[P1] Airport Express question

[Reid Conti]

ooh, good point, didn't even think of/consider the AE as a client
thing... that would work for my purposes if it works that way.

Not sure about the linksys, probably not...

Anyway, I will have one ASAP.. 3-4 weeks shipping for orders placed
today, but the stores expect to receive them soon.. as soon as
tomorrow, and at least by next week sometime.  While they're
backordered online, i don't excpect them to have the same consumer
demand of the ipod mini.. when i ask stores about it, they don't say
anything warning me about limited supplies or lots of people asking
about em or anything ... I will call and ask every day, try to get one
reserved, and go pick it up asap since i work right near one... just a
few miles away.

will let you all know :)

- reid

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:07:41 -0400 (EDT), Tom R. no spam
<tr5374 at csc.albany.edu> wrote:
> After saying that I haven't been satisfied with the quality
> of the http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ and linked info,
> if I understand correctly, the AE can be used as a bridge (ie
> repeater) of an Apple Extreme basestation's WLAN, but as a
> separate deal can be used (cf the AirTunes info) as like any
> WLAN client like eg a laptop is a client.  Ie, you use the
> Linksys as your wireless basestation, your Mac connects to
> it wirelessly to tell your stereo what to play, and the AE
> unit connects wirelessly also to play the music through the
> stereo plugged into the AE.  Might this be what you want to do?
> 
> And re your using a switch in the future, can the Linksys do
> that, eg with its wireless turned off?
> 
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Reid Conti wrote:
>  . . .
> > This is no hugely big deal, I'm only living in the current place for 4
> > more weeks anyway.  In fact I might be able to move the cable modem
> > out here (living room), but last time I checked it only worked on ONE
> > of our three cable drops! :)
> >
> > In the future I'll ditch the linksys that needs to be powercycled
> > every day or two to keep the wireless running, and either get a second
> > AE, or an AEBS.  Too bad the base stations still don't have onboard
> > switches, but i no longer need multiple wired devices (network printer
> > only), and now the AEBS has a 100mbit LAN port, i can always hook up
> > an external switch...
>  . . .