Will airport express increase internet speed?

I currently uses the net wirelessly with a 802.11b wireless router.
I was wondering if purchasing an airport express which uses 802.11g would increase my internet speed or if i'll just be wasting my money lol

Thanks for the response... I have to say i'm stlightly confused...you say that the internet will not become any faster, and I understand why from your explanion...but what then is the difference between my "wireless transfer" being sped up and the speed of my intenet?....in other words what do you mean by "wireless transfer" and what is the advantage of it being sped up?

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Does Airport Express decrease internet speed?

Right now I use wireless DSL in the home & the speed is very poor - 1.5 Mbps is the fastest available in my area. I have purchased an AE for airtunes and also want to extend the range in my house. Will using AE reduce my wireless internet speed when I connect to it? This would make a big difference to 1.5 mpbs.
Thanks,
J

Thanks for the info.
You will be able to configure your AirPort Express to "join" the wireless network created by the 2-wire for airtunes.
Unfortunately, the Express will only "extend" a wireless network that has been created by another Apple base station, so it is not compatible for this use with the 2-wire.

Airport Express (vs. Airport Extreme) in internet speed

I live in a small dorm room and I have varying internet speeds on my university network. I would therefore like to create my own reliable network to use on my Macbook Pro Retina, iPhone 6, and iPad Air, which I believe all make use of fast connectivity. So my question is that will Airport Extreme increase my internet speed versus the Airport Express? I used an ethernet-USB adapter and got 94mbps download, 94mbps upload and the Wifi network gave me 131mbps DL and 187mbps UL. I know that Extreme offers up to 1.3Gbps and Express up to 300Mbps, but if the ethernet port offers speed likely less than 300Mbps, does it matter which Airport I get?

You should always buy the extreme when you want speed.. a second hand Gen5 AE from ebay is much smaller and neater than the new AC one.. and will give you 450Mbps on 5ghz.. as well as gigabit..
You will need to buy thunderbolt to ethernet adapter.. the USB one is limited.
Internet speed will still be determined by the uni network.. so improvement in that might or might not happen.. 11

AirPort Express - slow internet

Hi!
I bought an AirPort Express and conected it with my MacBook. My internet conection speed was very good before I did it (conected AirPort). Now, internet speed dropped very much.
What is wrong , where can i find some help?

I had a similar problem. My Airport Extreme takes internet signals from a cable modem and distributes over a wifi network extended by two Airport Expresses. I noticed a big slowdown when loading web pages on my iMac. My wife's iMac was downloading at better than 6 mps. When I bypassed the wifi and connected my iMac directly to the modem, I got 6 mps. I unplugged the two Airport Expresses and got 6 mps on my iMac. When I plugged in one of the Airport Expresses, my download speed fell to 100 kps. I moved my iMac into the same room as my wife's iMac. I got 150 kbs on my machine and 6 mps on my wife's. Then I changed the channel from 1 to 6 on the Airport Extreme and the Airport Expresses. That solved the problem. I conclude that I was getting some radio interference on channel 1, probably from the numerous wireless appliances around our house (telephone, weather station, solar power inverter data logging). I don't know why the presence of an active Airport Express caused the problem.

Will airport express work with 3G wirelessly without access to Y Fi connection ? (usinmg an iPad )

I do not have wi Fi at work. Will airport express work with just the 3G on my Ipad2?

In addition to Keith's comments, if you are asking if the iPad can configure an Apple router like the AirPort Express, the answer would be yes, if you download and install AirPort Utility from the App Store. It's free.
I'm assuming that you have a newer version of the Express. Check the Model No on the side of the device. It needs to be A1264.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airport-utility/id427276530
if you do not have an Ethernet Internet connection to connect to the Ethernet port on the Express, you can still use the Express to "Create a wireless network", but of course devices will not be able to connect to the Internet. The Express will complain, but you can ignore the error messages.
If your printer is wireless, hopefully it is an AirPrint compatible printer. Then you would be able to print from the iPad. Check this Apple Support document for information about compatible printers. There might be other applications that would allow this as well. Check Keith's post for that info.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
I'm still not clear on exactly what you are trying to do, and devices that you have, so if you can state your goals again....we can make sure that we are not missing something.

