Airport Extreme Issues and Set up with Win PC
I have an airport extreme gigabit edition connected via ethernet cables to my 20inch imac and my wifes windows pc also connected via ethernet cable and she has gigabit connection on her system. However, her internet speeds are way slower than mine. I have run adware scanner and made sure it was free of anything that may slow it down that way.
When I set up the Airport Extreme I did nothing more than plug her system in. Is there something else I should have done? Also I can see her computer on the network from both of my macs, but I can't see my macs from her computer.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. She has a book keeping business and does some work from home and she is ready to kill me because of the internet speeds she is getting.
Thanks in Advance,
Jamie
If the AirPort Extreme that you are asking about looks like the product in this Apple information sheet........
http://www.apple.com/airport-extreme/
Then please click the Tech Specs link in the upper right corner of the page and then look down to System Requirements to see what is required to set up and administer the AirPort Extreme.
Once you have the product set up by using a Mac or iPhone / iPad, a PC should be able to connect to the network. Please note that we say "should", and not 'will" here, as the Windows FireWall and Microsoft Security Essentials will sometimes have a way of trying to block the PC from connecting.
As far as providing assistance on how to set up the AirPort Extreme, we would need to know what device you are planning to use for this and the make and model number of your modem.
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