HT4628: Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
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Q: Using an Airport Express and a second Airport Extreme to extend network; will proximity to AEX vs. AE make a real world difference ... more
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Aug 11, 2014 8:46 AMby 213JB,More then likely it will not make a significant difference.
To make a real world difference, create a roaming network.
Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n)
To do so you would need to wire the base stations together.
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Aug 11, 2014 9:09 AMby CardsFaninExile,HelpfulThanks for your response. I set up the wireless network because running Cat-5 was cost prohibitive. My internet connection is very good for general purposes but I ask the question, somewhat academically, because Wi-Fi Explorer shows the Max Rate of the network devices as follows:
Airport Express (located in the bedroom): 144 Mbps @ 2.4 GHz
Airport Extreme (in the pantry): 217 Mbps@2.4 GHz
To reiterate, If these two changed locations would I get better speed/signal in the bedroom location? Does it even really matter since Comcast is "only" sending me 50 Mbps? Just a couple of questions to keep my mind active (and confused).
