Airport Express join Netgear R7000?

I have been trying to get my Airport Express 802.11n (MC414LL/A) to join my Netgear Nighthawk R7000 essentially as an Ethernet bridge and been somewhat unsuccessful. Details of my setup are the SSIDs are hidden on both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, secured using WPA2-PSK [AES], and I have timed access set up on the 2.4 GHz band as a parental control. All goes well (green LED) until the first instance where timed access shuts off and then it turns to a flashing amber and never reconnects even when the timed access opens the 2.4 GHz band back up. It takes a full reset and restore through the Airport Utility to get it back. I've tried this on both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands - same results even though the 5 GHz is set to never shut down. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

I am having similar issues, although i can't even get the airport expresses (i have 2 - one 1st gen and one 2nd gen) to stay on the wifi. I am trying to set mine up as simply remote itunes speakers. I plug them inpt the netgear router over ethernet for configuration and that goes well. I unplug the ethernet cable and the light stays green (does that mean its working?) and they show up in the Netgear devices list as being on the network, but i can't connect to them (doing a rescan) with the Airport Utility. Once i unplug/replug in the Airport Expresses they show flashing amber and they are no longer showing up as on wifi and the Aiprot Utility can't find them. It sounds like you all have gotten further than I have? I have tried both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz networks. Did you change the "mode" to move to something other than "up to 289" (for 2.4GHz) and "up to 1300" for 5GHz?

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Hi,
I'm an XP user and i have a netgear (WGT624) and i am contemplating buying an AP EXP but i would like to know if i can join the airport onto my main netgear network so i can stream my music and stuff.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Alex
Athalon 1.53GHz Windows XP

Hi Alexberry:
The AE is compatable with any wireless router using the 802.11 B, G or B&G protocol.
Happy Shopping, I'm sure you'll enjoy streaming music to it from your PC!

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Airport express joins wireless (green flash on) but airplay doesn't work? I have turn off the firewall on the router, but still I cannot connct wireless to the airport express.

Please check out the following Apple Support article to see what the minimum requirements are for AirPlay to work.
Also the following Apple Support article talks about the specifics on how to use an AirPort Express Base Station for AirPlay.

Hi I am not sure ! Ask can use airport express join pc ?

Hello I am deaf ! My use apple . My friend. Said me can use airport express join PC ?

The AirPort Express is a wireless router. You can use it in a number of ways, including providing a wireless network that a PC can join.

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I have an imac G3 with a Netgear Wireless ethernet bridge which I use to get wireless internet from a Netgear DG834GT wireless router/adsl modem . -this works fine.
I would like to be able to send music from itunes on my Imac to a Airport Express in another room so i suppose my question is - will the netgear wirless ethernet bridge (a WGE101) on the imac see the aiport express?

Yes it will - but the concept isn't exactly as you described it. What you will be doing is setting up the Airport Express to "join" the wireless network created by your Netgear wireless router. Music streamed from your iMac is sent first to the Netgear wireless router, then the Netgear wireless router sends it to the Airport Express.
To set this up, see the instructions posted here by David Lovell (works for PCs and Macs):
David Lovell, "Airtunes for XP with a Wired/Wireless network" #1, 09:05pm Jan 8, 2005 CDT

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I have one of the the older Airport Express (firmware 6.3) and I'm trying to use it to connect a non-wireless machine to an existing network.
Act as a single Wi-Fi interface to any computer or almost any other devices such as game consoles that has an Ethernet port but doesn't itself have built-in Wi-Fi
If I choose "join a wireless network" it appears to disable the ethenet port. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong.
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ADSL Modem ------ Time Capsule ---[wireless-g]--- Airport Express ---[ethernet]---Computer

