Airport Extreme Base Station Model

Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house. Share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive cables. Create an instant wireless network on the go. Extend the range of your current wireless network. How many devices do you need to do all this? Just one. Presenting AirPort Express. Featuring AirTunes for playing your iTunes music wirelessly on your home stereo or powered speakers, AirPort Express brings not only the Internet but your music to wherever in your home you like to enjoy them most — whether you use a Mac or Windows PC. Unmatched in its ease of use, it delivers data rates up to 54 megabits per second, fits in the palm of your hand so you can take it wherever you go.

Amazon Sales Rank: #3209 in Consumer Electronics Brand: Apple Model: M9470LL/A Platform: Windows Format: CD-ROM Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.00 pounds Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house Share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive cables Create an instant wireless network on the go Access an AirPort Express wireless network Compatible with Windows XP or 2000; Mac OS X v10.2.7 or later

Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house. Share a single broadband Internet connection and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive cables. Create an instant wireless network on the go. Extend the range of your current wireless network. Featuring AirTunes for playing your iTunes music wirelessly on your home stereo or powered speakers, AirPort Express brings not only the Internet but your music to wherever in your home you like to enjoy them most -- whether you use a Mac or Windows PC. Unmatched in its ease of use, it delivers data rates up to 54 megabits per second, fits in the palm of your hand so you can take it wherever you go. Driving the Wi-Fi Revolution In 1999, Apple sparked the wireless revolution with the introduction of AirPort, the first affordable and easy-to-use solution for accessing the Internet without restrictive cables. In 2003, AirPort Extreme took your unwired connection to the next level by harnessing the superfast 802.11g wireless standard for data rates nearly five times those of the 802.11b standard that the original AirPort used and many current wireless networking devices still use. With AirPort Express, Apple continues to advance wireless, delivering the first device to pack wireless networking, audio, printing and bridging capabilities into a single affordable, portable unit. AirTunes Unleashes Your Music AirPort Express with AirTunes brings your iTunes music in your Mac or PC into your living room -- or wherever in your home you have a stereo or a set of powered speakers. All you have to do is connect your sound system to the audio port on the AirPort Express Base Station using an audio cable (included in the optional AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit) and AirTunes lets you play your iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers -- wirelessly. iTunes automatically detects the connection of your remote speakers, so you just have to select them in the popup list that appears at the bottom of the iTunes window and click play. Enjoy your playlists, set iTunes to shuffle through your entire library or repeat your favorite songs over and over Enjoy your playlists, set iTunes to shuffle through your entire library or repeat your favorite songs over and over again -- however you like to enjoy your music on iTunes, you can now enjoy it that way through your stereo speakers, wherever they're located in your house. Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any room of your house Buy more than one AirPort Express Base Station and connect one to every stereo or set of powered speakers in your house -- one to your stereo in your living room and another to a pair of powered speakers in your kitchen, for example. Its small size and affordability make it perfect for having more than one. Imagine being able to play your iTunes music on whichever speakers in your house you prefer. Because AirPort Express is so compact, you can also easily take it along with your laptop to a friend's house and share your unique musical taste on your friend's stereo. Add Music to Your Current Wireless Network If you already have a wireless network in place, you can use AirPort Express to add music to its capabilities. Let's say, for example, you have AirPort Extreme set up in your den. There's no need to scrap this setup and create a whole new one with an AirPort Express Base Station, your DSL or cable modem, printer and stereo all in one place. Simply connect AirPort Express to your stereo in your favorite music room and plug it into an electrical outlet -- it wirelessly links to your existing network, letting you play your music in your room of choice without moving anything or connecting anything else. Easy Setup Listen wirelessly, connect wirelessly, extend your network wirelessly, print wirelessly — no matter what you want to do with AirPort Express or whether you use a Mac or PC, you can bet it’s a breeze to set up. With the AirPort Express Assistant, it’s just a matter of a few clicks. The software automatically detects what you have connected to AirPort Express — whether it’s your stereo, DSL or cable modem or printer — then walks you through the easy steps to complete the setup. Connect Wirelessly AirPort Express uses the 802.11g wireless standard to deliver blazing data rates -- up to 54 Mbps. It supports both Macs equipped with an AirPort Extreme Card and Wi-Fi-compliant 802.11g Windows PCs, as well as Macs with the older AirPort Card and 802.11b Windows PCs. Everyone in your family can surf the web wire-free because AirPort Express provides simultaneous wireless Internet access via your DSL or cable modem for up to 10 computers. Extremely portable, AirPort Express weighs less than seven ounces and fits in the palm of your hand AirPort Express connects you and everyone in your family not only to the Internet but to each other. Since it employs the powerful 802.11g standard, you can wirelessly share photos, movies and other files without having to worry about slow data transmissions. Nor do you have to concern yourself over a difficult network setup procedure. AirPort Express uses the revolutionary Rendezvous technology in Mac OS X to allow your AirPort-equipped Macs running Mac OS X to detect each other with no effort on your part -- they discover each other just by virtue of being within the range of the network. Extend Your Network If you already have a wireless network in your home and would like to extend its range, AirPort Express is your answer. Suppose you want to connect to the Internet with your PowerBook in an area that lies beyond the 150-foot range of your AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station. You can use AirPort Express as a wireless bridge to extend the range of your primary base station. There's no need for extra wires or cables -- serving as a bridge, AirPort Express doesn't have to be physically connected to your primary base station or to your DSL or cable modem. Simply place AirPort Express within the range of your primary base station and near the area where you'd like to enjoy your wireless connection.

