Airport Express Assistant Sofware Download??

I have a new macbook pro with tiger and bought an airport express because I want to stream music to my speakers. I cannot get my computer to recognize the airport express. Do I need to download the assistant? If so, where can I download this?
Thanks

Hello Brandon Tussy. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I have a new macbook pro with tiger and bought an airport express because I want to stream music to my speakers. I cannot get my computer to recognize the airport express. Do I need to download the assistant? If so, where can I download this?
The necessary AirPort utilities should already be installed on your new MacBook Pro. Did you check the /Applications/Utilities folder? If they're not there, you can install them from the CD that came with the AirPort Express Base Station (AX). (Note: Your new MacBook Pro should have the latest version of the AirPort Utility, version 5.x. I suggest you verify it's existence before trying the install from the CD...as this would attempt to install the earlier, version 4.x. The subtle difference between the two is that version 5.x is called the AirPort Utility; whereas the 4.x version is called the AirPort Admin Utility. The newer version incorporates all the capabilities of version 4.x plus it replaces the AirPort Setup Assistant.)

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I bought an AirPort Express so I could stream music to my speakers with AirTunes. I'm not hooking an ethernet cable to the airport, because my wireless already works fine in my house.
I need to install AirPort Express Assistant in order to set up the network between the express and my computer, but I can't even use the CD it came with because once I get to the part to select where I want to save it, it says "this computer already has a more recent version of AirPort on it etc..." However, I only have Utilities, not the assistant.
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Your version of Snow Leopard already had the latest version of AirPort Utility 5.5.1, which is the version that you should use to configure the AirPort Express.
The disk which came with the AirPort Express was produced some time ago and the version of AirPort Utility on the disk is out of date.
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Hi all,
I've got an Airport wireless network with one Airport Express used to extend the range. Everything is working fine. However, due to a repair to my PowerBook my hard drive was wiped and I reinstalled the Airport Admin utility instead of the Express Assistant.
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I've placed the Express router upstairs in the house and when I stand close to the Express I get a very slow download speed. About 7Mbps. Even slower than when I hadn't "extended" the range. What's going on...?
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that it will work with (a machine running) Windows
2000, but the software stops installing when it
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The AirPort Express Assistant is not compatible with Windows 2000.
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I lost my install CD and desperately need to get a copy for installing the Airport Express Assistant.
I already have the Airport Admin utility but it is not enough to create the connection with my network for the first time.
I would appreciate if one can point me to a location where I can download it.
Thanks in advance,
wbokar.

Thanks for your help but that is exactly the issue I was raising in my post. The download only provides the airport admin utility and is missing the airport express assistant which is usually bundled with it in the original install CD. That is the reason why I was asking for a place to download the "Airport Express Assistant" and not the "Airport Admin Utility".
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wbokar.

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You don't necessarily need the AirPort Setup
Assistant, you should be able to set up the AirPort
Express Base Station (AX) with the AirPort Admin
Utility...as it is a much more powerful tool. You
need to make sure that you are using the version for Windows. At this
time, the AirPort software is only supported for
Windows 2000 or XP. A Vista-version has not been
released.
I suggest the following...
- First, perform a "factory default" reset on the AX to get
it back to it's original "out-of-the-box" state.
- Next, temporarily connect your computer directly,
using an Ethernet cable, to the Ethernet port on the
AX during the set up phase.
- Then set up the AX as a "wireless client."
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