Airport Express as WAN?

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Airport Express as WAN?

I am excited that I am finally switching my IP to an apple supported company and will be buying a airpot extreme and express this weekend to create a new network. My dilema. We have a solar panel system, with the control unit in the garage, that needs to be connected to the internet to provide system performance to the company. I am going to create my "main" wifi and network with the extreme in the office. Can I use the airport express as an extender? and will it provide internet access point in the garage? Which port plug would I put the solar systems RJ45 cable in?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 30, 2012 10:43 PM

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mende1

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Dec 30, 2012 10:49 PM in response to morgantpg05

morgantpg05 wrote:

Can I use the airport express as an extender? and will it provide internet access point in the garage?

You can use the AirPort Express to extend the wireless signal > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259

Which port plug would I put the solar systems RJ45 cable in?

You have to connect it to an Ethernet port, but not the DSL port (that's for connect the AirPort with the modem)

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Dec 30, 2012 10:56 PM in response to mende1

so when looking at the back of the airport express I would pick the LAN plug <---> ..... correct?

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mende1

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Dec 30, 2012 10:57 PM in response to morgantpg05

You are right

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morgantpg05 Author

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Dec 30, 2012 11:02 PM in response to mende1

Thank you for your help - would this process be the same for other devices that I wanted to "hard wire" ie smart TV's etc?

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mende1

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Dec 30, 2012 11:03 PM in response to morgantpg05

With them, if they have Wi-Fi, you can connect them wirelessly, but you don't have to use AirPort Utility or something like that. Just search for Wi-Fi networks, select your AirPort, type your password and you can connect them to the Internet without any problem

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Jan 26, 2013 7:17 AM in response to morgantpg05

Just wanted to share with the community. About 2 weeks ago installed my extreme base station (which I love and missed so much the last few years) and was able to connect the extender that came with our solar system to the base station wifi. I called and verified with Sungevity (the solar company) that they were receiving telemetry. As I did not need an express, I returned it to apple. All worked out well! Thanks

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