stevenfromlaguna beach
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Q: New modem and router. Now my airport base stations don't work

New moden and router and now I've been unable to get the two airport base stations to work for transmitting the Wi-Fi to other areas of the house

airport base station, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Dec 17, 2013 3:41 PM

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Q: New modem and router. Now my airport base stations don't work

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  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Dec 17, 2013 4:35 PM in response to stevenfromlaguna beach
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    Dec 17, 2013 4:35 PM in response to stevenfromlaguna beach

    Is the new "modem and router" a combination device or separate units? Regardless what is it's make & model? What are the exact models of your AirPort base stations? Finally are both AirPorts connected back to the modem/router by Ethernet or by wireless?

  • by stevenfromlaguna beach,

    stevenfromlaguna beach stevenfromlaguna beach Dec 17, 2013 8:08 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Dec 17, 2013 8:08 PM in response to Tesserax

    Thanks for responding. The new modem/router is a Netgear combo. It's a Netgear CG3000D. The base stations are Airport Express 802.11n (1st gen). They were connected by wireless but no aren't connected. I did have to reconfigure my MacBook Pro and Apple TV to get them to work on WiFi. Using OS 10.8.5.

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    Tesserax Tesserax Dec 18, 2013 8:44 AM in response to stevenfromlaguna beach
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    Dec 18, 2013 8:44 AM in response to stevenfromlaguna beach

    Ok, if your goal is to use the two AirPort base stations to extend the wireless network provided by the Netgear router using a wireless connection between them, then this won't work as the two are incompatible for this feature.

     

    However, if you can use wired connections then the three can be reconfigured for a roaming network which basically provides the same thing.

  • by stevenfromlaguna beach,

    stevenfromlaguna beach stevenfromlaguna beach Dec 19, 2013 9:36 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Dec 19, 2013 9:36 PM in response to Tesserax

    Thanks so much. I had a feeling that these were incompatibe with the new modem/router. I'm thinking I'll try to hook the new one up to the airport express via wire and see what happens there. I can't exactly hook up the base stations with wire so I'll give that a try.

     

    Thanks so much for your help!