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Rogue Pat
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Join Date: Mar 2005
 
2008-01-28, 11:41

Hi,

I'm thinking about buying Time Capsule so I can use it as a central disk & wireless router for our two Apple laptops. However, Time Capsule lacks the "audio out" that I heavily use on my Airport Express.

So I was wondering, can we use Time Capsule as our main wireless router, but still stream music wirelessly to an Airport Express unit?

Thanks!
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turtle
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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2008-01-28, 11:58

Yes. The AirPort Express will just run fine as an AirTunes server.
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wecallitfall
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2008-01-28, 15:49

yeah as turtle said, iTunes will see the express completely separately from the TC
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Paul
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2008-01-29, 00:08

Also, you can use the express to "extend" your network and get better wifi coverage.
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turtle
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2009-10-08, 11:25

Bump

I saw this in a related threads from another thread I'm in and thought I'd give a bit of an update with more details.

I've been running this setup for about 4 months now and it just sucks. It works, but sucks. I have a 500GB TC and an "n" Express to extend the network at the other side of the house. It's really pretty bad when on the Express.

It works great as a music extender though. No problems there, but my Mac Mini with "n" can't see the "n" network because of the "g" devices bringing the Express down. I can't run Time Machine on the Mini either because it chokes on the network. Mini to AppleTV, make sure those transactions happen while you are all sleeping. I'm going to drop a cable down the wall when I have the realistic chance, but in the mean time I'll be getting an Airport Extreme to serve as my range extender.

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Yontsey
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2009-10-08, 13:05

I had that same problem, but I had an old UFO AX and I set that up off the TC and created a separate network just for the b/g devices so that it wouldn't drag down my TC and my AEn.

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