What is the best way to extend time capsule range?

Hello there:
I was wondering what kind of set up do people have in their house to ensure a good coverage all around the house? I've tried several options and none seems to work correctly. I've tried Time capsule + airport base, I've tried two time capsules, but didn't get too far.
Thoughts?

Do you get good coverage all around your house? how big is your house?
The size of the house is not really the issue nearly as much as the obstructions in the signal path. For example, a wireless signal will easily travel 100 feet with no obstructions slowing down the signal.
A "typical" wall of sheetrock and 2 x 4s in a home will on average, absorb about 15-20% of the signal. So, with 3-4 walls in the signal path, it is not hard to understand why a signal will likely be much weaker at the other end of the house, or at the point where you add an "extending" device.
A ceiling is usually about twice the thickness of an average wall or more, so you'll have to take that into account as well if you have multiple stories.
The "extending" device can only repeat the signal that it receives, so if it gets a weak signal, it "extends" a weak signal.
The "best" way to extend is connect the two wireless devices using an Ethernet cable, which may not be easy depending on the construction of the home, but it is by far, the "best" way to provide more wireless coverage to remote areas that need it.

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I have a Time Capsule which I use for wifi as well as backups. I would like to extend its wifi range. Is an Airport Express the best way to do this? Or would an Airport Extreme get better range? Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions!
You did not mention whether you are trying to extend using wireless only, but we'l assume that this is the case.
The AirPort Express and the AirPort Extreme have the same range, so there would be no difference in performance between the two devices.
If you have a newer dual band Time Capsule, a dual band AirPort Extreme would extend both bands...IF....the AirPort Extreme is positioned where it can receive a strong signal from the Time Capsule. The AirPort Extreme would also provide you with 3 ethernet ports if you needed to connect any ethernet devices.
The AirPort Express will extend one band, as it is a single band device, but that may be all you need. Since the AirPort Express can plug directly into an AC outlet, it is usually somewhat easier to place the device where it will be needed.
A good location for an extending device is a point that is about 1/2 to 2/3 the distance from the Time Capsule to the area that will need more wireless coverage, assuming there no major obstructions in the signal path. The idea situation would have the extending device placed where it has close to a line-of-sight relationship with the main router.
Post back if you need configuration details on the extending device, or if you need more information.

What's the best way to use Time Capsule through Extended Wireless Network?

I am operating four computers, three Apples and a PC. All the Apples use Snow Leopard. I have a large house where the cable company's modem and internet access is located downstairs at the far back of the house. That is where I have a 2Tb 802.11n Time Capsule (TC) connected to the modem by ethernet cable. My iMac is there, connected to the TC by ethernet cable. In the middle of the house, also downstairs, I have an Airport Extreme (802.11n) operating as a wireless bridge. Upstairs in the front of the house (very far from the TC and closer but not very close to the AE) I have a home office. That is where my other two Apples--a MacBook Pro and a MacBook Air--are usually located. The PC is located in a bedroom directly above the TC and wirelessly connects to it. At all locations, I get four radio signal strength bars. However, I am not sure that the AE is doing anything, because I get four bars regardless of whether the AE is plugged in, or not. When it is turned on, Airport Utility on all computers shows both the TC and the AE, but I have not been able to find which Airport ID I am actually connected to.
From my home office I do temporarily lose my internet connection from time to time each day, but the connection recovers usually within seconds. I assume this reflects occasional interference or other loss of wireless signal in the distant home office, although I do not see the radio bars diminish to less than the four bars.
All three Apples are set up to use the same TC for backup into Time Machine. However, I have been getting errors on the laptops operating in the home office (a long way from the TC and perhaps connecting directly over wireless or perhaps wirelessly through the AE bridge. Some messages are to the effect of being unable to backup, and others more recently report errors. I think that either due to connection interruptions or merely by suspending or turning off the computer while in the middle of backing up, errors in the Time Machine files were created. I have been unable to delete more than a few of the 8Mb sparsebundle bands so that I can completely get rid of one of the sparsebundles for the MacBook Pro. I was able to get rid of the other sparsebundle for that computer and also the sparsebundle for the MacBook Air. I am reluctant to erase the entire TC, because it has been working for the directly connected (by ethernet cable) iMac sitting right next to the TC.
So, I am wondering what is the experience of others who are trying to use TC successfully from computers located a long distance from the TC with either a direct wireless connection or a bridged wireless connection through an AE or other bridge.
And does anyone have good ideas about how to delete the sparsebundles effectively? I read the various questions and answers in the support community, but so far nothing that I have tried based on those messages seems to work. It seems that when all the Time Machines are set to "Off" and the sparsebundles are expanded to show the individual bands, we ought to be able to delete them fairly expeditiously. Sometimes, I can delete one band fairly quickly, but then the second band will hang forever. More often, I can't even delete the first band.

