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Airport express as a wireless bridge to more then one computer

· Networking · 5 posts · May 10, 2005 — Jun 4, 2005 View original thread ↗

#1 Tue, 10 May 2005 - 11:16

Hey

My room is a floor below the wireless router in our house. I get wireless signal down there from my airport extreme base station. However, i want to know what can i do to get internet to my desktop and file server...

Can I hook the airport express up as a bridge and WDS in the room and then hook it into a router(have an extra 4 port router) or do I need two express or bridges to do this?

By setting this up, will i see a significant lag in my communication because of the bridging? I wont be doing a whole lot of data transfer, but just am interested..

Thanks

#2 Tue, 10 May 2005 - 12:29

You want a LinkSys WET54GS wireless-to-ethernet bridge with built in 5 port switch.

With it you can create a downstairs LAN (using the LinkSys built-in 5 port switch) which the LinkSys will bridge wirelessly to your upstairs LAN.

#3 Thu, 26 May 2005 - 02:12

Thanks for the suggestion.. however I already have an enough airport expresses to do the bridging to down stairs and dont wish to buy another piece of hardware.. I have a 8 port router as well that I would like to use instead of new hd.. is this possible?

#4 Fri, 3 Jun 2005 - 18:46

I'm going to second this interest. I'm looking to bridge my wireless to downstairs with an Airport Express and stream music through it from my desktop (wired to my Airport Extreme BS). I've got a 12 port hub that I can use downstairs, so I just need the Airport Express to act as a bridge and an AirTunes device.

#5 Sat, 4 Jun 2005 - 20:27

I decided to answer my own question, and I bought an Airport Express today. Talk about one capable device. I have my G4 connected to my AEBS via ethernet and the Express downstairs. The Express connects to the AEBS wirelessly and extends my wireless network. Additionally, I can plug in a computer or hub to the Express and any computer connected gains an IP address from my AEBS without having a direct connection. iTunes in my G4 (no Airport card) plays through the Express just fine. Basically, it does everything I want it to do -- act as a "wireless cable" to downstairs, extend my wireless network, and play music from iTunes computer on my network.

Kudos to Apple, yet again.