Guest 483 468 most useful found the following review. For Windows people in despair ... CP Cavafy by itself, the instructions stink, but there is hope that users of Windows. If you have the typical Windows installation of the wireless network (computer, router, laptop, access points, etc.), follow these simple steps to get your AirPort up and running. 1st Before you go wireless, physically connect the airport to the router with an Ethernet cable. Connect the AirPort, and wait until the LED green. 2nd Start the AirPort Admin for Windows. Now you want to configure the AirPort to join your existing network "wireless". You should see the AirPort Base Station appear with its IP address in the Base Station Chooser. 3rd In the lower right corner, click Settings ... Click the AirPort tab. In the "AirPort Network", using the base station to "Join an existing wireless network." Below to indicate your "Network Name" existing wireless. You will be prompted to change the password and 4. Click on "Update" in the lower right corner of the Configure window. Your AirPort will restart and the LED should turn green again. 5th Finally, get the airport of your router, and remove the cable. You should now be able to plug your AirPort everywhere to join your existing network. 37 of 37 customers found this review helpful. Clearer by using Windows spjinseattle took 2 hours + to get this set up as a "client" on my existing 802.11b network - awesome product you get to jump over obstacles ...! I have read other advice guys, but none of them gave me a complete AZ for the connection to an existing network using 802.11b and WinXP. Here are my instructions to parts of other posts (thanks to borrow for that matter !)... 1st Download and install the latest version of iTunes. 2nd Physically connect your new AirPort Express to your wireless router with an Ethernet cable. Plug AirPort Express into the wall and wait until the green LED (up to several minutes) 3. Insert the CD-ROM that accompanies the product and run the setup program on your computer. 4. Once installed, start the "AirPort Admin Utility" for Windows. [Note: Do NOT use the "AirPort Express Assistant" AT ALL this software will lead to a dead end when trying to connect to your existing non-Apple AirPort Base Station network (for instance, this tool does not work if your Netgear Linksys, Belkin, etc.).] 5. Select the new name on the list, Airport Express Base Station Chooser and click on "Configure" at the bottom right. 6. Click on the "AirPort" tab. In the "AirPort Network", select "Use base: Join an existing wireless network." 7. Enter your current "Network Name" wireless [Note: If you do not know this, WinXP, go to "View Network Connections> View Available Wireless Networks" and find the name of the wireless network you use. Note that the name and how it is written as = is case-sensitive panel, you enter the airport]. If you have a wireless network security, click on "Security" and enter the correct key (s) which you can obtain the router's home page [note: find the IP address for this router's documentation]. 8. Change the password something you can easily remember. He does not use the default password "public". 9. Click on the "Music" at the top of the screen, and the name of the iTunes speaker system. For example "Living Room". 10. Click on "Update" at the bottom right. AirPort Express will restart and the LED should turn solid green again after a few minutes. 11. Go to http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ and download the latest firmware for the AirPort Express (for example, the AirPort Express Firmware 6.1.1 for Windows). Run this software to update the firmware. When installation is complete, restart the AirPort Express and the LED will change back to yellow