Aiport express questions

Considering picking up an Airport express have 2 questions...
1)Will this suffice as a primary device on a 1 story home for an iPhone and possibly a laptop?
2)I want to buy the newer 802.11N version, how can I tell if I buy used on ebay or the like if it is the N version over the G? Aren't they both named Airport Express?
Thank you.

Welcome to the discussion area!
+1)Will this suffice as a primary device on a 1 story home for an iPhone and possibly a laptop?+
As you might imagine, it's impossible to predict results in advance due to the number of variables involved. In general, if you have line of sight or close to it, you'll have a good wireless signal. Most walls in an average home absorb 20-25% of the signal if you don't have line of sight. 2 walls is about the maximum in a "normal" home to maintain adequate signal strength.
+2)I want to buy the newer 802.11N version, how can I tell if I buy used on ebay or the like if it is the N version over the G? Aren't they both named Airport Express?+
The model number of the 802.11n version is A 1264. The model number of the 802.11b/g version is A 1084.

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I was just wondering if anyone could offer any advice on this subject please?
I've got a Macbook running through a wireless BT ADSL modem. I have also managed to connect the Macbook to my Aiport Express to allow me to wirelessly pipe iTunes through my stereo. I am aware that you cannot run both at once (i.e pipe music and browse the web) due to the Macbook being able to be only connected to one wireless network at a time.
My questions is whether there is anyway round this? If I bought an Aiport Extreme base station, connected that to my wireless router and used the Airport Extreme base station for the wireless connection would I be able to add the Aiport Express to that wireless network and subsequently have the internet and the Aiport Express running on the same wireless network - hence being able to pipe the music wirelessly and also browse the web at the same time?
Or is there another way round it?
Any info anyone could offer would be a great help
Thanks in advance
James

Ahh am I right in thinking this is the way to do it?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302153
Thanks
James

Apple TV 2 and Airport Express question?

Hi, so I am new with all these apple tv and aiport express thing. I recently bought an apple tv and I wanted to out the audio to my 5.1 speakers in the room. Question. If the speakers in my room are connected on an airport express, then I play a video or movie (not just music, as i know music would work) will the sound stream thru my room speakers (connected to airport express) whilst the movie plays in the living room tv. Does it work that way? Video on my tv and sound streaming thru airport express connected speakers. I hope someone can help me.
NOTE: I am just about to purchase the airport express, but before I do I have to make sure it works.

You can't send video to one Airplay device and audio to a different one. Multiple Airplay devices used simultaneously for the same stream only works with audio. You can't do it with video nor can you split up the video and audio. You can connect the Apple TV to your 5.1 speakers if your receiver has HDMI or an optical input.
It is possible to use an iOS device to watch video and send the audio to the Airport Express or Apple TV but this only works for all the 3rd Party apps since they support Audio Airplay but not Video Airplay.

TWO Aiport express in WDS network and NAS drive?

Hi,
I know this question has been asked several times: one airport express cannot be connected to USB nor NAS drive. But what about TWO airport express?
We now have 2 airport express (b/g) at home presently participating in a WDS network with the following connections:
- Aiport express #1 (WDS main) - living room
=> ethernet = connected to internet
=> jack = connected to HIFI
- Airport express #2 (WDS remote) - office room
=> USB = connected to printer
My question is the following: would it be possible to connect the ethernet port of Aiport express #2 to a NAS drive? How has the Airport express #2 to be configured (WDS remote? WDS relay? Connection sharing= "bridge" or "distribute a range of IP"?) for this purpose?
I could not find any clear answer yet on this particular situation.
Thanks in advance for your help with this. I do not want to buy a NAS drive and realize that it does not work...
Ludovic

My question is the following: would it be possible to connect the ethernet port of Aiport express #2 to a NAS drive?
Yes that should work.
How has the Airport express #2 to be configured (WDS remote? WDS relay? Connection sharing= "bridge" or "distribute a range of IP"?) for this purpose?
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Min power supply needed to make Aiport Express work ?

Hi all,
I plan to install an Aiport Express in my car to plug it to my car stereo in order to be able to use my Iphone 3GS music library.
First, I'm tired to use cables !
Furthermore, my car OS (vauxhall) is not anymore a "compatible device" (sic), even with the latest iOS ... but I've got a jack plug :-/
I plan to plug the Aiport Express to my car stereo throught this jack, and broadcast my music throught airplay. The Airport Express would be electrically powered throught the cigar lighter receptacle, or throught a 12v-220v converter (I'd rather prefer the first solution !).
So here is my question : what is the minimal power supply to make work the airport express ? According specs, 12Vdc 1.8A => ~22W ?
Does somebody can confirm 22W would be enought to make the Aiport Express work ?
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I'm referring Airport EXPRESS ... I forgot that plugs directly ...
The exterme offers other possibilities I don't need ... and is less affordable !
In a car, we only avec DC =>
So I must have a 12 Volt DC to 220 Volt 50Hz AC inverter, delivering at least 200mA(AC).
Something like this or rather this.
I should find it in a good electronic shop, and this kind of material should be rather small.
I'll also check if these devices provide AirPlay without a wi-fi network... or if somebody can here infirm or confirm ?
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How to connect old aiport express to my new Airport Extreme? My Ipad says "base station e5713b cannot be configured" and my AirPort tool on my PC will not permit me to add my new Airport Extreme network (no network names to choose from)