Unfortunately, the Ethernet port is disabled when you configure the older AirPort Express version that you have to "join a wireless network"
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Hello all
I have been trying to connect my Toshipa Windows 7 enterprise laptop to a new Airport Express with firmware 7.6. The only way I have managed to do so is by connecting an ethernet cable to the AE and in the airport utility through the selection "Configure other" in the file menu. One interesting detail here would be that the ethernet cable comes from a powerplug device and not directly from my modem/router (non apple).
This means that the AE is not immediately recognised by through the process i manage to get into the menu of the AE.
My actual question is this: whenever i have tried to join my existing wireless network, i get a green light but then the only network I see is my existing network and not the apple base. The AE simply vanishes, with a green light however. Off course after that I cannot access it because the airport utility canot find it.
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Thank you in advance

Temporarily, I suggest that your turn off the wireless security on the Cisco router and then test to see if the AirPort Express will connect that way.
If it will, then you know that it is wireless security settings issue, and you will need try a different security setting on the Cisco. The AirPort Express will connect to a WPA2 Personal network, which is also known as WPA2-PSK-AES. The Express will also connect to a WPA/WPA2 Personal network, known sometimes as WPA-PSK-TKIP.
If the Express will not connect to the Cisco network with no security, then you know that it will never connect with security enabled.
More troubleshooting will be required. For example, the Cisco router might be using "wide channels" on the 2.4 GHz band, when Apple does not.

Extend wireless network with multiple airport express and netgear powerline

I currently have the following network configuration:
1. Using ATT u-verse (2-wire 3800HGV-B "modem") to internet
2. Disabled the u-verse modem wireless router, and have connected an Apple Time Capsule wireless router (on a DMZ)
3. Have four Netgear XAVB5001 powerline adapters connected to the time capsule (for our iMac desktops and the Apple TV)
4. Have an Airport Express wirelessly connected to the time capsule to extend range (for our iPhones and iPad)
All this is currently working. What I would like to do is the following, keeping 1-3 above the same:
4. Connect the airport express to the time capsule via Netgear XAVB5101 powerline adapter (instead of wirelessly connecting to the time capsule as it is today) and use it to extend the wireless range of the time capsule
5. Add ANOTHER airport express to the time capsule via powerline adapter (and extend the wireless range elsewhere in the house).
Does anyone have any experience with this kind of setup and can assure that it would work? (I'm trying to decide whether to spring for a couple more powerline adapters and another airport express)
Thanks in advance!
Dave

I had a VERY similar problem: I was trying to extend my wireless network using a hardwired ethernet connection from Airport Extreme to my Time Capsule. Every time I plugged in the wire to the TC, everything disappeared. Unplugged, and boom. Came back.
Here's how I solved it:
Go into Airport Utility and select the unit you are trying to use as a wireless extender and choose to edit it. Then, on the wireless tab select CREATE a wireless network. But, give it the exact same name and password. This is completely counter-intuitive. You would think to choose EXTEND, but this would be wrong. Next choose the network tab. And, select Router mode to Bridge (off).
By choosing the same name and password, your phone, laptop, etc. will think it's on the same network and move seamlessly from one to the other.
See if this fixes your issue. Fixed mine instantly. AND, it only took 3 painstaking hours of checking ethernet connections and rewiring jacks, etc. to figure it out. LOL

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Hello feldmane. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
If your goal is to extend an existing wireless network with the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn), then the option to "join an existing wireless network" would not be the correct choice. If the wireless router you want to extend is another AirPort, then you should use reconfigure them into a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) (for 802.11g) or "extend a network" (for 802.11n). If the other wireless router is NOT another AirPort, then extending with the AXn most likely will not work as very few non-AirPorts are WDS-compatible.

