can i use airport express base station as wired connection?

mitchladdmitchladd
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
i am trying to use my airport express base station to plug in my xbox so i dont need to run a cord acorss the house. does the ethernet port on the base station send info both ways. in other words can i use it as a wired connection instead of wireless??

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    mitchladdmitchladd Posts: 17member
    from a router that isnt an airport extreme, because ive read online how to do that for an extreme but im going from a linksys router.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    icfireballicfireball Posts: 2,594member
    The Airport Extremes have both IN and OUT ports. (WAN and LAN).



    But you can also get some cheap as hell d-link routers. I got a wireless one on rebate for $9.99. Chaching!$!$!$!$!



    Peace out dawg.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    mitchladdmitchladd Posts: 17member
    to clear myself up... i already have a wireless router but i want the express to capture that signal and then allow me to give that signal to my xbox via the ethernet port on my xbox and express. but i cant configure the express to duplicate the signal of a router other than an extreme which is what im trying to do and wondering if its even possible.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    project2501project2501 Posts: 433member
    You should be able to do what you want.



    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...50305160756568
  • Reply 5 of 5
    jpenningtonjpennington Posts: 476member
    Yes you can, I do. I have an airport extreme and two airport expresses. I have one of the Airport expresses plugged into a switch that my 360 is plugged into.



    The network port on it is auto-sensing, it knows if you a plugging in a modem (or an crossover device) and connecting a local node.



    There is no configuration. Just make sure NAT / DHCP is turned off the express.
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