HT204616: Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Learn about Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n)
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Nov 29, 2012 10:03 PM in response to Colin Aitken1by Tesserax,★HelpfulYes. If all of the routers will be interconnected by Ethernet, you have the fundamentals for a roaming network.
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Nov 30, 2012 6:15 AM in response to Colin Aitken1by Bob Timmons,can I use an airport express to extend my network, but use it hard wired?
Yes, assuming that you are asking about a new Express, or the 802.11n version.
This is very easy to do with the Mountain Lion operating system that you have.
(The "roaming network" link above assumes that you are using the Leopard or Snow Leopard operating system...although the general information there is good).
Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme to the WAN "O" port on the AirPort Express.
Power up the AirPort Express and wait a full minute
Click the fan shaped AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and look for the heading of New AirPort Base Station. Just below that, click directly on AirPort Express there
AirPort Setup will open automatically and take a minute to analyze your network and then announce that the Express will be setup to "extend" your AirPort Extreme network
Enter a device name for the Express and click Next
AirPort Setup will take another minute to configure the Express
When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done
That's it.