AirPort Express/Time Capsule WDS Network - will this work?

Have recently bought a Time Capsule but realised that it won't do what I want with my Linksys ADSL wireless router. I think I understand how to make it work with an AirPort Express, but would appreciate it if someone could confirm my ideas before I buy even more hardware!
My situation is that my ADSL line comes in to the house on the ground floor. There's no extension phone sockets and I don't want or need them. My home office is on the first floor.
What I want is to have my ADSL modem and a wireless device on the ground floor, the Time Capsule in the home office with mac and XBOX making wired connections to it, and a USB printer also connected.
If I get a DSL modem and then connect an AirPort Express to that, can I then set up WDS so that the Time Capsule becomes an extension of the WLAN and I can connect the devices to the Time Capsule via wires? Or do I need an AirPort Extreme to do this instead of Express? Or is it just plain not going to work?
Thanks in advance for any advice!

I am using a Time Capsule with an 802.11g Airport Express with a WDS network. In my case the Time Capsule is the main device and the Airport Express is the remote device, but I'd think it would work the other way. Just make sure you're using "Airport Utility", not "Airport Admin Utility" to configure it.
One other thing: I found it easiest to reset both devices to factory default settings and use the Airport Utility wizard to set up the WDS network on both devices. Good luck!
My network:
DSL ]--[ Time Capsule )))((( Airport Express

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sorry if i sound stupid but does that mean that if i'm using the AX to stream music (using Airtunes) I cannot simultaneously use it as a wi-fi extender?
That situation is possible.
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Click the Wireless tab under the row of icons
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Wireless Network Name = Same name as your AirPort Express wireless network
Wireless Security = Exact same setting that you wrote down for the AirPort Express network
Wireless Password = Same password as the AirPort Express network
Confirm Password
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Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Time Machine
Click Select Disk
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Click Connect (if prompted)
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Or do it fully manually.
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I am trying to figure out the best way to connect up my LAN, how to get the best out of the gigabit ethernet devices on it, as well as 5GHz wifi. I have a mac mini as a media server and I want to maximise the speed, as well as improve time capsule access.
Here are the results doing a real world file transfer from a macbook pro to a MacMini external FW800 drive:
Set-up
Peak speed MB/s
1) Macbook pro --> 1000Base-T --> Switch --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini (Time capsule connected to switch as router)
72.1
2) Macbook pro --> 1000Base-T --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
56.2
3) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 5GHz --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
19.7
4) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 2.4GHz --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
14.8
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11.7
6) Macbook pro --> 100Base-T --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
11.7
7) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 5GHz --> Airport Express --> 100Base-T --> MacMini
11.7
8) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 2.4GHz --> Airport Express --> 100Base-T --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
10.6
9) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 2.4GHz --> Airport Express --> 100Base-T --> MacMini
7.9
10) Macbook pro --> 802.11n 5GHz --> Airport Express --> 802.11n 5GHz --> Time Capsule --> 1000Base-T --> MacMini
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Hi,
I don't know if I'm on the right thread but I don't know in which one to post my question.
I have the following configuration in my home:
Floor 1 :
- ISP connection, connected to Airport Extreme.
Airport Extreme has the Network name : Floor 1 Network
Floor 2 :
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- Time Capsule extending the Airport Express.
Airport Express and Time Capsule are on another Network name : Floor 2 Network.
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Here is my problem.
I have an Apple Tv on Floor 2
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I would like to make sure that the Apple TV connect wirelessly to the TC and not the AE.
How could I do this, knowing that TC is extending the AE wireless network, I cannot select from the AppleTv on which wireless node to connect.
Thanks a lot for the support.

fleyne wrote:
Yes. Actually, when the thruput is not good, I check first that my book is properly connected to TC and not the AE. This by checking the BSSID.
How could I do this on the ATV ? Or How could I make sure that the ATV is wirelessly connected to the TC?
It probably won't show you everything you'd like to know, but you can learn something about the ATV connection with AirPort Utility. Enter "manual setup" mode, select the menu option Base Station -> Logs and Statistics, then select the "Wireless Clients" tab. That should show you the signal strength and noise for each client.
I would like to avoid to run ethernet cable between the TC and the ATV.
Then you might benefit from a powerline adapter as suggested by the post from "Jolly Giant".

