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Hi all, I have an older flying saucer Airport Extreme a/b/g (think it is snow model it has two ethernet ports and usb but no phone connection about 6 years old) and also a new Airport express b/g/n about 1 year old.
When I first bought the express I tried to use airport utility to extend the network but after a lot of messing about and hours on phone to apple support I discovered that I could not. It was not the end of the world as I was able to join existing network and stream airtunes to hifi in living room but the signal strength in the kitchen was pretty low which was slightly disappointing, my iphone often struggles to get a wifi signal in the kitchen.
I was recently researching some options for my dad and saw a new apple knowledge base article about wds. I downloaded the Graphite Snow update for my airport extreme and followed these instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4262 that let me set up a wds network. I have extreme as main base station, fed by ethernet from my cable modem and the express as a wireless remote. I get a green light on the express and can stream airtunes and access with all my machines. However the WDS does not seem to have increased the signal strength in the Kitchen.
The airport express is in the living room 10m kitchen with no walls between but I still only get around 40% signal, in fact even if I unplug the extreme I get the same around 40% signal. Does this sound wrong?
This suggests that although I get a green light on the express the WDS is not helping.
Should I just go back to the original set up of extreme as main base station and express simply joining network as I have read that WDS slows down the network. If I get no signal boost then I don't want to also lose 50% speed on the network!
Thanks for any replies...
Minskybabs.
powerbook G4 1.25Ghz running OSx 10.4.11, macbook 2Ghz Intel core duo running 10.4.11 also a work pc lenovo laptop running xp.
Airport Extreme (Snow model I think) Airport express (latest n model)
try this:
system preferences - network - advanced - under preferred network - highlight your network and hit the minus sign to delete it.
now, hit the plus sign to detect your network again - then enter your password again when it asks for it....
see if that works for you.
good luck
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