Netgear and Airport Extreme as Two Networks

Hey,
I have a nicely functioning Airport network in place but for the life of me I cannot get any PC's, Androids, Kindle's etc. to connect to it.
Been thinking maybe I could just setup an additional wifi network using a Netgear router, or whatever, for them to connect to.
Not too savvy on this kind of thing and was hoping for some advice if either it's feasible or won't play well with the
existing Airport.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Carl

Thanks for clarifying that for me. If your goal is to use this second wireless network just for 802.11b/g devices, I would recommend using one of your older 802.11b/g AXs instead of the newer one. In addition (whichever AX you end up using), not only does it need to be connected by Ethernet, it should be reconfigured as a bridge. This will allow any wireless clients connected to it to gain Internet access from the AEBSn.
Another thing you will want to do is to make sure that its 2.4 GHz radio is operating on a radio channel that is at least 3-5 channels away from the 2.4 GHz radio on the AEBSn. This will prevent any type of Wi-Fi interference between them.
For the remaining AX & AXns, you can now go ahead and configure them to join the appropriate wireless network for streaming. I would suggest joining the AX to the AX providing the 802.11b/g network, and the AXns to join the AEBSn's wireless network.

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I've seen many topics about extending wireless networks here, but none seems to resolve the issue I'm having. I currently have a setup where a DSL cable modem is connected to a Time Capsule and I need to extend this network to another room using an AirPort Extreme.
I live in a very old apartment in Brazil and the walls seem to block the signal from one room to another, hence the need to extend it. Since wireless signal is very weak between rooms, I bought a Belkin powerline AV500 so I could connect both Time Capsule and AirPort using the electrical power at home (just installing a regular Ethernet cable between rooms is not an option).
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Attached the screenshots of both Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme configurations.
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-TM
AirPort Exteme:
Time Capsule:

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I have three Apple devices:
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- iPad mini with Retina 2013 year (802.11n wi-fi standart)
- Airport Extreme 2013 year (with support 802.11ac wi-fi standart)
By default, a macbook device connected to the channel 2.4Ghz. Connection speed is set 217 Mbit/sec. If you divide the channels 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz, then the connection speed to 450 Mbit/sec on channel 5Ghz.
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Hi Bob
So, I did some experiments with Macbook and two router:
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- Airport Extreme 2013
Note the parameter Transmit Rate.
Software Versions:
          CoreWLAN: 4.0 (400.45.1)
          CoreWLANKit: 3.0 (300.35)
          Menu Extra: 9.0 (900.34)
          System Information: 9.0 (900.8)
          IO80211 Family: 6.0 (600.34)
          Diagnostics: 3.0 (300.37)
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1. Macbook Pro + ASUS N66U (5Ghz, 36.1 channel)
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
          MAC Address: 20:c9:d0:7a:28:57
          Locale: RoW
          Country Code: EU
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            Gennadiy_Home:
              PHY Mode: 802.11n
              BSSID: 74:d0:2b:42:ad:f4
              Channel: 36,1
              Country Code: EU
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WPA2 Personal
              Signal / Noise: -56 dBm / -86 dBm
              Transmit Rate: 450
              MCS Index: 23
2. Macbook Pro + Airport Extreme without separate 2.4 and 5Ghz network. Macbook connected over 2.4Ghz on 11 channel
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
          MAC Address: 20:c9:d0:7a:28:57
          Locale: RoW
          Country Code: BY
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            Gennadiy_Home:
              PHY Mode: 802.11n
              BSSID: 90:72:40:1c:35:c4
              Channel: 11
              Country Code: BY
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WPA2 Personal
              Signal / Noise: -69 dBm / -87 dBm
              Transmit Rate: 117
              MCS Index: 14
3. Macbook Pro + Airport Extreme with separate network. Macbook connected over 2.4Ghz on 11 channel
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
          MAC Address: 20:c9:d0:7a:28:57
          Locale: RoW
          Country Code: BY
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            Gennadiy_Home:
              PHY Mode: 802.11n
              BSSID: 90:72:40:1c:35:c4
              Channel: 11
              Country Code: BY
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WPA2 Personal
              Signal / Noise: -70 dBm / -86 dBm
Transmit Rate: 130
              MCS Index: 15
4. Macbook Pro + Airport Extreme with separate network. Macbook connected over 5Ghz on 36.1 channel
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
          MAC Address: 20:c9:d0:7a:28:57
          Locale: RoW
          Country Code: BY
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            Gennadiy_Home_5G:
              PHY Mode: 802.11n
              BSSID: 90:72:40:1c:35:c5
              Channel: 36,1
              Country Code: BY
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WPA2 Personal
              Signal / Noise: -79 dBm / -86 dBm
              Transmit Rate: 81
              MCS Index: 4
As a result we have bad results in tests 2-4. Particularly upset that Airport Extreme loses Asus N66U on test results. If I change regional setting to RU (Russian), results does not change:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F)
          Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
          MAC Address: 20:c9:d0:7a:28:57
          Locale: RoW
          Country Code: RU
          Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
          Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
          Wake On Wireless: Supported
          AirDrop: Supported
          Status: Connected
          Current Network Information:
            Gennadiy_Home:
              PHY Mode: 802.11n
              BSSID: 90:72:40:1c:35:c4
              Channel: 11
              Country Code: RU
              Network Type: Infrastructure
              Security: WPA2 Personal
              Signal / Noise: -69 dBm / -86 dBm
              Transmit Rate: 130
              MCS Index: 15
Bob, how can you comment on these results?

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