airport extender

I am trying to set up an airport express as extender, when i go to to airport utility it does not recognize my primary Belkin wireless modem, any suggestions?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jun 29, 2012 12:43 PM

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Jun 29, 2012 12:51 PM in response to scutch

Unfortunately, Apple's "extend a wireless network" feature is designed to only work between 2 Apple devices.


If you are trying to "extend" using wireless only, there is almost zero chance that this will work with a Belkin modem/router....or any other manufacturer's product.


The Express can be configured to provide more wireless coverage if you can establish a wired Ethernet connection between it and the Belkin product.

Jun 29, 2012 9:08 PM in response to scutch

I have a Netgear N600 DGND3700v2 dual band wireless modem router.

I created a wireless network with it.

I reset a time capsule and asked it to extend a network. It saw and connected to the Netgear with

ease.

On the wireless network now, I have 1 express to a printer, 1 express to a speaker, 1 apple TV, two imac's

1 extreme, and the time capsule that both imacs back up to.

Time capsule is not connected to anything via ethernet.

I would suggest modern dual band wireless devices using the same format will be able to be extended.

This one was very easy.

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