Airport Express joined to network but not discoverable

I have two airport expresses - an older b/g model and a newer draft n model - both on their latest firmwares.
December last year I joined them both to the wireless network in a new place and both worked fine.
I hadn't used either since December - so there my have been some airport utility and itunes updates since then.
Today I plugged either one in and it synched with a green light immediately - however neither could be found in itunes or airport utility.
I have tied configuring them - both wirelessly and via ethernet cable.
I have tried a hard reset to restore to factory default and then configure them.
They can only be found by airport utility and iTunes under these circumstances:
1. After a hard reset to factory settings - awaiting initial configuration
2. Configured as it's own wireless network
3. Joined to the existing wireless network via ethernet only (WiFi off).
If I join to existing wireless network as I need to do the device is not discoverable.
I input the correct credentials and then the device reboots - at this stage it drops out of the airport utility and never gets picked up by it even though it reboots with a green sync light, indicating it is now joined to the network. Only way to still see it after reboot is if it is still attached to computer over ethernet. As soon as ethernet is disconnected it dropsout.
I would think it was not broadcasting a wireless signal were it not for the fact that it does work when set up as its own wireless network, and also were it not for the fact that it was doing it to two different airport expresses, both different models.
I have two laptops - one on leopard and the other on snow leopard and still no luck- so I don't think it is an OS update issue.
I have never had trouble configuring AEX joined to an existing network before and they both were working December last year.
So in summary: two different model AEX displaying the same behaviour, two mac laptops with different OS' used to configure, tried wireless and ethernet configurations, reboot after configuration gives green sync light but is not discoverable in itunes or airport utility. Airports ARE discoverable when broadcasting their own wireless network or joined to network over ethernet only. Airports are discoverable after hard reset to factory settings but become invisible when correctly joined to an existing wireless network after reboot.
Please help - it is driving me crazy!!!

I'm not trying to set it up as a network.
I just want to be able to play iTunes on my hifi.
The Airport Express is currently sat right next to an Huawei HG532 router with a solid green light.
However both iTunes and Airport utility says: "Airport Utility was unable to find any Airport Wireless devices.... make sure it's plugged in etc...."
Never had a problem before, but i've just plugged it in after a 4 month absence.

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Alright. So after all that: calling Netgear, ISP and Apple customer service I fixed it myself by... get ready for it... unplugging Airport Express and plugging it back in. For some reason the AE's were seeing my old network and like 7 of my neighbors but they needed to restart to identify my new network. I hope someone else gets helped by my naivety in the future. BTW, Apple Care was awesome. My first time calling and hardly any wait time.

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It's likely that the AirPort Express is not being provided with the correct information regarding the wireless security settings. The security settings must match up exactly between your D-Link wireless router and the AirPort Express.
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Can my airport express join my network via Belkin Router?

What's up everyone?
I have a question regarding my apple airport express. Is there any way to get this my airport express to join my belkin network? My current network is being run by my Belkin N Wireless Modem-Router(model# F5D8633au4A)and i can't seem to get my airport to join it properly. Everytime i try to install it, it seems to mess with the signal my laptop gets and the AEX doesn't even connect to the network. The best i've gotten is it shows up on itunes, but i can't select the remote speakers.
For now, i just want my AEX to be able to join wirelessly so i can use airtunes, but would it also be possible to set it up so that i can plug my xbox into it so it can go online?
Anyone have any experience setting up the AEX with a belkin router?

Hi:
I do not have a Belkin router, but have basically the same problem using a Linksys 54G 802.11n router.
I can setup my HP laptop/printer/router as a wirelss network, but cannot get my AE to join that network as a client, wirelessly. IF, I have an Ethernet cable connected from the router to the AE, I can configure the AE, get the solid green LED on it, etc., and play music out of external speakers, but all falls apart whn I disconnect the Ethernet cable from the router to the AE, even though Airport Utility has things setup as a wireless connection.
Have you tried setting up an Apple ad-hoc network from the PC/laptop to the AE and speakers ? See if you can do that. If so, you can play music wirelessly thru the AE/speakers from iTunes (the LED will be a flashing Amber). The trick is that you have to wait about 1-2 minutes duing the config in order for the AE to establish the connection where it (the ad-hoc network) shows up in your system tray network list, when the icon is clicked. The Appel ad-hoc network will have a name like Apple XXXXXX, where the XXXXXX are 6 (of the 12) digits from the AE's MAC address (listed on its label).
If this works, my guess is that the AE is OK, and the problem is getting your AE to join your already existing Belkin network (in my case, LinkSys network).
I was at one of "Apple Genius Bars" last night probing this problem, and they feel that this is most likely a compatability problem between the AE and non-apple routers...though I do not feel that there should be a problem, or they shouldn't be selling the product claiming that it works with non-apple products.
The guys at Apple suggested that I call Apple for Tech Support at:
1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273)
There shouldn't be a charge, though the guys at the Genius Bar said that if they try to charge, to raise a big stink over the phone since the
Apple product is not working as claimed !
Another issue: What level of encryption are you using with your router ?
WEP-64, WEP-128, WPA, WPA2 ???
This greatly affects how easy (or hard) it is to add the AE to your existing network. From what I have learned, the lower the level of encryption, the harder it is to add the AE to the network, since it is an older, less-capatible standard.
Let me know if you find any answers...
DaleB

