Two Time Capsule Questions

[Les Cornwell]

Thanks for your input. After a complete reset, as described by fryke, the express basestation was recognized by the Airport Utility on the Intel iMac. Alas, it now no longer sees the TC. So it's back to the drawing board.
Meanwhile both the lights (of the TC and the express basestation) are green, but there is apparently no join (i.e., looks like I've configured two different networks). But at least there's some progress made.

[Les Cornwell]

Hey fryke, your last suggestion did it, although I had to totally reset several times. Now things appear to be working fine, at least the two basestations (the TC at the Intel iMac in my office, the Express at the stereo in our living room) are recognized and operational.
A couple of minor issues:
1. I will still have to rename the Express, since it now has the name of Apple and some letters and numbers.
2. Music streaming from the Intel to the Express is flawless. Streaming from my Powerbook to the Express is interrupted. I remember this issue from a long time ago, where it was that pesky iTunesHelper that had to be removed. I will have to update iTunes and Quicktime to the latest version on the Powerbook (which I intend to keep on 10.3.9), hoping that that will improve the situation.
At least, I'm back in the air again.

A different but Wifi related issue is the following:
- Intel iMac on 10.5.2 connects automatically to the TC and to the internet.
- when I boot either my iMac G4 (10.3.9) or my Powerbook (10.3.9), I have to make this connection manually, although settings are to connect automatically. Not really a problem, but a bit of a nuisance. Any suggestions?

Finally, it looks like moving up to Leopard and TC more or less forced me to move up to WPA-personal protection, but I'm afraid this will now exclude the iMac G3 running 9.2.2, won't it. Not that that worries me anymore, but nevertheless.

Why I want to keep both 9.2.2 and my two (or at least one of the two) dual-bootable Macs? Well, I've still got quite a lot of stuff running under OS9 or in Classic. For instance, I have heaps of HyperCard stacks, that I will need to convert to something more 21st century like, but that I don't want to delete completely.

Finally: does anyone have a suggestion what I can do with a well-working Airport Extreme Basestation (the snowy white flying saucer). Any way I could also integrate that, or would that needlessly complicate things? I want to keep things simple, you see, very Mac-like.

Thanks for all your help and suggestions. I will try to stop by more regularly.

[Les Cornwell]

Today, I notice that my last reply never reached the board!
EDIT: entering this new post, I notice that my last reply was posted! Oh well, no harm done.

Let's summarize:
1. after a complete reset as fryke described above, the Airport Utility on my Intel iMac recognized the Airport Express and I could start configuring. First, I did end up with two different networks, but I got them joined to one and music streaming again from the Intel iMac to my stereo. Success & thank you, fryke!
2. after a couple of failures with my printer, I gave up and decided to keep it connected to the Intel iMac, at least for the time being. Work done on the G4s will be transferred wirelessly or through a USB stick to the Intel iMac and printed from there. Not exactly what I had planned upfront, but for the time being the best I can do.
3. my two G4's (iMac and Powerbook), both running 10.3.9, can join the wireless network, but I have to connect manually, although as far as I can see, they have been set to connect automatically. Not a big problem, just a bit of a nuisance. Can this be fixed?
4. my iMac G3, running OS 9.2.2 can no longer join the wireless network, because I switched from WEP to WPA. Don't even know if one still has the WEP choice under Leopard? Not a big problem, since this Mac is in fact only used for LP-to-CD conversions, and I can always transfer through a USB stick.
5. music streaming from my Panther Macs is interrupted, something I vaguely remember from the past (it was related to that pesky iTunesHelper, but I haven't seen or experienced that for ages). I will update to the latest iTunes and Quicktime and try again. Again, it's not a big problem, because I can stream flawlessly (be it only from the Intel).

Finally, a question: does anyone have a suggestion what to do with the Airport Extreme Basestation (the snowy white flying saucer) which is now sitting unemployed in my cupboard? Is there any way I could integrate it into my new wireless network, or should I just pass it on to my son?

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by Les Cornwell

Finally, a question: does anyone have a suggestion what to do with the Airport Extreme Basestation (the snowy white flying saucer) which is now sitting unemployed in my cupboard? Is there any way I could integrate it into my new wireless network, or should I just pass it on to my son?

Sell it on Ebay because I have read that old version Airport Extreme doesn't play nice with the new Airport Extremes.

[Les Cornwell]

Thanks for the information. Perhaps my son is interested...