Extending the guest network

For some reason, the guest network from my Dual Band AirPort Extreme does not show up in the list of networks on my wireless N AirPort Express. The private network shows up. Can I not extend the guest network.
To go one step further, I don't suppose the express could extend both the private and guest networks. You would probably need two for that right?

I have a similar need. Two business customers want to make wireless access available over the entire area of their operation without letting users gain access to their internal network. As has been said by everyone on all the posts I've been on that we can surely extend the Main SSID network but not the guest. Bob Timmons has responded in other posts that this is not possible at this time and that it is not a feature enabled by APPLE. The only solution these customers have is to obtain another IP address from their provider and install a second router on that network. Not quite as elegant as Apple's Airport Extreme where you can monitor both networks from one login.

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    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
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    Click the Wireless tab at the top of screen
    Remove the check mark next to Enable Guest Network
    Click Update to save the new settings and the Time Capsule will restart in 30 seconds
    If your Mac is running Leopard or Snow Leopard.....
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the Time Capsule, then click Manual Setup
    Click the Guest Network tab
    Remove the check mark next to Enable Guest Network
    Click Update to save the settings and the Time Capsule will restart in 30 seconds

  • Kids are using the WiFi all night long and not sleeping... How can I temporarily turn off the WiFi at night using the Airport Extream or Airport Utility?  I must keep the guest network up as I have a tenant in an apartment over my garage using that.

    My kids are up all night streaming Netflix and using the WiFi on their iPads and Apple TV. The next day they don't want to get up and go to school. Is there a way I can set up a separate access point for just the kids in AirPort Extreme and then turn that one off when i go to bed? Or somehow turn off the main network when I go to bed, without having to reconfigure the entire router the next day, and then simply turn it back on the next morning?  I have to keep the Guest Network up as I have a paying tenant living in an apartment over my garage that uses that network.
    In the event it's not possible with the AirPort Extreme, any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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