HT1731 Help installing Airport Express with Netgear N150 wireless router? I hav

Hi,
I just purchased the newer Airport Express (new) and am having issues using it in client mode with my Netgear N150 wireless router. All I want to use it for is streaming itunes from my aluminum macbook to my home stereo system, wirelessly.
I have followed the instructions that came with the device. No luck. I have followed the instructions that describe plugging it into an ethernet cable here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1731
With the apple instructions linked above it would connect fine to my existing wireless network, using airport utility, with 'excellent' connection, but when I tried to switch in itunes to my device from my computer i get the pinning wheel and an 'unknown error' occurs.
I have setup a new wireless account and password on my router as desribed at this page, but do get confused when it tells me to use the hex key and $. Haven't worked that out yet. Any advice would be appreciated if this would help.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20041017233832771
At best, after hard resetting the device several times, and following the instructions above at macworld, it now finds the device but only plays one blip second of a song, flashing amber from solid green, sometimes playing a second blip of a song, then pausing the song and switching to a flashing amber. By restarting my computer or opening AirPort utiliy I am able to find it again, but it either only plays one second of a song and drops again or turns green and is not able to be found at all by itunes (the button doesn't show up in the menu).
This is the second airport I have tried in 2 years. I purchased a used one and had nearly the exact same issues with a linksys router. Then it would play an album but reset if a song was paused.I had to hard reset it nearly every time i wanted to stream from itunes to my stereo. I assumed it was broken and sent it back. Figured I 'd give it a new go around with a new unit since i just moved into a new house and am now shocked at how difficult it is to set up. I have never had this many issues with an apple device.
My questions:
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2) If not possible, what routers are compatible? I would gladly get a new router in order to stream music to my stereo from ITunes.
thank you for any assistance. i am pulling my hair out.

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I use my Airport Express for airtunes only on my wireless router. (It's a Netgear Rangemax WPN824). The station is in range of my wireless router and has worked fine to date.
I recently bought a powerline extender for my network (a Netgear WGX102). I put the extender in the area of my apartment that was out of range of my router. It is, however, in the same room as the Airport Express. In other words, the Airport Express is in range of both my wireless rounter and the powerline extender.
What happens is that the airport express station drops off the network when I have the powerline extender working and/or the extender doesn't work when Airport Express is.
Ideally they would work together so that I could be online and stream music. I can't seem to make it happen.
I've tried excluding the Airport Express from accessing the extender by limiting access to just the PC's, but that didn't make a difference.
Clearly there is some conflict but I don't know how to resolve it.
Unfortunately my router does not seem to support WDS, which would mean I could use my Airport Express as a bridge. (Or at least Netgear says it isn't and I'm not technically savvy enough to hack it if in fact it is.)
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Windows XP Pro

I would like to understand why you need to set up the AEX as "create a wireless network" instead of "extend a wireless network".
"Extend a wireless network" is used only if the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express are communicating together using wireless only...not Ethernet.
"Create a wireless network" is used only if the AirPort device has an Ethernet connection....which it does in the type of setup that you have.
It just seems counter intuitive to me and I'm trying to get smarter about the whole networking thing.
All the info about all the different types of ways to provide additional wireless coverage is contained in this Apple document. It's on the main forum page, but users tend to either ignore it, or perhaps miss it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145

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