I understand the airport is wanted for its wifi capability while the network is handled by a cable box. If so, you want the Airport Extreme to work as a "wifi access point". I use an airport express (the white hockey puck) in this configuration: on the rear the Ethernet cable is connected to the plug which has an icon that looks like a sun. Well maybe it's a star or a doughnut... It is -not- connected to the LAN port, which is indicated by a double-pointed arrow icon. (But I think it would work as well.) You have to hook up the thing and then reset the AE. When it is reset (blinking orange led IIRC), fire up Airport Utility on an iOS device or on the Mac. You'll soon meet a wizard, tell him you want to "*create a wifi network*" with your new AE. This means in fact setup access-point mode: the AE will handle the wifi bit, but will be just another client on the existing network. It will not start a DHCP server or anything else. This is what you want AFAIK. Regarding wifi settings, just go with everything the wizard recommends. The SBs should be happy with that. The wizard will perhaps ask if you want to define a password for the AE. That would be the password needed to alter the configuration of the AE. You can use the same as the password used to connect on wifi, or you can define a separate password. Go with a separate password if you fear someone who knows the wifi password might wreck the setup.
Long message but it is very easy. The hardest part is probably to get the thing to factory reset. HTH 4 SB 3 iPeng (iPhone + iPad) Squeezebox Server 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld ShairTunes2 by disaster123 Local Player, BBC iPlayer by Triode Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105017
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