Airport extreme and express

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Airport extreme and express

I have the Time Capsule that I have the WI-FI turned off and I have the New Airport Extreme that I have as my WI-Fi and it works great. I just got the express to extend the network and that is setup also and works great. My question is I am comming off my U-verse router to the TC and then from the router to the Extreme, should I just go off the TC to the Extreme or is it ok the way I have it/ I have seen some articales that have it come of the TC. Any tips on this would be great. Thanks

Time Capsule-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Jul 10, 2012 1:26 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 10, 2012 1:49 PM in response to zudy977

If the TC and AirPort Extreme are close together, then it is fine to turn off the wireless on the TC and use it as a backup drive while the AirPort Extreme provides the "main" wireless network.

If the TC is located a few rooms away, and you need more wireless signal coverage in that area, then you might consider configuring the Time Capsule to provide a wireless signal.

No sure what you have seen in the way of articles, but the TC and the AirPort Extreme are the same router....the TC just includes a hard drive.

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zudy977 Author

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Jul 10, 2012 3:03 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Yes I know that but the TC is the first Gen and the Airport extreme is the new one with the duel band and just seems to work better. So can I go from the TC to the Extreme with the eithernet cable? Thanks

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Answer 3

Jul 10, 2012 3:17 PM in response to zudy977

Please describe what your proposed network would look like.....

Modem > TC > AirPort Extreme etc.

Use a > for Ethernet and >>> for wireless.

Or, just describe the proposed network, whichever is easier.

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zudy977 Author

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Jul 10, 2012 3:19 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Yes I have the TC going from the router then I have the Airport Extreme going from the router, but what I wanted to know is can I go from the router to the Tc then to the Airport Extreme. Daisechain them. Thanks

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Answer 5

Jul 10, 2012 3:26 PM in response to zudy977

You can do this if you want. The downside is that if the TC has a problem, it will take out the AirPort Extreme and the rest of the network.

The way you have it now, if the TC has a problem the AirPort Exteme and rest of the network will function correctly.

I do not know what you hope to gain by setting up a daisy chain. The network performance will not improve if you do this, but you can do it if you want to.

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