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#1 2009-09-30 9:21 pm
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- xBLACKDOLPHINx
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Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
Hey all, I'm up on the third floor of an old house (read: thick structure), the wireless router for the house is on the main floor, my wireless internet up here is spotty, often I have to tun off airport on my laptop and then turn it right back on to re-aquire the signal, happens about 4-6 times a day... I can get and Airport Express from a friend, if I plug it in on the second floor (without a hardwired ethernet cable) will it extend the signal so then it just comes from there up to me?
Thanks in advance!
Matt
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#2 2009-09-30 9:30 pm
- danielb0101
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Re: Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
Yes. The AirPort Utility application will walk you through this.
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#3 2009-10-01 3:05 pm
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- xBLACKDOLPHINx
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Re: Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
Thank you Daniel,
Cheers!
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#4 2009-10-01 6:30 pm
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Re: Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
trade, what kind of wireless router do you have on your main floor? I have heard that there are some non-Apple routers that are recognized by AirPort Utility and thus can be set up using that, but other than such cases I'm not sure if the AirPort Express can extend a network from anything other than another AirPort device.
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#5 2009-10-09 3:34 pm
- Taos
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Re: Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
You may need to plug in another AE to the wireless router as well.
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#6 2009-10-09 9:20 pm
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Re: Can Airport Express wirelessly extend exsisting network?
Hey guys, sorry to have disappeared! I've been out of town and haven't had a chance to jump on this project yet, I will get it going and post either success story or (likely) more questions...
Thanks for the responses thus far!
Matt
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