AirPort Extreme Slow Wifi

If you have a question or issue about your current Apple-provided Wi-Fi network, I suggest that you start a new post and include detailed information on your current setup, the issue(s) you are experiencing, and what you have tried, to date, to resolve it yourself.

Here is my current set-up.

Basement --> Modem (bridged) is connected to apple airport extreme (running latest firmware)

Top floor --> Another airport extreme acting as an extender to the network for better signal

Using a wireless connection between base stations for extending the Wi-Fi network will offer the worst possible overall bandwidth performance. You would get much better results if they could be interconnected by Ethernet or power-line adapters.

If that is not possible, or practical and still need the connection to be wireless, the only other choice is to adjust the location of the extending base station so that it is in the best possible signal quality range of the base station that it is extending.

For details on how to do that, check out the following AirPort User tip. Please post back your results.

In addition to placement, the other will be any form of Wi-Fi interference in the area. The walls/floors/ceiling building material at your home is one form of this kind of interference.

The other issue is extending by wireless is the overall bandwidth loss due to maintaining an extended network. Roughly each base station added to extend wirelessly, cuts the overall bandwidth in half.

Same issues.

You'd think Apple would include "If slow, do this" instructions.

Instead... Googling like crazy.

Thanks Google!

Apple dropping the spinning beachball of death again!