AEBS & AE Network advice

I just added 3 AE to my existing AEBS network. I have a 3 story house. Currently the AEBS is on the 2nd floor with Hawkins 7dbm antenna array. I added a 3 AE on the 1st floor. 1st one is in the kitchen hooked up to a Bose stereo. 2nd near the foyer to cover signals to the porch and front of house. 3rd in the family room and hosting a IP cam webserver. The AEBS was set to WDS and all 3 AE was set to router mode, with 1 DHCP and 2 manual IP for ntk printing. Also set all 3 AE to extends signal mode of the AEBS and all setup as remote station, except AEBS as main station. All elements are on same channel and have been given different ntk names. Please advise anything I can do different. All seems to work good. The wife and her XP seems to be able to connect to any one of the 3 AE's on the 1st floor. The Air Tunes works fine to the Bose. IP cam has port forwarding from the main station (AEBS) to port 80 in/out to DHCP server IP on the AE in the family room. Thanks for the input.

Assuming you have broadband Internet, connect things like this:
Internet -> [WAN] Netgear [LAN] -> AEBS
Configure the Netgear so that the DHCP server is ENABLD.
Configure the AEBS so that the option to distribute IP addresses is DISABLED.
There should be no problem configuring the AEBS to create a WDS link to the AirPort Express (AX).
Are you using the AX to wirelessly extend the network or just stream music? If just stream music, it would be better to forget WDS and just have the AX join as a wireless client.

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FG. Kelly, Welcome to the discussion area!
The computer and peripherals all in the same room except the XBox which is two floors below (about 30 to 40 feet away).
Going through 2 floors may be tough depending on the building material used.
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Which Airport card should I get, and which will my iMac support?
The 1.25 GHz iMac G4 is only compatible with the 802.11b/g AirPort Extreme card.
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The Comcast link is going to max out at about 15-20mpbs, so any router with 100mpbs links is going to be more than sufficient.
As it happens, I wouldn't get a router anyway. Comcast are going to provide you with a router (they need to in order to terminate the RG-58 cable connection they drop and provide an ethernet port (that ethernet port, BTW, will be 100base-T).
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At the end of the day your network topology would look something like:
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Hi There,
I have an Airport Extreme (n) with 4-5 Airport Expresses located throughout my house. My goal is to have these additional Expresses take on three roles: 1) To extend the range of the Airport Extreme; 2) to share music wirelessly to various stereos and speakers throughout the house and; 3) to share a printer wirelessly on one of the Airport Expresses (ie. away from the Extreme Base station).
My questions is would this be better accomplished by setting up the Extreme Base Station and having all of the other Expresses "Join an existing network", or set the whole thing up as a "WDS" network? I've read though the instructions and it's not clear to me if a) these are even different or b) if one better accomplishes my goals over the other.
Anyone have any advice?
Thanks
Message was edited by: Stefan Lehmann

My questions is would this be better accomplished by setting up the Extreme Base Station and having all of the other Expresses "Join an existing network", or set the whole thing up as a "WDS" network?
To satisfy your first requirement "1) To extend the range of the AirPort Extreme," you would need to configure for a WDS or if the AirPort Express Base Stations are the newer 802.11n models, you can use the "extend a network" option instead. (Note: This will also satisfy the other two requirements as well.)
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Hope someone can advise on the best aproach for the following - not a particularly complicated setup, but it is causing me problems.
I have a Netgear router (not wifi, just a router) which is hard-wired into my old-style AEBS (g). The router;
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Assuming you have broadband Internet, connect things like this:
Internet -> [WAN] Netgear [LAN] -> AEBS
Configure the Netgear so that the DHCP server is ENABLD.
Configure the AEBS so that the option to distribute IP addresses is DISABLED.
There should be no problem configuring the AEBS to create a WDS link to the AirPort Express (AX).
Are you using the AX to wirelessly extend the network or just stream music? If just stream music, it would be better to forget WDS and just have the AX join as a wireless client.

