AirPort no current wireless network

Thinking of purchasing Airport Express, however, I don't currently have a wireless network at home. Do I need one in order to use Airport Express?
For purposes of playing my ITUNES library on home stereo, is the AirPort Express all I need or do I also need the AirPort Express or Extreme Base Unit I've read about?
Thanks

Hello rf90305. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Thinking of purchasing Airport Express, however, I don't currently have a wireless network at home. Do I need one in order to use Airport Express?
You do not need an existing wireless network in order to use the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn). In its default mode, the AXn is a wireless network router and will provide its own wireless network when connected to power.
For your HP to communicate with the AXn's wireless network, it would have to be wireless-capable. The AXn is 802.11a/b/g/n-compatible.
For purposes of playing my ITUNES library on home stereo, is the AirPort Express all I need or do I also need the AirPort Express or Extreme Base Unit I've read about?
To stream iTunes, again, your PC needs to be wireless-capable. Beyond that, you just need to connect the AXn, using an audio cable, to your home stereo.

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Thanks. Just paragraph 3 of this article seemed to suggest that you can't have the best of both worlds.
And other articles only address how to setp up the base station in a client mode without setting it up as a realy station and audio distribution point.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302153

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I have a dlink router (ac) configured as NAT and a friend of mine gave me an airport express (ac) to extend my current wireless network.
I believe that i should configure the airport express as bridge mode in order to mantain my current ip range.
I'm trying to configure the airport express but i can't even loggin to it.
The question.
Can i use this device to extend my current wireless network or do i need an airport base station to do this?.
Thanks so much and any help would be really appreciated.
Regards.
Francisco.

Can i use this device to extend my current wireless network or do i need an airport base station to do this?.
Unfortunately, the answer is that neither an AirPort Express nor an AirPort Extreme is compatible with a D-Link router....or any other 3rd party router for that matter.....if you are trying to have the the AirPort device extend the signal using wireless.
The AirPort Express can extend a signal from another Apple router.
'm trying to configure the airport express but i can't even loggin to it.
You may have received an older version of the Express that is not compatible with the newer Mac operating system that you are using.
Look for the model number of the Express on the side of the device.....hard to see in the faint print.....you may need a magnifying glass. If you see model A1084 or A1088, these older versions are no longer supported by Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks operating systems.
The workaround is that you must use a Mac that is running Leopard or Snow Leopard, or a PC to be able to administer the older versions of the AirPort Express models.

Can an Airport extend a wireless network and support a USB printer at the same time?

Can an Airport extend a wireless network and support a USB printer at the same time?

Yes, if the AirPort Express is extending the wireless signal produced by another Apple router. The Express cannot wirelessly extend a network produced by a non-Apple router.
In addition to extending the network and connecting a printer, AirPlay can also be enabled on the AirPort Express, with all services operating simultaneously.
Please note that only the print function will work if you connect an All-in-One type device to the USB port on the Express. Advanced features like copy, scan, mainentance, etc are not supported when an All-in-One device is connected to the USB port on an AirPort router.

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New Airport Extreme N wireless network setup questions (WDS, D-Link)

I have finally been able to set up my Airport Extreme N network after numerous attempts over the last few weeks. I was getting a very weak signal in front of the house where my wife's G4 is connected wireless to an old Airport card and where all the systems (XBOX 360; Wii and PS3) are also wirelessly hitting the network.
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Also, prior to going to an all Apple wireless network setup, I bought the D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router (DIR-655). I was regretfully about to return it to Best Buy but I had an idea which may or may not work. I know that the D-Link does not support WDS but if I was to set it up as the main router and added the "main" Airport basestation as a wired bridge could I maintain the WDS network? The reason I ask this is because I would love to keep the gigabit for the wired machines in the office. Also, I am wondering if the D-Link notebook card is incompatible with the Airport network.
All I know is that I have spent alot of money and sleepless nights just trying to set this network up but thankfully Best Buy has a thirty day return policy so I will return what I can't use.
I appreciate any help and advice anyone can give me.
Thanks.
V
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MacPro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hello!
I have noticed that some manufacturers (Linksys and possibly D-LINK) only accept upper-case WEP keys only.
This drove me nuts when trying to integrate a Linksys PC PCMCIA card into my old "g" network.
As far as using WEP, it's bad and broken; but I understand that your choice of security is limited to the devices that you are trying to network.
For what it's worth, I have my network set up with the AEBS 'n' connected to my Cable Modem, with one of the ports going to a gigabit switch for my wired network. I then have two AirTunes set up as WDS extensions for music & Internet delivery to two separate areas. The AEBS 'n" serves up DHCP and routing for the entire network.
It works quite well; I get 54 mbits/sec for the two WDS AirTunes, and 145 mbits/sec to one of my ATV's. My gigabit wired machines see data rates of 15-27 MBytes/sec (depending on the type of transfer).
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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
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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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I set up a wireless network via an Airport Extreme, then I extended it via a second Airport Extreme. Now I have two wireless networks, one named "Network" and the second one named "network 5Ghz" both are working and both use the same password. Why is this happening? How do I correct it?

