AirPort Express with Air Tunes and wired router

Do any of you using AirPort Express with Air Tunes as a base station have it connected to a wired router, just as an added precaution?
thanks,
--h

As far as I know, AirPort Express w/tunes has a firewall, but a given router may offer more protection options than just a firewall. I'm wondering about security on the wired side of the connection, not the wireless side.
--h

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hi all im thinking of buying an airport express with air tunes. what i would like to know is can i link the airport directly to speakers and play music using my iphone and not have to have my computer on??? or do i have to run it through the itunes on my laptop?? ps i do have the remote app on my iphone any help greatly appreciated. thank u

It runs through itunes on your computer. You use the remote app to control through itunes. Itunes needs to be running. Works great, I use it all the time.

Can't get itunes to connect to airport express via air tunes

Hi,
I just bought and installed an airport express (for windows 7) everything is now connected but i can't get itunes to recognize my airport express via air tunes. I can see the multiple speakers in itunes, but when i click on it to connect to airport it just comes up with connecting, loads for about a minute then minimizes without connecting.
Has anyone else experienced this? How can i get this to work?
Message was edited by: Toddy85

You've probaby solved this by now, but if not... When upgrading itunes on a Vista or Windows 7 machine with Windows Firewall running for some reason Bonjour can't get through the firewall and thus Airplay does not work. Not good when all your Hi-fi's are connected via airport express!
I found to resolve the issue you have to install an older version of Bonjour. It won't work if you try to do this straight from Apple. So try this...
1. Firstly install and older version of itunes from the web (say version 10.1) Try www.oldapps.com
2. Then find the Bonjour file in program files
3. Cut and paste it to your desktop with its contents
4. Uninstall itunes and Bonjour via your control panel (the desktop file of Bonjour you moved will still be there).
5. Install your new version of itunes, say version 10.5, from the apple website.
6. Before opening it go to program files and cut the (newly installed) Bonjour file and paste it somewhere different to the desktop (you can't just delete it). It does not matter where you won't be needing it.
7. Now Cut and paste the old version of Bonjour you stuck on the desktop in Program files in place of the one you just moved.
8. Hey presto, Airplay, Windows firewall and your Airport Express' should all get on again.
Hope this works...
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I just purchased an Airport Express with the intention of using it for streaming music wirelessly to play through my AV receiver.
I managed to get this working without any problems.
However I use an orange Livebox (wireless modem) for my Internet connection.
Is it possible to use Airport for both as when I set up the Airpor Express it started its own network thus if I wanted to use it I had to switch from my Internet connection.
My Livebox and AV Receiver are in different rooms if that makes any difference.
Cheers

Configure your AirPort Express (AX) following the directions in KB 302153, AirPort Express: How to join an existing wireless network in client mode.

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I had a DL 624+ (and have since abandoned it). I had a lot of instability problems with it, which seemed to be related to the Dlink DHCP implementation. I was watching the log on the router, and I was seeing the dlink constantly re-issuing DHCP addresses to the macs on the network - it would renew the addresses twice a minute.
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-Assigning static IP addresses and see if the problem goes away
-checking your DHCP client names to make sure they are between 8-12 characters
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Hi....I have just bought a netbook and my wireless connection that I use at home is via an airport express that works brilliantly on my 2 macs however with the new netbook the connection is intermittent even though it always says its connected to my wireless network.
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Anyone know a solution or what may be happening as I am at a loss as to why it intermittenty works even though it always says the connection is excellent.
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Hi....I have just bought a netbook and my wireless connection that I use at home is via an airport express that works brilliantly on my 2 macs however with the new netbook the connection is intermittent even though it always says its connected to my wireless network.
I am completely hopeless with pc's and just needed a netbook for occasional use but wish I new why sometimes the internet works on it on the airport network and othertimes it doesnt. I have removed all firewalls and still have the same problem.
Anyone know a solution or what may be happening as I am at a loss as to why it intermittenty works even though it always says the connection is excellent.
The macs work just fine!!
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Airport Express with a MBP and a Mini Mac

Hey Apple Community.
Im think about buying a Mini Mac, witch i would use as my main entertainmentcenter, connected to my livingroom TV and my TV in the kitchen.
But i have some questions before buying a Mini Mac.
1# Its it possible to use AirPlay from the Mini Mac on the same Airport Express, that i use with my MBP to hear music over AirPlay....? And if both of them are turned on, will i be able to control iTunes from both of them. Meaning being able to fx. change music number from one to another number, if i move from the office, where i have my MBP to the kitchen, where i would like to have a screen, wireless mouse and wireless keyboard, connected to the Mini Mac.
2# Is it possible to share the same iTunes libary on both my MBP and the Mini Mac...?
3# Is it possible to synch data between the two, so they are identical in setup and in data..?
"so when i change something on either my MBP or the Mini, it also changes on the other one, through the wireless connection"
So all in all, i would like my MBP and the Mini to act as one "unite", when the both of them are turned on.
Is this possible...?
I would really apreciate any help i could get on this issue.