How best to configure my Airport network - Advice please

Hello,
I hope you all can help. My local Apple reseller did not have a clue what to suggest.
I have the following hardware currently:
1 x iMac G5 with Airport Extreme card
1 x MacBook Pro
3 x Airport Express(w AirTunes)
2 x USB Hard Drives
1 x USB Printer
I want to prepare for the delivery of AppleTV and I also have a new Airport Extreme Base Station on order.
What I want to achieve is:
* a network where my usb hard drives & printer are availible to both computers.
* iTunes via Airtunes availible to 3 x powered speakers/TVs
* ability to stream dvd quailty from USB HDs to the MacBook Pro whilst I'm in the bath! ;o)
I will be connecting AppleTV directly to my TV and the new extreme base station will be connected to the ADSL modem.
Your ideas please.

Since both the new AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) and AppleTV are pending, theoretically, you can connect the three AirPort Express Base Stations (AX) in "Client Mode" to the AEBS.
Note: Any device, including the AXs, that do not operate at the 802.11n-standard, will decrease the performance of the 802.11n network.

AEBS N network or B/G network

I have the new dual-band AEBS.
I was interested in finding out whether my new macbook aluminium was connected on the 5ghz N network or the 2.4 ghz b/g network.
I downloaded and installed istumbler, which finds 2 seperate networks. One at a frequency of 2412 (2.4 ghz) and the other network at a frequency of -1.
No matter how i configure the network, it never shows a frequency of 5000.
Holding the alt key + clicking airport in the top right shows me some details of the connected wireless network.
If i set up a seperate network for the N only 5ghz network my transmit rate does not go above 54, however the b/g network goes above 54.
Here is a link to a gallery of pics that may explain it better.
http://gallery.me.com/baker.rk#100097
although the pics show the standard 2.4 network at a transmit rate of 54 it does go higher and lower. the N network doesnt move.
And i have tried seperating the 5ghz network and 2.4 but it makes no difference with istumbler and gives me slower speedtest.net results all round.
This coupled with the fact i cant remotely connect to my usb HDD using back to my mac are starting to make me regret this AEBS. One thing it is not is simple.

thankyou very much for that link.
so far, i have paid £139 for the AEBS, found that it doesnt support PPPoA (which nearly all of the UK ISP require) so had to get a modem with a PPPoE to PPPoA bridge (draytek vigor 100) which was an extra £50.
now i can only use one of the 2 bands, and my external hard drive is set up with mobile me and i cannot remotely access it, at all. not once.
every one of these issues has taken HOURS of research to try and fix, and Apple provides hardly any support with this thing. It's rediculous.
Can anyone suggest a 3rd party router that would offer the networking capabilities (usb HDD) of the AEBS, or a guide to set it up for remote connection WITHOUT using mobileme.
A nte aswell, i posted a review on the apple store uk website over a week ago about the whole PPPoA and PPPoE scenario, and it has strategically not been put up yet. It would save allot of potential buyers allot of hassle.