Apple's default setting is to use the same wireless network name for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signals. This is the simplest setting for most users to use.....the reason being that wireless devices will automatically connect to the best signal quality based on their capabilities and distance in relation to the router.
Personally, I use this setting as well, since I'm willing to let the wireless device choose what they think is the best signal with which to connect.
However, there are some folks who swear by assigning a separate name to the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signals. Their reasoning is usually along the lines of......"I have a 5 GHz signal and I want my laptop to connect to it".
So, they point the laptop at the 5 GHz network. This works great if the laptop is in close proximity to the router.......(the same place the laptop will automatically connect anyway when the same default name is used for both bands)......but as the laptop moves further away from the router, it will usually try to hang onto the 5 GHz signal much longer than it should......at a location where the 2.4 GHz signal is stronger (and probably faster).
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Try resetting the SMC and PRAM
MacBook Pro
Laptops with a battery you can remove
Shut down the computer.
Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
Remove the battery.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
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Hi,
I have an Airport Extreme (AX) connected to a Cable modem, and it is acting as a router and a DHCP server. To extend the wireless range I'm using an Airport express (AE) connected to the Airport Extreme using a wired gigabit ethernet connection.
I'm trying to set the AE in bridge mode as I don't want to setup another network segment and wireless network, I just want to use the AX as the DHCP server. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work. In this mode, the clients connected to the AE wirelessly can't get an IP address, and even when using a fixed IP address, it can't ping the AX router.
The only way I can set it to work is to set the AE to share a public address and create a new wireless network with a different name.
Original wireless network IP address: 192.168.0.x
Second wireless network IP address: 10.0.0.x
This gives a double NAT warning which I have to disable.
I've tried rolling back the firmware of the AE to 7.4.2 and that didn't seem to help.
Details:
Airport Extreme (Simultaneous Dual-Band II) - running 7.5.2
Airport Express (Wireless N) - 7.5.2 and 7.4.2

but I can't find an option to configure the AE as a "roaming network"
There isn't one. It's a term used to describe a particular type of setup.
Check your ethernet cable for proper operation by connecting a laptop. Turn off wireless on the laptop and make sure that you can get a good Internet connection. If you can, this confirms that the ethernet cable is working correctly. If you can not, you need to trobleshoot the ethernet connection first before you go any further.
On your AirPort Express, check your settings using AirPort Utility - Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Same name as your main router
No check mark needed next to Allow this network to be extended
Radio Mode = 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) a good choice. Your call here
Channel = Automatic (No need to manually set the channels on either router, but you can if you want)
Wireless Security = Same setting as your main network
Wireless Password = Same password as your main network
Confirm Password
Click the Internet icon
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update to save settings and the Express will restart in 40-45 seconds. You should have a green light. Important....now you need to restart your entire network.
Power everything down, order is not important. Start the modem first, let it run a few moments by itself. Then start your main router the same way. Then start all other devices the same way.

