Yes, Tim, that’s what I’ve been doing. But with airport extreme 6th generation whenever I choose “add to existing network” & press next button, it wants to create a new wifi network anyway. I had a chat with an apple support chap earlier on this morning but he couldn’t find a way and told me netgear nighthawk might not be compatible with Apple AE and suggested I could only do it via wired ethernet option, which defeats the object for me. However, I did experiment a bit and connected AE to my router via ethernet, set it up to extend network in this way and then tried to. edit the settings in the wireless tab to extend the existing network (no join existing network was available). So far so good. But when I updated the settings and AE restarted, I got an error message that the station couldn’t join the wifi network specified and that’s that. So I’m stuffed. I may have to phone the shop and ask whether I can return the netgear. I’m a bit sad because it is a good fast router, and I think it performs better on wifi than my extreme. Why is Apple so difficult compatibility wise with other products. It’s ridiculous. A wireless station like an AE should be able to join an existing wifi. What’s the problem? Thanks, Tim, I suppose it’s the end of the road.
Andrew > On 4 Feb 2020, at 15:41, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Did you set the Airport to factory defaults? If yes, then when you first > open Airport Utility, VO-space on "Other WiFi Devices", then select the > Extreme from there, instead of pressing the "Next" button, press the "Other > Options" button. Select the item that says something about adding your > device to an existing network. I suggest you choose "to "Join" as opposed to > "Extend". That seems to be as granular as it can go now, but after you set > it up, you can then go in and get more detailed in your settings. > > HTH. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 02:55, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > It’s curious. In earlier versions of airport utility, there was an option to > set things up manually. Now this option doesn’t seem to exist. Any other > ideas? > > Andrew >> On 3 Feb 2020, at 19:01, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com <mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is there an option in the setup to set up manually, or "Other"? I seem to >> recall that working better when you wish to do things a little different >> than the normal methods. >> >> Later... >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Jamf Certified Tech >> Apple Teacher >> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Feb 3, 2020, at 11:29, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I’m in a dreadful quandary. I’ve managed to setup my new Netgear X6 R8000 >> router successfully using web interface. 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