Question about multiple Airport Extremes

I have a brand new Airport Extreme connected to my cable modem in my office. I put my older dual-band Airport Extreme in my kitchen to extend my network wirelessly. It wasn't extending very well so I tried to configure it to extend my network over ethernet. (I have an ethernet jack in my office with cable running to the kitchen where there is another jack. I know that jack works because I was successfully sending ethernet into my living room from my office with the newer Airport Extreme). When I try to change the configuration to accomplish this, by plugging the old AE in, in my office, I am presented with choices of existing networks to have it extend via ethernet. I chose the name of my network and tried to complete the configuaration, but when the old AE restarts, it is flashung yellow.
What am I doing wrong?

Never mind. I figured this out using another discussion.

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Hello. I'm not sure how to word this question, but here it goes...
In our office we have 2 independent internet services. Each one is connected to its own Airport Extreme. One of our internet connections went down and I am wondering if it is possible to use the first Airport Extreme connected to the good internet and send a signal to the other Airport Extreme that lost its internet and use it as it was, so we don't have to change all of our printers and computers WiFi logins... I want the second Extreme to just stay the same network name but get it's internet from the other Extreme.. Does that make sense?
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Unfortunately, it would not be possible to say whether this might work....or even give you an educated guess.......without having a lot of information about how the office network(s) were originally designed and set up, what security was used, whether MAC Address Authentication was used (common in most commercial networks) along with any number of other things that may be involved.
Best bet would be to get the with IT folks who designed or administer the network for an answer.

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if I Were to Buy Apple TV Can I Get a Wireless Home Networking Connection on The BELKIN Share N300 Wireless N' Router? or is it only can Work on an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station?
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Click the AirPort icon at the top of the screen on the Mac
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AirPort Setup will open up automatically and take a minute to analyze the network, then announce that the AirPort will be configured to extend your other AirPort router.
Enter a device name that you want to use for the AirPort...(you can use the same device name as before if you wish), then click Next.
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This is probably a dumb question, but enquiring minds want to know...
When using Yosemite's built-in Wireless Diagnostics scan I see many unique WiFi BSSIDs (MAC addresses) associated with my Time Capsule: 5 for my Guest Network and 6 for my "main" network. I see that not all have the same 802.11 protocol, but not all have unique 802.11 protocols. Also I see my "main" network is the 802.11ac network.
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My household Wi-Fi is not the strongest in my room and I found out about the AirPort Express and I read the overvie, but I still have some questions on how it works, how its setup and other questions as well.

The AirPort Express will not wirelessly extend the signal from another router unless that router is also an Apple product.
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On a network with multiple airports (extreme, express, + time capsule), do they all have to be "guest" capable devices in order to offer guest networking?

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