Connect airport express to Thomson GT782T router modem

I have a non Mac router and modem. I cannot get my Airport Express to connect either wirelessly or by attaching ethernet cable directly to DSL modem. Can anyone help?

Just to clarify, the "modem and router" you mentioned in your first message is the GT782T, right?
Assuming it is, and assuming you've got your ISP username and password to hand:
While the manual for your modem (the GT782T) doesn't go into quite enough detail for me to give you complete step by step instructions, essentially what you need to do is to log into the GT782T and hunt around for an option to switch it into something called bridge mode. This should essentially stop it from acting as a router and instead allow the Airport Express to do that instead, though t's important to be aware that until you do the next part, your internet connection won't work.
Once you've enabled bridge mode on the GT782T you'll then need to connect it to the Airport Express via the WAN port, then open Airport Utility, select it, click Edit, then on the Internet tab, click the dropdown next to Connect Using and select PPPoE, entering your ISP username in the Account Name box, and the password in, er, the password box, then click Update. The Airport Express should restart, and hopefully come back online with your internet connection in toe .

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No clue if this is important but I have a mac mini hooked up that has all of my itunes that I screen share with to connect over the network. My main computer is a macbook pro.
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2. I still have my older extreme. if the expresses can't be hooked up, can this be used somehow?
3. If none of the above, how to do non apple people get wireless access points around the house to connect to iTunes and printers?
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1. can I connect the airport EXPRESS to my buffalo router? if so, how?
You were probably extending the wireless network previously.. but the apple routers cannot extend wireless to another non-apple router. You can join a wireless router. You will need to open the airport utility and change the setup from extend to join and this is very tricky on v6 utility. You really need a computer running v5 so join wireless which is still a hidden option can at least be found.
So do you have v5 airport utility available?
If not you can reset the express and do it again with v6 utility but you must select the correct options.
I did a post with the method here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5719954?tstart=0
2. I still have my older extreme. if the expresses can't be hooked up, can this be used somehow?
This might be a better idea anyway.. although it does add complexity.. The problem being that airplay protocol can simply fail to work .. not all routers support apple type systems.
Reset the extreme to factory and start over. You want it running in bridge mode.. that is router bridge btw.
Plug into the buffalo by ethernet to WAN port of the AE. You will need to create a wireless network and the Express can still extend that network as before. You can still run into issues.
Why did you buy the buffalo?? If you wanted better and faster wireless you can swap the network around.. leave the AE as the main router with the express.. exactly as they are now.. and simply use the buffalo as Wireless Access Point.
Check if it has WAP mode.. if not I can explain how to do it manually with wan bypass.
3. If none of the above, how to do non apple people get wireless access points around the house to connect to iTunes and printers?
Non apple people don't use iTunes.. and generally they use wires.. you know.. permanent hassle free connections.

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I already have a wifi router is not Apple, I have already configured iPhone and iMac to wirelessly, now I need to connect my hi-fi via an airport express (via wifi of course) I can connect "airport express" to a wifi router does not Apple via wifi?

now I need to connect my hi-fi via an airport express (via wifi of course) I canconnect "airport express" to a wifi router does not Apple via wifi?
Yes, the AirPort Express can "Join" virtually any wireless network if you know the name of the network, the exact type of wirelss security that is being used on the network and the wireless network password.
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....I was then told over the phone that airport express will not connect to third party routers.
This is NOT correct.
The AirPort Express will connect to a wireless network if you know the following:
1) The name of the wireless network
2) The exact setting for wireless security that the network is using
3) The wireless network password
Most users know 1) and 3), but very few know the exact type of wireless security settings that their wireless router is using. The Express will not connect to the wireless network unless it receives all of the information listed above.
So...we will assume that you know the name of the wireless network and the password for the network.
Do you know the exact type of wireless security setting that your wireless router is using? If not, the Express will not connect.
You may need to check the setup of your wireless router....or if the router was supplied to you by an Internet Service Provider, they may be able to tell you what type of wireless security setting is being used.
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I have been tring to set up my Airport Express with my 3Com ADSL modem and wireless router all-in-one using WDS.
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Trying to connect my wired PC to the wireless airport express via the wireless router. TP-link wired/wireless router. Ultimate goal is to send music from iTunes on PC to wireless router, then to airport, then to reciever. The amber light is blinking. Thanks in advance for the help!

