Apple AirPort Express with Air Tunes M9470LL/A [OLD VERSION]
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Customer Review: Outstanding product! A must have for iTunes fans.
Summary: 5 Stars
The product works as advertized and is easy to set up even with Windows! If it is the only access point in your wireless network then it is pre-configured; just plug it in, install the software and you are good to go! :)
If you already have a wireless network and you want the Airport Express (AE) to participate in your network then you must first choose to connect your PC to the AE's wireless network and use the admin utility to reconfigure it from it's 10.0.1.x network to what ever other IP scheme you were previously using.
Windows users who are still using WEP should really use WPA-PSK with TKIP data encription instead. It is much more secure than WEP and much easier to configure. WEP can be pain to configure on Windows because some wireless gateways may have poor/confusing implementations. So, if you have a good wireless gateway that supports WPA then use that instead to avoid potential problems. Windows XP users may need to apply Service Pack 2 (SP2) in order to support WPA.
The sound quality is excellent! The device is compact and feature rich and most importantly it works very well.
Customer Review: 2 Homeruns
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product for two reasons: to extend the range of my wireless network and as a means of playing the hundreds of songs on my PowerBook through our house sound system. The Airport Express hit a homerun on each count.
I have a wireless router in my studio which is in a separate building about 8 feet from the house. It supplies 4 bars to the house but not through the entire structure. The Airport Express definitely extends that signal. Now we have 4 bars in every room of our 2-story house.
We recently purchased a speaker system for our wide-screen TV (Altec Lansing FX6021). I located the Airport Express near the speaker system and used a mini-jack cord to connect the two. Now we're able to listen to our iTunes library through a decent sound system. In fact, right now my wife is upstairs listening to music coming from the PowerBook which I am using downstairs to type this review.
Setup was quick and easy. I plugged the Airport Express in and opened the Airport Setup Assistant on my PowerBook. The utility detected the signal immediately, and, after a few clicks we were up and running.
Customer Review: A little help for those who don't speak Apple
Summary: 5 Stars
I love my AirPort Express, now that it works... I had problems from the beginning of setup with the Apple Software. I followed the excellent advice from the first spotlight reviewer, and my AirPort was now a part of my wireless network. I had a little more trouble with my printer. I have an HP Photosmart 7760 (great printer, by the way) and it is "not supported" for use with an AirPort Express per HP. But not being easily deterred, I searched the net for a solution. I found these two sites which greatly help those whose printer is "not supported" or easily installed for whatever reason.
To print from a Windows XP computer to a printer on an AirPort base station, go to http://www.efelix.co.uk/tech/1004.html and follow the directions. It's a great site with pictures and step-by-step instructions.
If your printer driver is not found or supported, go to http://www.efelix.co.uk/tech/1012.html and follow the directions. This site also has pictures and step-by-step instructions.
I hope this is helpful and removes a little of the stress of setting up your AirPort on a Windows XP computer.
Customer Review: Great product (and yes it does bridge non-apple access points)
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my AirPort Express for a year now; works great with my Apple and my wife's Windows XP machine. I use it to share a laser printer, as well as extend the range of my linksys wrt54g. I bought another to stream music to my stereo, too. I had zero trouble setting up the device, though it took some fiddling to make it work with Windows completely-- I had to pick a fixed number of characters for the password, install Rendezvous for Windows, and found that the 802.11b-only Windows box would not work with the AirPort Express's mixed network option (B and G).
Upsides: Works great as a travel router, audio with the optional monster cables is fantastic. Quick to set up, pretty affordable for a print server / router.
Downsides: Support for Apple computers is somewhat better than that of Windows, but not irreconcilable. Range is more limited than similarly priced "regular" routers (e.g., Linksys WRT54G0) which is expected for a device with no external antenna. It also must be noted that you have to download a program from Apple to administer the Express from a Windows system.
Customer Review: Old Linksys Wireless Router
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fantastic product once you have it working properly. Even though I read many on the posts regarding Windows XP set up, I struggled with installation until I upgraded the Firmware on my 4 year old Linksys BEFW11S4 V2.5 router. Thanks to hose who suggested the firmware update because is is not something that I would have though of.
Until I upgraded the firmware on my router I was simply unable to add the Airport Express to my existing network, although I was able to set up a separate network and get a taste of what Airprt Express could do. Before I upgraded the firmware on my router I repeatedly got as far as completing the final 'restart' step of the configuration process using the Admin Utility program, but it simply would not complete the set-up and acquire an IP address. Once I upgraded to the befw11s4v3.2_v1.45.10_code.bin firmware from the Linkysy website I was able to add the airport express to my existing network immediately. However, I did have to set up a new network after the firmware upgrade, which may be due to the fact that I am not at all network savvy.