airport Extreme and PC

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airport Extreme and PC

I use an airport extreme at home for my macbooks. It is connected via cable to comcast cable modem/router I have apple TV I have a pc connected via ethernet to the apple airport that contains all my music in itunes. Eventhough my PC is connected to the airport it apparently is not part of my wireless network. When I run network map on the pc...it show the airport with proper name etc, but it show that goes my pc is accessing the internet via my comcast modem directly. How do I get my pc to access the airport and be part of my home wireless network so i can share my music via apple TV. I just need help getting the PC onto my home network....I know how to share with itunes/Apple TV I have installed the airport utilities for windows looked at the airport and cannot figure it out. Thanks for any suggestions.

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Posted on Dec 1, 2012 10:47 AM

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CRMDVM

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Dec 1, 2012 2:29 PM in response to MacRuss3

I wouldn't worry how the PC shows up on a network map as long as you can access the internet - a wired PC will not show up as a Wireless client in the AU - it is listed as a DHCP client - and I know this is counter-intuitive but open the AU and choose manual setup for the Extreme - go to the Summary Page and click on Wireless Clients - then go to the DHCP tab and you should see your PC listed - as long as you have Home Sharing enabled on all of your devices in iTunes, you should see the choice for Apple TV - I have my PC wired to my Extreme and I just checked it and I can access my Apple TV and Express - let me know how you make out.

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