Imac in one room, speaker(s) another
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From: Robert Montgomery on 7 Nov 2009 22:31 Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article <AQYGm.49993$Db2.32961(a)edtnps83>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >> Yes, I'm still using the D-Link. And yes, I configured the Express >> correctly. I plugged it into an outlet in a room that's next to the >> Imac. I plugged a cord from the Express into the powered speakers. And I >> plugged the powered speakers into an outlet. > > That's a physical connection; it's not a configuration. Configuration is > done via software. That's false. The dictionary in my Imace defines configuration as "the arrangement in which items of computer hardware or software are interconnected". Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 7 Nov 2009 22:37 Sander Tekelenburg wrote: > In article <UD_Gm.50992$PH1.8458(a)edtnps82>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > > [...] > >> it's been revealed here that I should either change my settings >> somehow to avoid the conflict of having both the router and the Express >> sending out DHCP IP addresses, or get a more up-to-date router. > > Nonsense. *If* the problem is that you have two DHCP servers active, > then the obvious solution is to switch one of those off (the one on the > AirportExpress, I'd say). There's no button on the Airport Express that I could turn off. And even if there were, if I switched it off, I wouldn't be able to stream music from my Mac into the next room, where the Express and the speakers are. >> [...] so I decided to buy a new router to replace my old D-Link. > > You could. But it seems to me that nobody here yet knows what your > actual problem is, so another router might solve exactly nothing. How can the cause of the problem be determined? Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 7 Nov 2009 22:41 Jolly Roger wrote: > In article <UD_Gm.50992$PH1.8458(a)edtnps82>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >> Jolly Roger wrote: >>> In article <AQYGm.49993$Db2.32961(a)edtnps83>, >>> Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, I'm still using the D-Link. And yes, I configured the Express >>>> correctly. I plugged it into an outlet in a room that's next to the >>>> Imac. I plugged a cord from the Express into the powered speakers. And I >>>> plugged the powered speakers into an outlet. >>> If the Airport Express is configured correctly, when you run Airport >>> Utility on your Mac, you will see the Airport Express in the list on the >>> left side of the window. >> Well, I did have it listed there a few times before, but it's not there >> now. > > That indicates a problem to me. I agree. >> I gave up trying to set it up again with my current configuration, >> because it's been revealed here that I should either change my settings >> somehow to avoid the conflict of having both the router and the Express >> sending out DHCP IP addresses, or get a more up-to-date router. > > How do we know for sure you have such a conflict? Are you sure you have > configured your Airport Express to be a DHCP server?? Well, it think that's what David Empson and maybe Nospam (can't recall for sure) indicated. > >> I don't know how to change the router settings to avoid the IP address >> conflict, so I decided to buy a new router to replace my old D-Link. > > That's probably just as well. I've never considered D-Link's routers to > be among the better routers out there. > >> Is there a good brand of router that's cheaper than the Apple Extremes? > > Define "good" please. : ) > > Seriously, none of them will come close to matching the plug-and-play > and ease of use of the Airport Extreme. You do get what you pay for. In > this case, you get additional headaches in the form of hard-to-use and > less secure configuration interfaces with the cheaper ones. Too bad. That'll double my cost. I've already spent close to $200 on this wireless music piping system and it's useless now. Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 7 Nov 2009 22:48 M-M wrote: > In article <hu_Gm.50989$PH1.52(a)edtnps82>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >> The socket is labeled "ADSL". The cord in that socket is a phone cord, >> which leads to a five-way phone jack splitter. The main cord of the >> phone jack splitter leads to a phone jack in a wall. > > > So you have a phone-line DSL connection to the internet? And you don't > have a phone jack in the room with the speakers? I _do_ have a phone jack in the room with the speakers. Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 7 Nov 2009 23:10
Jolly Roger wrote: > In article <hu_Gm.50989$PH1.52(a)edtnps82>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >> David Empson wrote: >>> Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: >>> >>>> David Empson wrote: >>>> >>>>> What sort of connection does your D-Link have to the Internet? >>>> How can I find out? I checked my router's configuration data in a >>>> browser, and System Profiler, but I can't translate the geekese there >>>> into regular English. >>> How does it physically plug into the Internet? What sort of cable is >>> used between the D-Link and the Internet, and what is the socket on the >>> D-Link labelled? >> The socket is labeled "ADSL". The cord in that socket is a phone cord, >> which leads to a five-way phone jack splitter. The main cord of the >> phone jack splitter leads to a phone jack in a wall. >> >>> Does that cable plug into some other device? If so, what is the brand >>> and model of that device, how is the socket to the D-Link labelled, and >>> what does the connection look like between that device and the Internet? >> No other device. >> >>> Note the subtle difference between telephone sockets and Ethernet >>> sockets. The US uses RJ-11 (six pin) telephone sockets, though only two >>> of those pins are used. Ethernet uses RJ-45 (eight pin) sockets which >>> are similar in appearance but wider. >> I see what you mean. Thanks for the detailed explanation. Only one of >> the four Ethernet sockets is used. It's got a cable leading to my Imac. >> >>> If the D-Link plugs into a standard telephone socket, possibly via small >>> device mentioning "Filter" or similar, with sockets labelled PHONE and >>> COMPUTER (or DSL, or DATA) then you have a DSL connection (it might >>> mention ADSL, VDSL or SDSL somewhere). >>> >>> The D-Link may also have DSL in its model name, or mention one of these >>> terms in its description on the device, or the web interface, or the >>> user manual. >> The machine says "Wireless ADSL Router" on it. > > Hmm... then it must be different than the one I am looking at on > D-Link's web site: > > <http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=62> Right. That router is a DI-604. Mine is a 604+. Robert |