Airport Express Config

[fleagledog]

I've just bought an Airport Express to allow me to play Itunes music in another room. I have an existing wireless network based in a BT Voyager 1040 router. I only ever see the Airport as a separate network and assistant does not see it unless I connect to that network. The yellow led flashes once per second when I am not connected to the apple network. There is obviously something fundamental that I am missing here. I have searched the forums but cant find anything. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

 

[cwick]

If I remember correctly, I set mine up initially by connecting the Express directly to the ethernet on a Mac (i.e no other networking involved), and then used assistant to configure the Airport for my existing wireless network (set the Network SSID to join, use DHCP etc). Have you tried that ?

 

[fleagledog]

No; I have a PC though, will this make a difference?

 

[cwick]

No, windows or mac is the same. But I think you have to connect to it directly before you can configure it correctly.

 

[fleagledog]

cwick
Thanks for the advice. Configured it using the admin utility (not assistant) whilst it was connected via ethernet. Now works perfectly wireless via iTunes. I'll now go out and buy the remote control for it. Thanks again.

 

[cwick]