AEBS Wired network fine, but wireless internet connectivity intermittent

I'm really frustrated by this one, because a large number of people are describing a very similar problem, but are using different terms, so most of the forum and discussion replies are based around resetting the AEBS or modem. Resetting my AEBS and modem DOES fix this problem for up to a couple of hours. Resetting my AEBS 15x per day is not a solution.
My AEBS has been serving me perfectly for over a year. I have been using two iMacs, an iBook G4, iPod Touch, iPhone, AX (802.11b/g), Wii and PSP on the network. One of the iMacs is connected by ethernet, everything else is wireless.
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For the past 4-5 days, my wireless devices stop accessing the internet sporadically. They remain connected to the AEBS with a legit IP Address, but just sit there waiting to load whatever I'm trying to access. My AEBS has a legit IP Address from my ISP, and my iMac that's connected by ethernet is not experiencing the connectivity problems. My Wii is connected to Netflix, I can sometimes watch up to an hour of a movie and the load time is fantastic, but then it will stop and buffer for 15 minutes. During that time, my other wireless devices stop responding.
None of my devices are getting 'error' messages, they just sit there and wait. I get the 'loading' icon on my iPod Touch, and "connecting" in Safari on the iBook.
AEBS mode: Create wireless network, WPA/WPA2 Personal
5GHz network: different network name altogether for Wii (video streaming) and AX (music streaming). Problem persists on both bands of the network.
Access Control is currently off, problem persists when set to Timed and each device listed.
Please understand... I'm not trying to be rude, but my problem is not that the devices won't connect to the network, and it is not that they won't connect to the internet... it is that the internet connection is intermittent while the devices remain connected to the network with good signal and legit connection information. It is not my internet connection, because the problem does not exist on wired connections to the AEBS.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Update:
After much testing and frustration, I have found out the following:
Two computers on default (2.4 GHz) network after factory reset tested extremely slow internet speed.
Intel iMac on 5 GHz network after factory reset (and dual-band enabled) tested normal speed (fast).
Same two computers on ethernet after factory reset tested normal speed (fast).
Same two computers on guest network after factory reset (and guest network enabled) tested extremely slow.
So... what I have here is reason to believe that there is either some kind of interference/interception on 802.11g network, in the 2.4 GHz band, or a bad component in the AEBS.
More troubleshooting, back in a bit.

Setting up a small office network - advice needed

We are to move our small office (3 people) from a shared office environment to our own office space. That has the huge advantage that we´ll finally be Mac-only, but the agreeable disadvantage that there is no longer a networking professional around. And this is where I enter. I now have to find a solution on how to set up the network, and I do not have experience in that field (though I am fairly experienced with OSX).
As of today we have a G5 iMac, a G4 powermac and a G4 iBook. In the not too far future we will be getting a proper G5 powermac as well.
The G4 is used for low key office applications, Word and Mail mostly. The iMac is the workhorse that runs all graphic/video applications. It also is used for presentations once in a while, so that this machine is not always available. The iBook is used for writing and e-mail plus some light-weight field editing.
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There are two ways to set up a network:
1 peer-to-peer
2 client-server
Peer-to-peer is cheaper, but not reliable. Apple supports peer-to-peer in OS X. (In fact, in all versions of the Mac OS since System 7.) You can have up to 10 users connected to any one machine using peer-to-peer. (Warning... if you have more than five users, that machine is going to get slow.) The various peers are used as normal workstations while sharing. You have three peers, and may get one or two more, so you can use peer-to-peer. Just don't overdo it. Your planed usage of a few Word docs and a few graphics files sounds about right.
Under OS X the peers are limited to sharing specific folders only, unless they use 3rd-party software such as SharePoint, which allows the sharing of any and all folders.
It seems that you plan to use the G4 as a 'server' using peer-to-peer. You also seem to be planing to add additional drives, and RAID. I'd get a high end IDE PCI card, or a FireWire card, or a SCSI card, for the G4. Depending on which G4 you have, you can stick up to four hard drives in the case if you go IDE or internal FireWire or SCSI. External SCSI or FireWire drive configuratins are limited only by the drive slots available (7 for low-end SCSI, 15 for high-end SCSI, 63 for FireWIre) and the space available. (And, of course, the budget availanle...) You can get dedicated RAID controllers.
For backup I'd get DVD or tape. Tape holds more and is easier to use, but is expensive (you have no idea how expensive, but I suspect you'll find out) and can be finicky. DVD is a lot cheaper, but it's slow, and someone will have to sit and feed discs into the machine. This will get old really fast. If your backup requirements are modest, DVDs might do, but probably you'll need something else. You could just buy an external hard disk and back up to that...
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Read this, hope it explains it for you:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2013/02/14/networking-in-vmm-2012-sp1-logical-networks-part-i.aspx
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I am keen to upgrade to the new draft n basestation as I think the ability to have a hard drive connected to it is the coolest feature of all. However I believe I am limited to a drive that connects via USB2.0 as that is all that the new draft n basestation supports. Is this not significantly slower than a FW800 connection would have been? I am interested in the G-Drive 500GB drive but need to make sure I buy the right one.
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Thank you.
I am disappointed that Apple has not taken advantage of the full speed of the "n" and am excited about this feature for having a networked drive attached in my wireless environment. My primary use for this at this point is as a back up drive so while it would be nice if this operated as fast as possible it isn't all that important - just irritating. I would like to be able to use the drive as well or perhaps through a hub have another drive on which to keep music files for streaming into iTunes. My PBG4 only has an 80GB hard drive which is perilously full (only 9GB available) and if I could shift the 16GB of music onto such a networked drive I feel I would get better performance out of the PBG4 when editing video or just using it for general email/internet access.
I do sort of wonder if at some point Apple will release a version of the AEBSn with more options for connectivity which is one thing that makes me somewhat hesitant to rush out and buy one right now, particularly as my PBG4 is not "n" compatible at this point, but given my space issues I am eager to use the network feature. I am surprized that Apple didn't tout this as the best feature of the new basestation.
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I currently have a wireless network with Airport Extreme as the base. I have a Time Capsule that someone didn't want anymore and would like to use that ONLY for backup of my IMac (Using Time Machine). Is there a way to only use the hard drive part of Time Capsule without having it be used to create a wireless network?

