Large brick house - looking to extend wi-fi coverage

Hello,
My home is all brick single floor construction which means that it is next to impossible using apple's star configuration and the present Airport technology to set the system up to cover the entire house. Even with multiple AEBS and AX units the best i can do is cover about 50%.
I just bought a Belkin 500 mbps powerline network adapter and am hoping this will finally give me internet in the rear of the house. One end of the powerline system would be connected to the main AEBS, where the cable modem signal enters the house. The other powerline unit would be connected in a bedroom at the other end of the house, to another AEBS or AX unit. I am hoping i can get the second Airport transmitter to transmit internet to the bedrooms in that area.
But i'm not sure this will work. Would anyone out there be able to tell me if this set-up actually would work, or if not help me find an alternative solution? Otherwise I am going to have to order a second cable modem from my local provider and fork over another $49 a month into perpetuity.
Help! (And thank you in advance).

does this configuration work, at least in theory? I am not connecting the AEBS to the extender AEBS/AX using ethernet, but rather using the powerline.
Yes, this is the theory behind powerline. But, you will need some short Ethernet cables to connect the Apple devices to the powerline adapters.
This may be a dumb question but I'm not sure how these things are intended to work, and all the literature i've read on them discusses hooking them up to individual network devices, like game consoles or wi-fi'd DVD players.
If you look at the documentation with the adapters you will see that you would connect a short Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on your main router to the powerline adapter, which is plugged into an AC socket near the main router.
On the other end of the house, you would install another powerline adapter in the AC socket and connect another short Ethenret cable to the WAN "O" port on the Apple router at that location. The Ethernet cables can be any length that you need.
If you are not sure how to configure the Apple routers, this support document will provide the details:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260

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I want to extend my wireless coverage. I have an Airport Express (AE) that is at least 5 years old, possibly older, which is connected by Ethernet from my ISP's router. I've been uninterested in upgrading its software because the last time I did, 3 years or so ago, the unit regularly dropped out even though the light remained green and I had to reboot it to get it working - almost daily.
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Firmware Version:     Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)
MAC Address:     28:37:37:19:82:96
Locale:     FCC
Country Code:     X0
Supported PHY Modes:     802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels:     1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
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AirDrop:     Supported
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Any way to make text larger in Photoshop CS 5 Extended?

I recently upgraded from CS3 and the tool labeling text is too small to be able to see on the toolbars. The icons seem smaller too. I need to use a magnifying glass now and didn't need to do that with CS3. I did look through Photoshop's prefs (the main ones, accessible by pulling from the menu under Photoshop's name), but couldn't find an option for altering the display. (I have "huge size" font selected for the font selection in the display for font choices--that's not the problem.) It appears from here that the programming for Photoshop's basics has just miniaturized everything. I haven't made any alterations to my computer or screen that could account for the problem, so I'm supposing that everyone has that? I had assumed it must be a problem with running Photoshop CS5 on Leopard, but the upgrade to Snow Leopard didn't help.
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I am trying to connect an airport extreme to extend my wifi coverage and it doesn't work

I hope someone can help me.
I have an Apple Airport extreme gen 5. I have a BT router/modem that I connect to my broadband and its signal is OK but not great. I have multiple apple devices, a windows PC, and a Panasonic smart TV.
I also use Belkin poweline adaptors to attach the TV and apple TV to my network - its flaky.
I was trying to attach the airport extreme to a powline adaptor in the lounge to extend my wireless network - it was green for a while but then flashed orange and stopped working.
I have now reattached it directly to my router in the same room with an Ethernet cable and still get the orange light and the airport utility keeps asking to attach to the WAN port but then nothing works - I can still acccess the internet through my existing bt modem/router.
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Click the Wireless tab just below the row of icons
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Adding 802.11b/g AX(s) to multi-Airport Extreme 802.11n roaming network

