Does apple make a device that I can use to connect my stereo amplifier to my laptop PC wirelessly?

I want to use my PC (or iPad 1) to play my music library through my amplifier using iTunes. At the moment I have a Logitech Squeezebox streaming radio which is Ok but unreliable.

I have an apple TV which works over my existing (BT Home hub ) network and want to add my amplifier to the wireless net.
What hardware would I need?

• Asked by Keith D
• Jan 1, 2013
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Can I use this like a network adapter?

For example - use it to connect to a router upstairs, making my desktop wireless?
without using my netgear usb adapter anymore.

• Asked by Michael H from Boone
• Feb 25, 2010
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Extending Roaming Network, Airport Extreme with APPLE TV

I have a Time Capsule on the third floor of my house in the office. I use this as the DHCP router. Wireless coverage is good on the top and middle floor, however when I get to the bottom floor the signal is weaker, slower and prone to drop outs.

The bottom floor is where I have my older second iMac, a MacBook Pro, and my home theater which has Apple TV. They all can get a weak wireless signal from the Time Capsule, but like I said it is slow and unreliable. I want to create a roaming network by adding an Airport Extreme to the bottom floor. I have heard that a solid connection from Time Capsule to Airport Extreme with Cat6 or Cat5e ethernet cable is the much preferred and more reliable way to do this.

I would need to run the Cat6 cable on the outside of the house, approximately 120 feet down from the office. There is already a Coax cable that makes that same run to provide cable TV to my bottom floor home theater. I would plan to set the Extreme in bridge mode to act as another Wireless Access Point.
Questions:
1. Is exterior grade Cat6 cable available to make this outside run?
2. Will the transmission be affected if the Cat6 runs close to the Coax cable?
3. The Apple TV device will be in close proximity to where I plan to place the Airport Extreme, should they be connected via ethernet port or connected wirelessly?
4. Would I need to set the Time Capsule and the Airport Extreme to different channels?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• Asked by David H from Vancouver
• Nov 1, 2012
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Can the Airport Extreme be an access point in a 11g network while maintaining and routing 11n traffic to the 11g router connected to the internet?

I have a linksys 54gl wireless router as the foundation of my current home network. I still have some devices that only support 11g but more and more support 11n. I want to stream video content to my bluray player (LG390) so I'm thinking I'd hardwire it to an 11n router (like the AE) with either a usb drive or NAS attached to it for all of the video content. I'd update the storage via the 11n wireless connection from my iMac but would also want my Mac to be able to get out to the internet on the 11g router. Would AE be able to act as a 11n access point for the 11n devices and router to the 11g network for internet access and access from the 11g devices?

• Asked by Marc J from Toronto
• Jan 4, 2010
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I have an older AirPort Extreme that I would like to replace. My question is, what makes this better than say a Linksys E Series router?

I am looking to replace my AirPort extreme because it drops my connection at least 10 times a day. I have tried every channel on the device, factory reset it many times, and it just doesn't work. There are no other wireless networks nearby and we don't have any devices here that would interfere with it. What makes the new AirPort Extreme better than the Linksys E2000, E2100L or E3000? Thanks.

• Asked by Shane S from Wadena
• Jun 20, 2010
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Can I use an Airport Extreme as a second access point (network extension) from a Belkin Wireless modem-router. If so can this connection be wireless.

The Belkin device is an N1 MIMO. The purpose to do this is to extend the signal in a multi story house. I would like to run an IMAC and 2 Windows XP PC's off the Airport Extreme extension. Also if it is possible how could it be done.

• Asked by Ray B from Mona Vale
• Apr 13, 2010
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two wireless networks on one airport extreme

Hi there,

I have an Airport Extreme set up to offer a wireless network throughout my flat, using a couple Airport expresses to increase the range to my office and back garden. I also use one of the Airport Expresses to run AirTunes so that I can play my music in the garden from my Apple TV.

The problem is that the signal drops out if my computer is on and downloading emails or surfing the net.

Is it possible to set up two wireless networks on the Airport Extreme so that I use one solely for access the internet using my computer and devises and one for my AppleTV and Airtunes?

Sure, I can set up a Guest Network (or similar) but, I guess my question is - will having two WiFi's set up still have the same problem where the music cuts out (obviously, if the music is cutting out, my internet connection is being hampered too)?

If you can make sense of it and are able to offer me some advice, I'd be grateful!

Cheers,

D

• Asked by Darroch M
• Jul 9, 2010
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Accessing my network disk while on a different network?

I was wondering how I can access my wireless hard drive that I have plugged into my Airport Extreme from anywhere in the world? I have my entire internal hard drive backed up on the external disk and I would like to be able to access all of that information wirelessly from anywhere in the world.

Do I have to setup a server or how exactly can I do this?

• Asked by Benjamin S from Winter Park
• May 11, 2010
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Can I access a wired device from a wireless device connected to an AirPort Extreme base station?

I have a network printer and a windows file server wired to the ethernet ports but am unable to access them from my macbook pro which is connected wirelessly. Can't even ping even though the AirPort Utility DHCP Clients log indicates that they've been assigned IP addresses.

• Asked by Jeff C from Centreville
• Oct 30, 2011
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Can I use my Sprint USB Sierra Wireless device with an Airport to provide a wireless connection to all computers in my home?

• Asked by Russell A from Greenville
• Oct 1, 2010
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