[X4U] Airport Express and non-Apple base station

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 6/6/05 7:32 AM, Michael Winter <winter at mac.com> wrote:

> On Jun 3, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Jesse Leo wrote:
> 
>> Anyone know if it's possible to wirelessly play music from my Mac  to my
>> stereo using my existing Linksys wireless router? I would really  like to
>> avoid having to buy/set up an Apple basestation.
> 
> Not if you're thinking what I think you're thinking.
> 
> The Airport Express has extra circuitry that converts the streamed
> digital music (Apple Lossless Codec) to an analog output suitable for
> a stereo. I'm not aware of any other wireless base that has this
> capability and will interact with iTunes.

Actually, there are two hardware components involved, the wireless router
and the AirPort Express. What Jesse wants to know is if his currently
existing Linksys wireless router will work with the AirPort Express. That
will save him the trouble of purchasing an Apple AirPort Extreme base
station. Jesse, I would do some online searching, since I've read that
although Apple says it only works with their base station, some people have
gotten it to work with others.

Eddie Hargreaves