Extending a time capsule with airport express twice

However what I have found not to works it extending my Time Capsule with one Airport Express and then extending this Airport Express with the second Airport Express.

Apple's "extend a wireless network" feature will only allow you to extend the signal one level, not two. It's possible to have more than one device extending the signal, but each extender must connect directly to the main base station.....not to another device that is already extending the signal.

The Airport Utility would even accurately depict the situation with Airport Express one dotted line to Time Capsule, and Airport Express two dotted line to Airport Express one.

This is an illusion. AirPort Express is "joining" the wireless network.....not extending it. When the Express "joins" a network, it can be used for AirPlay, or a remote printer could be connected to the USB port, but the Express will not provide any additional wireless signal coverage when it joins a network.

Is this an expected behavior

Yes. I can try to look up Apple's support document that explains this if you want more information, but you may likely already have all the information that you need. Let us know.

That's the Apple support document document that I was referring to. There is another, if I remember correctly but it says the same thing.

question regarding this reply; when you say it needs to be connected to the base station, does that mean physically or can multiple extenders exist if they are hardwired to the same network? TC->Switch 4port->AE1,AE2,X,Y

Everything in this post is about wireless extension of an Apple network.

If you have a question about using wired Ethernet connections to extend an Apple network, then please start a new post for your specific question.

Thanks.

hello, what would be the solution to extend the network twice then. The signal doesn't reach from the base to the bed, even when i used a first extension it didn't solve it, it improved, extended the range but not to the kids bedroom which is still not covered. I bought a second airport express but it is not extending the range at all, only the first one is and it is not sufficient.

Thank you for advising

There is no solution if you want both AirPort Expresses to connect using wireless and extend the network.

There is a solution if you can connect one or both Expresses to the main base station using a permanent, wired Ethernet cable connection.

Depending on which version of Express that you have, it also might be possible to connect the first Express to the main base station using a wired Ethernet cable connection, and then connect the second Express to the first Express using a wired Ethernet cable connection.