i am interested in buying an airport extreme and i currently have a DSL router with WiFi. can i bridge my current configuration and then copy it to the new airport extreme and then turn off my WiFi in my DSL router? in other words i wish the airport extreme to be the main WiFi, i hope i am making sense?
You cannot copy between dissimilar model routers.
And there is absolutely no reason and no need to turn off wifi in the current router and every good reason to leave it on.
The extreme should be in bridge mode which Apple setup to remove the guest wireless. So I would encourage you to simply run two wireless networks.. (there is bandwidth to run 3 without causing issues).
Create the wireless on the Extreme with your own new wireless values.. and connect whatever Apple devices you want to it.
But you can do what you want.. simply use the existing router SSID in the Airport and use its password.. however this can cause issues in the clients that expect one setup and find they are connected to something unfamiliar.
Thank you, so I thought I could use the same SSID and password. This is only going to be a home setup. My provider does not offer an AC router at the moment. I am thinking the Aireport Extreme would just do all of this automatically or would I need to do this manuall???
As stated there is NO WAY to automate between different brands.
You can manually setup the AE to the same SSID (wireless name) and password as the existing router.
You seem to think this is hard.. it is dead easy.
The first screen of the setup wizard will give you this opportunity to change the wireless name and password.. there is no hardship involved.
Okay, I am just a worry wart. I am just trying to be sure...😁
how do i bridge airport extreme wth my DSL router
