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I have purchased an Apple Express and need to figure out how to set it up as a "Client" to 
allow the Mark IV to connect with the internet using a Airport Base Station hooked to a 
Macintosh running internet.

I thought this would be easy, but have run into problems as well as confusion.  I have read 
over the threads in the forum discussing "routers", etc. for accomplishing this.  I  have run 
into  a problem according to the info I have read online about this device, it does allow the 
device to become a "client" to "access point on the Mac airport base station.  But it seems 
that when the Apple Expess is in the "Client mode the ethernet cable does NOT work.   

Am wondering what to do.  Seems that I recall mentioning setting this Apple Express up 
first as a client without connecting the disklavier and then once this is done, then connect  
ethernet to Mark IV and the Apple Express.  Does this have a chance  of working?

Has anyone tried to connect their Mac's with a device similar to this and if so how?  

Thanks for the help in advance.  I have already subscribed to the Disklavier Radio and am 
presently directly connected via ethernet cable to a portable Mac, but would like to free 
the portable up for other things. 

Joan

George,

Did you try  setting the airport express up without connecting the disklavier ?  I plan to call  
Apple sometime this week to see if they can offer any suggestions.  Have already talked to 
them  this week about my new iPhone.  It has been 'hi-tech  week " around here.  Switched 
land phone to cable  phone (had to get that working  with alarm, Macs, etc) and  then 
trying to get airport express  working with disklavier and setting up two iphones  and a 
new ipod for photo  storage from a camera. 

Thanks for your quick response.  If I get an suitable answer to this  problem will post it on 
the  site.

Thanks,
Joan

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" <PianoBench@...> wrote:

>
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> Joan, unfortunately I cannot contribute a positive response to your  
> inquiry. I have tried without success to use the Airport Express as a  
> wireless ethernet bridge. I, too, would be delighted to find out that  
> someone has had success with it.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> 
> On Jul 16, 2007, at 2:08 AM, jheitzeb1 wrote:
> 
> > I have purchased an Apple Express and need to figure out how to set  
> > it up as a "Client" to
> > allow the Mark IV to connect with the internet using a Airport Base  
> > Station hooked to a
> > Macintosh running internet.
> >
> > I thought this would be easy, but have run into problems as well as  
> > confusion. I have read
> > over the threads in the forum discussing "routers", etc. for  
> > accomplishing this. I have run
> > into a problem according to the info I have read online about this  
> > device, it does allow the
> > device to become a "client" to "access point on the Mac airport  
> > base station. But it seems
> > that when the Apple Expess is in the "Client mode the ethernet  
> > cable does NOT work.
> >
> > Am wondering what to do. Seems that I recall mentioning setting  
> > this Apple Express up
> > first as a client without connecting the disklavier and then once  
> > this is done, then connect
> > ethernet to Mark IV and the Apple Express. Does this have a chance  
> > of working?
> >
> > Has anyone tried to connect their Mac's with a device similar to  
> > this and if so how?
> >
> > Thanks for the help in advance. I have already subscribed to the  
> > Disklavier Radio and am
> > presently directly connected via ethernet cable to a portable Mac,  
> > but would like to free
> > the portable up for other things.
> >
> > Joan
> >
> >
> >
>

Joan,

The way to set this up _is_ somewhat confusing. As you have  
discovered, if the device is set up as a client (by selecting "Join  
an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client)" in the "Wireless  
Mode" pop-up of the Airport Admin Utility), the ethernet port is not  
enabled. What you need to do is select "Create a Wireless Network  
(Home Router)" in this pop-up. This will allow the ethernet port to  
be active. Then you need to set up your main wireless router as a WDS  
"main base station" and the Airport Express as a WDS "remote base  
station". This is what allows the Express to join your wireless network.

This may be straying to far off-topic. Feel free to contact me  
privately if you need additional info to get it up and running.

...matthew...

On Jul 16, 2007, at 12:08 AM, jheitzeb1 wrote:

> I have purchased an Apple Express and need to figure out how to set  
> it up as a "Client" to
> allow the Mark IV to connect with the internet using a Airport Base  
> Station hooked to a
> Macintosh running internet.
>
> I thought this would be easy, but have run into problems as well as  
> confusion.  I have read
> over the threads in the forum discussing "routers", etc. for  
> accomplishing this.  I  have run
> into  a problem according to the info I have read online about this  
> device, it does allow the
> device to become a "client" to "access point on the Mac airport  
> base station.  But it seems
> that when the Apple Expess is in the "Client mode the ethernet  
> cable does NOT work.
>
> Am wondering what to do.  Seems that I recall mentioning setting  
> this Apple Express up
> first as a client without connecting the disklavier and then once  
> this is done, then connect
> ethernet to Mark IV and the Apple Express.  Does this have a  
> chance  of working?
>
> Has anyone tried to connect their Mac's with a device similar to  
> this and if so how?
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.  I have already subscribed to the  
> Disklavier Radio and am
> presently directly connected via ethernet cable to a portable Mac,  
> but would like to free
> the portable up for other things.
>
> Joan
>
>
>
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Matthew Walworth wrote:
> Joan,
>
> The way to set this up _is_ somewhat confusing. As you have  
> discovered, if the device is set up as a client (by selecting "Join  
> an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client)" in the "Wireless  
> Mode" pop-up of the Airport Admin Utility), the ethernet port is not  
> enabled. What you need to do is select "Create a Wireless Network  
> (Home Router)" in this pop-up. This will allow the ethernet port to  
> be active. Then you need to set up your main wireless router as a WDS  
> "main base station" and the Airport Express as a WDS "remote base  
> station". This is what allows the Express to join your wireless network.
>
> This may be straying to far off-topic. Feel free to contact me  
> privately if you need additional info to get it up and running.
>
> ...matthew...
>
>   
Hi Matthew,

I don't think this is getting too far off-topic - subjects like these 
and the indepth discussion are what makes the archives of this group so 
useful! Please post any additional information to the list - those that 
don't want to read it can quite easily mark the thread as read, and the 
subject like gives away that it is a Mark IV question. I'm sure as time 
goes on more and more people will have similar problems with their Mark 
IVs and detailed postings of how to resolve the problems will be much 
appreciated.

Regards

James

George, Matthew or anyone else,

I have been out of town for the last month or so.  Now I need to get back to making my 
Mark IV connect to Disklavier Radio via  Apple Extreme Base Station and Apple Express 
(using WIFI capability).

I have replaced my old Apple Base Station with a new Apple Extreme Base Station using the 
latest version of Apple's "Airport Utility".  Apple has replaced the old version "Airport 
Admin Utility" with this newer version.  This newer version has  different screens and I am 
lost setting things up.  

I would like to use this software to setup the Apple Express device to act as a WDS "remote 
base station".  I need to know the steps in setting up this device as well as the steps to set  
up the the Apple Extreme as a WDS main base station.  

Has anyone successfully done this with their Mark IV disklavier and if so, I would 
appreciate some help.

Thanks,
-Joan