Why does airport express not extend range?

New airport express recognised OK but there is no extension of range. Why might that be?

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  • I have an airport extreme attached to cable, then one airport express to extend the range. when i try to add an additional airport express to extend range in another area of house, can't get it to work. unility says it has found a new base station

    i have an airport extreme attached to cable, then one airport express to extend the range. when i try to add an additional airport express to extend range in another area of house, can't get it to work. utility says it has found a new base station and asks if i want to use it. if i click yes, then the old setup is disabled.

    Ok, thanks for clarifying which models you have. Please see the following Apple Support article on how to configure these older base stations for a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

  • Airport Express to Extend Range of Airport Extreme 802.11 ac???

    Hi:
    We just installed a new Airport Extreme 802.11 ac. I would like to extend range within the house with our older Airport Express. I plug in the Airport Express (model A1264) 1 m away from the Extreme, but the light just blinks yellow on the Express. When one turns to Airport Utility, the box in the top left (Other Wi-Fi Devices) shows no other discovered options. Is this 802.11 n Express not compatible with my new 802.11 ac extreme, or am I doing something stupid/wrong?
    Thanks!

    Tried soft and hard reboots on the Express.  I now have a slowly flashing yellow light.
    But, Airport Utility under the tab "Other Wi-Fi Devices" still lists nothing.
    Airport Utility in the main window has a globe with a green dot next to the word "Internet" under it.
    There is a vertical line under the globe going to an icon of my brand new Airport Extreme that has a green dot under it and the name of the Airport Extreme.
    My iMac is connected to the internet via an ethernet cable (Wi-Fi is off).
    This is the same configuration I had with my old Base Station, but for some reason the Airport Express doesn't show up in Airport Utility with my new Airport Extreme as the base station and I have no idea how to use Airport Express as a range extender.
    Again, thank you for your advice and help.

  • AIRPORT EXPRESS TO EXTEND RANGE OF BT HOMEHUB ( UK )

    Hello , Can anyone help me out please ?
    I have just switched to BT HOME HUB and would like to use airport express to extend the range . Spent ages with tech support and me trying out different options but had no luck . Does any one know if this is possible and if so please let me know how ?
    Thanks
    Chris

    Is your modem a BT Voyager 2100? If not, then the answer is no.
    The AirPort Express (AX) can only extend a wireless network when it is connected to a wireless network using Apple's WDS. Most 3rd party wireless base stations are NOT compatible.

  • Original Airport Express to extend range of non-Apple WiFi network

    I own one of the original Aiport Express devices in addition to an Actiontec PK5000 modem/router.  I would like to use the Airport Express to extend the range of the non-Apple router/wifi network.
    I heard it is possible to do this using a direct connection with an ethernet cable.  Is this possible?
    Thanks

    With the AirPort Express (AX) powered up, hold in the reset button for 8-10 seconds and then release. Allow a minute for the AX to restart.
    Connect the AX to the Actiontec gateway with the Ethernet cable, which I assume is working correctly.
    Open AirPort Utility and click Continue to follow the guided setup to "Create a wireless network". Use the exact same wireless network name, WPA2 Security, and wireless network password as the Actiontec network.
    AirPort Utility should recommend "Bridge Mode" for the AX, which is the correct setting.
    Once the AX is updated with the new settings, be sure to power cycle the entire network. That means powering everything off, waiting a minute, then powering up the Actiontec first for a minute, then the AX, then each device one at time until everything is powered back up.
    If the Actiontec is using standard wireless settings, the network will behave as if it is one large wireless network.

  • Why are my Airport Expresses not extending my network?

    I have an AirPort TimeCapsule connected to the Internet.  It provides wifi perfectly within about 20 feet.  I purchased two Aiport Expresses to extend the network. The airport expresses are set up with Network Mode = "Extend a wireless network", with the goal of having wifi available farther than 20 feet from the Airport time capsule.  According to the Airport Utility on my iMac and on my iPhone, this configuration is working perfectly.  Everything is plugged in and all the devices are showing green lights in Airport Utility, all in one daisy chain (airport timecapsule is connected to express 1 which is connected to express 2).  There's only one problem:  I get no wifi connection when I'm about 4 feet away from the airport express which is farthest from the time capsule.  The Airport Express has a green light, but I have no signal even 4 feet away from it.  It seems as if the Expresses aren't doing anything.  My wifi is still only available within 20 feet of the airport time capsule.  How can I be 4 feet from an Airport Express that has a green light (which is also displaying green in Airport Utility) and yet have no wifi?

    You may not be aware that you can only "extend" one time.
    Apple's extend setup works like the hub and spokes of a wheel.  The Time Capsule would be the "hub" and each extending device resides at the end of a separate spoke.
    The extending device at the end of the spoke communicates directly to the hub.
    You can have additional extending devices, but each one connects directly to the hub.....not to another device at the end of another "spoke".
    If your display in AirPort Utility displays a "chain", the last device is NOT extending anything.
    In order for both of your Express devices to be working correctly, both of them will display as connecting directly to the Time Capsule. Both Express devices will be displayed on the same horizontal line side by side with dotted line connections to the Time Capsule.
    Ideally, your Time Capsule would be located in a central location, so that each extending device would be located about the same distance from the Time Capsule.
    If you have an AirPort Express closer to another Express that it is to the Time Capsule, it will connect to the Express....just as your display likely indicates.

