This feature is especially helpful if you have older legacy devices that use the 2.4GHZ spectrum of 802.11B/G or even 2.4GHZ N. New in this generation is the ability to have dual N Networks running at the same time. In a lot of ways the outward appearance of the new Airport Express 2nd Generation Dual N, looks like a shrunken Airport Extreme. The Apple Airport Express is white as the Apple TV Generation 2 and 3 are Matte Black.
Much of the similarities are size and shape of the package and the unit itself. This white puck like device looks like a cousin of the popular Apple set top box the Apple TV second generation.
If however, you have a PC with Windows XP or Vista, you could load the AirPort Utility on it to do the base station administration until such time you update your Mac.įinally, your proposed network configuration looks workable.Apple recently updated its Airport Express portable router with a new design.
Of course, they would be difficult unless you upgrade to Leopard or Snow Leopard first.
(ref: AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Internet > Internet Connection > Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)). You would do this using the AirPort Utility. In addition, you will want to reconfigure the AEBSn as a bridge. You will want to connect an Ethernet cable from this other router to the WAN (circle-of-dots) port on your new 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn). The version that came with the previous model DID work with Tiger. So either Leopard or Snow Leopard will be required to do so. This version will only run with OS X v5.7 or later as stated on the box. The very latest versions of the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule come with v5.5 of the AirPort Utility.
Even if the sales person and the store home page states Mac Tiger as minimum requirements.
When trying to install the setup software for the Airport Extreme I get the message that Mac OS 10.5.x is required as minimum. Internet-> Broadband supplier delivered Router -> A, B, C (ethernet ports)Īirport extreme-> PC, Printer (ethternet ports), external drive (USB port)ĪGain, what ports should i use for the airport extreme? I am considering connecting the network as follows How do I connect the Airport Extreme to the current pysical network? Should I connect a cable from one the Router ethernet connectsions to a) the WAN port of the Airport Extreme or b) to the Ethernet port? Put in another way, can i use the Airport Extreme as a switch in the existing network only using the Ethernet ports and not using the Airport Extreme WAN port? I am not familiar with all network terms such as switch, pure bridge mode, router bridget etc. I do not want to use the Airport Extreme as the incoming Router since I want to place it somewhere else (connecting the Hard drive to it).
I therefor have a Router connected to the WAN and all units connected to the Ethernet connections. I have very modern fiber broadband into our house. Do I have to upgrade to Snow Leopard (which I will do eventually but I had counted on getting it to work before that)? Or is there another way to make it work? I have not found any other way to set up the Airpot Extreme.
The idea is to connect the external drive to the Airport Extreme in order to share the drive. I have bought a Western Digital My Book Essential 1.5 TB and a Airport Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. I also have a mini Mac running Mac OS Tiger (I think 10.4.8) and another laptop running Vista. I have a stationary PC and one laptop, both running windows XP. I want to create a home network connecting a mini mac, PCs, Iphone and an external hard drive shared by computer units.