I want to buy an Airport Extreme Base Station to use with my Ipad and TV at home. I ALSO want to cancel my cable tv. What are the pros and cons ?

• Asked by Jennifer S from Saratoga Springs
• Jan 24, 2013
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Is an external hard drive necessary when using the AirPort Exteme base station with Apple TV? If yes, why?

I have Airport Extreme base station - want to buy Apple TV to connect iPad to HDTV for viewing movies, etc.

• Asked by Regina F from West Richland
• Jul 3, 2012
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Can I use an Airport Extreme to extend the range of an Airport Express base station?

I currently have a wireless network configured using an Airport Express as a base station, with 3 additional Airport Express units connected to extend the range of that base station and to stream iTunes music to each unit, each of which is connected to a powered speaker or hi-fi.

What I want to do now is add the more robust Airport Extreme as a another range extender for the Airport Express base station and place the new Airport Extreme in a central location in our home. We will not be using the Extreme for anything except 802.11n range extension (e.g, no music streaming), but I am expecting that with its additional power and range, it can provide wireless connectivity to iPhones, laptops and iPads that are used typically in this core area of the home. My Airport Express base station and the additional range extension units are located in adjacent home office, libraary and fitness center rooms all located on the same (ground level) floor. The base station is perhaps 50 feet away from where I will situate the new Airport Extreme range extender unit. It is nearly of sight with two intervening windows and a single 6" thick brick/concrete wall between the base station and where I will place the Airport Extreme. With this understanding of what I need to accomplish, will the Airport Extreme fill the requirement? Every question I have browsed talks about the opposite situation--extending the range of an Extreme using Airport Express routers. My primary use of these products is streaming music and secondarily we obtain widespread use of wireless connectivity for other needs.

Another option for an Airport Extreme is to locate one of these units in upstairs in a distant, remote area of the house. I have supplied this area with a CAT-5 cable that originates in my office using an ethernet switch, so a wireless router can be added to deliver service in that area. Will this work using the Extreme? Thanks!!

• Asked by William J from Apo
• Nov 13, 2010
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I need 16 ethernet 1000 ports AND dualband wireless G/N. How to expand the AirPort Extreme Base Station to give 13 more ethernet for onlineLANparty?

We regularly host LAN parties, most of which are wired through a hub and are off-line. However, more and more games are requiring that each PC be connected to STEAM and/or LIVE so we are looking for a solution where we can have 16 wired computers running at the same time, PLUS we want to have the flexibility to connect to the same network via wireless G or N.

The AirPort Extreme Base Station appears to be the perfect choice for the wireless aspect, but it only has 3 ethernet 1000 ports. Most other options only have 4. Is there a way for us to expand the number of ethernet 1000 ports on the AirPort Extreme Base Station?

We will further use this to connect PCs on CAT5e cables throughout our home. We have a dedicated Windows XP PC hooked up to the TV for Netflix and music (work) stations in the kitchen and two bedrooms, so we want those to be wired into 4 of the 16 wired ports.

I would guess that I could just plug a hub into one of the ethernet ports, but I don't know if that would get all the HUBbed PCs onto the internet or not.

• Asked by Ben B from Casper
• Feb 24, 2010
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Can I stream media from a Hard Drive that is connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station to the new, 2nd Generation Apple TV?

I used to have a Mac Mini and I kept the iTunes library on an external hard drive. Now that Mini is gone and I want to simply hook that external hard drive to my Airport Extreme Base Station and stream that content to a new Apple TV.

• Asked by Jeremy R from Frisco
• Nov 8, 2010
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Will the Airport Extreme Base Station (MC340X/A) reach my computer?

Hi all,

I am looking into buying an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station router for my home but I am a little worried on the range that it can provide. The router will be placed downstairs on one side of the house and I want the signal to go up 3 stories to the other side of the house. Cable length is maybe not even 20 metres but for safety I am going to say 25 metres from the router to where we need the signal to be. Can anyone confirm what sort of signal strength the new MC340X/A model has? I think that is the newest model from the Apple Store. The house is single bricked in the inside if this helps as well.

Thank you guys

• Asked by Patrick T from Sydney
• Feb 4, 2011
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will netflix work wirelessly with airport extreme and a wireless dvd player to see movies?

I want to stream (send) netflix movies from my airport extreme base station (which is connected to my modem in another room about 50 feet away) to my toshiba blue ray wireless dvd player to watch movies on my TV which is connected to the dvd player with an hdmi cable. Is airport fast enough so there is no delay or interruption of the movie?

• Asked by Paul K from Gainesville
• May 27, 2010
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AirPort Extreme Base Station

Sorry for my ignorance - but is this simply anouther router? Will it give me any better performance than my current SMC?

Is the Time Capsule also a router in addition to asting as a back up?

• Asked by Ronald P
• Jul 9, 2011
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Do I have to have Leopard installed in order to use the Airport Extreme Base Station?

I am running Tiger and want to use the Airport Extreme Base Station for multiple computers - none are running Leopard or higher. Is this possible?

• Asked by Kristin R from Brooklyn
• Feb 18, 2010
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Can i Stream movies stored on a hard drive connected to airport extreme base station on either my iPad or apple tv (both latest versions)

• Asked by Trevor M from Ottawa
• Jul 5, 2012
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