Do I have to have a separate modem to create my own network Internet connection or can I just set it up with my iPad?

• Asked by Andrew N from Burley
• Mar 12, 2013
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i'm looking to create a mini wireless network to use ipads in my classroom.

Our school does not have a wireless network so would I be able to plug this into a LAN point and away we go?

• Asked by Darren R
• Jan 19, 2013
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If I were to start my own wireless network, whould I still need a modem or could I plug my ADSL2 line straight into it?

If not, which modem would be best? I believe we have a splitter from the phone line to the ADSL...

• Asked by Rob V from Perth
• Jun 12, 2012
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Can I use the LAN port to wirelessly extend my physical network created on another Device (such as a time capsule)?

• Asked by Derek M from Costa Mesa
• Jun 11, 2012
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Can I use the new Airport Express to create a guest network using Snow Leopard and AirPort Utility 5.6.1?

• Asked by Kluuni O from Akron
• Jan 4, 2013
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Can i use the express to extend the network of my school's wifi?

I have free wifi on my macBook from my school. But the school's wifi does not reach my whole appartment. Can i extend the wireless internet by using the express so that it will reach the rest of my appartment?

Is it able to extend a network, where i don't have the modem or ethernet cable to. All i have is wifi in my bedroom and would like to extend it about 20 feet to my living room. Thanks!

• Asked by Elijah A from San Jose
• Aug 31, 2012
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Can this Extend the Network of my Verizon FIOS ActionTec Router?

I have a Verizon-supplied Actiontec router, which is in one room in the house. I'd like to put the Airport Express int the living room, connect it to the stereo for Airplay AND extend the Wireless Network of the ActionTec router, is this possible?

• Asked by Yonah W from White Plains
• Sep 7, 2012
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Can I use the Airport Express Base Station to replace my existing Netgear router and still maintain the same network?

My cable company setup the network in my house with their equipment: a modem and a Netgear router. The router does not provide adequate signal strength even for a desktop PC situated a few feet in the same room. As a test, I plugged in my Airport Extreme Base Station to one of the free ports on the back of the Netgear router and the PC, as well as other wireless devices nearby, received a stronger signal. I want to replace the Netgear router with the Express without creating a new network. Is this possible?

• Asked by Anthony G from Edison
• Sep 23, 2012
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Technical network question: can I use the Express with my current Airport Extreme, as a repeater with printer connected?

I currently have an airport extreme, which is very good at getting range throughout my very long unit (about 30 meters.)

I have my TV, XBOX, PC down one end.. and my iMac is down the other end. I had the Extreme set up in the middle of the house. So it turns out, my xbox360 along with the NBA App wont give me HD unless its plugged in, even if the wireless Extreme unit is sitting 5 inches away from the XBOX360 (I tested this). Highlights work fine, but actual games - na.

So I though I would move the extreme in the room with the XBOX 360 etc in it..

Anyway, surprisingly, down the other end of the house, the iMac works on the internet fine! The iPhone 5 also works well.(checked with speediest and can confirm that the iphone lost less than 10% at the end of the house! impressive :-) ) BUT when I look at the iMac network connection, it says the transmit signal is only 27 down from around 217. The internet is fine, but youtube has taken a hit.

My dilemma then, is that I need the printer connected to a wireless device so everything including our laptops can print. I also would not mind extending the range back out for the iMac.

So I am considering the Express to put in the middle of the house.

Questions:

1) If I have my modem plugged into the extreme, I assume I can use the express as an extender?

2) Can I plug the printer into the Extender, or in this case, the little express which will be used as an extender?

I sort of dont want the printer near the TV due to room issues, and would like to bring back the super quickness of the internet to the iMac.. Im not so fussed about the internet for the iMac, as its only YouTube which has taken a hit, everything else works great, which is amazing at such a long range. (almost 100 feet)

• Asked by Dennis K from Mosman
• Nov 15, 2012
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While using an Express Base station in BRIDGE mode, are both ethernet jacks on the express active and free to use with wired devices?

If a new Airport Express is bridging a network connection provided by an Airport Extreme, will it allow two devices to be wired to the express and "bridged" to the primary network? I would like to relocate a mac pro and xbox 360 on the other side of my house and would like to hook these two devices up to the network. Otherwise an airport express and a switch would work, so I have read, but I would like to keep it as simple as possible.

• Asked by Eric P from Clifton Park
• Sep 30, 2012
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