Does Apple airport express work well?

How does the apple tv connect to the network? I think the AE creates its own network. With the apple tv on a network how does the signal get from my computer to the apple tv? Sorry, like I said I'm not a techy guy.

the ae is not a router, it can extend a network, not create 1. the apple tv is a wired or wireless device supporting the 'g' and 'n' standards. it is always best hooking up devices using cables instead of wireless.

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The Apple airport express is a router! It certainly can set up a WiFi network to support one to seven computers!

The current airport express supports "g" and "N" standards.

Wireless is the best way to go in normal sized house or apartments. Why hassle with cables? Works fine through normal walls and floors, but has less range through concrete or brick.

ok, it is a cheap mans router. it is a very limited router. if you compare the apple extreme router to the airport express,there is no comparison. will the airport express get by, sure if you want to call it that and in limited cases, will it ever replace the apple extreme router? no way.

also, wireless is the worst way to communicate device to device compared to using a cat 5e cable. with wireless, you have interference issues, you have degradation, and you have slow speeds.

as for wired, i have a gige network using switches. no dropouts, no interference, and i'm 100 times faster. how can you say wireless is the best way to go?

i do use 'n' wireless for my iphone and ipad since i can't hook them up to my patch cables.

It works just fine for me. The Airport express is the same speed as the extreme! I never get any interference or dropouts! The "n" spec is Very fast!

You can stream HD video, and audio is no problem with the same speed!

Long cables "roll" off the high frequencies!