Disklavier

Matthew,

I totally agree that the airport express should be a viable solution.  

Carol,  Did you not read/receive the extra pages that came with the V2.0 upgrade that 
Yamaha sent out for the Mark IV?  They state that the wireless solution can be achieved by 
extra hardware devices and stated that the Buffalo router and Buffalo converter would 
work to provide wireless access to the internet music store and radio.

I am waiting for the latest version of the airport express to come out and will make that 
purchase to provide the wireless solution for my disklavier Mark IV and my computer 
network (Macintosh) equipped with airport hub.  

Joan




--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Walworth <mwalworth@...> wrote:
>
> The Airport Express device is a wireless access point with an  
> ethernet port and audio outputs (which are irrelevant here, of  
> course). It is possible to set it up so that a device (a computer or  
> in this case the Disklavier) can be plugged into the ethernet port  
> and thereby gain access to a wireless network. In this mode it acts  
> as both an access point (redistributing the wireless network signal  
> from a primary router via something called WDS) and a bridge to the  
> wired device.
> 
> There are probably cheaper ways to do this (Apple is rarely the  
> cheapest option), but it should be a workable solution.
> 
> ...matthew...
> 
> On Jun 11, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Carol Beigel wrote:
> 
> > It is my understanding that internet is only available
> > on the Mark IV through the ethernet port.  There is no
> > way to install any drivers for wireless hardware on the
> > Mark IV.  Therefore, I do not understand how that
> > wireless router will work.  A wireless router is
> > connected to your internet connection - like the modem
> > that plugs into the telephone jack for DSL or or the
> > modem that plugs into your cable connection.  That
> > modem is then connected to a wireless router.  The
> > computers that see that wireless router usually have a
> > PCMCIA wireless card or USB antenna or bridge.  For a
> > wireless connection to work on the Mark IV, it would
> > need an antenna and a driver to run it.
> >
> > Even if you hung a wireless router to the bottom of the
> > piano, it still needs to connect to a high speed modem
> > through either a coax cable or ethernet cable.   A
> > wireless router is a transmitter not a receiver.
> > Whether you have a Mac or a PC, you still need to use
> > an ethernet cable plugged into the Mark IV which has a
> > Lynux OS.
> >
> > Perhaps you are trying to network whereby the wireless
> > router is connected to the Mark IV via ethernet cable
> > and your personal laptop or other computer is
> > wirelessly connected to that same router.  Supposedly
> > you might be able to see the Mark IV on this network,
> > but I doubt you would have any control over it.
> >
> > If I am wrong, please enlighten me.
> >
> > Carol Beigel
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jheitzeb1" <jheitzeb1@...>
> > To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 6:03 PM
> > Subject: [disklavier] Re: Mark IV and Streaming Radio
> > with Macintosh
> >
> >
> > The pdf document did not come over as an attachment.
> >
> > Am interested in this information.  I just subscribed
> > to the Disklavier Radio and am VERY
> > pleased with it.  The Jazz channel is outstanding.  I
> > am using a Macintosh portable hooked
> > via ethernet cable to my Mark IV while putting the Mac
> > in "share internet" mode via
> > ethernet.  I would like to do this wirelessly.  I will
> > probably buy the airport express
> > hardware as suggested in this thread, but am waiting
> > for the newer revision.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Joan
>