Apple Wifi range extender? Which apple wifi product to use to extend my house wifi

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Apple Wifi range extender? Which apple wifi product to use to extend my house wifi

Grateful if anyone can help with this....

I am using my Time Capsule to broadcast WiFi from my home office but it it does not go much beyond this room as i live in an old house with big stone walls (which the signal probably cannot get through easily).

Is there an apple product that acts as a wifi range extender? I am looking for something that i can put within range of my Time Capsule, and will then throw the WiFi signal further around the house, and that will "just work" with the Time Capsule?

I am running a 2011 iMac with all the the latest snow leopard software.

If anyone has successfully achieved a wifi extension, with an apple product or otherwise, i would be grateful for your help....

iOS 4.3.3

Posted on Aug 28, 2011 11:34 AM

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Aug 28, 2011 1:00 PM in response to williamsonation

An Apple AirPort Expess will work fine to "extend" a single band if you have dual band Time Capsule, or an AirPort Extreme would be capable of extending both bands for more wireless coverage.

I'm afraid that nothing "just works" in this regard. You have to configure the extending device and locate it where it can receive a good signal from the Time Capsule in order to extend it effectively.

Apple's instructions for this type of setup are here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259

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