Can Airport Express do two things at once

I've used my Airport Express for music up to now, and it seems to work fine. After a fairly length remodeling project, I'm starting to plan on reconnecting all my new components and devices. My question is can I use the Airport Express to connect to both my stereo through the audio output AND my new network capable blu ray player through the ethernet port at the same time?
I've read the docs and it talk about several different things, but it doesn't talk about doing them at the same time. Just trying to see if I need to buy the overpriced dongle for the blu ray player or I can use a device I already have. Thanks in advance.

The ethernet port may already be active since that is the default setup.
Plug in a laptop using an ethernet cable, turn off the wireless on the computer and see if you can get an Internet connection.
If not, open AirPort Utility - click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab located just below the row of icons
Enter a check mark next to "Allow Ethernet Clients"
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Hello
If I understand it correctly, something like the following snippet would work :
--SNIPPET
(* not tested *)
tell current application's class "NSSpeechSynthesizer"
set synth to its alloc()'s initWithVoice_(missing value) -- default voice
end tell
synth's startSpeakingString_("Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.")
tell current application to display dialog "Now speaking..." buttons {"Stop"}
--if synth's isSpeaking() then synth's stopSpeaking()
synth's stopSpeaking()
synth's release()
--END OF SNIPPET
And if the above works, actual script in ASObjC would look something like this :
--SCRIPT (outline)
(* not tested *)
property NSSpeechSynthesizer : class "NSSpeechSynthesizer"
script myAppDelegate
property parent : class "NSObject"
property myButton : missing value
property synth : {}
on buttonClicked_(sender)
synth's startSpeakingString_("Hello")
end buttonClicked_
on awakeFromNib()
set synth to NSSpeechSynthesizer's alloc()'s initWithVoice_(missing value) -- default voice
end awakeFromNib
on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
--synth's stopSpeaking() -- not sure this is necessary
synth's release()
return current application's NSTerminateNow
end applicationShouldTerminate_
end script
--END OF SCRIPT
*When you alloc() something, make sure you release() it.
Regards,
H

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Do you know how or where i can stop this from happenig?

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I have 3 Airport Express in my apartment, one is connected (named Living Room) to my ISP provided gateway (router) and acts as the main wireless hub, the other two (named Kitchen and Bedroom) and are set up to provide AirPlay audio only.
The ones set up for AirPlay have had constant issues since we moved to our new place 4 months ago, this is very strange because we were with the same ISP in the old place and used the same gateway (router) without any problems which leads me to think that there is something in the walls in the new place which is blocking an effective signal.
Even as I type this, I have Airport Utility open on my Mac and a message just popped up from AU saying that 'Living Room is unavailable'.
Attached is a screenshot which shows the current status of the Airport network. Basically it is a mess, and I have tried everything, from resetting the ISP router and all the AXPs, to changing the Network Modes to experimenting with repositioning the units to points in rooms where the reception might be better.
NOTHING has made any difference.

Sorry, have been away for work so only just had a chance to look again at this:
I'lll try again: right now using WiFI Explorer I can see 9 other networks, 3 of those are using channel 11, the same as my Airport Express network. (Set to Automatic in Airport Utility)
What I tried to explain earlier was that the one in the kitchen will not stay connected long enough for me to get a reading on WiFi Explorer, but I can tell you that I powered up the one in the bedroom at 19:56, it is currently connected in Extend Wireless Network mode (the one in the kitchen is disconnected from the power) and has an average SNR of 59dB (and shows as 'Excellent' in Airport Utility) and so far it has not dropped the connection, but I am 99% certain that it will be back to blinking amber by tomorrow.
So there is one Airport Express in the living room which is the one that has created the wireless network, within the living room the Average SNR is around 60% (as you would expect as that is the unit that is wired to the ISP provided router).
Since I connected the one in the bedroom earlier this evening it has managed to stay connected and appears to still be extending the network, I checked it just now by standing next to it with WiFi Explorer open on my MacBook Pro and it showed an average SNR of 55%.
I ordered a 10 metre ethernet cable yesterday and I will try relocating the unit that is set to create the wireless network to a place in the living room that is closer to the bedroom and kitchen. It is currently on a shelf on the TV bank which is about two metres away from the wall closest to the kitchen.
I will report back here once I have moved it and set up the kitchen and bedroom boxes again. Hopefully this will allow the kitchen one to stay connected long enough for me to get a reading on WiFi Explorer.

