As a parent, can I lock the wireless network when I wish in order to control my childs internet usage on their wifi instrument?

We wish to put a time limit on our teenagers internet usage on their ipod touch. They are not abiding by the rules and their sleep and school is suffering.

• Asked by George G from Thamesford
• Feb 7, 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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Wifi network & Internet to wireless network using i phone wifi hotspot

I want to set up a wifi network using Airport extreme to network macbook pro, PC, Apple TV, wifi capable printer & usb hard disks.

1. Can I do this with no internet connection

2. Can I connect this network to hte internet via my iphone internet connection using wifi hotspot when i need internet?

• Asked by P Y
• Mar 8, 2012
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can i connect my printer to a shared network connection (not wifi) but print through a seperate wifi connection

• Asked by Tracey F
• Nov 20, 2012
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Airport Extreme as wifi adapter

I have a Verizon Fios wireless network. I also have a airport extreme I am not currently using. Can I configure the AE to act as a WiFi adapter for my directv box? If so how? I set up the extreme as part of the network but I'm not able to connect an external device such as the directv and get a network connection even though I get a green light from the network connection.

• Asked by Brian M from Columbia
• Sep 15, 2012
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Can a wifi blu ray player access video files on hard drive attached to Extreme/or stored in hard drive of time capsule?

I have a Sony S590 Blu-Ray player. I want to know, once its connected to wireless network created by either extreme or time capsule, would it be able to access media files stored on external hard drives attached to Extreme Base Station/Time Capsule or the inbuilt hard drive of Time Capsule?

• Asked by Leland W from Wilmington
• Jun 19, 2012
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Can I connect and old time capsule to a new airport extreme?

I use the old time capsule for back up and to stream music wirelessly. However, the music cuts in and out at times and is solid at other times. I suspect it is getting interference from neighboring wifi networks because I live in a town house and there are at least a half dozen networks in range. Can I buy an airport extreme and take advantage of it's dual band to stream the music on the 5 ghz band and connect the old time capsule to it and still use it for back up? I don't think I need a 2 tb drive and the old time capsule still works fine. I still have one or two b/g devices so I can't just switch the old time capsule to N only.

Thanks!

• Asked by Daniel S from Portland
• Aug 20, 2011
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Can a Airport extreme be used as a bridge of a bridge to extend the wifi network further?

I have one Airport Extreme that expands the wifi for an other airport extreme but it does not seem to cover all the area i need. Would the installation of another Airport Extreme will help me to covert that area?

• Asked by Ramon A from Madrid
• May 1, 2010
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Airport Extreme & iPhoto (Network Drive)

If I connect my USB drive to the AEB, can I then put my iPhoto library there and transparently have that as the default drive for my hard-wired iMac, and my girlfriend's Wifi Macbook and iPad ?

How ?

• Asked by Joseph D from Irvine
• Apr 24, 2010
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Can I use the Extreme as a wifi signal amplifier firmo my Time Capsule?

• Asked by Hazem N from Weston
• Jan 27, 2012
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