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Setting Up An Airport Network

Started by brentspore · 9 months ago

UPDATE: Post pictures were lost in a crash, but the large flickr pics are still available. Just click on the broken pic link to see the large version. Sorry for the inconvenience. - Brent
I don’t know about you, but I have had my Airport Extreme and Express for a while now and ... Continue reading »

6 comments

  • Jeremy Salter - a work in prog

    1 year ago

    Brent, do you think that they will integrate these two products at any point? I'm kind of holding out on buying the new Extreme because I really want it to have the AirTunes feature...personally, I don't see why they wouldn't combine them...
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  • Brent

    1 year ago

    I don't see why they wouldn't either. It does make perfect sense for sure. The express does have it's handy uses though, like having the Extreme in a completely different location than your home stereo system and the travel perks (wireless in a hotel). But I do agree, having AirTunes in the Extreme router would make a lot of sense.
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  • Paul Erickson

    1 year ago

    Write them and suggest it. Sometimes the most obvious ideas get overlooked. "Power to the people!" and all that. :)
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  • David Carrrington

    1 year ago

    On a different but related subject: I bought a Time Machine, which set up great and has subsequently worked perfectly. But I live in a big old apartment and needed to extend coverage away from my study to the living room, on a different floor and bought two Expresses to do so. Set them up but then they kept dropping out, flashing orange lights, couldn't see them on the Airport Utility, etc. But then I called them completely different names, as per your tutorial, and gave them different passwords too. Problem solved! One thing though - instead of getting them to "join a network" I selected "Extend a network" - what's the difference?
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  • Brent

    1 year ago

    David,

    I believe 'join' will just make it a access point. I used mine in this mode for my XBOX 360 to connect to my network as well as playing stuff through my stereo. Extend does just that. Takes your WiFi signal and extends it further. For those with large areas to cover with a WiFi signal.

    I think that's it... anyone want to correct me if I'm wrong?
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  • Book Hotel

    6 months ago

    I agree with Paul... This is a really good idea. Sometimes the best ideas get overlooked.
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