How to connect old aiport express to my new Airport Extreme?
I have a PC running with Win7 and just replaced my Jensen With a brand New Airport Extreme.
I have set up the Airport Extreme to the internet, Iphones and Ipads and it work as it should.
I have downloaded latest Version of Airport tool on my PC. In addition i have downloaded the airport tool for Ipad.
I have reset one of my airport Express and it now shows up both on the Ipad and on the PC airport tool.
My Ipad says "base station e5713b cannot be configured."
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My AirPort tool on the PC will not permit me to add the airport Express to my new Airport Extreme network (no network names on the drop-down list to choose from). I wished for an easy set-up, but nothing seems to be plug and play as the Commercial says.. can you please help me?
Sigve

Hi
Thanks for Swift reply.
Yep - I in fact have two A1088 and one A1264
I actually bought the new router because the Jensen
router always lost connection to the Airport Express after some hours or days. I
always needed to restart my Jensen to play music and that was driving my wife
mad. The hope was that the Extreme should fix this. Both A1088 have been set up
to only stream music to two of my stereo amplifiers from my PC’s Itunes library.
Are the A1088 now useless?
The A1264 has been set up to feed internet into a Denon Reciever that needed Ethernet cable.
Please advise
Regards
Sigve

HT1199 My mac has OSX version 10.8.2 and I'm try to install an aiport express base station which requires 10.5.7 or later. Yet when I try to install the software it says the base station is not compatible with my mac version - how do I resolve?

My mac has OSX version 10.8.2 and I'm try to install an aiport express base station which requires 10.5.7 or later. Yet when I try to install the software it says the base station is not compatible with my mac version - how do I resolve?

You already have the software installed that you need if you have 10.8.2.
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Power up the Express for a full minute
Hold in the reset button on the Express for 7-8 seconds and release
Allow a full minute for the Express to restart
Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen
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My wi-fi worked fine on Airport Express two days ago. Now the light is green, but I can't get the Internet on my satellite connection. I've checked Network Preferences, Aiport Express menu, and the satellite tech support. The Ethernet connection works.

My wi-fi connection from my iPad via the Airport Express Base Station on my home computer worked just fine until yesterday morning. I have a Macintosh G5 with a satellite connection. I could not get an Internet connection. After using the Network Preferences and Aiport Express applications several times, then unplugging and replugging in the computer, satellite modem and Airport Express module, checking the satellite dish for any obstructions, and so on, the computer still wouldn't connect to the Internet. (The green light was on in the Airport Express module.) I called the satellite company technical support division last night. The tech couldn't find any problem with the satellite connection. When I plugged the satellite modem cord directly into the Ethernet outlet on my computer, I could pick up the Internet.
Today, the Airport Express module still has a green light but still doesn't connect to the Internet. The only thing I can think of is that lights went out for about 15 minutes yesterday morning. All of my electronics, except the Aiport Express Base Station, are on surge protectors. Why would the Airport Express module still have a green light if it was damaged by the electrical outage?
I bought the module in 2009. I have never had problems with Apple equipment before this. Is this base station fixable?
I would appreciate your suggestions.

Hello everyone. I too have experienced the same problem Mary described starting on the same day she mentioned January 12. I have a G5 iMac, a G5 mini-mac, and a G4 laptop. They were all working fine but all have mostly the same problem now in that the G4 does not connect at all and the G5s connect once in a while after restarts but do not maintain the connection. In my case there was no power interruption. In fact, the G4 laptop was not even connected to the home power connection. My iPad2 and iPhone 4s wireless work fine and a wireless PC and Android tablet work fine as well. The G5 and G4 work fine on an ethernet connection. ISP tech support (AT&T u-Verse) was very generous with their time in trying to solve my problem although it was established early on that their connection and equipment was working fine and that the problem was with my computers. They walked me through a manual reset of all the particulars on IP addresses etc. so the problem was not related to that either. In the end ISP tech support concluded that the problem must lie with the Airport driver. For some reason it changes the IP addresses to an incorrect address so it cannot connect. Indeed when I tried the diagnostics on the G4 I got a window Pop-up that said an application had reset my settings. (In retrospect I seem to recall that I may have gotten that same message early on with the G5s but at that time I did not think much about it and went about trying to reset the settings but that process never concluded well) I think that the problem may be that there must have been an update of the Airport software that was not backward compatible with the G5 and older Macs. I mention all this for two reasons. First, perhaps someone out there who knows better than I do how to bring this to Apple's attention and perhaps they will address this. Second, I would be curious to know whether there is anyway one can return a configuration on Macs to some earlier time period (as you can on PCs) when everything worked and then leave it that way foregoing any subseqent upgrades or any subsequent apps?

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Aiport express to stereo wirelessly - possible?

Hi,
can airport express stream music to my wireless stereo (sony BDV E670) wirelessly, with no stereo cable?
all the configurations I see use a cable from the aiport express to the stereo.
Thanks

can airport express stream music to my wireless stereo (sony BDV E670) wirelessly, with no stereo cable?
Sorry, but no. You must connect an analog or optical digital cable to be able to send an audio signal from the Express.

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I repaired permissions.
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