Can I connect my AirPort Express to my BT Smart Hub wirelessly?
Hello. I have connected an old B&O speaker to my Apple AirPort Express using the audio socket in the hope that I can use Airplay to stream to the speaker. I can, but only in what seems to be a standalone network.
I’m having trouble setting up the AirPort Express to link with my BT Smart Hub? I’ve updated the firmware by temporarily plugging it in via an Ethernet cable to my BT Smart Hub. But I couldn’t get it to join the network (amber light flashing). Still it did download the latest firmware.
I want to use it wirelessly if possible so I don’t have to lay an Ethernet extension cable. I have set it up in what seems to be a standalone Wi-Fi network with no internet connection (the amber light keeps flashing) and there are three status messages shown in Airport Utility (Ethernet unplugged, no internet connection and no DNS server). Nonetheless, I can make it work using Airplay by ignoring all three status messages and coming off my Wi-Fi network and joining the Airport Express network. In this mode it will stream from Airplay on my iPhone to the speaker - and it sounds great!
But it’s a pain having to lose the internet to do it and it doesn’t seem very stable. It would be great if I could set it up as a Wi-Fi extender (bridge) for my BT Smarthub. Thank you.
