Wireless Setup - Need Guidance

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Wireless Setup - Need Guidance

I'm hoping you can help me out with something...

Downstairs with the modem I have an Airport Extreme.

In one room upstairs I have an Airport Express that I'd like to connect wirelessly to the Extreme, and re-broadcast the signal. I'd like the enternet port to also be available to plug devices into and attach onto that network.

I have another Airport Express that i'd like to hook up for the other half of the house. This has the capability to be hooked up with an Ethernet over the Powerline adapter - so if I could plug a network cable into the ethernet port and broadcast this wirelessly, that's the ultimate goal.

What settings should I set on each device? Someone had mentioned WDS but I am unsure of this setup, and would like to know the best way to do it with minimal impact on the network performance and throughput.

Thanks!

Airport Extreme / Airport Express-OTHER, Other OS

Posted on Feb 4, 2012 8:13 PM

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Tesserax

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Feb 5, 2012 12:03 AM in response to neocharles

Are both of your AirPort Express Base Stations (AX) 802.11n models?

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Feb 5, 2012 5:28 AM in response to Tesserax

Yes they are, all three devices are wireless-n devices.

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Tesserax

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Feb 5, 2012 10:56 AM in response to neocharles

Ok, thanks for clarifying that. I would recommend that you either go with an all Ethernet (Powerline) or all wireless solution for extending the range of your AirPort network. This will make setup easier and less error prone.

If you go the wired route, then please check out the following Apple Support article for details on setting up a roaming network; if you prefer all wireless, then check out this article instead. Please feel free to post back if you need additional assistance or have any questions on either technique.

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