Can Airport be used as Access Point?

I am wondering if Airport Extreme or Airport Express could be used as Access Point or Wireless Repeater where it could help me to enhance my home wireless signal.
Although i have network cables laid in different rooms, but i would still prefer to have the whole house wireless.
Could anyone advise me.
Thanks!

Can I have multiple Airport Extreme N devices set up as APs and have clients roam between them?
Note that because this is a concrete building, they can't see each other and be used as repeaters. I just want to have multiple wired APs and be able to connect to the nearest one.
I'm currently using Linksys WAP54GP devices, but traffic from my MacBook keeps stopping, and I have to turn the AirPort (N) in the MacBook off and back on.
[Not sure how to describe the problem above, email and web servers time out, but an SSH session to a local Linux box continues to work just fine.]
Anyway, I'm giving up on the Linksys, and would like to know if I can use the Airport Extreme(s) instead.
Thanks!

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Can't find my Airplay - using Airport Express as an Access Point

Hi,
i've a slight problem with my airport express. i build a network with an easybox 803 router as base and an airport express as an access point in the next room. the airport led shows me that is all fine (green light). but i can't find the airplay service. I suspect that my macbook connects to the base and not to the access point.
now i want to know: how can i config my mac or my airport express, so that i can find the airplay service
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Solved.
I had likely the same problem. It was solved by replacing the home router internal connections with a real switch.
Many home routers will not properly multicast the required Airplay/Bonjour multicasts. Netgear and D-Link for instance does not work, although some ASUS routers work if you turn off IGMP snooping and fiddle with the firewall, but only with some firmware, so it is very iffy.
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My iMac is connected to the internet via ethernet. A wireless network has been set up using the Airport Card (not base station) to share the internet connection with a Wii. Is there a limit to the number of devices that can use this access point since there is no wireless router being used?
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Yes more than one device can use the 'Airport Software Basestation' that you are running.
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My privider (o2 Germany) requires me to use different access points (APN, proxy) on my phone (N80) depending on the type of browsing I want do do (WAP vs. "normal" access), and each of them has a "high cost trap" if I use the wrong one for the particular service.
Very annoying - up to the point that I consider not using the phone for online access at all because I'm so scared to run into uncontrollably high fees.
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You can force a disconnect by pressing the red/hangup key for a couple of seconds when the phone is in the standby state.
And in menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Packet data change the setting "Packet data conn." to "When needed" and leave the "Access point" setting there to "None".
When you or apps on your phone are not doing any data transfer, then regardless of whether it is a WAP or "full" Internet packet data connection, you should not cumulate any charges.
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Greetings!
I am just new here. I am trying to set-up a wireless connection from our linksys router. I recently purchased a linksys wireless internet receiver thru USB connection. Now, my problem is the pc that is supposed to receive a wireless connection is stating " can not associate with the access point". I am not too good about computers, that is why I am seeking you help.
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Trying to get home shaing working on apple tv using Cisco Access points and a Cisco WLC 5508 with 7.2.110 code. I can get devices working individually but they never see each other. I can ping the apple tv from my laptop and ipad.

Trying to get home sharing working on a corporate wireless network. Cisco wireless.
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Fascinating just reading about your setup. I have a WRT350N and have noticed that it will drop its speed, sometimes down to 1Mbps. It seems to do so at about the same time every day, but usually comes back to speed in about 5 minutes. In my experience, the Apple TV will disconnect if the speed falls this low. Try monitoring the Linksys with Netstumbler, Vistumbler, or just in the Windows Network utility.
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http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Routers&thread .id=67412
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Hello. I have set up a free access point on my router. Is there a way I can see how many people have been using it? I have a business and wish to see how much it is beign used.
Thanks

