do you have the apple audio kit? it has a cord in it for the ae.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rutkowski" <[email protected]
>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: Airport express configuration assistance please
Hi again Esther.
I'm using wpa2 on my wireless network here so I assume as you said
the
setup
should be easy.
I actually thought you would get a decent power cable with the
airport
express but it's just a power plug on the corner of the square unit.
that should not be a problem.
Looking forward to streaming some good quality iTunes music over the
network.
Thanks again for the help and assistance.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[email protected]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: Airport express configuration assistance please
Hi David and Scott,
Scott wrote:
Would anything happen if I firstly didn't connect an audio cable
to the
stereo and the airport express and told airport express I just
wanted to
use the airport express to stream music on my iTunes to a stereo
and
then
after the setup went and connected the cable?
Does it actually make a big difference having the audio cable
connected
first?
I understand your instructions just wondered if anything bad
would have
happened if just configuring the express first then connect the
audio
cable once set up and updated if this would work or if I should
take the
airport express to the other room, connect the audio cable to the
3.5 mm
jack and then walk back to the mac and run airport utility?
Any thoughts?
I could of coursse do all this on my macbook right near the
stereo as
well couldn't I seen's both iTunes libraries are both synced on
both
macs.
David's reply mentioned that you should set up the AirPort Express
and
check that it is connected to and recognized by your existing
wireless
network first. If you're using WPA or WPA2 security on your existing
wireless network, then the setup is pretty much automatic. I'm not
even sure that you really do have to connect up your audio
beforehand,
since as soon as your AE is recognized by the network and you assign
it a name it will show up as one of the optional locations when you
start up iTunes whether or not any audio devices are attached.
Having
something plugged into the audio out of the AirPort Express --
whether
this is your stereo system or just headphones -- simply makes it
easier to test that the streaming is working. It makes more sense
that you'd want to have a shared printer plugged in before running
AirPort Utility so that you can proceed immediately with that network
setup.
The problems David had turned out to arise from his connection to a
WEP-only wireless network. I found that the new "Take Control of
Your
AirPort 802.11n Network" guide does describe these issues:
<begin quote>
WEP (Transitional Security Network)
The Extreme N supports WEP Transitional, a rare and interesting
security mode that I and colleagues have found to be problematic and
buggy in actual usage. WEP Transitional lets you mix older WEP-only
Wi-Fi connections with newer WPA/WPA2 connections.
The problematic part is conceptual: the network encryption is as
weak as the weakest link. Using WEP Transitional leaves you vulner-
able to the same cracks that affect plain WEP. The buggy part is that
it’s seemingly erratic whether computers can connect via WEP, WPA,
or WPA2 in this mode.
<end quote>
The Take Control guide goes on to suggest different ways to tackle
this addition. There's actually quite a lot of device and brand
specific information in this guide about wireless features, but some
issues boil down to specific configurations.
HTH. I've left David's reply appended, but deleted the earlier
emails
to keep this post from being too long.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 22, 2008, at 5:49 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
Hi scott,
Once the ae is setup, you can unplug it and move it. You should
test it
first though with a headset to make sure it is connecting to
ITunes. To
do this, connect it to the router you are using, which is what?
then
start the airport utility and go through the setup as described
in the
document following the instructions on the screen to join a
wireless
network. when it is done, it will restart and if successfull, it
will
show up in the airport utility. close airport utility, start
ITunes and
make sure that in ITunes prefs, you are set to look for remote
speakers
with airtunes. It is checked by default but if you have
unchecked it
for
some reason, you will want to make sure it is checked.
Close the prefs window, find with vo and arrow keys where it says
computer. press space on this and youwill have three choices,
computer,
multiple speakers and if it was successful, you will see the name
you
gave the ae. if it is not successful, you won't even see the
computer
icon. Choose your ae and press enter. It should then begin
streaming
as
soon as you start a song. If all is well, move it to the stereo
area
and
hook it up and test it again as above.
I've tried this with and without a password. ifyou choose to use a
password, if there is a connection interruption, you'll have to
type the
password in to restart the connection. If not, all you have to
do is
choose the ae again. My ae is named meowing but by default, it
will
probably be scott's airport express or something, shorter is
better <g>
It should work fine with your router, but I had to fiddle with
router
settings to get it to work for me. It did not matter what I did
on the
ae side, nothing worked till I got the router set up right and I
had
little guidance that worked toward a solution although there was
a lot
of
info provided by esther an tim kilburn. I finally just had to
look and
puzzle it out. My router is a netgear and I had to change a
setting I
have not seen on any other router to get it to work. Let me know
if you
run into essoteric issues and I'll try to help f I can because I
did a
lot of trial and error before mine worked. If when you are told
the
router will restart, you get a message that airport utility could
not
find your airport express and to close and restart and restarting
does
not find the ae, you'll have to reset the ae and start over. You
should
not have this problem when using the eternet for setup though. the
other
issue tha will cause you to need to restart will be an error
writing the
configuration. Reset and try again. I often used the manual
setup to
trouble shoot before I finally got it right.
Enjoy and let us know if we can help further.
On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:01 AM,