If I'm understanding right your need and your computer has wired access to your network/router, all you have to do is give your AX wireless or wired access to your network too.
Wired should be easier. Just use a network cable to connect to the router. Power up the AX and look for it on AirPort Utility, do so without changing any of your computer settings. If it's visible, then on iTunes your AX should be visible on the AirPlay icon at the bottom-right corner.
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How to Connect Airport Express to Existing Wireless Network (Client Mode)

I am posting this for everyone tearing their hair out trying to connect the Airport Express to your own existing home wireless network. After spending 2 hours last night installing this on my father-in-law's home network, I hope to be able to save someone else the agony we went through.
So here's the situation:
Say you already have your own home network set up, and all you want is to be able to use AirTunes to play music off iTunes into your speaker system. And, you don't need the printer sharing capability nor creation of another wireless network (2 of the features of Airport Express). Then this solution is for you - read on.
Unfortunately, Apple's user manual is very unclear how to connect Airport Express to your own network. When you look at the picture diagram they provide, they show Airport Express picking up its signal from another Apple-oriented base. This can make you think you need to buy another piece of hardware to make it work. DON'T If you read through the manual, the Support section here, etc., you will hear lots of talk about "Client Mode" - and that this is the only way to get it to work. Nice - but no one really tells you how to set up the Airport in client mode.
Do yourself a favor, toss that user manual aside and run these steps.
(Note: These directions assume your DSL/Cable Modem is hooked up to a wireless router or acts as its own wireless router)
1. Get a cat5 Ethernet cable (anything but an orange cable - that's a crossover cable) like you would use to connect your PC to your router to pick up the Internet.
2. Connect the Ethernet cable to the router on one end, and to the Airport Express unit on the other end.
3. Plug in your Airport Express unit to the wall (this will not necessarily become its permanent location - you will be able to move it later). The light will glow solid Amber for about 30-45 seconds while it starts up, then blink Amber. At this point, the unit is ready to operate.
4. Install the CD to the PC where your iTunes music is stored. This should be painless. Once you open the program, it should detect the Airport unit.
5. At this point, the on-screen wizard will present you with your options, and walk you through the setup. This is much like the user manual describes - and you should be good to go form here forward.
Some pointers:
- When asked if you want to create a new network, join an existing network, or connect via Ethernet, choose the middle option for joining an existing network. You will need to know the name of your network, the password to connect to the network (if present), and the type of encryption used on the network (e.g. WEP, WPA, etc.). Side note, WPA is recommended, as it is a higher level of security than WEP. You will be able to configure the Airport Express unit to automatically login to your network.
- I would recommend, when creating a password for the Airport Express unit, use the same password as your network, to avoid confusion.
6. The very last step will ask you to save the settings to the Airport Express. Here's the kicker - when you save the settings, you are TRICKING the Airport Express into no longer acting as a network broadcaster, but instead being a "slave" to your own network. What do I mean? You will lose the connection from your PC to the Airport Express - an error message will pop up telling you the unit can no longer be found. While you might think you did something wrong, you actually were successful!
7. Unplug your Airport Express, and disconnect the Ethernet cable from your router and the Airport unit. This will no longer be needed.
8. Go to your desired location where you want to plug in your Airport Express unit. Before plugging it in, connect your Audio cable from the Airport Express to your audio receiver. Once that is connected, then plug in the Airport Express unit. The light will glow solid Amber for 30-45 seconds while it loads, and then will blink Amber for a brief period of time before turning solid GREEN. When this happens, you have successfully connected the Airport Express to your home network!
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10. Open iTunes. On the lower right, you will see a dropdown for Speakers, and it should be defaulted to My Computer. Click on that drop-down, and you will see the name of your Airport unit. Click on that name, and now your music will broadcast to the Airport unit!
11. Play a song in iTunes. Go to your audio receiver, and connect it to the channel for your external connection to the Airport Express unit. You should hear your music from iTunes. CONGRATULATIONS! =)
I hope these instructions were helpful - I am happy to answer any questions, so feel free to contact me, *******************@*****.**.
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Thanks for the detailed directions. You are absolutely correct in stating that people should toss the user manual; it's pretty worthless. I have had a problem setting up my new Airport Express as I have described in an earlier post - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1839873&tstart=45
One quick question - does using your setup process set the AE up as part of a distributed network where the AE is acting as a wireless router where it is extending the range of your network? Or, is it simply a wireless connection to your stereo for iTunes? I am interested in having both, since my AE will be at the other end of the house from the main wireless router.
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The 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) can provide Internet access in one of three ways:
By being directly connected by Ethernet to an Internet modem or gateway.
By being wirelessly connected to another AirPort or Time Capsule.
By being wirelessly connected to a non-Apple router. Note: With this option, the AXn is only able to supply Internet connectivity via its Ethernet port.