Thanks Gino, that really helped.
The main thing for me is to be able to control iTunes from both Macs, like starting a music number on my MBP in the office and then switching number in the kitchen with the Mini. I can always manually move the media files from one to the other Mac, when thats nessesary.
And since the Mini mainly will be used for entatainment, then it issint very importent that they are identical in every way.......just thought i could be cool if it was possible.
This: "You can however use an iCloud account to sync data such as calendar and address book and a mail account using the IMAP protocol will also be synced across both computers. iCloud mail accounts use IMAP as well as Google Mail and some others."
Is really great news, since i then will be able to acces these things in the livingroom as well, not having to open up my MBP in the office every time i want to check a mail or calender thingy.
"The only other way to get them to act close to being one computer is to install a Mac OS X server and use a network Home folder. That way both computers access the same home folder that is stored on the server and changes performed on one computer will be reflected on the other when the other logs in."
When you say "install a Mac OS X server" do you mean getting that Mac Mini with Lion Server..? Or do you mean i shall install a server program on the "normal" Mini, so it acts as a server...?
If its the last one.....will i then be able to use it as a "normal" Mac, surfing and stuff...while it acts like a server..?
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Ok right, i am looking to buy the AirPort Express with Air Tunes for use with my Bang & Olufsen sound system.
Unfortunatly, i bought my Mac Mini with no AirPort card installed. It is connected via Ethernet cable to my Netgear DG834G wireless router & modem. The Router wirelessly connects to my iBook as well and i can share music on my Mac Mini, iBook and other computers connected wirelessly to my router.
I want to know if i would be able to use the AirPort Express station with Air Tunes with my mac mini. If any one know or any one from apple could help i would be extremly thankful.
Thanks, Jeff
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YES YOU CAN! you DO NOT need to get a wireless card for your mini.
why people here feel the need to answer questions that they don't know the answer to is beyond me but YOU CAN CONNECT AND CONTROL the AE via a non wireless computer as long as that computer is connected to a network/router that is wireless..... what you want to do is exactly how i have mine set up, except i don't have a laptop.
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if you have any problems drop me a message.

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I just started getting the Daily Show and I have AirTunes. When I play it, I wanted it to come over the spearks in the house so that everyone could hear. When I have iTunes switched from "computer" to the wireless AirTunes router, nothing happens. I can still play music either way, but not this video.
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No
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Yes

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That device appears to have a single AUX audio input.
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hi there. i've got a hard-wired modem router to my mac and a pc. my mac however has got an airport card in it and i'm thinking of buying a usb wifi dongle thing (?) for the pc and use an airport express station to get wireless internet.
Can anyone please assure me that this set up would work:
lounge: iMac with aiport card.
bedroom upstairs: pc with usb wifi thing
living room: phone line plugged in modem router, modem router ethernet cabled to airport express plugged in socket on the wall. hi-fi plugged in airport express with stereo jack.
would i get wireless internet on both machines an my tunes wirellesly available on the hi-fi?
thanks for your patience!
also does anyone know whether i need to let my isp know that i'm intending to use wifi or will it work anyway?

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Your proposed network configuration is sound. The only issue I see may be the wireless range. The AX is advertised at 300' for 802.11b (11 Mbps), but building construction materials or other forms of Wi-Fi Interference may limit this range. The end result is that the wireless clients furthest away from the AX may experience weak or poor wireless performance.

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I'm having some trouble getting the AirPort Express with Airtunes to connect to a Netgear WPN824v2 network.
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- Wireless Network Security: WEP
- Computer: MacBook Pro
- OS: OS X 10.4.10
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- AirPort Express with Airtunes: the setup routine goes OK, but then the unit cannot connect to the wireless network; the light blinks amber.
Could the problem relate to the password (Hex versus ASCII) or perhaps WEP versus WPA?
Any / all suggestions welcome. Thanks.

sonicdubster, Welcome to the discussion area!
Are you following the directions in KB 302153, AirPort Express: How to join an existing wireless network in client mode?
Is the AirPort Express (AX) placed in an area where it can receive a good wireless signal from the Netgear?
Does the AX connect if you disable wireless encryption?
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G'day Duane,
Just clarifying things here, is it still possible to connect a 360 (via MS' networking adaptor) to a wireless network created by an iMac's built-in airport? Currently I'm using a network encrypted by a WEP password which works all fine and dandy with my MacBook. On the 360, it recognises the network, allows me to enter the password and connects, only to tell me when testing the XBL connection that the wireless network is not connected. The same problem happened when I took off the security. Is there a way around this apart from connecting an ethernet cable to my MacBook/directly into the router?
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