Airport Express as wireless repeater

Hi all, just wondering if anyone could give me a hand. I have just bought an Airport Express (not arrived just yet) not just for streaming music, but for extending my network. I am a student and have just moved into my new house. The internet here already is fine, the people here before me have given me the password to the encryption but not to the account or the router. This will all change in September, however. The router is a Netgear DG834PN. My iMac is having difficulty connecting to the network, I think this is due to the distance it is away from the router, as when I connect the iMac upstairs (nearer to it) it connects fine, hence the desire for a wireless repeater. Will I be able to use the Airport Express as a repeater? If not, what must I do? Must I get an Apple wireless router as well? Will a time capsule be fine? Please remember I cannot access the DG834PN's graphical interface at all.
Thanks in advance,
Jake

You will need to run an ethernet cable from the netgear to your airport express. then setup the airpor express as an access point. As you don't have access to the WebUI of the router then you wont be able to setup the airport express as a WDS or wireless repeater.
The other option would be to connect a timecapsule to the router via ethernet. Setup the time capsule as a bridge to the router. Then you would be able to extend the wireless network with an airport express.

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Greetings,
I have a recent Netgear WNDR4000 WIFI router situated in my home "network closet" downstairs. I'm noticing that sometimes I loose connection upstairs and even though it is probably not the greatest placement to keep the router in this box, that is what I have to work with. (All ethernet connections end up in thies area neatly)
This particular router has a repeating feature you can use with other products so essentially am I correct in understanding that if I place the airport express upstairs and plug it into ethernet 9Tied into the WNDR4000), it will then repeat the 2.4 and 5Ghz signals it is already sending?
//Cheers

This particular router has a repeating feature you can use with other products so essentially am I correct in understanding that if I place the airport express upstairs and plug it into ethernet 9Tied into the WNDR4000), it will then repeat the 2.4 and 5Ghz signals it is already sending?
Most likely not for two reasons: 1) Most non-Apple routers are NOT WDS-compatible so there is no guarentee that the AirPort Express can extend the wireless range of the Netgear via a wireless connection, and 2) Although the AirPort Express supports both 2.4 & 5 GHz radio bands, it can only operate on one or the other ... so, even if it could extend the Netgear, it would only extend one of the Netgear's radios.

Hi , i need help for resetting my airport express as a repeater since this one is already register to old wifi. thanks

hi everyone. i need help for resettting my airport express as a repeater. i bought is airport express 2nd hand. so now this one already registered to old wireless.
could anyone have any advice. thank you.
now the airport express is blinking yellow color.
my main base is using time capsule. this is a new one so when i first turn it on and set it up in airport utility its very easy.
now setting the repeater (airport express) is ............ ???
thanks everyone.

Do a factory reset, then it'd be like it's new from the Apple Store.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3728

My TC display a lot of errors when I tried to config some AirPort Express as a repeater

My TC display a lot of errors when I tried to config some AirPort Express as a repeaters.
I have some AirPort Express as a repeaters for my wireless SSID in my TC. But they doesn't work, some times there are not exist in my AirPort Utility, and some times I need to reconfig those again.
I can't use AirPlay in my repeaters, and can't use my Apple TV eigther.
Really it is a desaster.
The idea is very good, have a TC with your hard disk, have one computer with iTunes, and repeat all your music, photos and videos to all your home through your apple TV and your AirPort Express repeaters.
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK
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Is anybody has a solution?
May be someone had a similar problem.

