Can I use the Airport Extreme as a Repeater or an Network Extender?

I work in a yard where my iPhone and HP laptop can see a wireless signal but I'm so far away I cannot connect to the signal to use it. Can I use the Airport Extreme like the Express as a repeater? I don't know if it matters but the internet signal does require a user name and password in order to be used. I'm assuming that since the extreme cost more it could potentially work with a greater range, or is it about the same?

• Asked by Michael A from Murrieta
• Apr 3, 2010
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Extending Roaming Network, Airport Extreme with APPLE TV

I have a Time Capsule on the third floor of my house in the office. I use this as the DHCP router. Wireless coverage is good on the top and middle floor, however when I get to the bottom floor the signal is weaker, slower and prone to drop outs.

The bottom floor is where I have my older second iMac, a MacBook Pro, and my home theater which has Apple TV. They all can get a weak wireless signal from the Time Capsule, but like I said it is slow and unreliable. I want to create a roaming network by adding an Airport Extreme to the bottom floor. I have heard that a solid connection from Time Capsule to Airport Extreme with Cat6 or Cat5e ethernet cable is the much preferred and more reliable way to do this.

I would need to run the Cat6 cable on the outside of the house, approximately 120 feet down from the office. There is already a Coax cable that makes that same run to provide cable TV to my bottom floor home theater. I would plan to set the Extreme in bridge mode to act as another Wireless Access Point.
Questions:
1. Is exterior grade Cat6 cable available to make this outside run?
2. Will the transmission be affected if the Cat6 runs close to the Coax cable?
3. The Apple TV device will be in close proximity to where I plan to place the Airport Extreme, should they be connected via ethernet port or connected wirelessly?
4. Would I need to set the Time Capsule and the Airport Extreme to different channels?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• Asked by David H from Vancouver
• Nov 1, 2012
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can the Airport express be used to extend an already existing Airport Extreme wireless network?

I would like to be able to wirelessly expand the range of an Airport Extreme router, but without having to spend $79 more than the Airport express.

• Asked by Joshua B from Waterford
• Apr 8, 2010
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We have Airport Extreme plus 4 in ceiling WAPs in our home. Can you plug the WAPs into the airport extreme to extend range?

Home has structured wiring with ethernet and 4 in ceiling WAPS wired into OnQ box. WAPs don't work well because when more than one person is online, the other gets booted off.

We have multiple mac laptops and MacPro plus sometimes need option for PC to be seen by our wireless network. How can we continue to use the in ceiling WAPS and incorporate them with our Airport Extreme?

• Asked by Jennifer C from Scottsdale
• Feb 14, 2010
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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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Time Capsule - Extreme Extender?

Got a 1TB time machine connected to my old modem. Bought my first Mac 10 months ago and love it. Problem is we've just had an extension and my iphone won't pick up the wireless signal in the new part of the house. I've asked for an airport extreme for Xmas in the hope it will extend the network for my phone etc. Have I done the right thing?

• Asked by Darran T
• Dec 10, 2010
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How many WiFi extenders (AirPort Extreme in bridge mode) can I have in my WiFi network ? Would it work to have a network creator + 10 extenders ?

• Asked by Jozef M from Mundaring
• Sep 24, 2011
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Can I use a second Airport Extreme as an access point in the same wireless network?

I have one Airport Extreme as the existing DHCP router for my network. I want to use a second one as an access point for the far side of the network to boost that areas signal strength. Will the 2nd AE play nice working only as a wireless access point when added to this wireless network?

• Asked by Eric N from Barnes
• Dec 21, 2009
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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 the airport extreme base station be used to wirelessly extend an existing network as an airport express can with no wires involved?

Basically my intent is to have an airport extreme to be used the exact same way as an airport express where you just plug it in and set it up to be an access point, no wires needed. Is it possible or is that only for the airport express

• Asked by David F from Allendale
• Feb 21, 2010
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