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Q: What am I missing?

I have an extreme base station hooked to a dsl and I have four express' joined/extending the network throughout the house ( large two story red brick with two central fireplace stacks and a lot of internal steel, hence the express repeaters).

 

My question is how should this be set up? I have used both "join" and "extend" but I run into the same problem. For instance if I am in the master bedroom and only 5' from an express, my iphone grabs the extreme base station or an express upstairs on the opposite end of the house and gets a lousy signal. Why dont the devices grab the nearest station? Even if I shut off the wifi and restart it is still random what signal it will grab....

Posted on Feb 5, 2012 5:46 PM

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  • by Joel Ulrich,

    Joel Ulrich Joel Ulrich Feb 10, 2012 9:05 PM in response to Joseph Kriz
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    Feb 10, 2012 9:05 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

    I see it listed as one of the available networks in the Airport status icon in the menu bar. I created the network a couple days ago by checking the 5ghz box. But I have since replaced the two Expresses that I was using to extend the network, with two Extremes. I have three Extremes total: the main base and the two to extend it. Both say that they are linked to the regular network, not the one designated as 5GHz. But it still shows up as an available network.

  • by Gino Cerullo,

    Gino Cerullo Gino Cerullo Feb 10, 2012 9:24 PM in response to Joseph Kriz
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    Feb 10, 2012 9:24 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

    Joseph,

     

    Sorry it was not the OP but Joel Ulrich who needed to distiguish between the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

  • by Gino Cerullo,

    Gino Cerullo Gino Cerullo Feb 10, 2012 9:34 PM in response to Joel Ulrich
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    Feb 10, 2012 9:34 PM in response to Joel Ulrich

    Joel,

     

    Let's go through a process of elimination. Unplug the two new Extremes from power to eliminate them from the network leaving only the main router and see if the separate 5GHz goes away. If it is still there and you can't find any setting on that main router to indicate a separate 5GHz network then reset to factory defaults and start again.

     

    If the separate 5GHz network disappears once the other two routers are unplugged then we know that the problem lies with one of the other two routers. Plug one of the other two routers in and check if the 5GHz network shows up in the Wi-Fi menu. Again, if it does then you now know which router has the 5GHz network configured. Once you figured out which router is the culprit just reset it to factory defaults and start again to add it back to the network.

  • by Joel Ulrich,

    Joel Ulrich Joel Ulrich Feb 11, 2012 8:35 AM in response to Gino Cerullo
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    Feb 11, 2012 8:35 AM in response to Gino Cerullo

    Thanks again Gino.  The troubleshooting working, and I determined that one of the new Extremes was still broadcasting the separate network.  After resetting it, the extra network was eliminated and all is good.

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