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Playing music over network to Airport Express
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Minnesota
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I just installed an airport express. It works perfectly. My only problem is that I can only play musing to the airport express from my PowerBook with an airport extreme card.
I also have a G5 (no airport extreme card) and an airport extreme base station. How can I get my iTunes on my G5 to play over the network, to the airport base station, then to the airport express so I can listen to it from my G5 instead of my PowerBook?
There are no options in iTunes to play it on a remote location like there are in iTunes on my PowerBook.
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Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I have my AE setup and playing my music from my G4 with no airport card in it... 
It's all wired baby. !!!
(Last edited by chezpaul; Jul 21, 2004 at 07:47 PM.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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That was my thought exactly. There is a wired connection to the base station, and a wireless extended (WDS) network to the Airport Express. Why couldn't I play music over this channel.
Granted I can still do what I wanted from my PowerBook, but I had really imagined using my G5 instead. Why didn't I order my G5 with a wireless connection?  Probably because I didn't have a PowerBook or Airport Extreme base station then. DOH!
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London, UK
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you might want to check out this page on ARS Technica, showing how to use AirPort Express over a wired network.
ARS Technica AirPort Express Review
And on Apple's Support page
Question: A computer connects via wire to an existing wireless access point/router. Can this wired client send an AirTunes stream to AirPort Express via the existing router?
Answer: Yes, if they are on the same subnet. These are common examples of when it would work:
The existing router is an AirPort Extreme Base Station set up as WDS main, with the AirPort Express set up as WDS remote.
The AirPort Express has joined the network (AirPort or third-party) in client mode.
You have a wired-only router sharing your Internet connection with a separate wireless access point that bridges the network to wireless clients. As in the two examples above, the AirPort Express would be either a WDS remote or in client mode.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Did you install the software on teh G5 also? I know it is a basic question but i couldn't play music from my wired G5 (also have the wired card but need the faster wired connection) until I installed the software. Even though it is the same version of itunes as I aleady downloaded it was the only way to activate the button at teh bottom of the itunes screen to choose where to send the music.
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