Questions & Answers for AirPort Express Base Station
412 Questions from the Community
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will the new AirPort Express support audio streaming at rates > 44.1/16?
- Asked by G Mark F from Uxbridge
- Jun 11, 2012
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It will support any audio that iTunes can play.
- Answered by Michael H from Arlington Heights
- Jun 30, 2012
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Do you need airport express to use Apple TV or can you just use a wifi connection?
- Asked by Ryan T from Toronto
- Aug 29, 2012
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It can connect through either.
- Answered by Timothy W from Elk River
- Aug 31, 2012
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Will the Airport function as a router with a dongle/broadband stick from another country inserted in its USB port so I can pickup broadbands services?
I would like to be able to use two iPads at one time when my wife and I are traveling.
- Asked by Mark K from Omaha
- Jun 27, 2012
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No, the USB port is only intended to be used to connect a printer and therefore share the printer over the wireless network. If you plug any other USB device in the USB port, the Airport Express will simply not recognize the device.
- Answered by Colin O from Rochester
- Jul 26, 2012
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How do I use Airport express in a hotel that only has an ethernet connection and which needs me to log on to pay for the service.
Sometimes when I go to a hotel they only have an ethernet cabel and then you have to log on and pay for the internet service. Just to be clear ... if I plug the ethernet plug into the airport express does that stream the connection to my mac or ios device for me to log on and pay.
- Asked by David Gwynne H
- Jul 3, 2012
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It is just plug and play. Simply set up the network name and a password to prevent you neighbours using your service and away you go. I have used this in many hotels around the world. Some hotels do however set the network up to prevent multiple devices connecting meaning that you can no longer connect an iPhone, iPad and mac to the same line without multiple device charges. Other than that this is excellent in my experience.
- Answered by Paul R
- Jul 26, 2012
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Can I use an airport express as a bridge/repeater of an existing wi-fi network. The root bridge is a linksys.
- Asked by Michael M from Oakland
- Sep 9, 2012
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Yes. if you connect it via the wired ethernet port to your router then it will act as a bridge/repeater offering you a further access point to choose from. Depending on where in the house I am, the signal strengths between my Netgear Router and the Airport Express differ so I connect to the strongest one. I bought the Express primarily to stream music wireless from my iTunes library but it also served as a bridge / repeater as a second benefit.
- Answered by Azim A
- Oct 10, 2012
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Can I use the 2nd wireless band exclusively for audio streaming inside the network?
- Asked by Carl E from San Carlos
- Jun 11, 2012
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In theory you could if you setup whatever device will be streaming on one band and all other devices on another band. However this is highly unnecessary. Audio uses so little bandwidth that you should have no issue or slowdown from steaming on any band.
- Answered by Sean D from Tempe
- Jun 13, 2012
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Does the airport express have to be wired in to a modem or the airport extreme, or can it be used freestanding if i have an extreme wired in?
do all devices have to be wired to interconnect?
- Asked by Jamie C from Carmel
- Jul 17, 2012
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Completely freestanding!
- Answered by Al F from Atlanta
- Jul 25, 2012
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Yes. This product is a wireless router, so by plugging it into the wired network they have, you can create a wireless hotspot with this product to have internet access on your iPad along with other wireless devices.
- Answered by Jeffrey Y from Westmont
- Sep 13, 2012
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Does airport express have digital input?
Does the airport express have a digital input as well as analogue input? I want to connect to my digital surround sound system with optical cable, is this possible with airport express or will i need to buy apple tv unit? Cheers guys
- Asked by James D
- Jun 20, 2012
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You can connect either analogue miniature jack, or an optical cable. The optical plug to the AE must be the mini Toslink size and the end for your stereo the normal Toslink size, or whatever your system requires. The design of the AE jack is ingenious, in that it accepts either the analogue or digital plug and both work fine, I have tried it....good luck.
- Answered by Rod N from Surrey
- Jun 30, 2012
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Is it possible to stream music at 24/192 via the new airport express using the optical output
- Asked by Kenneth D from Houston
- Jun 11, 2012
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Kenneth has a very simple question that very few people understand unfortunatelly. I wondered about this myself, because I would very much be able to stream hi-res audio via AE. I ended up calling Apple Support to get a straight answer. After waiting on the phoneline and eventually be put trough to a person that should have been able to answer, he really did not understand the question. But eventually he was able to ask a colleage and the answer was clear! NO, the new AE is not technically upgraded, same resolution as before 16-bit wordlenght and samplerate "locked" to 44,1kHz. So Apple confirmed Apple TV still has the edge with 16/48, but it dont do much difference for me.
I bought the new AE later only because the the extra ethernet port, that was practical for me so I could connect my Apple TV to new AE LAN port.
And I can confirm the new AE still is 16/44, I see the sample rate on my DAC. If the audio from my computer is 24/96.... AE will still down sample to 16/44 as always..too bad!!
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Norway- Answered by Rune D
- Jul 1, 2012
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Would it be faster and more reliable than previous generation? Better antenna?
Better, faster, more reliable than previous generation?
- Asked by Roemer V
- Jun 11, 2012
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yes, you should see smoother operation form your devices with it being dual band. It is also ready for ipv6
- Answered by Ryan H
- Jun 12, 2012
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Can the use new AirPort Express and extend an existing network with the old 2011 AirPort express?
- Asked by Marcelo O from Sao Paulo
- Jun 18, 2012
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Yes it can. I would recommend that you use the new Base Station as your primary and your old 2011 as the extension.
- Answered by Dean S from Encino
- Jun 21, 2012
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You can use this an extender (in extender mode). You will just have to enable it.
- Answered by Luke T from Calgary
- Jun 17, 2012
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Does it support Time Machine feature?
- Asked by Taras T from Cupertino
- Jun 11, 2012
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No it does not. Look into a Time Capsule for integrated Time Machine backups.
- Answered by Dean S from Encino
- Jun 17, 2012
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Do the shared printing options from any of the wifi stations support AirPrint so that I can use an otherwise incompatable printer with my iOS devices?
- Asked by Chris L from Mattawan
- Jun 12, 2012
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AirPrint works only with AirPrint printers, and none of those need this. AirPrint Printers can be found on the left sidebar of the online store under the title for iPad.
- Answered by Timothy M from Hillsboro
- Jul 3, 2012
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Can you use this to extend the range of an Airport Extreeme and connect your HDTV to the LAN Port for the TV to connect if your TV is lacking wireless
- Asked by Steven W from Aurora
- Jun 12, 2012
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What ISPs are not compatible? Does it depend or are there specific criteria?
- Asked by James B from Meridian
- Oct 18, 2012
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How does this compare with the current Airport Express for travel in terms of weight, voltages and extra cords?
- Asked by G Allen H from Phoenix
- Jun 25, 2012
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The weight of this current model Express is slightly greater than the older version. The new Airport Express does has an external power cord unlike the the older model. This prevents the Express from being directly plugged in to the wall.
- Answered by George J
- Sep 1, 2012
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how many wireless devices can connect to it? I believe previous versions were limited to 5
- Asked by Henry S from Jacksonville
- Jun 11, 2012
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The specs indicate the AirPort Express Base Station will support up to 50 wireless clients (users).
- Answered by David C from New York
- Jun 18, 2012
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No. You would need the Airport Extreme to share a disk over USB, or a Time Capsule if you want to do over-the-air Time Machine backups.
- Answered by Thomas D from San Francisco
- Jun 13, 2012
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