would be much appreciated.
Scott

you can use the express near the receiver and connected to it then if the range is acceptable have it join the linksys network. you can set it up no internet just stream music. it may give you some grief to set it up but with patience and logic its doable.

I want to know if Ican connect a print server (to print with several wireless printers) to the new airport express given that it has wan and lan ports. Tks!

The print server that I want to connect allows me to choose among 2 usb printers and 01 serail port printer. It needs to be connected to a router through a lan port. Given that the all new airport express now come with a wan and a lan port, i want to know if I can connect this device to the airport express.

You're welcome.
Beware that while USB print servers are commonly available and inexpensive, finding one with a serial port is more of a challenge. Apple Stores in the US do not sell them. Call the iStore before going there.
If you need recommendations for obtaining a print server with a serial port, let me know.

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I suspect its to do with the WPA setup support changes. My very old G3 seemed to have the same issue of not able to connect to Extreme or Express. Used to connect before years back to Apple routers but refused to in recent time for reasons not explainable so I just connect it now via cable.

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Are you sure that you have a 1st Gen Express?
Check the model number on the side of the Express. 1st Gen is A1264.
If you see A1084 or A1088, these are much older versions of the Express that were sold long before Apple began to use the Generation naming with "n" wireless devices in 2007.
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