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I tried all ways of configuring it but none worked.
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I'm having some troubles setting up my new AirPort environment (all the products are 1-2 generation, I call it "new" because I had to modify the position of all the modems and I can't get them to work).
I have a Time Capsule connected to my ADSL modem. When I'm next to it the download speed is 1MB (megabyte) and the upload is 500KB (kilobytes). I have a smaller "house" on the other side of the garden that we use as entertainment space, it has just two rooms, a bathroom and a big living room.
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P.s.
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Ok, I'm completely lost here and haven't found any solutions specific to my situation. I currently have two ethernet jacks in my condo, both have fiber optic internet connection which provide access when connected to a computer and no router. I'm assuming there is a router somewhere in the building but alas it's not in my unit.
My home office is in the den where I have one ethernet jack. Connected to the jack is my airport extreme (dual band, 7.5.1 software). The second jack is located in the living room where I have my Time Capsule connected. I have it set this way because the wireless signal from the den does not extend well into the living room.
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Welcome to the discussion area, Junkcanoe!
I don't have a setup like yours, but might be able to offer some assistance.
Basically I have two jacks, a TC and an AE and I'd like to create a roaming network. Both of them are set to bridge mode with the same SSID, WPA2 security, same password, etc.
This would be the normal way to set up a roaming network, but the wild card here is that we don't know anything about how the main router that supplies the ethernet connections (valid IP addresses) to the condos might be configured.
For example, most apartments, hotels, etc that provide ethernet jacks usually limit the number of devices that can connect to each jack. Hotels tend to limit this to one or two devices. I counted six devices that you say will work properly plus a few more. Since you have two separate ethernet jacks, you may be looking at a situation where each jack is allocated a total of 4 devices, or valid IP addresses.
The bottom line here is that we won't be able to make much progress until we know more how the main router there has been configured. Is it possible for you to ask the complex manager (who will probably need to ask the IT guy) how many devices are allowed to connect per ethernet jack? Another way to ask the same question is how may valid IP addresses will each ethernet jack allow?
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Any difference in performance or number of devices allowed to connect?
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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I have a 1 TB time capsule that has my itunes library on it, and an older b/g airport express. The time capsule and airport express (AX) are in different rooms, and I'd like to be able to use Airtunes.
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o Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network
o Network Name: <existing TC's wireless network>
o Wireless Security: <select the encryption type of the existing wireless network>
o Wireless Password: <enter the existing wireless network password>
o Verify Password: <re-enter the existing wireless network password>
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iTunes > Preferences... > Advanced > General
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I am at my wits end in regards to my wireless network. Here is my configuration:
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Leave the TC alone.
Close AirPort Utility if it is open.
Turn off one of the AirPort Express devices and work with just one for now. With the Express powered on, hold in the reset button on the device for 7-8 seconds and release. Then allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Connect the Express to the Ethernet wiring
Click the AirPort icon at the top of the 10.8.4 Mac, and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear. Just below that, click directly on AirPort Express.
AirPort Setup will open up automatically, take a minute to analyze the connection and then tell you that the Express will be configured to extend the Time Capsule network.
Enter a device name that you want to use.....AE1, or example....and click Next.
AirPort Setup will now tell you that the Express is being set up to extend using Ethernet.
When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done. That's it.
Check with a laptop in the general area near the Express to confirm that it is working.
Then, configure the other AirPort Express the same way, starting with a Hard Reset, and using a different device name.....AE2, for example..... to keep things straight.

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I've used the Express for several years and really enjoy using the ouput to play my iTunes wirelessly thru my stereo speakers. Then we moved, but my wife moved ahead of me and took the Express. I then bought a Time Capsule which doesn't have audio outs. I noticed that when I set it up it used the same name for the wireless network as my old Express. Now I've moved and joined my wife, and for the 1st time have both devices together. What is the most effective way to configue them? How do I maintain use of the Express for the iTunes wireless playing? Do I need to rename the network?

If the primary goal for the AirPort Express for iTunes streaming, then the best configuration option would be to configure the Express to join the wireless network provided by the TC.
AirPort Express Base Station (AX) - iTunes Setup
Either connect to the AX's wireless network or connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then using the AirPort Utility in "Manual Setup" mode, make the following changes:
AirPort Utility > Select the AX > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless
Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network
Network Name: <existing TC's wireless network>
Wireless Security: <select the encryption type of the existing wireless network>
Wireless Password: <enter the existing wireless network password>
Verify Password: <re-enter the existing wireless network password>
AirPort Utility > Select the AX > Manual Setup >Music
Enable AirTunes (checked)
iTunes Speaker Name: <enter desired speaker name>
iTunes Speaker Password: (optional)
Verify Password: (optional)
Click Update to write the new settings to the AX

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I believe I have router problems. I have installed a new cable modem and I have good bandwidth from comcast but my base station, time capsule, router seems to now be able to handle the wi-fi in the house. I have the router serial number but I don't know the abilityof this instrument.

That is the oldest of the TC.. it is more than capable of 24mbps but wireless may become poorer as the power supply declines.. it will eventually stop working.. it is well over 4years old most likely unless you bought refurbished.. reliable operation is about 3years.. (plus 3days to be exact) at which point it can die any second.
You have had a good run.. replace it.
Poor signal on the Express.. which I note you didn't mention in your first post.. should be reset and located nearer to the TC.. they are not picking up enough signal to work well. If you have the latest express.. plug it by ethernet to the TC and bridge it.. turn off wireless in the TC and use the Express only.. that may work better until you steel yourself to purchase a new TC/Wireless router.

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