Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Just a little clarification here. The problems you were having are not specifically due to Apple incompatibilities. As Sabahattin mentioned, the Express has specific features that allow it to be a "repeater". The Extreme, and many other home routers are not meant to be repeaters, but mor

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It may be that your new router has the latest wifi standard and the Airport may not work with that. It might be something to look into. /A > 4 feb. 2020 kl. 18:22 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Yes, Tim, that’s what I’ve been doing. But with airport extreme 6th > gener

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-05 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hi Sabahattin, Thank you for this advice. As you rightly point out the last thing I want is to slow down my network. The reason I purchased Netgear Nighthawk was in order to improve the performance of my network. As the number of devices/computers has increased in my home over the last few y

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-04 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Unfortunately, the answer is, “I’m sorry Andrew, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” The problem is that the AirPort Express supports the STA (station) proxy mode, wherein each Ethernet and Wi-Fi device connected to the extension is proxied to your existing network as a Wi-Fi station itself. This is ho

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-04 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
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 n

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-04 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
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 yo

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-04 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
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 > wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there an option in the setup to

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

2020-02-03 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
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 Canad