Sieghard, As far as I know and recall, he would have to connect the AirPort Express to the DSL/wireless router he has. I do not know of a non-APple wireless router that the Airport Express will connect with. If you have connected an APple router as an extender for a wireless network, share how you did that. I would be really interested. I only have APple routers here, so cannot speak to using non-Apple hardware.
Scott On Oct 14, 2012, at 8:40 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > > Just set up the Airport Express in Bridge mode and it won't be a problem. > > Keep in mind that if you buy an Airport Express at a store, just get > somebody to tell you the serial number so you can write it down or record it > in a voice memo. Then just call A[pple Tech support and they will walk you > through the setup that applies to your specific situation. When I bought my > Airport Express, I actually have 2, I explained what I was trying to do and > they walked me through everything. > > My main router is not a WiFi router so I use one Airport Express which is > physically connected to create my WiFi network, my second Airport Express is > connected to my Sonos player in the kitchen to Airplay enable my entire > Sonos system. > > You only need one Airport Express since you already have a WiFi capable > router and there is no need to connect it to your router with a cable. You > can just join your existing WiFi and, as I said, put it into Bridge mode > which means it acts sort of as an extender to your WiFi and you can also > enable Airplay on the Airport Express and then if you have a stereo or > whatever you want to plug it into, just put it close to your receiver, use a > 3.5mm mal to RCA mal cable and connect it to an input in your receiver. Then > you can switch to that input and listen to whatever you Airplay from your > iPhone. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of James Mannion > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:13 PM > To: viphone > Subject: Airport express or extreme as a wireless and airplay solution? > > Hi, > I have some questions about how to configure if I would like to set up the > option os using either and Apple Airport Express ore Airport Extreme for my > wireless networking including the ability to do air play. I have an > understanding at a pretty high level of the concepts involved, I know how to > set up and configure my own DSL router and I understand what most of the > networking concepts mean and what they do. > I was wondering if there is someone on this list that would be willing to > contact me and help me to understand exactly how I would need to configure > things. Here would be my delemma. My DSL router, which I currently use for > wired and wireless has NAT (network address > translation) of course. The issue would be how to avoid double NAT. I think > in one option where I just add the airport to the nework plugged into one of > the wired ports on the router directly, it would just be joining it to the > current wireless network and give it an address from the DSL router and > would be capable of being an air play device on the network. My guess is in > that configuration that I would in some way have to disable most of the wifi > stuff on the airport? I am not quite sure what that configuration would look > like. I should say I don't have the airport just yet. I could go out and buy > one if this would work. In the other configuration which I would like to > have the option of doing, I would use the airport to handel my wireless > networking and of course it would need the DSL router to be able to access > my ISP and actually give me internet. My DSL router has the option of > turning off NAT, but says not to do it because I guess the entire router > configuration would be accessible from just the public IP address. It has a > password on it, but still... Probably not a good idea, right? How else would > one avoid double NAT though? How do people do this if they want to? I'm > pretty sure the airport is not capable of being a DSL router in itself. > > Thanks to anyone willing to help me out in understanding this. > > Jim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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