Since I wrote quite a number about AirPort Express of late , I have started to experience e - mails with questions about how to get it to work from new AirPort Express buyers .
The most vernacular complaint seem to be about configure the Express . And I intromit , it ’s tricky . I wrestle with mine for a minuscule while when I first got it , too .
The first affair to commend is that you take to be plug into to the AirPort Express somehow for configure it . Okay , that sounds obvious . But sometimes it ’s leisurely to get bogged down in the point and lose track of something as basic as selecting the AirPort Express ( out of the boxwood it ’ll have a name starting with “ Apple internet ” ) from the AirPort menu in your card saloon before running the AirPort Setup Assistant .
And then there are the people who are buying the AirPort Express to apply it as an Ethernet bridgework — in other Logos , citizenry who are n’t planning on using it with a wireless - capable production of their own . For this , two pieces of advice .
First , if you ’re planning on using the AirPort Express as a bridge to an honest-to-god Mac without wireless capabilities , that does n’t entail you involve to usethatMac to configure your Express . Instead , add the AirPort Express software program on a laptop or other Mac with AirPort access , and habituate that Mac to configure the Express .
Second , if you do n’t have any computer with wireless approach handy , that ’s ok . tie your Mac to the AirPort Express via an Ethernet cable television service , like a shot . Then you should be able to link up to it and do it up .
Now some more world-wide advice . First , even if you think you ’re a really , really geeky Mac user , do n’t start with the AirPort Admin Utility . Apple has really done a singular job with the AirPort Express Assistant , and you should give it a try . Yes , it ’s a wizard - style user interface — what ’s the challenge in that ? — but when you ’re in a berth where you ’re configuringtwowireless gimmick at once ( for example , setting up a wireless relay from one AirPort Extreme or Express to another one ) , using the AirPort Admin Utility can get really hairy . In contrast , the Assistant is a breeze .
And most importantly , when in doubt , compress the tiny reset push on the AirPort Express with a paper cartridge clip or other tiny object , and throw that button down for five arcsecond . This will readjust the Express — a bang-up life line if you feel it unsufferable to connect to it by any fashion , wired or wireless .
at last , if you ’re still considering whether or not to buy an AirPort Express , I urge you interpret up on the merchandise and count if you really want one . It ’s undeniably cool , but unless you ’re planning on using more than one of its unique features , you might be better off with a much tatty product from some other company . Then again , if you respect easiness - of - role , the AirPort Express Assistant mishandle away the Web - based ( and Windows - centric ) setup routines of most other wireless products .
