One fix for an Airport Express / Extreme problem

Aug 17, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: umijin

I bought a new Airport Extreme 802.11n base station in July, and hoped to use it in conjunction with my existing Airport Express. Unfortunately, I was completely unable to connect the Express to the Extreme's network as a node, bridge, WDS, or anything else. I found on Apple's support site that many others suffered the same problem, but none of the suggestions worked. The new Airport firmware, as well as the latest update to the Airport Admin software, didn't fix things. So this had been bugging me for over a month.

When commenting on this on TAB's site with regard to the new AirPort software, someone made a suggestion that solved all my problems: Use WPA/WPA2 instead of WEP security. Well, I was using WEP. I switched and ... now it works! At least the Express can now join my Extreme network, and I can play iTunes music through the speakers. I haven't been able to set up a WDS network yet, but at least basic functions are possible now. Give this a try if you are having similar problems, and someone at Apple needs to make this part of their support suggestions.

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