First, a thanks to folks like Tesserax and Bob for the great ideas on this forum -- the questions & answers I've read have helped me to date, though I still have a question!
My home wireless network today consists of:
One fifth-generation AEBS running in 802.11n only (5 GHz) / 802.11n only (2.4 GHz) mode, on channels 149 (automatic)/11 (automatic) -- provides DHCP services
One second-generation AEBS running in 802.11n only (5 GHz) mode, on channel 157 (automatic) -- bridge mode
There is a wired home network with Cat5e and a gigabit switch in the basement. 30 down/5 up DOCSIS 3.0 service through Time Warner Cable, upstream from the fifth-gen AEBS. The AEBS units are connected in roaming mode via Ethernet.
Using the Airport Utility on my iOS devices, I'm getting "excellent" (59-65 Mb/s) connectivity when I am near either of the AEBS units. It is a large brick house built in the 1920s, and while there are now no dead zones in the house, there are areas where I drop down to 10-15 Mb/s per the Airport Utility. Unfortunately, the two AEBSs are at opposite ends of the house near external walls, one on first floor and one on second -- and the first floor rear AEBS needs to be where it is to serve a breakfast room and sunroom, while the home office AEBS needs to be where I have two Ethernet drops as the cable modem and switch are in the basement.
Before I added the fifth-gen AEBS, I had the older AEBS and two 802.11b/g Airport Express (AX) devices, also in roaming mode. I wasn't thrilled with performance, and while performance is much better with the two AEBS model, I'm wondering about the benefits of redeploying my AX devices elsewhere in the house on the roaming network -- on the theory that I should be getting better 802.11g performance from a device close enough to get max speeds than I am from a farther-away 802.11n AEBS.
However, I am concerned about whether adding back in 802.11b/g devices on 2.4 GHz would restrict the performance of my 802.11n network? I am assuming that might happen because I have 802.11n running on both frequencies... if I stepped back on the fifth-gen AEBS to 802.11n only (5 GHz) / 802.11b/g [or a similar setting] on that device, will that help? Or, am I running the risk of other cross-talk or interference -- or simply of my home network devices being befuddled by multiple access points in a single house?
Alternatively, I could try to replace my 802.11b/g AX units with 802.11n ones -- howeever, having just bought a new AEBS this week, that would encounter cross-talk with my Spousal Budgetary Compliance Unit (SBCU) and I could end up crashing the entire household....
Thoughts and ideas appreciated!

If you use the "b/g" AirPort Express devices in a roaming setup, any computers, iPads, etc in close proximity will connect at maximum "g" wireless speeds.
It's really not possible to predict the actual results in advance. The increased wireless coverage might tend to compensate for the lower speeds that would naturally occur due to signal drop off if you did not use the AirPort Express devices at all.
As long as the wireless access points are in a separate room, or separated by 25-30 feet or so from other access points, there should be no confusion that occurs with your laptop trying to connect. It will pick the strongest signal as it moves through the house.
I think the bottom line here is that this is one of those things where you just will not know unless you try. If the Ethernet cabling is already in place, it should not take long for you to find out how things are working.

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can I just plug another router into a spare telephone line to have 2 working routers in my house and so extend the wireless coverage and number of ethernet ports/ Thanks Phil.
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can I just plug another router into a spare telephone line to have 2 working routers in my house and so extend the wireless coverage and number of ethernet ports/ Thanks Phil.
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WiFi Setup in Large House multiple Apple Hardware Devices -Help Please!

