Considering an Airport Express, but have doubts
Hi,
I am looking for a solution that will enable me to print from several PC's around the house and an iBook to a EPSON STYLUS PHOTO R300.
I have an existing wireless network using a Netgear DG834G. All the PC's and the iBook connect through this and share files/folders.
If I were to purchase an Airport Express and connect the printer to it, will all the PCs and the iBook be able to print to it reliably? Would this play nicely with my existing wireless network?
(The printer will mainly be used by the PC's for printing photos and high-quality artwork/packaging.)
If I were to purchase an Airport Express and connect
the printer to it, will all the PCs and the iBook be
able to print to it reliably?
Yes, but you will need to use the latest drivers and you may find that certain utilities (such as ink levels) will only work if you are directly connected to the printer.
Would this play nicely
with my existing wireless network?
Yes
(The printer will mainly be used by the PC's for
printing photos and high-quality artwork/packaging.)
Some have found with other printers that this is sometimes not possible when a printer is connected to an Airport Express, but for most printers it is not an issue.
iFelix
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Hi guys/gals,
I'm considering buying an airport express but have a few questions, I'd be grateful if anyone could help!
Current situation is I have one of the new iMacs in my house currently not near a telephone socket at wall (hence my need to go wireless). I also have an iPod Hifi situated elsewhere in the house which I would like to be able to stream music to from my iMac. (The iPod Hifi just happens to be beside a telephone socket at the wall - if this is of any benefit??)
My main concern is - does the airport express need another wireless router to access its signal or can it actually act as a router itself? if so, how do i connect to my internet connection?
Am i correct in thinking I should plug the airport express in beside the hifi so as i can obviously run the audio cable to it and if the airport express does not need another router then I can just connect it to the telephone socket beside the hifi for the internet connection?
I'm sorry if any of this is vague, any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks in advance,
StephenI am using a Mac Pro with airport extreme card in it (the card was an option)- I suppose iMacs have this card built in as standard. If so go for it. (as to how to install the AE in your case check the manual - it's pretty straight forward)
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I do not have a receiver but an external DAC (digital to analogue converter) connected to AE with the toslink cable. The DAC is connected to my hi-fi system by RCA cable.
I just finished transfering my CD collection to an external MyBook 1TB USB 2 HDD (all files in Apple Lossless codec !) and believe me the quality is so good - I will probably never use my Hi-End DENON SACD player again...
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I can't print wirelessly using Airport Express. I have my HP printer connected to a USB hub, and the hub to the Airport Express, but when I select the HP from the printer list, my MacBook says the printer is "off-line" - even when it is not. I've tried several USB connectors, and several different ports on my USB hub; same result. I need to have the HP connected to the hub 'cause from there it's connected to our desktop Mac.
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The network on my airport express works, have wifi on the ipods,etc. But when I open airport utility on my mac and on the iphone nothing exists. Why?
Reboot the modem. Just pull the power for a few seconds. No settings are lost. The laptop getting through to the internet is not relevent.
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I want to listen to my music through my airport express but I also have a wireless internet connection!
I think I might have been sold a jelly - I want to listen to my music wirelessly which is why I bought the Airport Express, but I also have a wireless internet connection - can I do both?David1854 wrote:
I want to listen to my music through my airport express but I also have a wireless internet connection!
I think I might have been sold a jelly - I want to listen to my music wirelessly which is why I bought the Airport Express, but I also have a wireless internet connection - can I do both?
Do you mean to say you already have a wireless network setup and thought by buying the Airport Express you just could use it for wireless music alone?
The Airport Express is chiefly a wireless router first, with the wireless music and printing as extra's.
It can be used for streaming music alone, but I think it needs to talk to network time servers and thus it gets screwed up over time not being on the internet. Also by your using your computers wifi for music streaming, no internet with your other router.
So it's a all Airport Express or back to a stereo mini cable. -
I have the old airport express but my iPad 3 is not able to connect to it even with the app downloaded. What can I do?
Use a windows computer.. or ask a friend to bring a windows laptop and use the 5.6 version windows utility.
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I have an older airport express, but don't know where to look to find its model number.
The version number is airport utility 6.3.4 (634.17).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.Hard to see it's so teeny. I needed a magnifying glass.
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I have the green light on my airport express, but no connection
I have the green light on my airport express, but no connection what am i doing wrong?
What are you trying to connect to.
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I have just bought apple tv which allows me to play music through airport express but when chose to watch a movie the audio comes from the tv and does not give option listen through other speakers served through airport express. Can you help me ?
No, you cannot seperate the audio and video stream.
You can use optical audio to a sound system (I use sony sound bar) and play the audio via that.
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Hello, I'm trying to connect my new TiVo XL4 box to my home network via an ethernet cable connection to my Airport Express but the TiVo box is not seeing the network. I have a green light emanating from the Airport Express so it is connected. Please advise.
If you have not already done so, I suggest that you temporarily disconnect the Ethernet cable from the AirPort Express that goes to the Tivo box.
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I have airport express but it is not recognised by either my macbook pro or my ipod on my wireless network. It does not show in airport utility. Might I not have an airport card? How would I know. Airport utility in my mac says no other devices connected.
I have airport express but it is not recognised by either my macbook pro or my ipod on my wireless network. It does not show in airport utility. Might I not have an airport card?
If both your MacBook Pro and iPod are unable to "see" the Wi-Fi network provided by the AirPort Express, it is most likely NOT that you are missing an "airport card," but the Express may be the issue instead.
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You're welcome.
Voicemail is left at your carrier's server. That will continue to work unless you report your iPhone as lost or stolen with your carrier.
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I tried to add an older airport express to my network that I had not been using. It shows up in Airport Utility but Airport Utility says that this version of Airport Utility Dies not support this base station. I am running airport utility V6.3.4 on a mac mini running OS X 10.10. Not sure which airport express it is, nor how to check. I assume I need a firmware upgrade on the Airport Express, but not sure how to do this without Airport Utility. I tried to download an older version of Airport Utility, but could not install because it does not support OS X 10.10 Any ideas other than throwing a perfectly good airport express away?
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AEs.
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Thanks. I really should have gotten back earlier. Sorry about that.
I have stopped trying to use the Airport Express. I am convinced that it just doesn't work as a device to use for Internet sharing with other computers or iPod Touches that are using Airport. I find that I can easily connect just by turning on Airport and Internet sharing on my iMac and creating a Network. When I do that my iPod connects immediately and I can use all the Internet applications.
But a Time Capsule is in my sights, and I'll use that when they finally roll out.
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