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I'm not a techie, and need step by step guidance. I have a Plusnet Technicolour router in my living room. The signal is fine except in our bedroom. I have an airport express (new version) and I realised I can't use it wirelessly to boost the signal. Can I do this via a wire from my plusnet router to the express? If yes, what exactly do I need to do? I have a macbook air circa 2010 if it helps...
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Power up the AirPort Express for a few minutes, then hold in the reset button on the back of the Express for 10-12 seconds. Release the reset button and allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Connect the Ethernet cable from a LAN <--> port on the PlusNet router to the WAN "O" port on the AirPort Express.
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Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Other WiFi Devices
Click on AirPort Express
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Network Name.......Type in the exact name of your PlusNet wireless network
Base Station Name....Type in a name that you want to call the Express
Password......Type in the exact same password that you use for the PlusNet wireless network
Verify Password
Click Next
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Hello All,
Currently I have the current setup and working great for the most part.
Aiport Extreme (Base) - Connected directly to my ISP Modem upstairs.
Airport Express 1 (Bridge Mode) - Bridged to the Airport Extreme Base and placed midway hall upstairs
Airport Express 2 (Bridge Mode) - Bridged to the Airport Extreme Base and placed downstairs
Currently when I am out on my deck, I will receive 1 bar or no signal.. The signal that I do recieve is coming from one of the airport express..
My question is, If I place a third additional Airport Express outside on my deck/patio will this daisy chain off the current AirPort Express that is already bridged to the Airport Extreme Base, or will it ONLY be able to bridge from the AirPort Extreme Base and not daisy chain from the AirPort Express? In other words, if I do not receive signal from the AirPort Extreme base on my deck/patio will this be of no use to extend the range?
Many thanks in advance!

My question is, If I place a third additional Airport Express outside on my deck/patio will this daisy chain off the current AirPort Express that is already bridged to the Airport Extreme Base
Sorry, but no. Although the third AirPort will connect to the AirPort Express, it will "join"....not extend...the network. When an AirPort "joins" a network, it provides no additional wireless signal coverage.
or will it ONLY be able to bridge from the AirPort Extreme Base
Correct, if you want the additional AirPort Express to "extend" the network. An "extending" device must connect directly to the main base station.....not to another device that is already extending the wireless signal. The reason for this is that Apple's "extend" feature only allows a signal to be extended wirelessly one time....not two.
if I do not receive signal from the AirPort Extreme base on my deck/patio will this be of no use to extend the range?
Correct. But, if you located the additional Express somewhat closer to the AirPort Extreme, it might pick up enough of the signal to be able to extend it. Remember, an extending device can only extend the quality of signal that it receives.
However, if you could run an Ethernet cable from the port on the current "extending" Express to the other Express that you want to add, you could configure the additional Express to 'create a wireless network" and effectively extend the network that way.

Can airport express be used to extend a network that does not use an apple airport as the primary base station.

I have a verizon fios cable modem that incorporates a wireless base station using 802.11n and wep 40 bit security. I decided that I could improve poor reception by using two airport expresses as range extenders. I cannot seem to configure them for this function. When I do a manual setup and choose extend a network, I get a message that says the network cannot be extended. I have been able to join the network, and I think they would work as clients, but I'm trying to use them in as additonal base stations to extend my network.
The primary base station, and the two airport express units are all within range of each other.
Now that I have the two units (purchased on sale from Apple this past week), the directions in the manual only include instructions for using them as network extenders with a primary basestation that is Apple? Is this the case?

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Can the Airport Express be used to extend the private and guest WiFi networks coming from the base station simultaneously
Yes, either by a wireless connection or Ethernet connection to the base station.....assuming that both the base station and extender are using firmware 7.6.3 or higher and AirPort Utility 6.3 is used to configure both AirPorts, which must be dual band models.

Can AirPort Express Extend non-Airport WiFi?

The description of the AirPort Express at:
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/features/sharing.html
has this footnote: "AirPort Express can extend the range only of an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express wireless network.”
Is this literally true or just a legalistic disclaimer. Is it possible to make AE work with a Netgear or Linksys router's WiFi? Or not?
One of our user group members does not have a stable connection between her iBook G4 and a Comcast router by Netgear. This is in a townhouse with two floors between them.

Is this literally true or just a legalistic disclaimer. Is it possible to make AE work with a Netgear or Linksys router's WiFi? Or not?
Pretty much. There are only a very very few non-AirPorts that are WDS-compatible. One is the Linksys WRT54G ... and only with a specific firmware version. You can do a quick Google-search, using terms like: Linksys AirPort WDS, and find at least a dozen references.
But, this is not really any different with the other vendors as most of their equipment, if extend-able, only do so with their own.

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An increasing number of hotels are now charging for every device that you use to connect to the Internet. I am travelling to India next week for work and the hotel I am staying at has this policy. I have not discovered a way of sharing a Wifi account between several devices. I travel with an iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.
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This is why I travel with 2 AirPort Express devices.
For hotels with wireless only....one Express is configured to "join" the hotel wireless network and it provides an Ethernet signal to the second Express which is configured to "create" a wireless network for multiple devices.
The hotel network only "sees" one device....the AirPort Express that is joining....so I'm only charged for one device, but can connect multiple devices if I want.
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