Hi! The newer airport express has 2 ethernet ports. I don't know why but i guess that it gives you more posibillities. /A 26 jun 2014 kl. 20:13 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]>:
> Hi Traci, > > Having Googled about a bit (this interests me, even though I don't have a > ChromeCast) it seems to me that your best resolution for this problem is to > chuck your ChromeCast in the bin and then stamp on it. Thanks for bringing > this up so I don't have to buy it, and also I'd keep a careful eye on any > physical Google product you might own. :) > > The design of the thing is fatally flawed, such that it creates an open > wireless network (which, as you can see, is interfering with your AirPort > network, to the exclusion of your Internet connection) whenever it can't get > the required connectivity. It seems that your best option, therefore, is to > ensure that your AirPort network is up and running before powering on your CC > again, but nothing says the situation will not repeat if there's a dead spot > at a future time. > > Of course you can use a repeater like the Express, however this will cut the > bandwidth in half on one of your bands. I'd really recommend either getting > your home wired up for Ethernet or (much, much less preferably!) using > HomePlug. Even that would improve the situation for your wi-fi-only devices, > because you can just add more access points without loss of bandwidth that > results from repeating. > > I appreciate that this is not always an option. If you've got to go > wireless, then get the Express. The Ethernet port on the express can be > bridged wirelessly onto your network; use Ethernet to connect devices nearest > it to your LAN. Sadly Apple removed the option to refuse wireless clients on > extensions, but it doesn't matter in your case because CC doesn't even (sigh) > have the means to be connected to a LAN via Ethernet anyway, AFAICT. > > Sorry if all this is confusing; it's all Google's fault. :) > > BTW: why do you prefer CC to AppleTV? > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
