Extending WiFi from PC to Macbook

I have a PC which is connected by an ethernet cable to a wireless router. On another part of the house however I don't get a fast connection using my Macbook. Can I use airport extreme by connecting it to the router with an ethernet cable? Will this improve the range and performance?

• Asked by Phil R from Aberdeen
• Dec 18, 2012
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Is there anyway to add another wireless router to increase the range?

We moved our Airport Extreme to an area that limits my connectivity where I use wireless. Is there anyway to increase the range by maybe adding an airport express to the mix?

• Asked by Walton G from San Antonio
• Nov 21, 2009
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airport extreme as a receiver from another airport extreme?

Instead of using multiple airport express devices as receivers (from airport extreme used as a router), can I use a second airport extreme as a the network receiver (or bridge) and connect multiple devices using ethernet connection? What I am intending to do is connect a blu ray player, AV receiver and a hard drive music server (by ethernet cable) to the second airport extreme and have them access the internet by communicating (wirelessly) with my first airport extreme (which is the router).

• Asked by Alan R from Great Neck
• Jan 9, 2011
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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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Can I run airtunes with airport extreme or is airport express required? My router is next to my stereo but I also need an extender in another room...

• Asked by Douglas H from Norfolk
• Feb 9, 2011
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can i use the airport extreme as a extender on a wirless router that is not an airport

• Asked by Kevin L from Aberdeen
• Jul 3, 2011
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If i use airport extreme with my router/modem (which already has wireless) can i get wireless from both the airport and the router/modem?

I need something like the Airport because My router/modem is far from my bedroom, and only one ethernet cable extends to my room. i have to unplug the cable to switch between my xbox and my pc. also, the wireless has bad connection from my room. if i use the airport extreme, can i get 2 wireless signals (one from the extreme, one from the modem/router) or will only one work?

• Asked by Paul K from Flushing
• Jul 4, 2010
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I currently plug my office IP phone directly into my NETGEAR router. Can I use an Airport Express to extend the signal to another room?

Right now I'm limited in that my office IP phone is hard wired and plugged into the back of a NETGEAR wireless router. I'm wondering if I can extend my wireless internet signal into another room in the house with the Airport Express, and hard wire the Ethernet cable into the Airport Express from the IP phone which needs a direct "hard" connection?

• Asked by Mark T from Encino
• Feb 15, 2010
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Can a Powerline Adaptor be used to extend a network with Airport Extreme/Time Capsule?

My house is very large and the rooms do not adjoin (to get from one room to another there is outside wall/open air/outside wall). As such it is very hard to get a wifi signal throughout.

I have tried a succession of Airport Extreme/Express etc. but to no avail. I finally found a location in the house where the Base station will reach all but one room on a floor. So have placed a Time Capsule at one end of the house that reaches all but one room upstairs and an Airport Extreme at the other end that reaches all but one room. Each Base unit covers the room above/below that the other is missing. However they cannot see each other so I cannot share my iTunes around the house. I tried an Airport Express in between but it was ridiculously slow.

So I am thinking of using a Powerline Adapter as follows

Internet/iTunes(iMac) -> Time Capsule -> Powerline Adapter (upstairs)

then Powerline Adapter -> Airport Extreme (downstairs) to extend the network

Would this work?

• Asked by Ruth M from Wadhurst
• May 15, 2012
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Can i use my Linksys wireless-G router in conjunction with airport extreme base station - to extend the # of USB ports for printers & external HD?

• Asked by Emily G from Thousand Oaks
• Apr 6, 2010
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