  • Why does Airport Utility not support Airport Express A1084?

    Airport Utility 1.3.4 (134.22) on my iPad (iOS 8.1.2 (12B440)) and the version of Airport Utility included with the very latest issued version of OSX on my iMac do not recognize Airport Express model A1084. I can still get on the internet via the AE A1084. Because I cannot configure the AE A1084 I am unable to set password protection on the wifi network or perform other functions.
    Is there a fix or work around?
    Has Apple abandoned these older AE's (programmed obsolescence), meaning I'll have to buy a new device?
    Safari on the iPad has been having problems with web sites, dropping and reloading them - attempts to fix that by resetting network settings resulted in losing access to the AE wifi network. The Airport Express network appears in the "Set up new Airport Base Station" window, but attempts to access it produce the message "The Airport Express named "Apple Network XXXX" cannot be set up by this software."

    That is a complex question, and would assume that you had Snow Leopard on the Mac at one time. Best to post your question in the support forum for the operating system that you are using now. Click the link and select your current operating system.
                  Mac OS & System Software     
    Doing something like this not for the faint of heart, and should be best left to an IT technician. That is going to be a significant expense.
    For far less money, and many less headaches trying to revert to an earlier operating system, and knowing that most Express devices only lasted about 5 years, on average, if it were me, I would buy a new Express device or devices and be thrilled that I got about twice as much use as normal from the older A1084 model.

  • Why does Airport Express slow down my wireless network??

    Hello, guys! Here I am again, seeking for help...
    Ok, so here's the situation: my internet service provides me with 10Mbps. My cable modem is hooked up to a 4-month old Airport Extreme in my home office, two walls away from the living room, where I'm typing from now. Internet's wireless speed in this living room has always been about 10Mbps, barely any loss when switching my signal from cable to wireless.
    I then decided to buy an Airport Express in order to extend my wireless network, since I want to work in a room far from this living room and with Airport Extreme alone I got no internet signal there.
    Ok, so I installed the Express right at the living room (I can say it's pretty much at the middle of the house) and now I got full internet sign at the far room, great!
    HOWEVER, my wireles speed has been cut by half!! At this very same living room where the signal was 10Mbps before I installed the Aiport Express, it's now - at the very best!- 5Mbps!! Needless to say that it's even slower at the far room it was intendend to extend the signal to, but that was kind of expected.
    *But why does it cut in half my internet speed at the living room if Airpot Extreme IS delivering 10Mbps at that point of the house??* Am I not setting it up properly, how can I solve this??
    Thank you so much for any help you can give me!
    Cheers,
    Renata
    Message was edited by: rgobrasil

    After some more analysis, I discovered that this tends to happen everytime a Time Capsule backup is performed.....

  • How to set-up new Airport Express to extend range of Airport Extreme

    Purchased a new Airport Express to use it as a range extender on existing home network with an operating Airport Extreme base station. While I've read instructions, I'm unclear whether the Express needs to be connected by ethernet cable for its initial setup, or can I simply plug it and initialize it wirelessly onto the same household network? (I've tried the latter but without success).

    to edex67 and Bob Timmons:
    My objective is to extend the wireless range of the Airport Extreme base station wirelessly - so I do appreciate that the Airport Express would needsto be located haflway between the base station and the "dead zone" area.
    The suggestion of using a Powerline ethernet connection to the Airport Express has merit (especially as I have one available).
    I continue to use OSX 10.6.8 - does this affect my set-up in any way?
    My problem had been - and remains - how to configure the Airport Express in range extend mode - I did click these boxes on both the Extreme base station and the Express, however the Express still has flashing amber lights and error codes - one indicating no internet availability on the Airport Express.

  • How to use Airport Express to extend range in conjunction with Belkin N Wireless Router

    I would like to know how I can extend the range of my Belkin N1 Wireless Router using the the Apple Airport Express? I saw a similar post to this question but the results talk about using this in conjunction with time capsule - I only have a Belkin router and the Airport Express.
    If so, can someone help me to find out which settings/configuration I need to set of my Router and Airport Express in order the extend the range of my network.
    Thank you in advance for your support.

    Thank you for your quick reply. Can you please expand upon how to set up the 'bridge' mode?
    I tried connecting the AE via Ethernet from the Belkin router but was not successful in being able to get any additional coverage. I feel like I am missing a vital set of instructions with set-up/configuration details.
    Thanks again.

  • Airport express to extend range

    I have airport extreme, and a express to extend wifi range.
    I bought another express to extend more. But if I understand express doesn't connect in other express am I right ?
    Express show in the airport utility with green light but the wifi doesn't work.
    can someone help me ?

