How I extend my wifi with a Vodafone router?

Hello, I have a DSL connection via Vodafone wifi Router (DSL-Easybox A 601 WLAN), and I would like to extend this wifi with my AEBS, but when I try to configurate it via wifi to to this "bridge", at the moment I select my current wifi, a message appears "the wifi you selected can not be extended", so how can I do it?
I simply can not change the vodaphone router for this AEBS, because I would loose the phone, and the range od this vodafone router is limited, can you please help me?

To do it via cable is not an option as well.

Thanks,

Clayton

MacBook 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, Mac OS X (10.5.8), AEBS A1301

Posted on Jun 13, 2010 2:22 AM

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Jun 13, 2010 8:47 AM in response to claytonos

Since you cannot connect the Vodafone router to the AirPort Extreme using an ethernet cable and wireless is not compatible, your only option is to use a pair of ethernet powerline adapters to transmit the ethernet signal over the AC power lines in your home.

Then you can configure the AEBS as a "bridge" and set it up to create a wireless network with the exact same wireless network name, security and password as your main router. This will in effect, "extend" your wireless network. Post back if you need more details about this option.

Computers will automatically connect to the router with the strongest wireless signal, which normally would also be the closest device.

Jun 15, 2010 4:11 PM in response to claytonos

If you check your Vodafone router, you should see an available LAN <-> port on the back. Connect an ethernet cable from this port to the port on an ethernet powerline adapter and plug it into a nearby AC socket.

At the location of the AEBS, plug the other powerline adapter into a nearby AC socket and connect an ethernet cable from the adapter to the WAN (circle icon) port on the AEBS.

If you need more info on ethernet powerline adapters, you can enter this phrase in the search engine of your browser.

Push the reset button on the AEBS until you see the amber light blink more quickly and continue holding a few more seconds after this and release

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup

Click the Base Station tab just below the row of icons
Assign a name to your AEBS, device password, and adjust Time Zone settings

Click the Wireless tab just below the row of icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Exact name of your Vodafone wireless network
Radio Mode = 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) or similar
Channel = Automatic
Wireless Security = Exact same security that your Vodafone router is using. You may need to consult the product documentation or Vodafone support to obtain this information
Wireless Password = Same password as your Vodafone wireless network

Click the Internet icon

Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)

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