Imac in one room, speaker(s) another
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From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 17:12 Robert Montgomery wrote: > Robert Montgomery wrote: >> Michelle Steiner wrote: >>> In article <Q2FEm.49186$Db2.41904(a)edtnps83>, >>> Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: >>> >>>>> [*] It might be waiting to receive an IP adress from a DHCP server. >>>>> Do you have a DHCP server handing out IP addresses? (Modems, >>>>> routers, wirelsss acces points all tend to contain a DHCP server.) >>>> I don't know. How can I find out? I have a D-Link 604+ router that >>>> the Imac uses to connect to the Net. >>> >>> Is the Airport connected to the router? >> >> The Imac is connected to the router. >> >> In the next room, the Express is connected to the powered speakers, >> and the Express and the speakers are plugged into outlets. >> >> Robert > > Again the music isn't coming from the speakers. > > In Itunes, when I click on the Multiple Speakers popup menu the bottom, > right corner, I scroll to my airport connection name. > > A window appears with the names "Computer" and the name of my airport > connection. When I put a check mark beside the airport connection name, > another window appears that says, "Your computer's firewall settings > prevent you from using Airtunes. To use Airtunes, change your computer's > firewall settings." > > Robert In Airport Utility > Summary > Status says "Normal", and there's a green circle next to the word "Normal". And I'm able to access my wireless name in the Airport pop down menu at the top of my screen. And the light is steady green on the Airport Express in the next room. Is it possible that despite this, there's a problem with the settings I have in Airport Utlility, which would explain why I'm not getting music anymore from the Express? Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 19:11 Sander Tekelenburg wrote: > In article <dtxEm.49157$Db2.16146(a)edtnps83>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > > [...] > >> The yellow light is still flashing on the Airport Express, as it did >> before sometimes, whether or not it was working at a given time. I >> unplugged it for a couple of minutes and plugged it in again. I also >> restarted the computer. > > A blinking yellow light means that the Airport Express can't figure out > what to do[*]. A steady green light is what you need. Only if things > still don't work *then* does it make sense to see if there is a problem > with your Mac or iTunes. > > Do this: > - reset the Airport Express (stick an folded-out paperclip in its reset > button for some 30 seconds or so, until it beepds or flashes or > something like that -- see the manual) > - let it start up > - if you get a steady green light, you're done > > If not, come back here again ;) The music isn't playing on the Express now, and in Itunes, I keep getting this message: Airtunes > Connecting to Robert Airport Express, but the barbershop pole pattern keeps on moving. On my router's configuration page, I switched from channel 11 to 6, saved the change and restarted my router. It didn't work. So I switched from channel 6 to 1, saved the change and restarted my router. That also didn't work. I confirmed in Istumbler that the channel changes had gone through. Robert
From: M-M on 25 Oct 2009 21:18 In article <_O%Em.49288$Db2.29609(a)edtnps83>, Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > > You have to connect the router to the Airport first. > > If I did that, I'd be bypassing the main function of the device. > > Airport Utility > Help says: > > "AirPort lets you bring the online world to every room in your house — > without the unsightly cable clutter associated with computers connected > to the Internet. > > You can set up an AirPort wireless network in minutes, without special > tools." > > The router is connected with a cable to the Imac, Right. It says right there that you *don't* connect your computer to the internet with a cable, and that is what you did anyhow. You need to bring your cable into the room with the speakers. -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 21:29 M-M wrote: > In article <_O%Em.49288$Db2.29609(a)edtnps83>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >>> You have to connect the router to the Airport first. >> If I did that, I'd be bypassing the main function of the device. >> >> Airport Utility > Help says: >> >> "AirPort lets you bring the online world to every room in your house — >> without the unsightly cable clutter associated with computers connected >> to the Internet. >> >> You can set up an AirPort wireless network in minutes, without special >> tools." >> >> The router is connected with a cable to the Imac, > > > Right. It says right there that you *don't* connect your computer to the > internet with a cable, and that is what you did anyhow. > > You need to bring your cable into the room with the speakers. I'm confused by your statement. I've had Internet connectivity for about 15 years, and all that time the computers were hooked up to the Internet with a cable, so I haven't changed that aspect of my connectivity in all those years. Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 21:36
M-M wrote: > In article <yhQEm.50133$PH1.20209(a)edtnps82>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >>> Is the Airport connected to the router? >> The Imac is connected to the router. > > >u have to connect the router to the Airport first. Okay, this is so frustrating and time-consuming that I'm willing to compromise by wiring the setup instead of having it wireless. So I took the advice I read on the Internet, by trying to string an Ethernet cable from the Express to the Imac, but I can't because there's only one slot available on the Imac, and that's used for the cable that runs between the Imac and the router. So I hooked up the cable from the Express to the router instead, so that I'd then have an Express to router to Imac connection. Then Itunes recognized the Express again, but I lost Internet connectivity. Robert |