I am trying to connect my airport express to extend the range of my network to a bedroom that is hard wired for internet. What type of cord/cords do I need to do that?
Airport Extreme 802.11ac, iOS 8.1.1
A standard Ethernet cable is all that is needed.
They come in various lengths and colors. Look for a CAT5e or CAT6 rated cable.
Your friendly computer / electronic superstore will have what you need, as well as the office supply places, even most Walmarts.
In order to set this up do I need to connect the airport express to my apple router for the initial set up? Then I can plug it in in my son's room for it to extend the signal? As you can tell I know nothing about wifi set up!!!
You can connect the AirPort Express to the wall port in the bedroom for the setup.....but first....if you have not already done so.....it would be a great idea to make sure that the connection in the bedroom is working correctly.
To do that, turn off the wireless on a laptop and connect the laptop directly to the wall port in the bedroom using an Ethernet cable. Make sure that the laptop can get a good Internet connection that way. If it can, this tells you that the cabling is working correctly, so the Express will work well when you connect it up.
If you don't have a laptop with an Ethernet port, then we'll have to assume that the folks that pulled the cables and installed the jacks tested things as part of the installation.
When you are ready to install the Express, you can use an iPhone or iPad if you have one handy for the setup.
Thank you for the help. I'll try this as soon as my son wakes up and I can get in his room.
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