Does airport express have to be connected to wireless modem by cable

I'm trying to set up my wireless network with my wireless modem in my hall and AirPort Extreme in lounge. I thought that the airport would use the wireless signal from the modem and operate as if it was connected by Ethernet cable. Wrong?

You need a minimum of two Apple routers if you want to "extend" a wireless nework using wireless only.
The AirPort cannot "extend" a wireless network from a 3rd party router using wireless only.
If you have a 3rd party router and an AirPort Exteme, the AirPort will need to be connected directly to your main router using a wired Ethernet cable connection.

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    HKCV wrote:
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    Karen534 wrote:
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    Hi Andre
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  • Does my Airport Express need to be hardwired to my modem?

    My Imac and modem are in my basement.  I have an airport express in my garage so i can play music through Airplay.  Does the airport express need to be connected to my modem with an ethernet cable, or can it just connect to my wifi network to enable Airplay?

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    No.

  • So does the Apple Airport Express take the place of the "Charter" modem and router we already have in our house?

    We purchased the Apple Airport Express and in our home have 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, 1 iPod, 1 MacBook, and two *D* computers and a Brother printer along with Apple TV and a projector.
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    Putting all the pieces together is just a little beyond us at this moment. Maybe it will click with a little help. Thanks!
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    I'm pretty sure you will find that the Airport Express will not work with your router unless it's an Airport Extreme Base Station.
    You can do two things with the Airport Express. You can connect it by USB or Ethernet cable to a device like a printer that does not have wireless capability and provide a wireless connection to your router provided the two devices will "talk" to each other.
    You can connect it to a Mac to provide audio streaming wirelessly.
    You may be able to use it with your projector provided it has its own wireless capability, but I don't know if an Airport Express will stream video. Same for your TV.
    In fact for your home I'm not sure the AEX would be of much use except to connect to your Mac in order to stream audio to another wireless device in your home. But only if you can get the AEX to work with your router or replace the router with an AEBS (which you could only do if your current router is a discrete device connected to your Charter cable modem.)

  • Does airport express stream directly to wireless speakers or does it need to be connected through an audio cable to an amplifier before the speakers

    Does airport express stream directly to wireless speakers or does it need to be connected through an audio cable to an amplifier before the speakers?

    I got an additional question bout this topic:
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    so I select the Airport Express as Airplay-Output on my iPad and from there it's shared via cable AND wireless? this would solve the problem of being able to only select ONE Airplay-Output on my iPad at the same time...

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