Assigning PCs to each Airport device in an extended network

Hey,
I live in a two storey house with the ADSL modem positioned at the front of the house, and with an office upstairs towards the back of the house. In order to get the internet working in the office, i have setup the following:
Airport Express - connected to ADSL modem (ground floor)
Airport Extreme - extended network over 5Ghz (ground floor)
Airport Express - extended network over 5Ghz (first floor)
I've used 2.5Ghz also...
I've got a problem where my macbook pro and other devices will connect to the airport extreme rather than the 2nd airport express which would provide the best connection. I'm also experiencing inconsistent performance for example, during the week i was getting anywhere from 5 to 10Mb/s but today anywhere between 0 to 3Mb/s.
I am thinking that Access Controls based on MAC addresses would be the best way to force the devices to connect to the correct base station, but every time i have tried this it had broken the links between the devices.
Can anyone suggest the best way to take care of this?
IF you need clarification on anyting let me know.
Rob

Ella Hurrell wrote:
Can I make the camera alone have a static IP address of all my devices connected within my home network?
If (as the discussion group section name implies), you have an Apple AirPort base station, you can do that in AirPort Utility. Select you base station, put it into "manual setup" mode, select the Internet panel, select the DHCP tab, then click the plus sign below "DHCP Reservations". In the resulting window you can choose how to identify the camera. I'd choose "MAC address" if you know it. If you don't, pull down the "Base Station" menu and select "Logs and Statistics". In the resulting window select the "DHCP Clients" tab. Look through that list until you can identify the camera.

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We have an extended network in the office with 2 base stations on diferent sides of a wall.
Is there a way to choose which base station a particular computer connects to?
While both will connect to internet off of ...
Router A speed = 35Mbps (this is the primary router)
Router B speed = 2 Mbps (this is the one that is Extended)
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Both A & B are plugged into the wired network.
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When I go to Airport Utility, the Router B is listed first and then shown as connecting to Router A.
IF....the settings on both Apple routers are correct.....and
IF....AirPort Utility is working correctly.....
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Check to make sure that each AirPort router is configured in Bridge Mode.
In this type of setting, Macs will automatically connect to the wireless access point with the strongest signal as they move from one area to another. This may...or may not occur with PCs, or iOS devices like an iPhone or iPad.
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Sorry, the older version of the Express does not have the option to "extend a wireless network", which is the setting on the new Express that provides more wireless coverage and also enables the Ethernet port.
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Thanks for clarifying. If you don't mind, let's double-check your extended-network setup configuration:
o Open AirPort Utility and select the Time Capsule (TC), and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
o Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then, click Wireless.
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Hello everyone,
I've seen several posts similar to this, and I've come pretty far in figuring this out but the final roadblock is scratching my head.
I purchased an Airport Express a few days ago to get my xbox 360 onto the internet without running a wire and without giving Microsoft my 100 dollars. I had it working under WDS but WDS trashed my network speed. I found out about the 802.11n version of 'extending' the network tonight. Got it all setup, so much easier than WDS!
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FIOS -----> Actiontek Router --(Bridge)--> Time Capsule --(extended network)--> Airport Express ---(ethernet) --> Xbox360
Thanks for any help,
Cheers.

Hi
When you try and ping the Xbox where are you doing it from, i.e. do you have a laptop that is a wireless client of the TC? What IP address is your XBox getting? What IP address is on the station that you are pinging from? What is the IP address of the Express itself? Can you ping the Express?
You mention that the Express has a solid green led right? What if you move the laptop to be ethernet client of the Express, can the laptop now access the internet?
cheers

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1. Unit 1 connected to my cable modem, providing wireless service and wired to a switch which distributes the connectivity to a few other places in my house via ethernet cable.
2. Unit 2 on the opposite side of the house, extending the wireless signal from Unit 1, and hardwired to the ethernet in the house. Then several other items plugged into Unit 2 for connectivity.
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Connect them in a "Roaming" network which is the best wireless network available.
Roaming Network (Ethernet-connected Wi-Fi base stations)
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If I add/remove a password or enable/disable airplay on the Express, it does reflect in iTunes. It also shows that the Airplay is locked/unlocked (see image) and also shows it as a visible audio destination. But when you activate it from iTunes, it doesn't ask for any password (if enabled), but it just displays the "connecting" dialog for about 1 minute and then closes the window without any error and just does nothing. It's like iTunes cannot communicate to the Airport Express, although at the same time I can connect to it's internal configuration (edit) and also connect to the internet, my router's config using a browser, etc. without any problems. Also, if I'm using my iPad and iPhone, I can easily use the Airport Express from those devices, but NOT from the iMac.
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