Extend wireless airport extreme with airport express with through ethernet cable, extend wireless airport extreme with airport express with through ethernet cable

i want to extend my wirless range i using airport extreme upstairs and airport express down i have ethernet cable linking the two but airport express seems to go wireless and is extremly slow any help appreciated

Start with a "hard reset" of your Express - press and hold its reset button continuously, about five seconds, until its LED flashes rapidly. You will need to reconfigure all its settings.
Connect it to your Extreme with your Ethernet cable. Using AirPort Utility, configure its Internet Connection to "Connect Using" > "Ethernet" as in the following screenshot:
If it had been previously configured to "join" a wireless network and you connect its Ethernet cable to your wired LAN, you may experience what you are describing.

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    How do I set up wireless network extension/expansion adding Airport Express to existing Airport Extreme Network??

    OK, thanks for the clear information, this really helps.
    Locate the AirPort Express about half way between the AirPort Extreme and the general area that needs more wireless signal coverage. The more that you have line-of-sight between the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express, the better the performance will be.
    Power off the AirPort Express for a few minutes
    Hold in the reset button firmly...and keep holding for an additional 10 seconds while you simultaneously plug the power cord back into the back of the AirPort Express
    Release the reset button after the hold period and allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light
    This process is tricky.....you almost have to have 3 hands to do this.
    If you have an iPad or iPhone, the setup is almost too easy to be true. In that case.....
    Tap on Settings (gear icon) on the home screen
    Tap on WiFi
    Under the heading of Setup a New AirPort Base Station....
    Tap on AirPort Express
    The utility will analyze things for a minute, then suggest that the Express be configured to extend the AirPort Extreme network
    Type in  a device name that you want to use, then tap Next
    The utility will set up everything for you automatically. When you see the message of Setup Complete, tap Done and you are good to go.
    If you want to use the Mac running (10.6.8) for the setup.......
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    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Select the AirPort Express and click Manual Setup
    Click the Base Station tab under the row of icons
    Enter a device name for the AirPort Express
    Enter a device password for the AirPort Express
    Verify the device password
    Adjust the Time Zone setting
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    Click the Wireless tab below the icons
    Set the Wireless Mode to Extend a Wireless Network
    Click on the Wireless Network Name box and your AirPort Extreme network name should appear as a choice. Click to select that....or manually enter the exact name of the AirPort Extreme wireless network
    Make sure that Wireless Security is set to use WPA2 Personal
    Enter the wireless network password for the AirPort Extreme
    Verify the wireless network password for the AirPort Extreme
    Click Update at the lower right of the window and wait a full minute for the Express to restart. A green light on the Express at this point will be a very good sign that things are up and running correctly.
    Your Mac will automatically select the AirPort with the best signal quality. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you may need to manually turn off the WiFi when you move the device near another AirPort, and then turn WiFi back on to get the iOS device to connect to the best signal.
    Good luck, please post on your results with the method that you choose.

  • How do I know "Roaming Network" is working with Airport Express and Airport Extreme and should I use extended wireless network for third Express?

    Attempting to eliminate a dead spot in Wifi coverage [and implement AirPlay] have one Airport Extreme 802.11n and two Airport Express 802.11n's.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
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    1. How does the client device know which Airport to connect to? In other words, will it switch to the closer WiFi transmitter automatically? The WiFi reception problem is intermittent in the fringe areas so what I do not want it for it to stick with the more distant Airport Extreme in the basement when the Airport Express which is closer will work better.
    2. How can I tell which of the Airports the attached client device is using?
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
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    Mitch

    1. How does the client device know which Airport to connect to?
    The Mac computer will automatically connect to the wireless access point with the strongest signal...which is probably the closest AirPort. An iPhone or iPad may not do this and will tend to stay connected to one AirPort.
    2. How can I tell which of the Airports the attached client device is using?
    On a Mac, open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility. Click on one of AirPorts. In the area to the right, locate the AirPort ID and jot that down. Then do the same for your other AirPort.
    Move your Mac near one of the AirPorts and log on to the wireless. Hold down the option key on the Mac while you click the fan shaped AirPort icon at the top of the screen. Look for the BSSID. That is the AirPort ID of the device to which you are connected.
    If you are close to the "remote" AirPort, and you see the AIrPort ID of the "main" router when you are testing, then you know that the network is not configured correctly.
    Can I use this second Airport Express to extend the wireless network via "Extended Wireless Network" while the other two are in "Roaming Netowrk" configuration? Without bogging down??
    There will be a modest 10-15% bandwidth loss with the "extend" setup, assuming that the Express is located where it can receive a strong wireless signal from the AirPort to which it is associated. You can avoid the bandwidth loss if the Express is also connected via Ethernet as part of the roaming configuration.