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can airport express act as wireless router ?
This AirPort Express is a wireless router.
connect directly to your cable or DSL modem and get wifi access ?
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Airport Express Confusion - Hubs, Switches, Router

I am totally frustrated with trying to get my Airport Express to work. I have an older dual-processor G4 WITHOUT an airport card. It is connected to a 4-port Fast Ethernet Hub (Netgear FE-104). Also connected to the Hub is a cable modem and Laserjet printer. When I ordered my new MacBook Pro I asked the Apple sales rep if I could access the internet on the MacBook Pro in another room. I explained exactly the specs above. I asked if I needed an airport card in the G4 and he said no. He recommended ordering an Airport Express (not Extreme) and said to connect the Airport Express to the Hub with an Ethernet cable. I did that and tried and tried to get both computers to access the internet. Nothing worked. I called Apple Tech Support and the very patient guy went through the whole process but told me to connect the Airport Express directly to the cable modem. Well, that defeats everything I am trying to do. He could not get both computers on the network. I called the Apple rep back and he thought there might be something wrong with the AE so I exchanged it. He said I do not need an Airport Extreme, but the Tech Support guy said I did. I hooked the new AE up again as he first suggested...into the HUB. I can only access the internet (one computer at a time) if I plug into the Link/RX Port (only one of these on the HUB). I'm not a network expert but everything on apple.com says this is supposed to be easy to connect 2 computers and use both on the internet simultaneously. I read in DesigningAirportNets.pdf on page 28 that an Ethernet hub is optional. That's what I have. Can anyone help me figure out why this isn't working? I have a HUB but do I need something else? Is Apple's documentation wrong? Isn't the Airport Express a little router? Or is it a Switch? I'm sorry to make this so long but I've spent a ton of hours trying to get this to work. If I bought an Extreme it's not a hub and I can't connect my G4 or printer to it. Thank you for any help.
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He recommended ordering an Airport Express (not Extreme)...
That was bad advice. Your original setup using a hub to connect multiple devices to your cable modem is troublesome and destined to failure.
He said I do not need an Airport Extreme, but the Tech Support guy said I did.
The "Tech Support guy" was correct.
Isn't the Airport Express a little router?
Yes but since it only has a single Ethernet port, it can not connect to your Ethernet Internet source AND support Ethernet clients at the same time.
You have 3 choices:
Return the AirPort Express and get an AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). Then you will configure your network like this:
cable modem-> [WAN] AEBS [LAN]-+-> G4 DP
...............................|-> Laserjet
In that configuration the AEBS will properly share the connection between the Ethernet devices and your MacBook Pro.
OR...
Replace your hub with an inexpensive wired router. Then configure your AirPort Express so that the option to distribute IP addresses is disabled. You will configure your network like this:
cable modem-> router-+-> G4 DP
.....................|-> Laserjet
.....................|-> AirPort Express
In this configuration, the AirPort Express will act solely as a wireless access point. All of your machines will get IP addresses directly from the router.
OR...
Return the AirPort Express and get an inexpensive 802.11g compliant wireless base station. You will configure your network like this:
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my internet connection is using a rj11 "phone cable", how can i connect my airport express with it? once i plug it into my AE it seems that my fixed line is "in use" and i don´t have internet signal on it.

