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can i use a cisco RE1000 range extender with airport extreme

Can I use a Cisco R1000 range extender with airport extreme?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 20, 2011 5:18 PM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 9:22 PM

Apple's "extend a wireless network" function appears to be a proprietary feature that will only work with other Apple routers.


As far as we know, devices from other manufacturers are not compatible with this feature.


Bottom line....It would be extremely unlikely that this would work, but it's worth a try if you already have the products in hand.


Please post on your results.

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Dec 20, 2011 9:22 PM in response to robcad1

Apple's "extend a wireless network" function appears to be a proprietary feature that will only work with other Apple routers.


As far as we know, devices from other manufacturers are not compatible with this feature.


Bottom line....It would be extremely unlikely that this would work, but it's worth a try if you already have the products in hand.


Please post on your results.

Dec 20, 2011 9:35 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Thanks for your help. I already tried it to no avail. Just making sure I wasn't missing something. The boys at Best Buy said any extender will work with Airport Extreme.

I will be returning the Airport Extreme and buying another Lynxys Router (first one laster 7 years) and my iphone4 would connect. Maybe apple dosent have it ALL figured out yet.

2Macbooks, 1 Pad2, 2 PC's, 2 Droids, 1 Xbox all connect, just not the iphone 4.

Any ideas on that?


Much appreciated!

Apr 13, 2013 11:01 AM in response to Bob Timmons

I keep seeing the comment that other extenders will not work with the Airport Extreme. This is not true. I not only used a Hawking HWREN1 with my Airport Extreme for over 3 years but was also able to use the "extend network" feature. Since the Mac updates have come out and I've upgraded my operating system I cannot use the original disk that came with the Airport Extreme. Could this question along with the one I just posted seperately be reexamined by Apple Wireless support?

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