[MLB-WIRELESS] Apple Airport Express

[Clae]

That's good info there Alan, thanks.  Where did you dig that up?

Clae.


>On 12 Jun 2004, at 19:56, Clae wrote:
>
>>At 8:12 PM +1000 10/6/2004, Alan Harper wrote:
>>>I can't wait to get one of these, prices 
>>>announced late last night. $219 for 802.11g 
>>>AP, Printer sharing, Analog/Digital out, and 
>>>USB printer sharing, WDS, WPA and an ethernet 
>>>port. Downside is that its limited to 10 
>>>clients
>>
>>Also that most of the extra features are only 
>>available from an OS X Mac according to the 
>>website.  You'd think they could have built 
>>Airtunes into the Win version of iTunes as well.
>>
>>Unless they're doing their old "it works under 
>>Win, but we don't like to talk about it" 
>>routine.
>
>I understand that;
>
>802.11g AP
>Š works with any 802.11b/g Computer. Unlike the 
>AirPort and AirPort Extreme, the AirPort Express 
>doesn't have NAT Features.
>
>Printer Sharing
>Šbehaves just like an IP Printer Port, a-la HP 
>Jet Direct. I've managed to get my Canon i450 
>and AirPort Extreme Basestation printing from 
>Windows ME. It apparently Works much better from 
>Windows 2000 or XP, but I don't do Windows ;)
>
>Analog/Digital Out
>Šwill work with any copy of iTunes 4.6 or 
>higher, including the Windows Version.
>
>WDS
>Šwill only work with other AirPort base-stations.
>
>WPA
>Šis supported by All AirPort Basestations, but 
>doesn't work in a WDS network. You'll have to 
>resort back to WEP for that.
>
>The Ethernet Port
>Šis for connecting to other peoples networks, so 
>it can work as an AP. I don't think it can be 
>used to bridge two networks wirelessly, but I 
>may be wrong.


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