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I live in a multi-level house, with my Verizon FIOS WAP (ActionTec MI424WR) in the utility closet in the basement ⚠. 1) I've tried to use an existing Airport Extreme to provide increased wireless coverage via a wired connection to the FIOS WAP, but am unclear on the settings. Can someone help? 2) Is it possible to get another Airport (express, maybe?) to extend wireless to the upstairs, also? Thanks, John Myers
Set your airport to bridge mode and allow the fios router to dish out ip address. assign your airport a static ip address so you can find it easier. the rest of the settings should be fine with the default.
Can you use an Airport Express to extend the range of an existing Verizon FIOS wireless network?
Yes, if you establish a permanent Ethernet cable connection from the FIOS router to the AirPort Express.
No, if you don't.
Can I establish a permanent connection to one of the LAN outlets throughout the house, or do I have to plug directly into the router? Is the LAN switcher interfering with my ability to extend my wireless network?
I'm getting the following error message:
"This AirPort base station was unable to extend the wireless network. Make sure the wireless network you're trying to extend was set up and is working correctly, that you entered a matching wireless network password into this device, and that this device is in range of the wireless network."
I've tried plugging into multiple different LAN outlets throughout the house, and I am able to "Join an Existing Wireless Network," but I am not able to "Create a New Wireless Network" or "Extend an Existing Wireless Network."
Thoughts?
I've tried plugging into multiple different LAN outlets throughout the house, and I am able to "Join an Existing Wireless Network," but I am not able to "Create a New Wireless Network" or "Extend an Existing Wireless Network."
This tells me that you likely have a problem in the Ethernet cabling or a bad port somewhere.
You can connect to a LAN port anywhere on the network, assuming that the Ethernet cabling and ports are all working correctly.
To test, temporarily turn off the wireless on a laptop and connect to the Ethernet port. If you can get a good Internet connection this way, then the cabling and port are working correctly, and can be used to connect to the AirPort base station.
If you cannot get an good Internet connection during this "test", you have a problem in the Ethernet cabling or an Ethernet port that will need to be addressed.
Once the Ethernet connections have been tested, you will need to start over from scratch on the AirPort and set it up again.
If you want a few tips on how to set this up, you did not provide the model number of the AirPort that you are using, or information about the operating system on the computer that you are using to configure the AirPort base station. We would need that info to provide correct instructions.
Extending my FIOS network with wired Airport Extreme
