Can I connect my Airport Extreme base station via ethernet cable to a locus meter?

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Can I connect my Airport Extreme base station via ethernet cable to a locus meter?

Can I use my Airport Express base station (802.11n Wi-Fi) to connect, via ethernet cable, to a locus meter that will be used with a solar panel inverter? Currently, I use the base station wi-fi to connect to two different Mac computers and an Ipad. Sungevity, the installer, tells me that the signal only needs to go one way, from my satellite modem to the locus meter. Sungevity also told me that if I can hard wire any device (like a computer) directly from my Airport, I should also be able to do the same with the locus meter. Has anyone tried this?

Thank you.

North Country Boy

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Posted on Feb 8, 2016 8:54 AM

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Bob Timmons

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Feb 9, 2016 9:14 AM in response to Northcountry boy

Is this the AirPort Express that you have?

As a test, did you turn off the WiFi on a computer and then connect the computer to the LAN <--> port on the AirPort Express using an Ethernet cable to see if the computer can get a good Internet connection that way?

If it can......and if the support folks for your solar panels have provided the correct information.....then the meter will work.

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Answer 2

Feb 9, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Yes, Bob, that's the Airport Express that I have. I will give it a try.

Thanks so much for your help. 🙂

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Answer 3

Feb 10, 2016 12:15 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Bob, I connected my computer directly to the Airport LAN and it worked perfectly without the Wi-Fi connection. So, if I got the right information from Sungevity, the locus meter should work. Thanks again for your help. 🙂

Cheers,

Randy

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Answer 4

Feb 10, 2016 3:06 PM in response to Northcountry boy

You are welcome! Good luck!

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