AE as extra Ethernet port?

Hi All,
New to this forum and Apple networking. I received an AE and AEBSn for Christmas to revamp my network at the house. I want to use the wireless portion only sparingly AE and ocassionaly laptop use only) as I have Cat6 cables to several rooms and love the Gb speed from the AEBSn. My question is can I use the AE to not only stream iTunes media wirelessly, but can I also use the Ethernet port to access the network and internet, I guess making the AE a bridge of some kind?
TIA,
mark

Hello msymms. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
My question is can I use the AE to not only stream iTunes media wirelessly, but can I also use the Ethernet port to access the network and internet, I guess making the AE a bridge of some kind?
Yes you can. You have at least two options to do so:
o Reconfigure the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) as a ProxySTA, or
o Reconfigure the AXn to extend the wireless range of your AEBSn.
I suggest trying the first option to see if this will meet your requirements.
To activate ProxySTA, you must set up the AXn to join a wireless network and then enable the Allow Ethernet Clients setting; both settings are located in the Wireless tab of AirPort Utility. The feature should work with any wireless network: a, b, g, or n; and 5GHz or 2.4GHz. (Note that the Express, which ships with firmware 7.3, must also be updated to firmware 7.3.1 for this feature to appear.)

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The cable co. makes you register the MAC address of the machine that will be served by the DSL modem, and allows up to two other addresses if phoned in otherwise any other MAC address attached direct to the DSL will not get a signal.
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The previous generation of Express used to be able to allow you to plug in a PDA with an ethernet card and be serving the ethernet, what is the problem with continuing that on the newest version? I see no point in being tied down to where ever the cable co. installed the modem just to use my PDA on the net, or cart the tower around the house to PDA connect to.
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With previous Airport Utility software it was fairly clear as to whether you have turned on the ethernet port of the Express to serve an internet connection, with the latest AU software it is not.
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No no, not an unsecure network, Im saying once the basic Assisted setup was followed in the previous OS 10.4 for Airport, you could go back in manually and set things to WDS which supposedly was the only way to go CableModem~Tower~Airport to Express~out express ethernet port to wired only machine.
Ive tried doing it that way for this newer Airport Utility and its frustrating as blankity, the only way to make a wireless network is between the tower's airport card to the express, you cant make just a network with the built in Tower Card at all. Then you could force the express to join it, otherwise it wont work.
I tried the WDS Main/Remote/Relay settings both ways with the Airport ID addresses for the tower AND express, switching them hoping one works, all I get is infinite loop of having to reenter the airport setup password when the express is updated and rebooted.
It wasnt this intricate before, is all Im saying. All it took was setting to WDS mode after going thru basic setup, checkmarking the box, updating the unit, restarting and there, the express served the wired client through the ethernet port.

Win 7 desktop on ethernet port of Airport keeps dropping internet.

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If someone who works at Microsoft sees this post, could you please get this problem patched and fixed once and for all instead of continuing to ignore it? This is why you're losing market share and customers...to Apple.
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I finally have time to read this forum to see if I can find a solution to what appears to be the same problem BrooklynBlueEyes has. In my case, I brought home an extra PC we had from work for my wife to use (to keep her off my mac). It had been upgraded to Windows 7. I just had bought an Airport Extreme, which works wireless and also through the wires we have running to all of the rooms. I have tried to get the PC to work (wired) through the Airport Extreme, but nothing I tried seems to work. I called the IPS (Comcast), which said it was an Apple problem. short of uninstalling Windows 7, is there anything I can do? I am not very techno-literate, so if you could keep any explanation on the simple side, it sure would help.
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I do not have any answers for you. Yes it appears to be reading what should be an ethernet card as an AirPort card. Have you played around with trying to install another version of Mac OS X other than the version that shipped with the Mac mini? Apple has long told us that we should not install a version of Mac OS X that was older than the shipping version. With the Mid 2010 Mac mini, the Restore DVD has the only version of Snow Leopard that will work with this Mac mini's specific hardware. At least until Apple releases 10.6.5. If you have installed other versions of Mac OS X, then erasing the HDD and installing the OS from the Restore DVD(s) that shipped with the mini may get you back to the point you need to be.
Unfortunately I think that you voided your Apple Warranty when you installed the different HDD. That was always a question in the past when folks wanted to open the former version of Mac minis and upgrade the RAM. But with the 2009 models folks started reporting here in the Apple Discussions that Apple was informing them that they had voided their warranty by opening their Mac mini. This new model made the RAM user upgradable, but the User Manual specifically states on page 43, 54 and 61 that there are no user serviceable parts in the Mid 2010 Mac mini except the memory.
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Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
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Thanks, the reason why I asked again, is because you told me to start another thread with the specifics of the device I want to connect, so I did
Not a big deal, and it is easy to become confused.....but to be clear about this
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is there a way I can connect my Bluray player to the TC ?
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Please start a new post for that. Tell us the make and model number of the player and whether you plan to connect using wireless or Ethernet.
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