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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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 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 connect Airport Extreme to HP Procurve 2610-24 switch to extend network wireless to be able to provide Wireless Network thru Guest networking?

I would like to use Airport Extreme to provide Wi-Fi Internet thru Guest networking. Network setup is as follow.

Main Router Cisco 2811 connected (via Ethernet Interface) to HP Procurve 2610-24 (24 Ports). Can I connect Airport Extreme to HP Procurve port to extend network wireless to be able to provide Wireless Network thru Guest networking? I heard Airport Extreme would not work on this network. If it is true please explain me why.

Thanks

• Asked by Harry G from San Juan
• Jun 1, 2010
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how many airport extreme base station can I link to extend network

• Asked by Rafael Z from San Ysidro
• May 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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can I connect multiple Extremes with Cat5 to extend range

I'm trying to provide WiFi signal to our entire church. All areas, with the exception of the sanctuary, receive a signal from a central router; however, the sanctuary is enclosed by metal, and the WiFi signal will not penetrate. I've tried to extend the network into the sanctuary using an Airport Express, but we can't get enough signal. I would like to connect 2 or more Airport Extreme's with Cat5, with one of the Extreme's inside the sanctuary. Can this be done ???

• Asked by Walter L from Wetumpka
• Jul 6, 2011
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Will Airport Express work as a wireless network extender for a Linksys Cable Gateway modem?

I already have a Linksys modem managing my wireless network at home. I have a couple Macs further away in the house and upstairs that occasionally lose signal. My hardwired iMac works great so I know it is not the network, but the signal. The Airport Express says it can be used as a wireless network extender for an Airport Extreme ran wireless network, but is there a chance it will work with my Linksys 802.11g wireless base station as well?

I would rather buy Airport Express and the New Apple TV than have to replace my base station.

• Asked by Dan S from Kalamazoo
• Sep 11, 2010
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If i purchase an air port extreme for a base station, and an airport express in repeater mode; Can i still use the air tunes on the Airport Express?

I am looking to purchase an Airport Extreme as my base station. I would also like to get 2 Airport Express' to extend my network in repeater mode, and use Air Tunes on the expresses in the other rooms. So my question is, Does the Airtunes work when the Express' are in repeater mode?

• Asked by Bryan C from Vista
• Feb 26, 2010
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I just bought a Sony Bluray player that is "wifi ready" - it seems to need both a router and a bridge(?)

I just bought a Sony Bluray player that is "wifi ready" - it seems to need both a router and a bridge(?) If I buy an Airport Extreme Base Station, what else will I need in order to connect my Bluray player to the Airport wifi network? Will Airport Express work for this? Or some other product?

Thanks.

• Asked by Edward K from Allentown
• Jun 27, 2010
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