Re: set up 2 airports to extend range

I have the new airport extreme 802.11n base station. I also have the old airport extreme base station. I want to be able to extend the range to another building. How do I set this up? We are on a network in the office. If I plug it into the hub then the 802.11n base station doesn't work. How do I get them both to work and extend the range?

Hi Duane,
Thank you for your reply. I looked at the dual band network set up. That is not what I need. I am trying to have internet access in two buildings w/o paying for two internet hookups. I want to extend the range of the new 802.11n airport into a second building. I found instructions for "Using the AirPort Admin Utility to create a WDS network with multiple base stations". This seemed to be the answer but the Airport Admin Utility doesn't work on the 802.11n. I have to use the software that came with it the "Airport Utility" to set it up. There is not a place in that utility to set the 802.11n up as a WDS. I can do it with the old aiport but not on the new. Do you have any other suggestions for me?

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