On Feb 28, 2006, at 4:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also my Airport Express with AirTunes arrived today.
Whoo Hoo. Now i never have to come out of the basement.:-)
One question, well two, four is right out.
Is there a restriction on cable length from the Express to a
stereo. Right now mine would
be about 20' away.
SNR increases with distance over the wire. For better quality, use
good cables and keep the distance from the Airport Express as short
as possible.
The unit came with software and iTunes. I have iTunes on the iBook,
and Airport Wireless
is built in. Do i need to install the software or is it already on
the computer and i just have to set up
the unit from a Wizard.
Use the Software Update panel in System Preferences to see if there
are any updates to the Airport Admin application, Airport itself, or
iTunes. If there are, let them install. If not, just use what's on
the computer already. You run the Airport Setup Assistant to do the
basic configuration, then you use Airport Admin to tweak settings
beyond that.
Important:
Be sure to turn on at least 128-bit WEP or Personal WPA encryption,
which requires you to set a password on the wireless network.
Otherwise, you're broadcasting everything you communicate in clear
text across the network for anyone to capture with a sniffer.
For an Airport Express, unless it's a very very recent production,
there will likely be a firmware update available when you first start
to configure it. The Airport Setup Assistant will ask you if you want
to install it. Do so.
Godfrey
