Using old Extreme as Wireless Extension

Have the new Extreme & have it setup as wireless base. Planning to use old Extreme as extension. I understand I need to enable the new Extreme to be extended before I can configure the old one. Cannot find the selection in Aorport Utility to allow the extention.
Wondering if this is changed on the new Express.

The question I have is how to enable the new Extreme to allow the wireless network to be extended regardless of which device (an Apple Express or the 2 year old Extreme) I decide to use.
This is not necessary. The setting that you remember is no longer required.
With the old AirPort Extreme powered on, hold in the reset button for 7-8 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the Extreme to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear.
Just below that, click directly on AirPort Extreme. The example below shows an AirPort Express. You will see AirPort Extreme in your case.
AirPort Setup will open up automatically and take minute to analyze the network, then announce the old Extreme will be configured to extend the new Extreme network
Enter a device name that you want to use for the old Extreme and click Next
AirPort Setup will take a minute to configure everything. When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done.
Move the old Extreme to a location that is about half the distance between the new Extremes and general area that needs more wireless signal coverage and power it up. You should be all set.

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Is this another "tower" version of the AirPort Extreme, or a previous "flat, square" version, or an older "round' or "dome" shaped AirPort Extreme?
Trying to set up extended WiF
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is the "new" AirPort Extreme that you have set up and working correctly at this time?
If your old Extreme is compatible with new version of the Extreme, it is easier for most users to use an iPad or iPhone to configure the setup.....but a Mac could be used as well.
Do you know what operating system the Mac is using? If not, click the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen and then click About This Mac. Post back with the OS X Version that you see there.

I have an airport extreme and express, if I use the extreme as a base station connected to my old router can I use the express to extend the signal while also creating a new network that only I can use?

I have an airport extreme and express, if I use the extreme as a base station connected to my old router can I use the express to extend the signal while also creating a new network that only I can use? Essentially having two wifi connection off the same network? If so how do I set this up?

Extending using a wireless connection always results in a performance compromise.
If the Express is going to extend using a wireless connection, then the Express will need to be located about half way between the AirPort Extreme and the general area where you need more wireless coverage. The more that you have line-of-sight between the Extreme and Express, the better the network will operate.
Remember......the Express can only "extend" the quality and signal speed that it receives, so it needs to be located where it can get a very good signal from the Extreme. Although Apple cleverly uses the term "extend", a more accurate term for the Express would be "repeater".
If the Express will extend by connecting to the Extreme using a permanent, wired Ethernet cable connection......highly recommended for best performance.....then the Express can be located exactly where you need more wireless coverage. There is no signal loss at all through the Ethernet cable, so the Express gets a full speed signal no matter where it might be located.
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Powerline adapters are a good method to avoid the issues with wireless repeater.. namely extremely slow wireless.. since repeating wireless adds huge amounts of latency into the wireless connection.
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So there is just one way to find out.. buy a pair and try them. You must use a power point.. no powerboard as the current breaker on the power board kills the signal. Some models come with piggy back connectors.
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Thanks for the info. On your Mac......
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the picture of the AirPort Extreme
Click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click the Wireless tab at the top of the next window that appears
Edit/backspace out the Wireless Network Name and type in a new name that you want to use
Click Update at the lower right of the window
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Close AirPort Utility
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...can I plug the old extreme into my express at my parent's house and run a smaller "g" network inside of my n network?
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However you can connect the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) to the ISP's modem and then connect the AX to one of the LAN ports on the AEBS.

HT4259 Q: Can I use an older Airport Express-g router (not -n) to extend my Airport Extreme-n wireless network? If Yes, are the instructions the same as for adding an Airport Express-n router?

Q: Can I use my older Airport Express-g router (not -n) to extend my Airport Extreme-n wireless network? If Yes, Are the instructions the same as for adding an Airport Express-n router?

If you want to extend, using wireless only, the 802.11g Express doesn't support this.
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Unplugging the old extreme and plugging in the new 802.11n

I had trouble getting the new exteme to work like the old one. I got WPA2 security to work but not the old extreme. I spoke with an apple tech. We reset both stations, established the new network, then joined the extreme to that and everything works fine now.
Two caveats:
The new 802.11n will not support extending the range and joining a wireless network (as in using the extreme for Itunes) at the same time. It is either one or the other and not both as before. This might be fixed in the future.
The 2. is this- is the old airport extreme base station just a paperweight now or is there a some useful thing it can do in the new setup (maybe extend the range of the network?)
I definitely notice faster internet connections with the new extreme base station.

You could set up a Dual Band network.
It means that there is one big network but with two base stations;
I have one supporting 802.11g 2.4Ghz clients and another running as 802.11n only on 5ghz.
You actually get more network bandwidth. It is backwards compatible too. So Airtunes and WDS are supported.
There's a thread on it.

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It would be neat though, to be able to connect
wirelessly on my Dell WinXP laptop over this dial-up
connection at home, the few times I'm going to use
it. So I thought eBaying one of those nice "old"
hockey puck Airport Extremes with built-in 56k
modem.
That should work.
From what I understood, the AE doesn't have a
web-based configuration interface, like most
broadband routers have, but one needs to configure it
installing a software utility, right?
Correct
Being in a
Windows only environment, will I be able to configure
my Airport Extreme-to-be using the Windows software
on
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75422>
Yes.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airport42forwindows.html
? Does anyone of you have any experience with this?
Yes
If so, could you reassure me that this is actually a
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