Using Airport Express with ONLY a wired desktop.

Is there a way that i may be able to wire straight out ouf a cable modem directly into a 4 port hub and then from there to a desktop and also to the apple airport express? I guess what I'm asking is can I play itunes with an airport express even though i'm not really using it as a wireless router as I'm hardwiring thes desktop and only trying to tuse the airport to play itunes?
Please help...
Thanks,
Scrump

If you aren't using the AX and desktop at the same time, don't use the hub at all. Connect the device that you are using directly to the cable modem.
Whether you use the hub or connect the device you want to use directly to the cable modem, you will most likely need to reset the cable modem any time that you change from one device to another. Most cable modems will only talk to a single device after they boot. Whenever you change the Ethernet connection to another device the cable modem must be reset. Using a router would eliminate this problem since the cable modem would only see the router.

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Hi All! The following thoughts are for
     1) those of you who use ATT DSL as your internet service-provider, and
     2) who wish to stream iTunes songs from your computer to speakers in other rooms via AIRPORT EXPRESSes, and
     3) are wondering whether you have to purchase a separate Apple Airport Extreme base-station, or can simply use your exisiting ATT router.
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1. You may need to update your ATT router to the latest version, in order for it to properly communicate with your AIRPORT EXPRESS(es) (henceforth shortened to "AEs"). The AEs use 802.11n speed. My original ATT router (a 2Wire 2701HG-B) was no faster than "-h," and this might have been part of the problem as to why my system wouldn't work. I went to my local AT&T store, and got their latest router: as of this writing, a Netgear "Westell" Model B90-755025-15, which can run at both the slower speeds as well as the faster "-n." To find out some of the specs of my router, an Apple tech had me type in the 10 digits of my Gateway IP Address into the address-bar (no need for the "https://www") and "Presto!", up popped several pages of info on my router.
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