Q: Anyone have experience with using a AT&T UVerse wifi base as the base for a wifi connection to the Airport Extreme? It seems very close to this configuration (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259).
Does anyone have experience with using a AT&T UVerse wifi base as the base for a wifi connection to the Airport Extreme? It seems very close to this configuration (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259).
This would be to remotely locate the Airport Extreme from the AT&T wifi hub so they do not have to be connected via an ethernet wire.
Any hints or steps like the Airport-to-Airport setup would be very much appreciated. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259 .
Thanks!
AirPort Extreme 802.11n (4th Gen), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Posted on Aug 6, 2012 11:40 AM
Sorry, but you will notice that the support article involves extending the wireless signal between two Apple devices.
Apple's "extend" feature was designed to only work with other Apple routers. It is not compatible with Uverse for this purpose.
If you want to use an AirPort Extreme with the Uverse router, it must be connected back to the Uverse router using a wired Ethernet connection.
If you cannot do this, you have two other options:
Add a second AirPort Extreme, so one Extreme will be very close to the Uverse router and will then "extend" using wireless only to the second AirPort Extreme
or
Check with Uverse to see if they have a compatible product that would work with their router to extend the wireless network.
Posted on Aug 6, 2012 11:54 AM