I have a slight problem with aiport extreme

Question

i have 2 airport extremes, one as the main base for internet and one up stairs for my tv and whatever. i have 3 5Ghz devices, one is xbox 360 (works great) 13" macbook pro (works great) then alienware m17x with a broadcom a/g/n card on Win 7. (not working to well. only connects on a 2.4Ghz when extend wireless is checked) but when i turn off the airport extreme up stairs it connects to the 5Ghz down stairs. i have also noticed it is a windows 7 problem. how? i have windows 7 on my macbook pro and when i get on the wireless up stairs it shows that i am connected at 2.4Ghz. what might cause windows 7 to connect to a 2.4Ghz when the airports are in a extend wireless setting?
my xbox and macbook pro can both connect to the 5Ghz up stairs and down stairs fine. its only the windows part of my macbook pro and my alienware m17x that connect at the 2.4Ghz when the wireless is extended. if i do not extend it they will connect to the down stairs airport extreme at 5Ghz.
Message was edited by: dslade

Answer 1

dslade wrote:
what might cause windows 7 to connect to a 2.4Ghz when the airports are in a extend wireless setting?
This may not address your issue directly, but in general when there is more than one base station in a dual-band Wi-Fi network, a Wi-Fi client will connect to whichever one is seen as having the strongest signal (in some sense), regardless of band.