That's interesting. Then again, my gateway is my Time Capsule, so I can easily extend the network outside in the yard with my Express. I have never tried it with non-Apple equipment.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On May 12, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote: > Hey John, > > There's no problem getting an airport to join a wireless network. This, of > course, then gets the airport its own IP. It's very handy for, sharing > printers (assuming you don't have a wireless printer) or a USB disk or > something like that. > > However I've trawled googled for about 2 days and only last night, by a > fluke, discovered you can't extend unless the base station (as opposed to the > one extending) is apple. > > Of course you could probably do something like a WDS setup, but that, to the > best of my knowledge doesn't apply to Wireless N. > > Dónal > On 12 May 2013, at 16:36, John Panarese <jpanar...@mac-access.net> wrote: > >> I didn't realize that you can't use it to extend wirelessly. I thought if >> you had the Express or Extreme join the network, with Airpot Utility, you >> could get it to extend an exisiting network? >> >> If not, I would then assume your idea of connecting with wires shoudl get >> the job done then. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. 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