Questions & Answers for AirPort Extreme Base Station

The router will always be transmitting the wi-fi signal, but you can default any computer to wired Ethernet by disabling the wireless card of any laptop or desktop that has one built in. It will then search for the Ethernet port as a mean to connect to the Internet.

• Answered by Jorge J from Cape Coral
• Jan 7, 2013
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No, it doesn't.

• Answered by Leonid M from Brooklyn
• Jan 3, 2011
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You won't have any problem. Simply install the AirPort Utility for Windows from the included CD onto your Windows 7 computer, connect everything (the power cable last), and open AirPort Utility and follow the onscreen instructions.

You'll probably be advised early on that there is a (free, quick and easy, small) software update available from Apple for your new AirPort Utility, and once that's installed you'll be able to install the latest firmware update to the Extreme. These updates were just posted Dec. 16, so they won't have shown up on the hardware in inventory this fast.

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• Dec 30, 2010
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must use a USB hub that is self-powered

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• Dec 11, 2010
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To clarify, you can still have the airport extreme to handle your base station functions and also have the express hooked up to your stereo for streaming. I have three express routers hooked up to three different stereo's throughout the house and outside and can play all three at the same time from Itunes or from pandora ( and other streaming services ) using Airfoil.

• Answered by David K from Easton
• Mar 7, 2011
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Old question, but if it's still important to you - yes you can. BT infinity comes with a modem, this is connected in turn to a BT supplied router (home hub 3) so just replace the home hub with your air extreme and setup, it'l work just fine.

• Answered by Christopher H
• Jan 31, 2012
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It's USB 2

• Answered by Clark E from Sandy
• Sep 23, 2012
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Yes. The AirPort Express ethernet port can be used for either a WAN or LAN connection and does allow you to extend ethernet.

Although I suspect so, I don't know if you will be able to avoid buying the proprietary Samsung adapter.

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• Jan 17, 2010
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Yes. Up to 25% better, plus the most important factor is the addition of MIMO technology which allows different speed clients to connect at their own speeds without slowing down the entire network. This would likely solve your problem while still allowing slower speed devices. However, an Extreme still only serves up to 50 clients.

The speed of the wireless network of your A1143 could not have slowed when serving only a single client. Wireless routers only provide slower service due to increased interference, greater demand from serving multiple clients, and/or when purposely accommodating a slower speed client.

When slower speed clients are allowed to connect to a faster speed network, all non-MIMO wireless routers that have multiple speed networking capability automatically slow down to the speed of the slowest client.

You can prevent this from happening by controlling access to your network, or by increasing the minimum speed requirement for wireless clients by changing the "Radio Mode" setting in AirPort Utility.

The A1143 has eight different Radio Mode settings to choose from - if not all are visible, press and hold the "option" (alt) key prior to clicking the Radio Mode popup.

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• Apr 4, 2010
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The Ethernet cable from the cable box connects to the single Ethernet WAN port of the Extreme.

Connect the two desktops to two of the three Ethernet LAN ports.

Connect the three lap tops wirelessly to the Extreme's wireless network.

All five computers will then be connected to the network, and therefore, to each other, as well as to anything else that connects to the network, such as printers and hard drives, an Apple TV, iPhones and iPod Touches, Windows computers, various gaming devices, internet-enabled TVs, etc., etc. Each connected wired or wireless device is a network user, and the Extreme can accommodate a total of 50 users at the same time.

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• Feb 4, 2011
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