Airport express for CCTV DVR

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Danny Wall1 Author

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Airport express for CCTV DVR

Hi

can i use a airport express to extend my wireless network and use the ethernet port to plug a cctv DVR into ?

Many Thanks

Posted on Jul 9, 2014 10:35 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 9, 2014 11:39 AM in response to Danny Wall1

AirPort Express can only wirelessly "extend" a network that has been produced by another Apple router. Is the "main" router that provides your network also an Apple router?

If yes, which model?

It might be possible to configure the Express to "join" a wireless network, which would enable the Ethernet port, but this setting does not allow the Express to provide more wireless coverage, as it does when it "extends".

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Danny Wall1 Author

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Jul 9, 2014 2:14 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Thanks Bob

I was using an old AirPort Extreme base station but then Sky sent a wireless router through so have not been using it I might have to plug the airport base station into sky's router but just tried that and I think the power supply is now broke :-(

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Danny Wall1 Author

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Jul 10, 2014 11:04 AM in response to Danny Wall1

Bob

When you say an airport express can only extend the network supplied by another apple router does this have to be an airport extreme or can it be another express?

Thanks

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