  • I have installed Airport Extreme on my iMac, but want to extend the wireless network with Airport Express. Everything is fine until I try to select Extend the wireless network.  I select Extend Wireless network but have no success. Ideas?

    I have installed Airport Extreme on my iMac, but want to extend the wireless to rooms with a weak signal.  The internet connection is fine with the basic setup. As soon as I go into Airport Utility to select Extend Wireless Network and fill in what I believe is proper information, I get an error message that Airport Extreme no longer has an IP address, the internet connection is broken, and under Wireless, that there is a wireless network in existence that can't be found. Rebooting the modem only brings the Airport Extreme back to the starting gate so that the internet is once again available.  I assumed (naively) that with the All Mac All-the-Time context, adding Airport Express would truly be Plug and Play.   I got the plug, but no play.  I asked a Comcast technical specialist about it and he said that I needed to reset the Airport Express settings back to their default, factory status.  I looked that process up online and found out that the way to do that was to hold down the reset button, then plug Airport Express into the socket and wait for the green light to flash four times.  Then wait 45 seconds and the default settings will return.  I did all that, only to find out that after the initial flash of green, green never appeared again.  I got a fast flashing yellow light, followed by the light going off.  Apparently this didn't reset it properly.  So, after hours trying to get this system to work, I appeal to someone who can see through this mess and provide the key to success!
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    You have an Airport Extreme base station that is set to "Create a wireless network" and you have the box checked for "allow this network to be extended"....
    Then you have an Airport Express that is set to "Extend a wireless network" which you selected the name of your network in the box...
    Correct?
    See this Apple document:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
    The wireless unit on the right of the diagram can be either of the newer Apple base stations.
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  • I have an airport extreme and am trying to extend the range of the wireless network with an airport express.  I set it up with the help of apple support, both lights are green on both airports, but the range didn't change.  What could be wrong?

    I am trying to extend the range of my wireless network by adding an airport express to an airport extreme.  I configured it with the help of apple support, but it hasn't changed the range that I can access the internet wirelessly in my house.  What could be the problem?  Does weather affect the wireless network??

    So, on the Extreme you checked the box to "allow this network to be extened" ?
    Correct?
    And on the Express, you set it up to "Extend a wireless network" ?
    Correct?
    See this Apple article and see if you missed anything...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
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    ➋  Extended base station
    Configuring a wireless extended network
    To create a wireless extended network, you must place any extended Wi-Fi base stations within range of the primary Wi-Fi base station.
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  • Advice to extend range from Time Capsule - wireless and ethernet with Airport Express and Airport Extreme

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    Connect the Ethernet cable to the WAN "O" port on the Extreme.
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  • Hi. Does anyone know how to extend the airport express and extreme with Cisco Router DPC3925. I have upgrade my wireless to 50Mbps. Thank you

    Hi,
    Can someone help.
    I have a Cisco router DPC3925 provided by the ISP and I cannot extend my wireless with Airport Express.
    Also I intend to extend it with Airport Extreme.
    Please help.
    Thank you.

    Sorry, but your post is not clear. The topic of this thread is how to extend an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme with a Cisco router.
    This would mean that the main router was an AirPort device and the Cisco would be extending the existing network provided by the AirPort.
    Is that really what you want to do?
    If not, then it sounds like your Cisco ISP provided wireless router is your "main" router and you will be using the Time Capsule to extend the network.
    Please start another post to tell us exactly.......
    What device will be the main router providing your Internet connection and wireless network
    What device will extend the network
    What operating system that you have on your Mac or PC

  • 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?
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    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.

  • Extend wireless network with Airport Extreme n and Airport Express g

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    Here's a Youtube video of how to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EdbRfX1_w
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  • What are the downsides to extending an Airport Express's network with Airport Extreme?

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    Message was edited by: jortuno

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