I'm not sure about that. if you are trying to make it a repeater then no. I think you need to plug it in to your modem. IN my case I have a router modem thing and there is no way to plug a router in to it as it is suposed to be portable lol! but good luck. On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:22 AM, william lomas wrote:
> so the airport extreme is just another router? > i can plug it in to my existing one and use that, instead? > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> The time capsule is a hard drive with a router in it thereby making local >> network backups possible.. You might want to go for the airport extreme >> instead as it might be slightly cheaper. >> On Oct 21, 2011, at 6:39 AM, william lomas wrote: >> >>> i am going to look in to this time capsule thing >>> is it fast? >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Thuy wrote: >>> >>>> I have the Virgin Media hub too, but don't bother to use its wireless >>>> router. Instead, I plug my Time Capsule into one of the ethernet ports >>>> on the Virgin Media hub. Hope this helps? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Thuy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 21/10/2011, william lomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> the virgin media hub is an all in one device so not sure what i would do. >>>>> The N protocol I assume is a stronger connection >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi William >>>>>> >>>>>> I can just about figure out what you're trying to say here. But I'm >>>>>> amazed that your router won't support both bands at once, most modern >>>>>> routers do because it's necessary for fallback compatibility. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, the Mac supports both frequency ranges because, as I said, it is >>>>>> backwards compatible. But what you're saying proves that the iPhone does >>>>>> not support the 5GHZ wireless-N protocol. >>>>>> >>>>>> So if your router won't support both at once, you have 2 options: 1. >>>>>> Stick with Wireless-G and be done with it. 2. Jump on that router and >>>>>> buy yourself a proper one! :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Even the Time Capsules and Airport base stations which, although alright >>>>>> for most residential network configurations, are very slow and clunky >>>>>> switches for high speed traffic. But they do support both bands >>>>>> simultaneously at least. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gordon >>>>>> >>>>>> On 21 Oct 2011, at 08:25, william lomas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Gordon >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> with mine, see, i think, i have to set it to either or. >>>>>> So if I set it to the 2.4 ghz when I log in, I see the iPhone connecting >>>>>> to it, yet as my iMac i assume has an N enabled card? it flawless with >>>>>> the >>>>>> five ghz yet the iPhone isn't. >>>>>> very strange, never mind >>>>>> >>>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>>> >>>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>>>>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>>>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>>>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>>>>> >>>>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>>>> and worm-free! 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