New Airport Extreme to replace old one

Bought new Airport/Time Capsule to replace my old Airport Extreme. Can I somehow just move/upgrade profile so as not to write again all the mac addresses of my peripherals/computers/ipads/ipod/etc? Should I connect them both first and then choose which one to run existing home network? Thanks for help.

Thanks to this thread, I was able to replicate the suggested steps to replace an old 2nd generation AEBS with a new 2TB Time Capsule while also retaining my prior configuration settings.  I am in a Windows 7 environment.  The process did not go 100% smoothly, but wound up being fine.  My experience may help others hoping to transfer their current AEBS settings to an upgraded Airport.
Based on the advice in other threads, with my current (old) AEBS up and running, I first connected by current AEBS to my new Time Capsule via an ethernet cable into one of the LAN ports.  I then powered up the new Time Capsule and launched windows networking center and my Airport Utility.
The new Time Capsule was quickly found and I proceeded to follow the menu steps where I was presented with the convenient option to replace my current network. I did this, and it all seemed to work fine, but I did not see any messages instructing me to swap the connecting cables to the new Time Capsule...
...My newly configured Time Capsule the disappeared from my Airport Utility and a message said it could not be found. I panicked a little here, and did a reset, and rebooted my PC, and then started the process all over again.  This time, after configuring the new Time Capsule, and the same disappearance in Airport Utility, I went to the Windows Networking center and found the TC, launched it, and Airport Utility gave me a message saying the new TC needed to be plugged into a modem.  I figured this is what I needed to do the first time around, but I was waiting for the Airport Utility to tell me to do so (I was a bit too passive).  So, I connected the modem to the TC via the WAN port, moved my two other ethernet connections to their LAN ports, and the TC turned green.  Nice!
However, my Airport Express, which I used to extend my network, then disappeared from the Aiport Utility. I figured cos things changed in my overall configuration. I then took another 5th generation AEBS I had waiting in the wings and set that up instead to extend my network, and that was very quick and error free.  So, I now have a new TC and 5th generation AEBS providing my wired and wifi network in my NYC apt.  Cool.

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  • New AIrport Extreme - seems to work, but....

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    If it is functioning, then that means you may not have secured your network, or some feature in the process was ignored that is unnecessary for your service to work. If it ain't broke don't fix it. But securing your network with WPA2 or better encryption if possible is a good idea since it will avoid others from using your bandwidth on your connection, in addition avoiding the possibility that a non-secure website might gather personal information easier when it is unsecured.
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  • How do I make my new Airport Extreme a base station?

    I have been using an Airport Extreme (5th generation) as my base station router for a few years. I set the main network for my and my wife's use and created a guest network for when my sons visited and needed to use the wi-fi connection. I used passwords for both networks. Today I purchased a new 802.11 ac Airport Extreme. I unplugged the 5h gen. Extreme and plugged in the new Extreme. After a short hunt, my new 27" (late 2013) iMac found the new Extreme and had me set up a name and a password for it using Airport Utility. I was expecting it to ask if I wanted to set up a guest network, but it did not. I was expecting it to ask since I believe that is what happened when I installed my 5th gen Extreme a few years ago. For the 5th gen Extreme, I had to enter a password to protect settings on the Extreme, a WPA2 password for my main network and another password for my guest network. It took about 10 minutes to set up. For this new Airport Extreme I entered just one password. It took about 2 to 3 minutes for the entire setup. When I checked the menu in the Airport Utility under "Base Station", all lines are grayed out. Under the File Menu in Airport Utility, "Configure Other" is available, but "Import Configuration file" and "Export Configuration file" are also grayed out. I checked Network Settings in System Preferences and I see my new network name in the Wi-Fi menu and under the "Advanced..." button, I see the old and new Networks listed in the "Preferred networks" box.
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  • Question about the new Airport Extreme

    I had always understood that if you run N and G devices on a network, the N devices will run slower. So what I did was set up an old Airport to have a wireless for my iPhone and sad Windows PC guests in my house, and the previous generation Extreme for my MacBook Pro. My older airport is connected to an ethernet port on the Extreme. I might not even be doing this right.
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    Message was edited by: jenius_s

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    Big bummer, and frustrating for all the obvious reasons.

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