    If you need to cover a long distance than the first option, using a "static" WDS, is the way you would want to go.
    Here are the steps to set it up:
    (Note: To facilitate the WDS set up, temporarily connect the remote & relay base stations to the AEBSn by Ethernet during the set up phase, and then, relocate them to the desired locations when complete. Also, jot down the AirPort IDs (MAC addresses) for each of the base stations to be used in the WDS. The AirPort ID and is printed on the label on the bottom/side of the base station.)
    Main Base Station Setup - AEBSn
    o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the main base station.
    o Open AirPort Utility (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
    o Select the main base station, and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base
    Station menu.
    o Enter the base station password if necessary. If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
    o Click Wireless in the toolbar, and then, choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu. Note: You will need to hold down the Option key in order to get this option on the AEBSn, 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn), or Time Capsule (TC).
    o Click WDS and then, choose “WDS main” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
    o Select the “Allow wireless clients” checkbox if you want client computer to connect to this base station.
    o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the base station you want to connect to this base station.
    o Click Update to send the new settings to the base stations in the WDS.
    Remote Base Station Setup - AX#1
    o Open AirPort Utility; select the remote base station, and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
    o Enter the base station password, if necessary.
    o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
    o Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then, click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and then, choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
    o Click WDS and choose “WDS remote” from the pop-up menu.
    o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the WDS Main field.
    o Click Update to transfer the settings to the base station.
    Relay Base Station Setup - AX#2
    o Open AirPort Utility; select the relay base station, and then, choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
    o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
    o Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then, click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and then, choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
    o Click WDS and choose “WDS relay” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
    o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the Main AirPort ID field.
    o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the remote base station this relay base station will connect to.
    o Click Update to transfer the new WDS settings to the relay and remote base stations.
    (ref: Pages 42-46 of "Designing AirPort Networks.)

  • Connecting two Airport Expresses to extend range, please help!

    Hello I have two AX, one which is connected to my broadband modem. I would like to use my 2nd AX to extend the range of my first AX, is there anyway this is possible? I've seen a picture of the opening screen for the Airport Express Setup that there is a box to tick, that allows you to do exactly that, but when I open up my setup, no such option exists for me. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. I'm using Mac os 10.4.9 (no leopard, no intel)

    Yes that is possible if you configure the 2 AirPort Express (AX) to connect wirelessly using WDS.
    KB 107454, Using the AirPort Admin Utility to create a WDS network with multiple base stations

  • Why does this expression not work as I'd hoped?

    I have a Black Solid 3 with a CC Particle World placed within it. I have some particles set up to run at 0.01 velocity outward from the center of my composition. I've put the following expression on the Velocity setting:
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    Message was edited by: James Wingate

    One way is to prepare a "Remap Speed" slider somewhere in the comp that will control the remapping speed, and animate it.
    0 = time lock, 1 = normal speed, 2 = speedx2, etc
    Then in the time remap property of the layer, set this expression:
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  • Why does airport express force me 2go wired with my laptop-to-netgear setup

    This is what I had and wanted to do: My laptop was connected wirelessly to my netgear router. i wanted to have airport express join my wireless network. after many many hours of trial and error, I've succeeded getting airport express to work with netgear. But, BUT, only if I plug an ethernet cable into my laptop to my netgear router. After getting Airport Express to wirelessly connect to my router, my windows wireless connection says windows can't connect because it failed to receive a signal or response from the router. when i force connect, it's signal strength is so low it doesn't work.
    so what gives? i'm seeking a solution that will allow my to go wireless again between my laptop and my netgear router.
    is it perhaps something to do with wireless channels? is the airport hogging all the space?
    apple should be castigated for making it so difficult to get the Airport Express to work with third-party routers. don't sell something aimed at consumers if it takes conceivably an engineer's brain and hours of fiddling to make it work.
    thanks in advance for your swift responses.

    As to your first question: You should re-read my post, as I already said: the AX is connected wirelessly to the netgear router. But I'll be clearer:
    This is what I had and wanted to do: My laptop was connected wirelessly to my netgear router. i wanted to have airport express join my wireless network. after many many hours of trial and error, I've succeeded getting airport express to wirelessly connect to netgear. But, BUT, only if I plug an ethernet cable into my laptop to my netgear router. After getting Airport Express to wirelessly connect to my router, my windows wireless connection says windows can't connect because it failed to receive a signal or response from the router. when i force connect, it's signal strength is so low it doesn't work.
    As to your second request: I'm loath to publish my settings on this or any forum. Plus, I don't even know what you mean by "wireless pane" and "internet pane" settings. If you can explain the terms, plus convince me posting this data won't represent a security risk to me, maybe.
    Finally: I don't want to set up a new wireless network, particularly because, according to Apple, with Airport Express, I don't have to. What's the point of advertising that this thing can "join an existing wireless network," particularly when it seems to have kicked off my laptop from said network?

  • Can I use an airport express as a range extender to a NON apple router using an internet cable (so not wireless)

    can I use an airport express as a range extender to a NON apple router using an internet cable (so not wireless)

    Yes, if the AirPort Express is set up to create a wireless network that uses the exact same wireless network name as the other router and the same wireless network password as the other router.

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