How to use the airport express to extend the range of an existing airport extreme wireless network?

The instruction manual says nothing on the topic, so maybe it is not possible. The only reason I think it is possible is that two different Apple reps told my girlfriend it was possible. Now we have one, and no clue how to proceed.
We have an Airport Extreme, but its range is maximum 30 feet. We would like to double that. What do we do with the Airport Express? (We cannot move the modem nor the Airport Extreme. What we are trying to do has nothing to do with speakers, iTunes, or printers.)
thanks
Paul

Are both the Extreme and Express 802.11n models? If so, check out this AirPort Support article; if one or both are 802.11g models, check out this article instead.

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Welcome to the discussions!
+These past Holidays “Santa” delivered a new Mac Book Pro, along with a Time Machine which is built into an Airport Extreme.+
You have a Time Capsule, correct?
The Time Capsule can "extend a wireless network" as well as perform backup functions on the network.
You could continue to use your AirPort Express in another part of the house to provide a stronger wireless signal in that area. (I've yet to meet the first person who felt that they had too much wireless coverage in their home).
If you have a DVR or newer DVD player that requires an ethernet connection for advanced features from the internet, the ethernet port on the Express is "live" when it is set to "extend", so you might think about that option as well.
Hotels don't use ethernet nearly as much as several years ago, but I always take my spare Express on the road to hook up to the hotel's ethernet jack and create a wireless network in the room for the laptop or iPhone. Works great.

Can't Get Time Capsule to Extend Airport Extreme Wireless Network

I've searched this forum and read dozens of listings, but nothing I've found gives me a answer for the problem I'm having.
I had an existing network consisting of three Airport Extreme routers, one the master/DHCP server and the other two to extend the network. All of the routers were configured for 802.11n 5 GHz only service.
After much frustration trying to use Time Machine to back up to external disks attached to Airport Extremes as well as disks attached to other Macs, I gave up and bought a Time Capsule.
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After my initial efforts, I just gave up and plugged the danged TC into the remote AE that is closest to where I use my MacBook Pro and it worked. But I wanted it to REPLACE that AE instead of being an appendage to it.
Due to TC/TM problems, I've twice lost the entire TM backup off of the TC, and tonight I decided it was time to start over. I've encountered the same problems as before, and so finally moved the TC to my home office rack where the main AE is located and plugged it into the AE directly. TM is now backing up, but at a snail's pace (which is why I wanted the TC to be located in the same room where I use the laptop).
Has anyone had success or failure extending a multiple-unit AE network with a TC on 802.11n 5 GHz (not WDS)? If not, has your experience been similar to mine; if so, what did you do that I haven't?
Any specific help will be greatly appreciated.

Yes, I suppose I could do that. But if the wireless extension isn't working in one direction there's no guarantee it'll work in the other direction; and I was trying to avoid upending my entire setup.
And no, I'm not bridging the units with hard-wired cabling; I'm attempting to use wireless to extend them...NOT WDS, which is for 802.11B/G mode, but the 802.11N wireless extension mode that's available on these Apple products.

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I want all Macs (3) in my house to have read/write access to the network drive connected via Airport Extreme. Why is this difficult?
Here are my current settings:
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What gives?

Unfortunately, Apple offers little in the way of setting permissions with AirPort Disks. You won't be able to set permissions individually for either directories or or files nor set them differently on separate partitions or separate disks.
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Thanks for your answer.
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Unplug the TC so it is fully isolated from the network.
Do a full factory reset of the TC.
The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
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I generally prefer to do the setup by ethernet alone but the new airport utility seems mighty wireless orientated. You might need to power off the modem and AE and everything else so you can pick up just the TC. But check that it doesn't work by ethernet first. Otherwise go to the wifi and you will see the TC listed as new device in the list of wireless AP's available.. click it and it will open the airport utility.
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Thanks for the updated information.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort Extreme icon, then click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
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All PC units can not connect to my AirPort extreme wireless network. All iPods and Macs can connect just fine. Does anyone know what could cause this or heard anything like it?

jared_e42 wrote:
I would check the security settings, sometimes older (or poor quality) wireless cards have trouble with security. I would also make sure that the airports have updated software/firmware on them. Usually, the AP Utility will warn you if it doesn't have the most recent on it.
No warnings, firmware is up to date
If you remove the password, and they can join & get an IP; then try the various settings to see what doesn't work. WEP usually for PCs sometimes requires the obnoxious 24 character translation passcode.
I have tried to remove the password and make the wifi completly free to any PC to connect to it, but it's still gives me the same problem.
I am also assuming that this PC can join OTHER networks, and it isn't a problem with the wifi card being off or broken.
Correct.

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Can I now use my airport extreme in the bedroom to extend wireless signal?
Yes, if you plan to connect the AirPort Extreme back to the Motorola modem/router using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection.
No, if you were planning to have the AirPort Extreme extend the Motorola signal wirelesssly.

HT5022 How do i use my airport extreme to extend my wireless network, or make the signal stronger

I have a wireless modem/router and want to use my airport extreme to strengthen the signal throughout my house...how do i do that?

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