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Will this frugal use of Airport Express work?
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<blockquote data-quote="Minimalist" data-source="post: 964845" data-attributes="member: 134475"><p>Have been using my new Airport Express to feed iMac and web music to the stereo in another room away from the computer. Works great.</p><p></p><p>I access DSL via firewire to my SpeedStream modem.</p><p></p><p>Now I am contemplating this: Since we never need the stereo music and the TV at the same time, why don't I simply move the AE back and forth between the computer table and the stereo room, using it at the iMac to wirelessly connect to the web so I can also web-connect with Roku (or similar) at the TV in the stereo room? Mode 1, Mode 2. With one Airport Express.</p><p></p><p>The labor is not much, and the plan is suitable for our type of TV and music use.</p><p></p><p>Main question is whether I use the same network I already set up, connecting to the web via the iMac's Airport menu, and need to do nothing else. Or is it more complicated than that? I am hoping the already set up security settings and all will take care of things using the Express this way too.</p><p></p><p>Of course, if I find this works well I may get a second Airport Express someday. Or maybe not ... the $99 would buy a good supply of spare ribs for our barbecue too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minimalist, post: 964845, member: 134475"] Have been using my new Airport Express to feed iMac and web music to the stereo in another room away from the computer. Works great. I access DSL via firewire to my SpeedStream modem. Now I am contemplating this: Since we never need the stereo music and the TV at the same time, why don't I simply move the AE back and forth between the computer table and the stereo room, using it at the iMac to wirelessly connect to the web so I can also web-connect with Roku (or similar) at the TV in the stereo room? Mode 1, Mode 2. With one Airport Express. The labor is not much, and the plan is suitable for our type of TV and music use. Main question is whether I use the same network I already set up, connecting to the web via the iMac's Airport menu, and need to do nothing else. Or is it more complicated than that? I am hoping the already set up security settings and all will take care of things using the Express this way too. Of course, if I find this works well I may get a second Airport Express someday. Or maybe not ... the $99 would buy a good supply of spare ribs for our barbecue too. [/QUOTE]
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