Setting up wireless extender

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Setting up wireless extender

How do I set up a wireless extender on my mac mini?

Do I do this within the Aiport section in System Preferences and Network? On this page which Network do I choose, the extender or the router? Do I have airport switched on or off?

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Posted on Jan 14, 2010 9:45 AM

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Dah•veed

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Jan 14, 2010 5:29 PM in response to skippers76

After you have created the initial wireless network in Sys Prefs/Network you can extend this network using the AirPort Utility found in Apps/Utilities. After you open the AirPort Utility you can find AirPort Utility Help in the Help menu. There are all the instruction articles about creating and extending your wireless network using the AirPort Utility.

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Jan 15, 2010 2:34 AM in response to Dah•veed

Many thanks. Do you mean the Aiport Admin Utility?

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Dah•veed

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Jan 15, 2010 7:54 AM in response to skippers76

Yes. Sorry.

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Jan 20, 2010 10:37 AM in response to Dah•veed

After plugging the Sitecom wireless extender in and the USB device a Network was automatically set up showing me an IP address for my machine but nothing for the router.

What do I do now?

The Help files talk about selecting a base station in the Airport Admin Utility but there is nothing there to select.

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Dah•veed

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Jan 20, 2010 11:23 AM in response to skippers76

Oh, so you are not dealing with an all-Apple network. Sorry, When you said AirPort, I thought that you were using an AirPort base station and adding an AirPort Express to extend the network.

If you are using other brands, then you probably would need to consult the manual for your wireless router and see how to configure the router to use the extender.

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