Hi Matthew, You're correct that the Airport Express will let you stream music content across your network, but the actual device is about the size and shape of a Mac power brick, and it only has a LAN port, a WAN port, and a USB port. The recent models are dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). You can also use them to extend a network.
Dane, I think that only the Airport Extreme has gigabit ethernet ports, and the Express is limited to 10/100 mbps, but you might want to check this. And as far as I know, you could always have plugged one of those power extension cables for your power brick or iPad charger into the plug adapter location. Cheers, Esther On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:06, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi, > > Are thees airport express units like routers with extra features? I am > consittering getting one. I thought they have the abblility to play music as > well. Just a little confused thanks. > > Matthew > > > On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Bought myself a new Airport Express, the oler model I had died recently and >> I'm not at all surprised as that thing used to get incredibly warm. >> >> I have the new designed Airport Express which looks much like an Apple TV so >> I've put a piece of scotch tape onto the top of it so I can tell it apart >> from the Apple TV unit itself at first glance. >> >> I'm glad Apple have done away with the plug adapter found on the older >> Airport Express model, now a power cord plugs into the Express unit making >> it more flexible. >> >> I do have 1 question regarding the Ethernet ports, is 1 a WAN and 1 a LAN? >> Are both 1gigabit or 100 migabit ports? >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
