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thom1977 · Oct 10, 2005, 10:30 AM

hi everyone.....heres my background: basically, we've got all our media etc.. in our mac, but then also have our stereo/tv. i want to make them all work together wirelessly. i ordered an elgato "eyehome" box which turns my tv into an interface to navigate through playlists, movies, pictures, whatever, and sends the video to my tv and the audio to my stereo.

the PROBLEM is.... my mac is in one room, and my tv/stereo is in another. eyehome is not wireless, but they reccomend using airport express to make it wireless. i also ordered an airport express, but i think i may need two.

from my understanding, an airport express can act as EITHER a base station, OR a receiver. I would need one receiver/wireless bridge for the eyehome, but ALSO something to actually send the wireless signal from my mac.

Does this sound right? Is two airport expresses the answer, or do i need to buy the more expensive airport extreme base station to act as the transmitter?

HELP! ;-)

Indohottie · Oct 10, 2005, 11:39 AM

Does your mac have a wireless card inside already or do you have a wireless network setup in your house?

If you have either you will only need one airport express.. just set your airport express up to join the wireless network and you should be able to stream music to it and use the eye home once you set it up following elgato's directions..

thom1977 · Oct 10, 2005, 01:29 PM

Is there a way to easily test if i have a wireless card inside of it? its a new g5 dual processor, so i THINK it does, but I dont know how to check. thanks so much!

Indohottie · Oct 10, 2005, 02:00 PM

well..

check in system preferences, network if airport is an option to use to join a network.. otherwise you should see a quater shape pie in your menu bar that represents your wifi strength..

Frank

thom1977 · Oct 10, 2005, 02:40 PM

ok cool thanks. so if it ISNT, was i under the correct assumption that 2 airport expresses will do the trick for what i am looking to accomplish?

thanks!!

ghporter · Oct 10, 2005, 03:45 PM

How about asking in the Networking forum? You are asking about a networking subject, so it should go there. I'm moving this thread because you're new--WELCOME!--but in the future, pay better attention to where you post, ok?

thom1977 · Oct 10, 2005, 05:48 PM

ah crap sorry. i totally misread the forum header. i saw "airport" and was like oh i post in here. sorry bout that!! :-)