Why won't my airport express allow internet connection on TV blu ray? I have internet connection on iMac

Why won't my Airport Express allow internet connection on my Blu Ray when there is internet connection on my IMac?

I'm guessing you only have the modem/router supplied by your isp and the Airport Express. Is the Airport Express connected to the modem/router with an ethernet cable? If not, plug one end of the cable into an available port on the modem/router and the other end in to the WAN port, indicated with a dashed circle, on the Airport Express.
Have a nice day.

Will airport express be compatable with windows vista

will airport express be compatable with windows vista

vista will not be compatable because I do not have the capability in vista to download AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows, which is a requirement for the ethernet connection to the Airport Express. Is that correct?
No, sorry for the confusion.
You would need 5.6.1 on the PC only if you intend to use that to initially setup and configure the Express. I understand that you will be using the Mac to setup the Express, correct?
5.6.1 is not needed if all the Vista machine will be doing is connecting using Ethernet or wireless to the network. You don't have to install anything on the Vista machine if all it will be doing is connecting to the Express.

√using successfully airport express for internet/ when hooking up new airport extreme light glows green, but does NOT appear in devices seen????airport wifi devices

using sucessfully airport express for internet
when hooking up new airport extreme light glows green, but does NOT appear in devices sesn in 5.6 airport wifi devices
wanting to use extreme at base and express in another part of the house

How is the express getting internet? What modem is it plugged into?
How is the extreme setup? New extreme cannot be setup with 5.6 utility.. you must use latest 6.3. Which also means you cannot setup from computer using less than Lion .. or you must use iOS with latest utility but it has limited configuration cf the computer version.
IPv6 is also needed.. turn on local link.

When will airport express support 802.11ac

when will airport express support 802.11ac

We are all users here on a user-to-user support forum......just like you.....so no one here will have any idea about what a notoriously secretive company like Apple might do, or when they might do it.
If Apple makes an official announcement regarding a new product, then we will all know.

AirPort Express (2nd) Internet Connection Speed

Dear All
First of all, I looked everywhere on the internet about this issue I’m having and couldn’t find any solution. To explain my issue let me tell you how and why I use AirPort Express shortly;
My Purpose
I have a wireless network and all my PCs are connected in one network. I have a Windows server and using it for general purposes and also as a file server. But if someone joins my network, they all are able to see my shared folders. They are able to read/write files (even delete them).
So I decided to create 2 networks with AirPort Express (2nd Generation). I have a wireless network for internal use only (for me and my PCs) and one Guest network.
Everything seems okay and there is nothing wrong.
How I Installed AirPort Express (APE)
I connected APE to my router (standard US Robotics DSL router) and my switch to APE. I used AirPort Utility on a Windows 8 PC and configured APE settings.
Base Station status seems normal (have a green light as well) and works okay. I can use my internal network, my PCs are communication with each other (they are all on the same switch). Guest network also works okay and seems like there is nothing wrong.
My router uses 192.168.2.xx IP range and APE is using its own 10.0.1.xx IP range. This makes APE to add an issue to Issues list as Double NAT.
What is Wrong?
I have internet connection and I can browse web pages and do that kind of things. But my internet connection is really slow and some times cannot display web pages. I have to refresh some pages a few times to display it. My ping increased 5-6 times over than normal.
I thought the problem is the PC that I’m using but then realized that every PC has the same issue. I made a speed test and it showed 352ms ping to the nearest server to me which is really a high value.
My connection is unstable. It’s not dropping but speed suffers. Here is a test result. In this test my ping was 31 ms but as you see speeds are suffering. My connection is supposed to be 8mbps (Down) and 1mbps (Up).
What should I do to fix it? What is the point I’m missing? Could you please help me? Please let me know if you require further information.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards

Dear All;
I just disabled DHCP Server from my router and now it seems to be better. But I don't know if it's something that I shouldn't do or not. Have any ideas?
This is the new result after disabling DHCP from my US Robotics router. There are still some minor issues (latency, slow downs etc.) but now seems to be better than before.
PS: I still have that "Double NAT" notification under Issues section.
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Will airport express allow me to have internet anywhere?

