Apple AirPort Express Base Station

reply on August 20, 2006 by markscovil

If you think it's crap, how about suggesting something better? Because there isn't anything else like the AE, especially for the same price. It does require tweaking to get rid of audio drops, but once it works, it's great for mac and pc.

reply on February 28, 2006 by jrisner4

I have 2 -- one at home and one at our retail store. I bought my first airport express when it was first released and use it to control the music in my retail store. I've used it roughly 9 hours a day, 7 days a week for just over 1-1/2 years. <br><br>If you don't set it up as its own network, it can skip. Actually, it doesn't skip any music - it just pauses for a brief second. I've read practically everything on the Apple site and have tried almost every fix. Sometimes, it would go 2 months without skipping and then, for no reason, it would start skipping again (not constantly...maybe every few minutes over the course of an hour or so during the day). Super annoying when it's happening. The only thing that fixed the problem completely was when I set it up as its own network. And creating its own network fixed the skipping for good. <br><br>That said, it's super easy to setup. It does work well and it's flexible--I use it for my wireless network and printing at home. And I bought the one for my home after knowing about the skipping problem.

reply on December 26, 2005 by trmptblwr

I have, in rare occurances, had this problem, and have traced it to a problem each time. Most common is microwaves and 900mhz phones. They are on the same frequency as this (in all 802.11 wifi) and will cause it to drop, though I really only have this problem when the microwave is in use.<br><br>The other thing that will make it skip is bandwidth. If you are using the bandwidth intensly (large downloads, streams) and/or if you have several people on your network each using small parts of the bandwidth, the things simply runs out of the bandwidth to stream a lossless song to the speakers.<br><br>I would be lots of money one of those is your problem. Just a suggestion. Best way to get around the latter problem is to make the airport its own, second network, which keeps it for music only.

reply on December 26, 2005 by trmptblwr

I have, in rare occurances, had this problem, and have traced it to a problem each time. Most common is microwaves and 900mhz phones. They are on the same frequency as this (in all 802.11 wifi) and will cause it to drop, though I really only have this problem when the microwave is in use.<br><br>The other thing that will make it skip is bandwidth. If you are using the bandwidth intensly (large downloads, streams) and/or if you have several people on your network each using small parts of the bandwidth, the things simply runs out of the bandwidth to stream a lossless song to the speakers.<br><br>I would be lots of money one of those is your problem. Just a suggestion. Best way to get around the latter problem is to make the airport its own, second network, which keeps it for music only.

reply on December 1, 2005 by Macadactyl

I don't know how your setup is different from mine, but my Microsoft MN-700 wireless router and iTunes on my PC have never dropped a song when it was playing. The router is about 30-40 feet from the base station so maybe your's was farther away. I have recommended the AirPort Express to everyone I know.