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Mar 28, 2012 11:26 AM in response to Walkzinhoby Philly_Phan,The music starts where? How does it get to the laptop? Does the music come FROM the Express TO the laptop or vice versa? Again, walk me through the entire connection sequence. I'm not promising a darned thing but I'd like to attempt to offer an alternative solution but I don't understand your configuration.
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Mar 28, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Philly_Phanby Walkzinho,The music starts at iTunes on my laptop by pressing play! It comes from the laptop to the express (have you watched the video i posted earlier? it could have quite easily been missed)
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Mar 28, 2012 11:43 AM in response to Walkzinhoby Philly_Phan,OK. Let me try this.
The music BEGINS in the laptop and uses the laptop's internal Airport circuitry to go through the air to the Airport Express and, from there, via wiring to the speakers. NO OTHER router or WiFi device or hardware of any sort is part of the picture. Correct?
If that's correct, the cause of your difficulty is easily explained. The laptop's Airport circuitry does not create a decent WiFi field and you were walking beyond range of the Express. I don't believe that it's any more than that.
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Mar 28, 2012 11:58 AM in response to Philly_Phanby John Galt,^^^ correct.
The way to address the OP's installation is to configure the network the way I described:
- Computers connect to the router as clients
- The AirPort Express also connects to his router as just another client. Assuming the computer connects reliably, the router's wireless channel is likely to be sufficiently free from interference.
- AirTunes streams iTunes music from his laptop, to the router, which routes it to the Express.
Simple.
Attempting to stream AirTunes from a computer connected to one wireless network directly to an Express creating another wireless network is possible, but needlessly complex.
It is also possible the OP's router is running firmware incompatible with AirTunes. Using a real AirPort Base Station would eliminate that possibility.
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Mar 28, 2012 12:22 PM in response to John Galtby Philly_Phan,That makes sense. The Express will have "joined" the WiFi created by the router. The OP's objective is not to transmit to the Express but, rather, to the router which will, in turn, transmit to the Express.
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Mar 28, 2012 12:31 PM in response to John Galtby Walkzinho,I think you guys although being truly helpful may have glossed over the fact that I cant hardwire my airport into my router, the wireless router is in another room. If I create a network, thus benefitting from a stronger signal, I then cannot connect to the network pumped out by my internet router.
i think I have no option but to return it.
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Mar 28, 2012 1:05 PM in response to Walkzinhoby John Galt,I think you guys although being truly helpful may have glossed over the fact that I cant hardwire my airport into my router, the wireless router is in another room.
No sir, we have not glossed over that fact at all. "Hard wiring" it would be ideal but is not required to make AirTunes streaming work. When I wrote about "connecting to your network" it was meant in a wireless sense.
What is necessary is to configure the Express to "join" your existing wireless network as I explained. "Creating a network" would be possible if it were hard wired to your router.
It is not possible unless your router is an AirPort Base Station - then you could take advantage of the "extend a network" capability of AirPort Base Stations.
As I wrote earlier:
... Your AirPort can create a new network, extend an existing network (Apple Base Stations only), or join an existing network (any kind).
If your laptop can already connect to your existing network in every room you do not need a "stronger signal" nor would it convey any benefit, nor would it have any effect whatsoever upon your ability to stream AirTunes.
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Mar 28, 2012 1:11 PM in response to Walkzinhoby Philly_Phan,This is why I felt like I was pulling teeth trying to get you to describe the entire flow path. As John stated, that is NOT the flow path that will solve your problem. John's solution WILL.
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Mar 28, 2012 1:28 PM in response to John Galtby Pedrospeedski,Hi John Galt Can you HELP ! I have bought an Airport Express and loaded the software onto my PC (Triple core Phenom Processor,3 Gig ram,1 Gig Video card,50+ gig free on hard drive) . A seemed ok,I could access all the menus on the Airport Utility software page, and was trying to set it up.I think i went atray somewhere!.The Utility now has all but the File and Help drop down menus unusable.I i click on say Base Station, the drop down menu options are grey and cant be clicked on. Ive uninstalled and re installed but its always the same. Ive a funny feeling this happened aft it did an update,but cant be sure. Ive run a System restore to before i installed first time but no luck. How do I get the software to work properly?
Hope you or someone else casn help !
Thanks
Pedrospeedski
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Mar 28, 2012 2:20 PM in response to Pedrospeedskiby John Galt,Sorry Pedrospeedski, I don't do Windows. Try posting a new question in the Airport for Windows support area.