I'm considering buying an airport express only if it will allow me to have internet anywhere I go.
What exactly does airport express do and what does it require to do this?

The AirPort Express is a wireless router.
If you want Internet access capabilities, you will need to connect it to a broadband modem.
Or, if you are traveling and the hotel happens to have an Ethernet port, you can connect the Express to that port and set up a wireless network in your hotel room.
However, if you do travel regularly, you already know that most hotels provide wireless signals and that it is getting to be very difficult to find a hotel that still has Ethernet jacks in the rooms.

Will signal strength or internet speed suffer when using a Generation 1 Time Capsule and wireless extending a network with a Generation 5 Airport Extreme

I have a wireless network in my home and I have a Time Capsule 1st generation and a Airport Extreme 5th Generation, will this cause my internet to be slow or have glitches with signal strength?

We've gone over this in the other thread.
If the Time Capsule will be connecting using wireless only, everything depends on the quality of the connection between the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule.
The quality of the connection will be affected by the distance that the Time Capsule is located from the AirPort Extreme and any obstructions in the signal path.
If you have a ceiling between the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule, then you should expect the signal arriving at the Time Capsule to have lost 30-40% of its bandwidth (speed). So, the Time Capsule can only repeat the weaker signal that it receives.
Other walls or other obstructions like heavy furniture, large mirrors, etc will also affect the wireless signal as well as cordless phones and other wireless networks around you.
If you are lucky enough to have line-of-sight between the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule, then the wireless connection between those devices can work quite well. Few of us have this luxury, and must settle for significant compromises in performance.
If the wireless connection between the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule does the job for you reliably, then you can leave things as is. If you are not getting the reliable performance that you need, then you will need to establish a wired Ethernet connection between the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule.
As you might imagine, there is virtually no signal loss in a wire, even up to 300+ feet or 100 meters.

Airport Express lowers internet data rate

When I run an internet speed test with my cable modem connected to my iMac with an ethernet cable I typically get download speeds around 110 Mbps. When I connect my cable modem to my Apple Express and use my Apple Express wifi to connect my iMac I typically get download speeds around 70 Mbps. I understand the Apple Express is capable of 100 Mbps data rates. Any ideas how I might increase my wifi data rate when using wifi?

The Gen1 is indeed single band..
And if you need 2.4ghz you have no choice but to use it..
Selecting N only does not necessarily select 5ghz.. as both 2.4ghz and 5ghz are N wireless. All that selection does is prevent G and A and B wireless devices joining. However you maybe right that it is forcing the connection to 5ghz.. the way to find out is hold the option key and click the wifi fan in the top menu area of the mac and check what it says.. or open the wireless diagnostics you will find in the same place.
It appears the current generation Apple Express includes a LAN ethernet port that would allow a wired ethernet connection for my iMac (and I assume throughput the 100+Mbps speeds my ISP provides) to my iMac while simultaneously providing wifi for the other devices in my household.
The ethernet of the later 2nd Gen express will allow you to reach 100Mbps but that is the Max.. if you share with wireless you still cannot exceed 100Mbit.. even if the link is to local lan.. That is why I said the right product is the extreme. If you don't want to buy a new Gen6 Airport Extreme .. buy a Gen5 second hand.. they cost less than a new Express and work better.. having 4 gigabit ethernet ports and higher speed 5ghz.

