Re: Need help turning a wireless network into a wired one

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<1134334736.157953.151770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
nbikkasa@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello
>
> A question, I have all my internet acess hardware including a wireless
> router in my office. My television and eventually my Xbox need wired
> ethernet cable connections to get online, they are in my living room.
>
> Is there a way to set up a wireless hub in my living room(to provide
> the TV and Xbox with internet access) that connects wirelessly to my
> Cablemodem/wireless hub in my office.
>
> I bought a airport express, but it was told the Ethernet Jack on the
> bottom is only one way, i/e an input, not an output.
>
> nb

The following is from Airport Admin Utility "Help", searching for
"Airport Express Ethernet":

"Extending the range of your AirPort network using a Wireless
Distribution System

You can set up multiple AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express base
stations as a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) to extend the
range of your AirPort wireless network. When you connect base
stations wirelessly in a WDS, you set up the base stations as a
main base station, a remote base station, or, if you are using
AirPort 3.1 or later, a relay base station.

A main base station is connected to the Internet and shares its
connection with remote and relay base stations. A remote base
station shares the main base station¹s Internet connection. A
relay base station shares the main base station¹s Internet
connection and transfers the connection to other remote or relay
base stations.

All three base station configurations (main, remote, and relay)
can also share the main base station¹s Internet connection with
client computers wirelessly, or with Ethernet if the client
computers are connected to the base station by Ethernet.

...."

The 3rd paragraph says you can use the ethernet port of a remote
base station, and my reading of that says the ethernet port of the
Airport Express is going to be available.

I would say, "Give it a try". You have the equipment, so nothing
ventured, nothing gained.

Bob Harris
.

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