Oct 18 2009
Getting Airport Express to “just work”
So, I recently installed a wireless network in my home using Apple’s Airport wireless hardware. The Apple web site and the accompanying documentation make wireless networking sound like an amazing invention that’s even more amazingly simple to install. If you use Apple’s gear, then a potentially days-long experiment in frustration is reduced to a few minutes of networking nirvana. Because everything Apple makes “just works.”
Well, if you’re using Windows, that’s not always the case.
It took me about 2 days of near-nonstop futzing to get the Airport Extreme and Airport Express base stations to work (and keep working). The issues I experienced were experienced by many, many others, some of whom documented their resolutions which in turn got me closer to getting things working. I’m writing this article to record my own resolution, paying it forward as it were. Continue Reading »