Airport Express needs resetting to give AppleTV an IP address (via Ethernet)

So my Apple TV (3rd gen) is connected via ethernet to my Airport Express, but the Airport Express needs resetting all the time for my Apple Tv to get an IP.
How do I get them to be friends forever without resetting the AE? When the AppleTv gets restarted, it still wont get an IP so I suspect the AE is the bad boy here.
Any idea's?

Has this always happened with the Express or just starting happening recently? If just recently, where there any changes to either the Express' firmware or to the cable modem? What is the make & model of the modem?

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To tether my iPhone USB connection to an Airport Express Base Station (AEBS)- i did the following
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2. Going to System Preferences on the Mac click on Network
3. Set up the Ethernet setting with a static IP - (manual)
Configure IPv4 Manually -
IP Address: 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Router: 192.168.2.1
Next step is to configure the AEBS
Start from fresh -
Create a New Network
Internet Settings set to :
Connect Using: Static
IPv4 Address: 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router Address: 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers: 192.168.2.1
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does the airport express need to be on the same floor as the apple tv for best streaming?

Yes. Distance can increase interference causing delays in streaming.

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A wired or wireless network.
An AirPlay Speaker. This can be an AirPort Express, Apple TV, or a AirPlay-Ready device.
Is your goal to stream between two iOS devices?

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As I said....
The AirPort Express can "extend" the wireless signal of another Apple product....an AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule, or another Express......using wireless only.
Another way of saying the same thing is that you must have a minimum of two Apple routers if you want to be able to "extend a wireless network".
The Express will not be able to extend the signal of your Xfinity modem/router using wireless only. It should be able to "join" the wireless network if you want to connect a remote printer or use AirTunes. But, the Express will not provide any additional wireless signal coverage when it "joins" a wireless network.
You will need to plan to connect the AirPort Express back to your Xfinity modem/router using a wired Ethernet connection if you want the Express to provide more wireless signal coverage for your network.

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HKCV wrote:
can I just attach to my stereo and have my Mac connect directly to it in the absence of a wireless network?
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Wirelessly
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When the Express is placed in the same room as the Linksys EA4500 router with the network still extended?
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About AirPrint - Apple Support

I have a 3rd party hard drive with movies on it ,it is connected to my airport extreme. The AE is connected to my tv via ethernet cable. Can I stream my movies to the Tv ?

I have a 3rd party hard drive with movies on it ,it is connected to my airport extreme. The AE is connected to my tv via ethernet cable. Can I stream my movies to the Tv ?

Not without a player..
The AE is a dumb file server.. the hard disk you plug in is an even dumber hard disk.
There are no smarts in this setup.. not even DLNA. So the TV would have to be an extremely smart one to read raw files on a network drive.. none do that I know of.
A solution is WD live TV.. it can read files from just about any file source on network and play them to the TV.
Nothing apple makes will do that.. ATV is a streamer not a media player. Everything in the Apple world is tied up with itunes. So you must have a computer running itunes to use it.
You can download a more generic player for ipad, and put that as part of the network.. but you still need ATV to display the video.

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I use a second generation Airport Express to extend a network based on a third generation Apple Extreme. Every few days it fails to work, even though the green light stays on. I must unplug in Express, plug it in again close to the Extreme, wait until the light turns green, then plug it back in close to where it is needed to extend the network. Is there a fix for this?

That is great..
Thanks for the screenshot..
Your first link to client that start 00:25 will be the link to old AE.
It is very slow as you can see 11Mbps. and it is fairly low signal.. at -74db.
But it could be even worse on the Extreme end. You can double click the Extreme icon and have both open at the same time.. in fact you can have multiple windows open at the same time, as you see I have done.
You need to get the signal and speed up.. to do that.. well the fact is you probably need to replace the gen3 with later AE.
Or even better get a pair of EOP (homeplug) adapters and try those.. they may not work.. but if they do, they are better than that poor wireless link.
BTW you have broken the rules on naming.
Your name on the Extreme is far too long. Apple don't openly come out and say it.. but 27 characters is the limit. In fact it is much better for Mavericks if you keep it much shorter than that. I cannot see the wireless name but if it is similar.. then you will get nowhere.
Reset the Gen3 to factory.
Give it a new name.. AEgen3
Please use different names for the bands. AE24ghz and AE5ghz.
Please then set a fixed channel on 2.4ghz.. say 11. (6 or 1 are other options but you are in a very quiet area wireless wise).
When you setup the Express.. (reset it to factory as well and start over). Extend the 2.4ghz band.
Make sure the Express also has a simple name.. eg AEX will do fine.
Then see how it goes.. it might improve or it might not.
BUT one biggie.. if you are running 7.6.4 firmware on the Extreme.. downgrade it now to 7.6.1 as I have found 7.6.4 terrible when extending wireless.
Downgrade firmware is easier in v6 utility.
Hold down the option key when you select the version number.. just choose the firmware from the list.

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I think my AirPort Express is on its last legs. Today a friend of mine came over with his Windows laptop (don't ask). Before we tried anything, I used the AirPort Admin Utility to add his MAC address to my access list and uploaded it to the AX. My AirPort Express network did not appear in his whatever-it-was Windows network utility. So, I used the AirPort Admin Utility to take my WPA2 Personal password off (the name of the network is open, so it still should have appeared in his list). Then the AirPort Express stopped passing the Internet to my MacBook and iMac. I was unable to get even the AirPort Admin Utility to see my AirPort Express after that, but the network was still available in the AirPort menubar.
I tried un-powering the AirPort Express and plugging it back in. That didn't help. I ended up plugging the DSL modem directly into the iMac and getting back on the Internet (as I am now with Internet sharing and the iMac's AirPort card) so I'm certain that my Internet access is fine and the DSL modem is fine. I ended up doing a soft reset, and hard reset but neither would bring the AirPort Express back to life. I did a factory reset and then I could use the AirPort Admin Utility to put my settings back in, one part at a time. But the AirPort Express won't pass along the Internet with my WPA2 Personal password enabled. And after a second or third update/upload of settings the AirPort Express becomes completely inaccessible without yet another factory reset.
I got the AX the day they were announced, so it's been humming along for more than two years now. I do have an AppleCare Protection Plan for my Mac mini, so I think the AirPort Express is covered with that. But, if there's anything else I can try before calling Apple, I'd like to give it a whirl.
-Doug

Even after a week of messing with it on my own, calling AppleCare Support got it back up and running. We didn't do anything that I hadn't already tried on my own, so I'm not sure exactly what it was that "fixed" it. But, the AirPort Express is now back up and supplying the Internet to my three Macs with all the original settings again.
-Doug

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