Airport Express Wi-Fi speeds

Hello
I bought my Airport express for 1,5 year ago. However im getting rather frustrated regarding the Wi-Fi speeds!
As for now, my internet connection is equal to 100/100 Mbit. However im getting it upgraded to 250/100 Mbit in this month.
I started running some tests on my airport, but unfortunately im not able to get above 70mbit!! No matter how much i tweek my settings, thats the max juice i can get from it..
- The express is placed around 6 meters away from my imac. I have done channel scans in order to avoid interferance! But no luck!
Now the only thing i can do is to ask how fast the actual wi-fi is in my router? - I know that the ports can support 100mbit, and there is no problem when i connect my LAN cable in the express..
What is there left to do. the support didnt know the wi-fi speed on it?!
IF i buy the extreme base station, will it be able to support my coming connection? i know its wierd to ask for, but what are my opportunities? is it even possible to get wi-fi units that supports these kind of speeds?

However im getting it upgraded to 250/100 Mbit in this month.
On a very good day, the AirPort Express could handle 100 Mbps, but no more.
I started running some tests on my airport, but unfortunately im not able to get above 70mbit!
It is normal to have some loss when the signal is converted to wireless, then broadcast, then received by the computer and then converted back to a wired signal. 30% loss is a bit high, but 10-15% would be normal and expected.
Unless you are lucky enough to live in a very isolated area with no other wireless network around you, it is likely that your network will pick up some interference from other networks around you, cordless phones, and any number of other devices.....all of which can and will slow down the wireless signal.
IF you have a new Express.....the one with both a WAN port and LAN port, connect your Mac directly to the LAN port, turn off the wireless on the computer, and check to see what speeds that you get that way.
IF i buy the extreme base station, will it be able to support my coming connection?
The WAN and LAN ports on the AirPort Extreme support up to 1,000 Mbps, or Gigabit speeds.
i know its wierd to ask for, but what are my opportunities?
It is never possible to predict wireless performance, since there are so many variables involved....including interference from other networks in your neighborhood.
Buy from Apple, and you have 14 days to return the product....no questions asked....if you are not happy.

AirPort Express Choking Internet Access?

My AirPort Express is running the 7.5.2 update and is plugged into my Comcast modem.
I keep having download/upload speeds dropping way below what I should be getting. Speedtest.net keeps showing download speeds of around 5mbps or less on average but I should be getting around 15mbps.
I've tried troubleshooting with Comcast with no improvements. I suspect it's network congestion but they just won't admit it because I've done speed tests on a weekday during business hours and it works great. But in the evenings/weekends it's poor.
The AirPort Express is directly below my desktop computer so I doubt there's enough interference to cause this slowdown.
I've set the radio signal in the AX to 802.11n 5mhz only thinking that would help.
The AX is about 3 years old. Does it just need replacing?
Would appreciate any suggestions for how to change settings, etc., that might eliminate this problem.

Speedtest.net keeps showing download speeds of around 5mbps or less on average but I should be getting around 15mbps
You are connecting to an optimized server when you do this. All this number tells you is what speed you are connecting at to that particular dedicated server which performs no other functions such as transferring a normal amount of data that would usually be present during a normal Internet connection.
Your actual connection speed will vary quite a bit depending on what site you are visiting, how many users are on the site, and many other things, including congestion on your providers service (which they will never admit).
I've done speed tests on a weekday during business hours and it works great. But in the evenings/weekends it's poor.
You pretty much have your answer already.
I've set the radio signal in the AX to 802.11n 5mhz only thinking that would help.
It won't help your internet connection speed since that is controlled by your provider. Your AX is capable of much higher speeds that the ISP can ever provide. If you are using 5 GHz, these signals are much weaker than 2.4 GHz signals, so you really need close to a line-of-sight relationship between the AirPort Express and your computer using 5 GHz. Since your AX is close to the computer this may not affect things that much, but if you were a few rooms away, you would see that the 5 GHz signal was much weaker than the 2.4 GHz signal.
The main advantage of using 5 GHz is that you avoid other networks using the congested 2.4 GHz Channels.

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