Thank you, Bob. I followed the procedure you stated. My AE is working. I did register its BSSID when I put my laptop next to it. This is also the BBSID I am getting when in my home office at the far end of the house from the TC. This means I am using the extended bridge AE when working and trying to use the automated backup feature in Time Machine. Do you think I should turn off Time Machine on these laptops when they are in the home office, and bring them into the room with the TC occasionally to have a better connection (wireless to TC or by connecting an ethernet cable) when trying to make Time Machine backups for them?
Interestingly (in contrast to the exact match of BBSID's for my AE), when I compared the BSSID for my TC in Airport Utility to the BBSID of the TC using the option key and the fan shaped Airport icon, the BBSID's matched except for the last two digits. In Airport Utility, they are 2F. In the fan shaped Airport icon they are 30.
Also, the AE signal, being centrally located on the first floor of the house, seems to be the one most in use. When I walked my laptop away from the AE all the way back to the TC, the laptop automatically switched over to the TC only once. Most of the time, the laptop is still connecting wirelessly with the AE. To switch back to the TC, I have to turn Airport off, and then turn it back on again.
I don't know how efficient or inefficient the Time Machine is when connecting to the TC indirectly through an AE bridge.

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I have bt infinity and want to connect my time capsual to it does anybody know what configuration would get the best connection?

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Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Question 1: How can we have the Airport Create a separate Network, so the Wireless Clients CAN’T SEE or ACCESS the Network Volumes from the Primary Network, but can still get access to the Internet through the Primary Network?
There is no way to do this. Any of the wireless clients of the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) can see any device connected to the AEBS's WAN port. Clients of a subnet can see anything on the supernet.
You could configure you network like this:
Internet-> (WAN) AEBS (LAN) -> Primary router
As long as the Primary router was providing DHCP/NAT the things on the LAN side of the Primary router would be hidden from the AEBS clients.
A better solution may be to have 2 completely separate networks OR invest in some type of network security firewall device to actively isolate your Primary network.
Question 2: What is the best way to use the Airport Express to “EXTEND” the Airport Extreme’s Wireless Network? I have tried WDS “Main” for Extreme and WDS “Remote” for Express, but all that doesn’t allow you to use the Extreme to Create a Separate Network, it uses the DHCP Server built into the Primary Network’s Router. Also tried to set the Express to “EXTEND WIRELESS NETWORK”, which seems to work, but I am not sure why. Because I don’t have a cable from the Extreme to the Express, which is sounds like you have to when it is setup that way!!
WDS is 802.11g's method of wirelessly extending a network.
"Extend wireless network" is 802.11n's method of wirelessly extending a network.
Neither of them require the AirPort Express (AX) to be cabled to the AEBS.

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I am creating a chart recorder for collecting various engine data. I need to plot engine speed, crank angle, and various analog data on an XY graph. I am using a counter and a mag pickup to continuously measure the frequency of the flywheel teeth. From this data I create an array of timestamps based on accumulated periods for each frequency measurement. My problem is, how do I determine the absolute timestamp for the first frequency of the buffered data? I need to sync the frequency data with the analog data so I can plot it all vs time on an XY graph. The flywheel has 201 teeth and the engine runs at 600 RPM.
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Do you know how to check to see if the Time Capsule is configured this way?
Next question.....you really should not try to have two wireless networks....one Arris and another Time Capsule.....unless it is absolutely necessary. Two wireless routers in close proximity can create wireless interference effects that can cause problems with either...or both...networks.
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What's the best way to extend my wifi network w/ airport products?

First off, thanks for your help in advance.
I have a u verse triple play 2wire modem which is my base wifi, which I never use for anything, but it came as part of my uverse. To that I have 2 wifi routers hooked up, a cheap netgear n router and an airport express. Both work great but neither reaches the master suite nor the master bath. I'd like to either move one of those or buy another and wirelessly connect it to my existing network. My thought is if I can I'd like to keep the AX where it is and move the netgear, since I live in FL and the power goes out sometimes for a few minutes. The netgear needs to be turned on again but the AX starts up on it's own. So if the netgear is in a different spot affecting service in the nether reaches of my home, I'll be more likely to turn it on. As it stands now, I usually don't bother with the netgear at all since I've added that AX. If it's on, it's on, but I usually prefer to connect to AX.
I'm not unwilling to purchase another AX or Airport Extreme or even a time capsule.
In my home there are 3 iPads, 2 iPhones, an iMac and a MBP along with 2 dell laptops, an xbox 360, a wii and a PS3.
Any advice would be helpful. I've heard there's something called WDS but I don't know what it is nor how to set it up.
thanks again!
[email protected]

since I live in FL and the power goes out sometimes for a few minutes. The netgear needs to be turned on again
Great how privatised power utilities are rapidly approaching third world standards on power reliability. Power network equipment from UPS.. it doesn't have to be expensive.. a few dollars for SLA battery direct.. amazing how it improves the reliability of networks.
What model netgear? When you say it has to be turned again does it need rebooting or just uses a soft switch and needs power on.. no option to power on automatically after power drop out.. ??
How are the 2 wifi routers hooked up now?? Ethernet back to the uverse router?? Or some other way?
You will have issues.. you cannot do wireless extend (repeater in normal speak) between apple and non-apple equipment.. WDS will cause everything to drop back to G wireless with WEP security.. don't go there.
I'm not unwilling to purchase another AX or Airport Extreme or even a time capsule.
Sorry but that makes wireless extend really hard.. you might get the netgear to extend to the uverse.. since they are not apple products.. but even then you may not find it easy.
What about spending some money.. or is it just apple routers you don't want to buy.
A pair of EOP adapters might do the job brilliantly and give better speed and reliability than any wireless bridging ever can..

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