Hello:
I have tried to solve my wifi issues over the past months, but I am stuck. I recognize that this is a little involved, so let me apologize in advance.
I do not expect someone to be willing to take the time regarding this, but if someone could at least read this and give me some general pointers, that would be great.
Highlights of current problems - we cannot consistently print documents from our printer, which is connected via an airport express (note that the airport express is wired to the internet with Cat 5e, we cannot consistently stream itunes music, we have too many separate wifi networks - we prefer one wifi network, if possible. Most recently, I have been trying to extend or join my own existing networks, and I do not understand the difference in terminology, and in any event, neither attempts worked as I kept getting error messages and the amber lights stayed on.
Goals - We would like to have seemless wifi throughout our old, larger sized house with ability to stream iTunes music from an apple computer or via Airtunes from an iPhone, and print from any computer or from any iPhone or iPod, and ability for guests to join wifi with a password and have such connection be good throughout our house. I prefer not to have to manually select different wifi networks as we move around the house with an iPhone or Macbook Pro. Also, I often get prompted for wifi passwords (depending on which of my airport expresses comes into range) and I would like to avoid putting the passwords in each time. Or one signal gets weak and my device does not know that it should switch to the wifi network with better reception. I would like to be able to walk from point A to point B and have my wifi connection work continuously behind the scenes. And I would like to be able to play music on receiver, and control same via our iPhone and iPods.
Hardware -
Basement: Verizon Fios wireless Router, Ethernet Network switch with multiple Cat 5e ethernet cables going to different locations in the house.
1st Floor: Macbook Pro connected to internet via ethernet; 1 previous generation Airport Express connected to internet via ethernet, with a printer cable going from Airport Express to a printer and an audio capable going from Airport Express to a receiver. If possible, I would like that same Airport Express to provide wireless access. I also have a non-apple wifi device that is recessed in the ceiling, I think it is by On Q/Legran and this non-Apple wifi device is connected via ethernet.
2nd Floor: Older generation iMac (purchased in around 2005) that is not connected to ethernet, 1 Airport Express (new version) connected to ethernet; 1 additional Airport Express (new version) connected to ethernet; 2nd MacBook Pro which relies on Airport Express.
3rd Floor: Apple Time Capsule connected via ethernet cable, Apple TV sitting right next to Apple Time Capsule, with HDMI cable running from Apple TV to home theater receiver.
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Hello JoJo121. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
To achieve having "one" wireless network throughout the house, we just need to configure all of your base stations for a "roaming" network. With this type of network, a laptop could literally roam from room-to-room and still be on the "same" network.
You already have one of most important parts of this type of network and that is you have an Ethernet infrastructure where you want wireless to be provided.
The FiOS router should not need any configuration changes.
Setup the 802.11b/g AirPort Express Base Station (AX), 802.11n AirPort Express Base Stations (AXn), & Time Capsule (TC) as bridges:
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My questions are: Why suddenly signal loss to two phones from the extender after ruling out 2 phones and ISP, why such a poor signal at my home (not just inside...anywhere within a quarter mile) in the first place when the coverage map shows I'm well within the 4G coverage area, why is the resolution being pushed back every time I call to inquire?
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I started on another string, but reading this tells me we have the same problem. Got the extender, everything programmed, phones indicating connection to the extender network, but now I have the same issue. My wife's Iphone shows great signal, but the words are clipped as well. My Droid X has no better signal strength indicated than before, (yes, it gives the short double beep so it must be connected) and the voice quality is bad enough that one can't understand the caller. I can get signal directly when outside well enough to make decent phone calls. When I go outside and away from the extenders range voice transmission returns to normal---though occasionally I will drop a call in normal transmission. I have good 3G outside (3-4 bars though sporatic), but as soon as I try to make a call the signal drops to one bar on 1x. Therefore, the reason I got the extender so we could make calls inside the house rather than walking outside in subfreezing weather!!
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But if the extender is in the window, doesn't that solve the problem? Point---if we stand at a north or east window (we have large windows on both sides) we are able to get a signal on the phone, but the service is "iffy." Again the reason for the extender. She repeated again "Verizon can't do anything about the contruction materials in our house." Then she said that the extender is designed for "people that live along the 'coasts' that have weak signal!!??" That was a hint that it wouldn't work in the midwest. Her final comment was that the extender wouldn't work if we had weak signal in the area(interesting that was said after her indicating that it was designed for customers with "weak" signal.) When I asked why it was connected to the internet, I didn't get an answer. I could tell I wasn't going to get information to help so I thanked her and gave up.
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How do you extend the reception range on a Time Capsule?

Live in an older home and looking to extend the wifi range of my Time Capsule. Any advice?

You need to buy another Apple router.. express, extreme .. I guess even another TC.. and run it in extend wireless mode.. this is just wireless repeater by another name.
Better is to run ethernet and use a second Access Point.. AP which can be any brand under the sun. Faster and you can buy stuff that actually will cover the whole house.. the fact of the matter is, Apple Routers are NOT wifi power houses. They are mediocre at best.

Large brick house - looking to extend wi-fi coverage

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