Airport connects to wireless network, can't get on internet

Hi All -
Having a weird problem. Set up new high speed wireless at home (ATT/Yahoo with a 2wire wireless router. Had NO problem setting up my MacPro (wired ethernet), MacBook (airport) and my wife's PC (I know, she's switching as soon as we can).. but for some reason my older Dual G4 with an Airport Card will NOT connect.
The Airport seems to connect to the Wireless network NO problem. I enter the WEP password and I am in as far as Airport is concerned. But it won't connect to the internet.
I tried like all the other machine to go into Network/Airport and set it up for DHCP just like all the other machines, however it gives a message in Network Status:
"Airport is connected to the Network 2WIRE900. Airport has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to cnnnect to the internet"
When I go to show Airport, and choose "Using DHCP (like all the other comps) it has an IP that is not in the range of what is assigned by the router.. I never put that IP there, so I have no idea. I have tried to renew the lease, change to manual, then switch back to DHCP, etc. All to no avail.
It also does not show the Router IP address either..
I am really stuck and at a standstill as this Mac not only can't get online, but it has 3 500GB drives full of info I need to access from my other Macs.
Any Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
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Hi Duane,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, wireless mode is set to 802.11b/g
I did not enable a MAC list. I see that option on the router but am unsure of if I should enable it or how to do so.
It says:
Tip: To discover new devices to be added, disable the MAC Filtering feature for one minute, then refresh this page. Once new devices are listed, re-enable the MAC Filtering feature and modify the list below.
You can also add a MAC address manually.
As I stated, I setup my MacBook with no problems. It immediately recognized the network and turning on DHCP the router assigned it an IP without a problem.
Thanks,
Steve

AirPort Express Extend Wireless Networks (Multiple)

I've got an AirPort Extreme with these wireless networks:
AirPort Network
AirPort Network 5GHz
AirPort Guest Network
I've also got an AirPort Express which I would like to extend these wireless networks with (at least the first two), however the settings only allow me to select one of these wireless network.
I considered connecting the two AirPorts via ethernet, but then thought the two wireless networks would likely clash?
If anyone could advice me as to what I should do, that would be perfect, many thanks.

I've also got an AirPort Express which I would like to extend these wireless networks with (at least the first two), however the settings only allow me to select one of these wireless network.
If you have a "new" AirPort Express with dual band wireless capability, it will both bands using wireless only if you use the same wireless network name for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz network on the main AirPort Extreme.
The Guest Network cannot be extended.
If you do have the option to connect the AirPort Express using Ethernet, it can certainly be configured to provide more wireless coverage that way. The networks will not "clash".

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I want to use the Airport Express to create a second wireless network downstairs. Upstairs I already have a wireless modem/router (Draytek 2850). The signal downstairs however is to weak. When I create the wireless network on the Airport Express, this works perfectly. However after the creation, the wireless part of the Draytek modem/router stops functioning. The wired part keeps working, but when I connect to the wireless part I access anything. Why is that?
The Express is set to Bridge modus and under TCP/IP I've selected that the IPV4 configurations has to go via DHCP.

I set the Network Name the same as the SSID, security type on the router is Mixed(WPA/WPA2)/PSK, which on the AX is WPA/WPA2 - personal I guess. The password is the same as the DrayTek.
Yes, WPA/WPA2 Personal on the AX is the same as the Draytek's wireless security option.
The radio channel of the Draytek router is 6, the channel of the AX is 11. Do I miss anything here?
No, it looks like you have all of the right settings as far as I can tell ... and you already stated that the AX is in bridge mode, i.e., Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode) ... correct?
If so, I would recommend performing a complete power recycle of your networking components, as follows:
Power-down the DrayTek, and AX. Order is not critical.
Power-up the DrayTek; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it to stablize.
Before powering-up the AX, verify that you can gain Internet access via a wireless connection to the DrayTek. If so, continue.
Power-up (plug-in) the AX; wait at least 5-10 minutes to allow it to stablize. It should have a steady green status light. If not, use the AirPort Utility to determine the reasons why it doesn't from the Status page of the Utility.

Airport Express! wireless network connection promp need Help!

First time user cant hook up to my wireless network just bought airport express to extend my my network but I keep on get an error say that my wireless network connection is valid any help anyone please on the brink of giving up!

Hi, yonhtna. Welcome to the forums!
Would you mind answering a few questions? I need a little more information about your network setup and about the exact nature of the problem.
1) What type of router is your main router?
2) Do you plan on using the Express to extend the range of your network, or are you only going to be using it for AirTunes or printer sharing?
3) When and where do you see the error message? If possible, can you provide the exact wording?
4) Is AirPort Utility able to find the Express?

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