HT204617: Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring an extended wireless network (802.11n)
Learn about Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring an extended wireless network (802.11n)
Q: can I support two airport expresses with one airport extreme to extend my wireless network?
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Dec 27, 2013 9:44 AMby Bob Timmons,If the Airport Extreme is your main router, you can configure an AirPort Express to "extend" the network wirelessly to provide more coverage, as long as the Express is located where it can receive a strong signal from the AirPort Extreme.
A second Express could be added if you need to "extend" the signal from the AirPort Extreme in a different direction. This Express also needs to be located where it can receive a strong signal from the AirPort Extreme.
Each AirPort Express should be be located about the same distance from the AirPort Extreme.....and each AirPort Express must be closer to the AirPort Extreme than the other Express.
Another way of saying the same thing is that you cannot use a second Express to wirelessly extend the signal that the first Express is already extending.
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Dec 27, 2013 10:18 AMby Bob Timmons,Not necessarily, unless you have a new AirPort Extreme 802.11ac model now, and you want to extend the faster "ac" signals to the remote area.
So far, this discussion is about extending using wireless.....but you might want to consider that the very best way to extend a network is connect the AirPorts together using a wired Ethernet connection, if that is possible.
When you do it this way, you can locate the AirPorts wherever you want.
