Multiple airporter setups

I have an airporter extreme that's working fine. I want to set up a newly purchased one for my daughter (in another city) who has a PC (win7) and iPad. Can I do the setup on my iMac with the new utility disc then take airporter to her? She's going to hard wire the PC and wifi the iPad. Will installing the new utility disc on my iMac interfere with my existing installed utility? Are there other issues? I'm somewhat new to this. Thank you.

I was told I can't use the utility disc in her PC.
Told by whom?
There are both Mac and Windows versions of AirPort Utility on the disk that is supplied with a new AirPort Extreme. If for some reason the disk is damaged or won't work on the PC (It has always worked on 3 or 4 PCs that I've had in the past), you can download AirPort Utility for Windows from the Download site on the main forum page. The link is here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#airport
You can setup the AirPort Extreme in advance using your Mac to "Create a wireless network", but you will receive the following error messages:
1) No ethernet cable plugged into the WAN port
2) No internet connection
You can click to ignore these messages so the flashing amber light will turn to green. The cable modem will need a full reset before it is plugged into the WAN port on the AirPort Extreme.

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    My house is across the road from the office and has a pretty strong signal from the office router. I tried hooking up the other Airport Extreme (Simultaneous Dual-Band II) at home. If I set it up to extend the network the wireless works, but the Ethernet ports do not.
    To have the Ethernet port active, you would have to configure both the AEBSn in the office and the one you have in your house as an extended network ... with the office AEBSn configured for "Allow this network to be extended" and the house AEBSn configured for "Extend a wireless network."
    The key here is that (most likely) you will not be able to extend the 5 GHz radio and possibly not the 2.4 GHz radio due to the range between the AirPorts. The higher frequency network typically has a usable range of 50-75 feet; the 2.4 GHz network, 100-150 feet. By "usable," I mean with sufficient bandwidth to be worth it.
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  • Best option for multiple Airport Extreme base station setup

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    Good news, you can use Ethernet to connect the Apple routers together.
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    Click the AirPort icon at the top of the screen on the Mac
    Wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear
    Just below that, click on AirPort Extreme  (the example below shows an AirPort Express)
    AirPort Setup will open up automatically and take a minute to analyze the network, then announce that the AirPort will be configured to extend your other AirPort router.
    Enter a device name that you want to use for the AirPort...(you can use the same device name as before if you wish), then click Next.
    Now AirPort Setup will indicate that the AirPort is being configured to extend using Ethernet.
    When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done
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  • Airport Exreme - Airport Express droupout with multiple Airport Express sta

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    I have the same set up and had the same issue and a guy at apple support gave me a tip to try and it worked!. First remove all the expresses from the power outlets keeping your airport extreme running. I also recommend using a different channel say 11. and use ap grapher
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  • Using Multiple Airport Express units to play Music to Multiple Sound System

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    system limit )
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    That solved it! Thank you very much.
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  • How do I set up multiple Airport Expresses to connect over ethernet for Airtunes only?

    I am trying to set up an Airtunes network using an Airport Extreme and three Airport Expresses connected together via ethernet (CAT5 cable). At each Airport Express there will be a speaker setup. I don't need/want internet connectivity on the network, but not sure if it is required for setup or not. I have made this work over wifi, using the Expresses to extend the network, but struggling to get this to work over ethernet.
    I would be verry grateful of a step-by-step method to setting this up! I am also looking to set up 6 airport expresses to do the same thing in another location.
    Thanks in advance!

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  • Airport setup asst. doesnt work.  Is there way to use Windows to add airpor

    Airport setup asst. doesnt work. Is there way to use Windows to add airport express to my current linksys network so that my iTunes will play through my stereo?
    Previously the air-assit recognized the air-exp unit but kept asking for a password to continue. I tried passwords like admin and public but nothing worked. Then Windows network connections kept trying to connect my laptop to the internet using the air-exp. Don't remember what I did to fix that problem but now my laptop doesn't try using it to connect me to internet anymore.
    However, now air-asst. doesn't read the air-exp anymore. Windows network connections DOES read it now but doesn't try to use it anymore to connect me to the internet.
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    Thank you for your help.
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  • Connecting to multiple Airport Express base stations at the same time?

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    Nate, Welcome to the discussion area!
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    I do this regularly. I have 5 AX units connected to various receivers around the house. I can stream to a subset of speakers from one device and have another device stream to others. I don't see why I couldn't stream five stream to these speakers.
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    I've been trying to set up multiple airport expresses. I want to wirelessly connect to two stereos and stream to both at the same time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    You need to have one of the AirPort Express (AX) join the wireless network created by the other one. See KB 302153, AirPort Express: How to join an existing wireless network in client mode.

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