Welcome to the discussions, fargodenny!
Is there a way to only use the hard drive part of Time Capsule without having it be used to create a wireless network?
Yes, you have a couple of options here.
1) Configure the TC to "join" the wireless network that the AirPort Extreme is providing. Backups will be over wireless only. The ethernet ports are not enabled in this type of setup, so you would not be able to use ethernet to backup.
2) Turn off the wireless on the TC and connect it to the AirPort Extreme using an ethernet cable. This would be the recommended way to set this up because you would have the option to backup using either ethernet or wireless.

Need wifi network advice

I have an issue that I need help with
I am a musician who uses a MacBook Pro and an iPad for mixing live shows. My Laptop is connected via firewire to a digital mixer (Presonus Studiolive 24.4.2) the Laptop is running Virtual Studio Live (VSL) which lets you control the mixer from the laptop. For front of house mixing I use an iPad which has the VSL remote app on it which allows me to control VSL on the laptop to control the mixer from anywhere in the room. as long as the iPad and the laptop share the same wifi connection they are linked.
When there is no wifi in the area, which happens a lot, I create a network on the laptop and join it on the iPad. this has worked fine untill recently. I bought a new wireless microphone that is digital signal and the signal is up in the 2.4 ghz range, same as my wifi network, so now I am getting connection drop outs between the laptop and iPad.
So my question is, is there a way to set the laptops built in airport to a higher band, like up in the 5k range? I know the new airport base station is dual band, and i believe the MBP and the iPad can use those upper bands, but is there a way to select that on the MBP?
if there is anything else you think might help I am open to seggestions

is there a way to set the laptops built in airport to a higher band, like up in the 5k range?
Yes
I know the new airport base station is dual band...
Correct, but the potential issue you face here is that the base station is simultaneous dual band, meaning that while it can broadcast a 5 GHz signal, it is also broadcasting a 2.4 GHz signal as well....which cannot be turned off....and may still cause some interference issues.
One potential solution might be to enable the option to assign a different network name to the 5 GHz band and then "point" your Mac and the iPad at that network name to connect at 5 GHz.
A simpler, and also less expensive option might be to use the single band AirPort Express and set it to broadcast a 5 GHz network only. Then log on with your Mac and iPad to the network name that you assign when you setup the AirPort Express.

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