Re: express and extreme

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:42:30 -0700

I'm not sure the express would help you at all in that situation. As I understand it, the express can only act as an extender if it's connected to either an extreme or another express. I've mainly only used the express for it's audio features however, so don't have any firsthand experience in doing anything else with it. 
Darcy

On 20-Apr-08, at 12:31 PM, vashaun jones wrote:
What does the Express do for me when I'm out of town and I stay at hotels? Does it just give me a better signal or does it allow me to create my own hotspot that is either private or open? 
On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote:
Hi David. What you do is have the express join your wireless network. Then you plug the audio jack in to your stereo, so the the express will have to be relatively close to your stereo. They don't give you any audio cables with the express. You can buy apple's airport express connection kit, which gives you audio cables and a power extension cord. If you don't require the extension cord, then any audio cable will do the trick. Depending on the inputs on your stereo, you may need one of those cords with the headphone type connector on one end, and the two RCA connectors on the other end. It's worth noting that you can have the airport express join any existing wifi network. I for example have it connect to my linksys router. However, as I understand it, it will only act as a wifi extender if it's connected to an extreme. 
Darcy

On 20-Apr-08, at 7:33 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
ok, but how do I hook it to my stereo? do I have to have the express 
plugged into my stereo and into my router?

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A mac or ok well a pc running Itunes. You could also use Air Foil a
Rogueameba product that will let you stream audio via the Express
using nearly any audio program such as Real Player etc.

On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:25 AM, David Poehlman wrote:


if you have the express, what else do you need to stream audio?

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The Extreme has additional lan ports, as well as some additional
features. It's um more a professional type router, but the Express is no slowtch. The Express is very small, compact, about the size of the power supply shipped with Apple notebooks. It has the ability to play 
streaming audio via the 1/8 inch jack, it has a usb printer port as
does the Extreme, and the wan port of course like the Extreme. What it 
comes down to is what features your looking for. If you have a few
machines, you want to stream audio, and your looking for something
start a wireless network, the Express will do just fine. If your
looking for additional ports, a wireless/wired backup solution,
additional features for serving a larger network, the Extreme or Time 
Capsule will be your best bet. I use an Time Capsule and an Express
and an older Extreme as extenders for my network.

On Apr 18, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Tim Grady wrote:
What are the differences between the airport expreme and the airport 
express.  Am I right in thinking that the extreme is a router and
the express is a wireless music system for itunes mainly? Or is the 
express some kind of router, and if so, why is it cheaper than the
extreme?



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