Reconfiguring wireless network

I have an Asus wireless router in my office broadcasting a wireless network, I previously had my 3rd gen time capsule (used purely for storage) connected by Ethernet cable but I have moved the tc I to the loft. I tried to connect the tc to the WiFi but it was not found. I have had to put an airport express in the loft and connect it to the tc by Ethernet. Network on tc is off.

Now the airport cannot be found but I can still access the tc, although the connection to the tc does keep dropping.

I bought the new airport as we have run a cable from the garden shed to the loft, intention was to connect this cable into the tc, new airport at the Shed end to broadcast wireless in the shed.

Cant help feeling I am over complicating things with the wireless off on the tc and connected to an airport, will then need another airport for the shed?

Posted on Nov 13, 2017 10:53 AM

Posted on Nov 14, 2017 9:56 AM

Temporarily, move the AirPort Express close to the TC and connect a spare Ethernet cable.....any length will do....from one of the three LAN <--> ports on the TC to the WAN "O" port on the AirPort Express

Power up the Express for a minute or two

Hold in the reset button on the Express for 7-8 seconds and then release. Allow a full minute for the AirPort Express to restart

Click the WiFi menu at the top fo the Mac's screen and look for a listing of New AirPort Base Station. Just under that listing, click directly on AirPort Express

The setup "wizard" will open up and take a few seconds to analyze the network. Then, a screen similar to the example below will be display, except that you will see your devices pictured, and the name of your wireless network.

Type in a short name that you want to call the AirPort Express

Click Next

Watch the next screen carefully to verify that the Express is being set up to extend using Ethernet. This will confirm that the setup wizard has picked up the Ethernet connection between the TC so the correct settings will automatically be applied to the Express to extend the network

When you see the message of Setup Complete, click Done and you are done.

Now move the Express to the location where it will be needed and establish the long Ethernet cable connection from the TC to the Express. If the long Ethernet cable is working correctly, so too will the AirPort Express be working correctly.

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