Airport Express & AirTunes

Redmon

I bought Apple's Airport Express + Airtunes in September for use at home with my iBook. I connect online through the IBB's Ripwave. I have been very impressed with all of Apple's creations but the Airport Express leaves me undecided.

What attracts me to Apple is it stylish, able and simple range of products.Yet, Airport Express, to me anyway, is a contradiction.

Here are two real issues that bemuseme. Feedback would be great on the following:

While I connect and surf online with ease I find no two people or more can surf online in my house at the same time. Each new entrant seems to push the other offline. Is this common or is this due to IBB's signal strength?

Another problem is setting up other wireless devices namely my printer. Although it recognises my iBook it intermitently prints when requested. Any suggestions?

While these issues are not critical to web surfing, it sure would be helpful to identify where I/Apple are going wrong.

darraghrogan

there might be interference caused by the ripwave - have you tried switching the "Interface Robustness" feature on? You have ti switch it on on both laptop and AP.

BTW never any interference with mine - works to spec

Darragh

Redmon

Darragh,

Thanks for the tip. I've turned on Interference Robustness. I have to admit, I don't really understand what IR actually does.

Lastly, can you have two people online - working off the same Airport - without any problems?

Scottish

I do it all the time - one mac and one windows machine. Never had any trouble.

Ham'nd'egger

hey Redsmon

I also use Ripwave for my internet connection and as of late I have noticed that is it slow, which I gather is to do with a mass of new connections to IBB. Given you are trying to use it for two connections, I'd wager the signal is simply not strong enough for two computers. Say, give it a few weeks and maybe the signal will improve in your area?

darraghrogan

off the top of my head I reckon it just frequency hops around a bit to avoid congested data channels.

Just guessing

Darragh

Hugh_C

Redmon wrote:

While I connect and surf online with ease I find no two people or more can surf online in my house at the same time. Each new entrant seems to push the other offline. Is this common or is this due to IBB's signal strength?

It may be express' signal strength. You couuld try a Chinese sieve.

Redmon

hughchal wrote:

It may be express' signal strength. You couuld try a Chinese sieve.

Thanks hughchal. I am sorry but I'm not technologically literate, could you explain what that is?

Hugh_C

Redmon wrote:

Thanks hughchal. I am sorry but I'm not technologically literate, could you explain what that is?

antenna booster, like it says on the site.