Kenneth,
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Regards,
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Friends,
I am aware of numerous discussions on these forums revolving around AirPort and wifi-issues. I have searched by cannot find this one with its own thread, and think the issue might be buried in there with others.
One peculiar issue I see is that when I am not connected to any wifi network, AirPort will see them all and ask which one I want to connect to. However, when I select a specific network and bind to it, all of the other networks disappear in the drop-down box activated when you click the signal strength meter.
On a day-to-day basis, this doesn't matter, but sometimes, if I want to configure a travel wifi router at home, I have to jump through a few hoops so that my MacBook Pro will see the other one.
Perhaps this monogamous behavior is intended, but I would like to be able to "interact" with different access points whenever I'd like.
This issue must have been already reported; I just can't find it. Apologies in advance if this is a redundant report. I am running 10.5.1

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Report on Airport Utility when connecting Access Points to Airport Extreme

I have a plan to upgrade my Access Points for a better bandwidth of speed rate of wireless connection in my local connection.
There are the lasted model of Airport Extreme, and 2* Airport Express. Both of the Airport Express are connecting to Extreme by CAT5E.
The speed transfer will always be limited at 100Mbps, due to the limitation of Ethernet port in Airport Express.
The question is, if I replace Airport Express with other brands that support up to 600Mbps with USB support for printer, what would it be reported in Airport Utility.
Would I still be able to manage as an Acces Point through the Utility, and use it for printing server.

Mmmm, if you replace those expresses with 3'rd party routers, you may run into some issues there.

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any hardcore guru's out there have some advise?
TIA!

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Can someone post s40 v6 access point wml?

Hi,
i use a nokia c3-01. I cant use email on my nokia as in the commercials suggested because my provider needs proxy settings. For the standardinstalled Internetbrowser i can configure a alternative account but the standard email prog just support wlan or access point. and in the nokia s40 v6 menu there seems to be no possibilty to configure access points with proxy.
Does someone have a wml example for nokia s40 v6 to get access point for the email prog in nokia c3-01 with proxy?
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wap-provisioningdoc PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD PROV 1.0//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/prov.dtd">
<wap-provisioningdoc version="1.0">


<characteristic type="BOOTSTRAP">

<parm name="NAME" value="Bild Postpaid JAVA"/>
</characteristic>

<characteristic type="ACCESS">
<parm name="RULE" value="Default Rule"/>

<parm name="TO-PROXY" value="BildProxy"/>
</characteristic>

<characteristic type="PXLOGICAL">
<parm name="PROXY-ID" value="BildProxy"/>
<parm name="NAME" value="Bild Proxy"/>
<characteristic type="PXPHYSICAL">
<parm name="PHYSICAL-PROXY-ID" value="Bild Proxy"/>
<parm name="PXADDR" value="139.7.29.1"/>
<parm name="PXADDRTYPE" value="IPV4"/>
<parm name="PUSHENABLED" value="0"/>
<characteristic type="PORT">
<parm name="PORTNBR" value="80"/>
</characteristic>

<parm name="TO-NAPID" value="BildNAP"/>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>

<characteristic type="NAPDEF">
<parm name="NAPID" value="BildNAP"/>
<parm name="NAME" value="Bild NAP"/>
<parm name="BEARER" value="GSM-GPRS"/>
<parm name="NAP-ADDRESS" value="access.vodafone.de"/>
<parm name="NAP-ADDRTYPE" value="APN"/>
<characteristic type="NAPAUTHINFO">

<parm name="AUTHTYPE" value="PAP"/>
<parm name="AUTHNAME" value="Bild"/>
<parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="Bild123"/>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="APPLICATION">
<parm name="APPID" value="x-midlet"/>
<parm name="TO-PROXY" value="BildProxy"/>
<parm name="NAME" value="Bild Proxy"/>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
thank you
MW

I added one access point in settings and my email is working now.
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Menu->Settings->Configuration->Personal config. sett.->Options->Add new->Access point Account name: VFNZ internet Access point settings: Data bearer: Packet data Bearer settings: Packet data acc. pt.: www.vodafone.net.nz others keep the default values. Then back to the personal accounts and activate the VFNZ internet from Options.
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