It is not possible to connect a phone line directly to the AirPort Express, since the AirPort Express is a simple router only.
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Modem > Ethernet Switch > Express & Blu-Ray Player both connected to the switch
But, unfortunately, it won't. The reason is that the modem has only one IP address it can deliver and it can't go to two devices at the same time. It will be matter of chance as to which device...the Express or Blu-Ray Player....gets the IP address. The other device will not be able to connect to the Internet.
Instead, what is required is a simple "wired only" router connected to the modem. So the corrrect setup will look like this:
Modem > Wired Only Router > Express and Blu-Ray Player both connected to the router
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I have a TELDAT Wifi router connected to an ONT, both provided by my ISP. The TELDAT router does not perform very well, I have many issues with airplay, itunes home sharing and even with my apple TV. I read many forums and came to the preliminary conclusion that the problem may be the TELDAT router.I was looking to replace the provided router with another one, however It seems that this router use VLAN tags to connect to the ONT via its WAN port so apparently not all routers support this.
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My current configuration:
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Probably, unless the Netgear has been set up in some non-standard way.
But, every manufacturer seems to do something a bit different with their wireless, so a device from one manufacturer will not always be compatible with a device from another manufacturer when you try to connect using wireless.
It should work. But, should work is not the same as saying it will work. It might be a good idea to understand the store's return policy just in case things don't work out as well as expected.

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I have an existing router that works fine for the first and second floors of my house (it is not an Apple router), however, my Apple TV is in the basement and the WiFi coverage is absolutely horrible. I'm curious if I can use an AirPort Express router to extend the range of the initial router (I have Ethernet access in the basement) so that I can stream to my Apple TV from anywhere in the house.
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Yes, if the AirPort Express is configured to create a wireless network that uses the exact same wireless network name, same wireless security setting (WPA2 Personal) and same wireless password as your existing router.
In addition, the AirPort must be configured to operate in Bridge Mode.
Other than naming the network and entering the password, AirPort Utility will take care of most of the settings automatically, assuming you have Mac running Lion (10.7.x), Mountain Lion (10.8.x), Mavericks (10.9.x), or you use an iPhone or iPad for the setup.
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Cannot connect airport express to ipad I keep receiving the message: "an unexpected error occurred" when I try to connect my Ipad to my airport express. Does anyone have a solution?

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I keep receiving the message: "an unexpected error occurred" when I try to connect my Ipad to my airport express. Does anyone have a solution?

I could not "see" my Express via my wireless router or via the Airport Utility until I reset it to Factory Settings by unplugging it then holding in the tiny reset button while plugging it back in, waiting for the flashing yellow LED signal before letting go.
Then I set it up to DHCP - "connect to wireless network" and DOWNGRADED the firmware to 7.3.x
I would tell you the exact Firmware but I can no longer "see" the Airport express............ AGAIN or still.....
BUT at least I am listening to music streaming from my MacBook Pro... Hmmm.
I log back into the router (Linksys WRT110) and it no longer shows the Airport Express as a DHCP client AND the Airport utility can no longer "find" any Airport Devices..
So if I don't move, or there are no cosmic events, or maybe my KARMA is effecting the device or my "VIBES" are good, but I'm not sure if will continue to work.. Sure would like to use this little device from hel*.
Since I have had this Airport Express I have spent many hours trying to get it to work.
It works just long enough to fool me and then takes a dump...
Maybe this time?
5 Minute later...
Music was playing. I went into iTunes and switched from Airtunes to Computer speakers. When I tried to switch it back GUESS WHAT?
[An unknown error (-15006) occurred while trying to connect to remote speaker "Airtunes"]
Wonderful Green LED though. Totally useless piece of equipment AFAIK.
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Connect airport express to Thomson GT782T router modem

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