I did all.
But still having problems:
TC still crashes, but less times per day, it blocks the Wireless access and need to restart; AirPorts Express don't repeat the signal as well as I need, some of them just don't repeat the signal at all; AirPlay in iTunes some times has all the repeaters (8) and Apple TV (2) for send the music, photos and videos, and some times doesn't has all of them.
And, with the 5.6 Utility and fireware 7.5.2 (in TC)* I lost "Back to my Mac" to TC; "Back to my Mac" still working to my iMac but lost it to my TC. (I use a TC hard disk as a personal cloud in my MacBook Pro)
*I just put the firmware 7.5.2 in TC, all my repeaters have firmware 7.6.1, should I need put the 7.5.2 on the repeaters too?
Do you have an other issue to solve this?
I insist, THE IDEA IS VERY GOOD, have all your music, photos and videos in all your home through AirPort Express repeaters and Apple TV via iTunes and AirPlay Utility, BUT DOESN'T WORK as well to have stable music, photos, videos, and conections.
Thanks

Can't find Airport Express via wireless or wired connection.

I've run across this topic in this forum and a lot of others and nothing I've found has helped resolve the issue. It seems like the one definitive answer I found was to return it to the store, but I'm hoping to avoid that so I figured I'd try once more.
Running Windows XP and using a linksys Wireless-G network card. When I first got the Airport Express I was able to connect to it but then I had some issues with my cable network connection and had to reset everything. Since then I haven't been able to connect to it, and currently I can't find it using the Base Station. Tried resetting it to factory defaults about 10x and I'm still stuck on blinking yellow. I tried connecting it directly with a network cable and even then my computer can't seem to find it.
I tried turning off my firewall, reinstalling the Airport Utility, connecting to the IP address 10.0.1.1 using the "Configure Other..." box and no luck.
Any suggestions?
Thanks much.

The issue is within the network configuration of the Airport Express. As you mentioned, all hardwired devices can use AirPlay but all wireless devices can't.
Normally, the Airport Express will wirelessly join your existing network, and Airplay will work with all devices. Any reason why you have your Airport Express connected to your router via ethernet?

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Hi roquinman,
Hows it going?
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I have 3 Airport Expresses connect wireless just to play music, if I set my AP (Linksys WRT320N with DD-WRT firmware) in wirelss mode "G" or "NG mixed" they work OK but I've had some problems with interference so I really want to use them in N mode at 5GHz to prevent loss of connection. With either N at 2,4 GHz or N at 5GHz the Airports cannot be detected by the utility anymore and the light starts flashing amber.
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Thanks for the warm welcome! Disappointing to hear the promise of a wireless N connection cannot be held by Apple, at least not for my purpose... :-S
I bought an N capable router especially for the Airports...
Maybe there's a little hope... I think I had them working for a little while before I flashed the router with the new firmware (I flashed it because it stopped working...) Not sure though, I did have 2 AP's
Well, it's probably long shot but here we go: Anyone out there with some really really good news and instructions to make this work?

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Airport express joins wireless (green flash on) but airplay doesn't work? I have turn off the firewall on the router, but still I cannot connct wireless to the airport express.

Please check out the following Apple Support article to see what the minimum requirements are for AirPlay to work.
Also the following Apple Support article talks about the specifics on how to use an AirPort Express Base Station for AirPlay.

Extending a wireless signal with an Airport Extreme Base Station, and an Airport Express as the "repeater".

I understand that I can extend Airport Extreme wirless "reach" with an Airport Express, but how? I've read through the posts and they say to "connect" the Airport Express. What does that mean, to an outlet, to an ethernet cable, what?

I understand that I can extend Airport Extreme wirless "reach" with an Airport Express, but how?
Enable the option on the AirPort Extreme to "Allow this network to be extended"
Then configure the AirPort Express to "Extend a wireless network"
If you do it this way, the AirPort Express connects to the AirPort Extreme using wireless only.
If you have the ability to run an Ethernet cable from the AirPort Extreme to the AirPort Express and leave it connected permanently, that will provide better performance than the "wireless only" type of connection.

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Now I use wireless access point from Technic colour and would like to use airport express to repeat wireless signal and plug LAN printer to the airport express to print from ipad, iphone or other device. Can I do this?

