LAN-Tunes?

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LAN-Tunes?

I am thinking about getting an AE not to for its AirPort capabilities, but to stream audio from my Mac to my receiver. I have a Billion 4-port router/ADSL modem with a Mac and WinPC connected via ethernet cables (both using iTunes and sharing music libraries). Can I plug the AE into my router and then send audio to my receiver from either computer considering neither have any wireless capabilities?
Logic says yes, but I read on another forum that you cant (the guy did not sound like he knew what he was talking about, either did yours answering).
Can anyone help me on this?
Cheers.

eMac, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jan 16, 2006 5:19 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 16, 2006 6:51 AM in response to Matthew de Groot

Yes, you can do that. However, I believe that configuring the AX over Ethernet requires using Airport Admin Utility instead of Airport Setup Assistant. What you'll want to do once you get to the Airport Admin Utility configuration panel is to turn off wireless in the Airport tab (assuming that you don't want any wireless access; if you later obtain some wireless devices, you could enable wireless on the Express and use it as a wireless access point for your wired network) and disable "Distribute IP addresses" in the Network tab. At that point, the Express will be just another peer on your Ethernet network.

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Answer 2

Jan 16, 2006 8:59 AM in response to Alan Somers

Thanks for that.
Whats the difference between Airport Admin Utility and Airport Setup Assistant? Are they both in the box?

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Answer 3

Jan 16, 2006 9:58 AM in response to Matthew de Groot

Yes. The Airport Setup Assistant is a configuration tool that makes certain assumptions about your setup for the sake of simplicity, one of those being that you're configuring the Express wirelessly.

The Airport Admin Utility gives you access to every configurable setting on the Express and works both wirelessly and wired.

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Answer 4

Jan 16, 2006 10:19 AM in response to Matthew de Groot

Hard Drive/Applications/Utility folder

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Answer 5

Jan 16, 2006 9:01 PM in response to Frank Canzolino

Thanks alot for that guys.

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Answer 6

Jan 17, 2006 6:56 AM in response to Matthew de Groot

Just a quick question, does anyone know of a product that just transmits audio over ethernet cables, seeings as that's all I'm using it for?

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Answer 7

Jan 17, 2006 6:06 PM in response to Matthew de Groot

Well, one option is a Roku Soundbridge but it'll cost you more than an Airport Express. I'm not aware of any solutions that are less expensive than an Express.

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