Airport Express on imac WITHOUT airport

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Airport Express on imac WITHOUT airport

Hello,
I am trying to connect my imac to the home router using the airport express.
I do not have airport card inside the mac, so I am connecting the Ethernet cable to the Airport Express.
My intention is that the Airport Express connects to the open Wireless network of the home router, so that the imac gets the internet trought the Airport express connected with the ethernet...

Is this possible???

how?

Thank you very much

Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jun 14, 2006 2:59 AM

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Duane

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Jun 14, 2006 12:15 PM in response to Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño

It will ONLY work if the 'home router' is one of these devices:

AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS)

AirPort Express

Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS (not latest versions v5)

Belkin Belkin F5D7230-4 and F5D7231

one specific model from SMC (don't know the model number)

one specific model from Buffalo (don't know the model number)

BT Voyager 2100

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Answer 2

Jun 14, 2006 4:03 PM in response to Duane

I have the same question. I do have the Linksys wrt54G router. When I try to open my web browser a window states that I am not conected to the internet. What should I be looking for? My powerbook with an airport card find a singal with no problem.

Thanks!

G4 455 Mac OS X (10.4)

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Duane

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Jun 15, 2006 5:42 AM in response to tatecarlson

I assume from what you are saying is that:

(a) You have a Linksys WRT54G acting as the main wireless base station.
(b) You have a wireless Mac (perhaps the G4 455 MHz).
(c) You want to use an AirPort Express to connect wirelessly via WDS to the Linksys WRT54G so that your wireless Mac can connect to the network.

If this is correct, you should find Frank Canzolino's user tip " Linksys WRT54G and WDS" helpful.

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Answer 4

Jun 15, 2006 5:48 AM in response to Duane

Not Exactly...

I have a Linksys WRT54G with wireless enabled
I have an iMac WITHOUT airportcard
I have a Airport express

So I want to plug the Airport express to the imac with the ethernet cable, so that I have internet in the iMac trough the airport express, that connects to the router wirelessly.

Is it possible???

Thank you VERY much for the help.

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Answer 5

Duane

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Jun 15, 2006 6:14 AM in response to Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño

Actually Bruno what you describe is exactly what I described in the post above in this thread to tatecarlson.

Follow the instructions in Frank's user tip.

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