No, you cannot extend wireless from a non-apple router. The Apple routers use proprietary method of wireless repeater.
However if you plug the Express into the WAP or main router then you can setup express as another WAP. And also plug in the printer.
Please note this does not make a usb printer airprint capable.. that is purely dependent on the printer and is only accessible when the printer is full network compliant and connects by wireless. So to get iOS devices to print you will need a print app or a network print replacement for airprint. An example is Printopia.

Airport Express connects wirelessly but Macbook doesn't??

Hello, hope someone can help with this, here’s our set-up:
UK BT broadband – Belkin Router – Belkin Powerline Adapter – Airport Extreme
The Airport Extreme is set up as a bridge with the Belkin Router managing DHCP.
In a room separate to the Airport Extreme and router I have an Airport Express that will happily connect to the network, all looks good on Airport Utility on my Macbook (10.8.3) when viewed wirelessly. However, the strange things is that my Mackbook (MacBook5,1 2008), in the same room as the Airport Express, does not receive a valid IP address whereas the Airport Express does. So I can only connect to the internet by physically connecting (ethernet cable) to Airport Express. This has been an issue for several months now, occasionally I can connect to the internet wirelessly but this seems randomly intermittent and most of the time it does not work. I have tried periodically rebooting everything working from the Belkin router, but this also rarely makes any difference. The Airport Extreme and Express have no problem connecting to the network every time, and they receive a valid IP address from the Belkin router.
How is it possible that the Airport Express can connect wirelessly but the Macbook in the same room can not, do they have very different wifi adapters?

Hi there,
I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4628
-Griff W.

I have a Westell 6100G modem. I want to set up Airport Express for wireless. Can someone tell me how to do it step by step. I'm using an HP with Windows Vista. I'm a tech idiot.

Just got Airport Express to save on GBs of data. I have already a Westell 6100G which is for use as Internet Broadband, via Verizon. How do I set up the Airport Express with this Westell. Do I even still need the Westell, or do I need to also buy a wireless router? I'm a tech idiot and this is driving me nuts.

The Westell 6100G is a combination modem and router or gateway device. The AirPort Express is a wireless router.
Since the Express does not have a built-in modem, you will still need your Westell gateway in order to access the Internet.
Which exact model of AirPort Express do you have. It will be written (in very hard to read type on a label on one of the AirPort's sides). It should look something like: A1392. It may also state a Order#. In that case it would look something like: MC414LL/A
Regardless of which model you have, the basic network configuration would be that you would connect an Ethernet cable between the Westell's Ethernet port and the WAN (circle of dots) port on the Express. (Note: If you have an earlier model of the Express, you would connect the cable to the only Ethernet port on the Express.)
The good news is that you will not have to make any configuration changes to the Westell. We should be able to use it as configured.
What we are going to start with is getting a basic Wi-Fi network that should provide your computer with wireless access to the Internet. Once verified as working, we can fine-tune this network to include wireless security and any other goals that you may have.
Ready to start?
I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the Westell and computer(s).
While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the AirPort Express base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
Once the reset has completed, remove the AirPort Express from power.
Connect an Ethernet cable between the Westell and the AirPort Express.
Power-up the Westell; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
Power-up your computer(s).
In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results.

Is it possible to use Airport Express as a repeater and as an airplay device at the same time?

Hi,
I am using airplay with airport express stations in combination with conventional speakers for my home entertainment. Works great. Only thing is that I have a massive block of concrete in my flat. Is it possible to use one of my express stations as a repeater and at the same time as a streaming device for airplay? Thanks!

Sure it works only with apple routers? Cause than I could stop trying.
Yes, it's proprietary like everything else Apple. You could look at this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006BBYXPA/?tag=hydra0b-21&hvadid=9550946469&ref=asc_ df_B006BBYXPA
I have had great success installing these for BT Home Hubs and VM Superhubs.
@JoeMY - If it is "joined" to the FritzBox then it won't work, it only works with Apple routers connected via Ethernet or as the main router.

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