AE/n and USB hub (shared drives, printers ...) more info

[Kevin Callahan]

On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:

>
> On 24 Feb 2007, at 00:26, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>>
>> In the past, I tried running them as separate networks, but I  
>> probably had it set up wrong  .. as I couldn't be streaming to the  
>> music network while working over the Internet.
>> My airport card in my Powerbook could only connect to one network  
>> at a time.  iTunes (multiple remote speakers) would only show what  
>> was available on the network I was currently on.   Using the  
>> airport wizard setup, I didn't see any options other than doing  
>> what I'd done
>>
>> Am I really misunderstanding something?
>>
>> I have an ethernet switch.  Is there a way I can use that ?  right  
>> now, I have two computers (the PB17 and the G4/500 going over  
>> ethernet via the switch , which is plugged into one of the three  
>> LAN ports on the back of the AE/n).
>
> I would leave the AE/n where it is and plug the G4/500, the PB17  
> and one of the Airport Express units into the three LAN ports on  
> the back.
>
> I would set the AE/n to be N-only.
> I would set the AExpress unit to be G/only, and also to stream  
> music over ethernet (it's a setting!)

yeah, the expresses are set up that way right now (though with the  
new Airport Utility, I don't see the "g/only" option - something I  
believe you can do with the earlier Airport Admin Utility) ...
mind you, when I launch the old Airport Admin Utility to talk to an  
express, I get a kernel panic --
you're not supposed to use the old utility on the new AE/n -- and  
even though I was targeting an express, I got the kernel panic --

> then set up WDS...

with the new utility,  using manual settings:

the three options are  -
1) Create wireless network
2) Participate in a WDS network
3) Join an existing network

In the past, when I've extended the network (WDS)  using the  
expresses, I got horrible performance --


> AExpress #1 Set this up as the master base station (this is the one  
> plugged into the AE/n)

would it be better to hang my 1 year old Airport Extreme (g) off the  
AE/n via ethernet ... and then have the expresses join the AE/g ?

> AExpress #2 Set this up as a remote base station
> AExpress #3 Set this up a a remote base station
>
> This way:
>
> All N-level computers connect at N-speeds and with N-range
> The G-level computer (PB17) connects at G-speeds whenever it is in  
> range of the AExpress units which should be within wireless range  
> of each other obviously.
> All computers can stream music to ALL of the AExpress units
>> also, if this is considered off topic for Mac OS  X , we can  
>> continue this privately
>
> I think this is pretty relevant....
>

okay, I'll try to think this through and experiment ...
thanks

Kevin