Multiple Airports hardwired to a GIgaBit switch..

hi Everyone, this is my first post here.. I have looked for months for a simple answer to this questions can't find it anywhere even after asking a genius at the apple store, they got it wrong...
so I have 6 Airports and a TimeCap.. my house is made of stone so no wifi go very far.. so I have run a ethernet cable to all the main rooms.. good things is you can then set up speaker in each room. anyway it is working fine, but I am not sure I have it set up correctly.. and I would like to know if i have in case it is running slow or not at its best..
I have every AIrport the same.
airport/wireless:
Wireless Mode : Create a wireless network
wireless Network Name : ( I have named every airport to the same name)
channel : mixed( I did have then all the same but found a thread on not having the same number)
Wireless Password every airport again the same)
internet / internetConnection:
Connect Using: Ethernet
Connect Sharing : Off (Bridge Mode)
thats the set up , I was told to should be using a Join wireless network.. but I try that the Airport stops working and I have to hardware it back to me mac and go back to me old set up..
Cheers
Andy

You have the correct set up as it stands.
Perhaps you did not see the Apple Support Document about this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
Click "Steps to add additional Airports" and then click "Roaming Network"
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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Yes it would work. The Ethernet network would be used for local file transfers and the Airport for internet. However you will need to make sure Ethernet is at the top of the list of network ports in the Network Preferences.

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I'm sure they meant well, but were not aware that electrically, everything passes through the same point in the router.
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You could continue to use the switch and connect it to one of the LAN ports on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).
If you have 3 or less Ethernet devices you could get rid of the switch and connect the devices directly to the AEBS.

Airport express connected to a switch?

I have a Airport Extreme and a Airport express which I havent used yet. I want to connect my QNAP nas and two mac pro desktops to eachother and the internet. What is the best way to do this?
I've currently networked the two macs together with a dlink dgl-4500 router which isnt connected to the net (ie wireless is off) and then just use the wireless cards inside to get outside the network. But I've just bought this NAS, so I have to make changes. I connnected the qnap to the router and I do get a IP and the macs can see it/share etc.
I have this Airport Express and a simple dlnk dgs-2205 5 port switch lying around. Can I connect the airport express to the swtich and share the connection via the switches ethernet ports? I guess I could just connect the airport to the QNAP but then all of my traffic is going over the wireless network and it will be a lot slower than a gigabit switch.
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I think I have it on the right setting - what do I select in the settings?!
To activate ProxySTA, you must set up the Express to join a wireless network and then enable the Allow Ethernet Clients setting; both settings are located in the Wireless tab of AirPort Utility.
It said it was going to take an hour to transfer a 250meg file, so thats definitely still going over wifi.
It still going over wireless is correct. Remember your Mac Pros are connecting to the network over a wireless connection. So, for example, when you send a file from one Mac Pro to the QNAP, that file must first travel to the AEBSn (by wireless), then to the AXn (by wireless), before it makes it to the QNAP by wire.
The other option, which theoretically, should improve the data transfer rate, would be to configure both base stations into an extended network. In this type of network, the AXn would be an extension of the AEBSn's wireless network and its Ethernet port would still be enabled for the Ethernet switch.

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I'm looking at buying an old G4 tower to use as a backend media server for HD video. Was wondering if they came with gigabit switches or if they have to be upgraded. if so, any suggestions on switches?

I'm not completely sure of the answer, but I'll give it an educated guess.
I believe that if you are connecting the Mini to the ethernet ports on the Airport Extreme router than only that port will operate at 100Mbps and the rest will operate at 1000Mbps. If you have two Macs with gigabit, you could run a test to find out. Plug both into the Airport Extreme and see how long it takes to copy a large file. Then, plug the Mini into the Airport Extreme and do the transfer between the two gigabit machines again. If it takes significantly longer, then the Mini is slowing down the entire network.
Now, if you're using the wireless capabilities of these computers you will get a network slowdown if some machines are using 802.11b and some are using 802.11g. In this case, all machines will slow down to the 802.11b speed.
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