Hi Stephen, > On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:41 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > > I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went > fine). > I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD > Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). > That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder.
But, we're you able to unplug AE & and then plug the AE at another location (room) and still have success - as you are trying to do at your Mother's? > > I then took the AE to my mother’s home. > I downloaded & installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. > I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a > little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). > Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in > Airport Utility. > > Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). > Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. > Tried this 3 times but same result. > Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. > The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. > Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. If you setup AE to join the existing Wi-Fi network in Client mode as you mentioned you did in a previous email. In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. > > Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone > perhaps ? Your iPhone uses the 2.5GHz band not 5GHz. Cheers, Ronni > > >> On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge >>> room. >>> But now you have given me food for thought Peter. >>> When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it >>> connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? >>> GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! >>> BUGGER this is getting very long winded. >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject >> you mentioned & I quote: >> /Begin Quote: >> "On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. >> In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now)." >> /End Quote: >> >> Brain Risbey replied first & asked if you had set up Internet Access >> following the "instruction Manual". >> Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray >> DMR-BWT835 or 730. >> Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc..... >> >> Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual & do the 'Network >> Connection - Network Easy Settings'? >> >> I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model >> DMR-XW390GLK >> but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not >> be correct. >> >> Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 >> >> >> <http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf> >> >> Page 15 - Network Connection >> >> Page 18 - Network Easy Settings >> >> To restart Network Easy Settings >> >> 1 While stopped >> >> Press [SETUP]. (16) >> >> 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. >> >> 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) >> >> When you experience problems >> >> Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >> >> OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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