Hi SImon, The iPads do have 8211N. In fact the iPhone 4 does as well, but the 3GS and previous generation iPods are 8211G only. Everything Apple has now supports 8211N. I'm going to dig into this as well and we'll exchange notes. It should be automatic and here is how I know. I took my iPhone and checked the network strength as I went from one floor to another. I noticed the number of bars dropped until the iPhone connected to the AirPort Express and then it went back up to 3 bars. Conversely with the iPad it was connected to the 5Ghz radio of the TIme Capsule and when I went to the upper floor the bars dropped from 3 to 2 and remained there. THis told me that it had not switched to the Express. My suspicion is the Express can only operate on either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz band instead of both as the Time Capsule or Extreme can. That is what I'm going to check into.
ScottOn Apr 25, 2011, at 3:30 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > I understand from reading "take control books" k- and I am currently > struggling with setting up a similar network to yours, Scott, that iPad has > not the capacity to connect to 5ghz radio as it is still 8211G rather than N. > With Express, it has as you point out a dual capacity and it should switch > autimatically unless you do not allow it in the configurations. I too find > the configuring troublesome as I can't seem to access certain options when > extending the network. > > I will see what else I can find. > > Simon > On 25 Apr 2011, at 01:57, Scott Howell wrote: > >> All, >> >> I hope this will make sense, but this is a little complicated perhaps. >> Currently I have an AirPort Time Capsule as the main router and an AirPort >> Express on another floor to extend the range of the network. The Time >> Capsule has both a 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz radio. I learned the AIrPort Express does >> as well. I have effectively two networks it seems in that devices can >> connect to the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz network, which has the same name accept the >> 5Ghz network actually states network name followed by 5Ghz. The goal of >> course was to segregate the 8211G devices from the 8211N devices by allowing >> devices supporting 8211N to only access the 5Ghz network. THis seems to work >> fine, but I noticed that my iPad was loosing it's connection until I allowed >> it to connect to the AirPort Express by entering the password (which is the >> same for the entire network). My thought was that perhaps for some reason >> although the Express is extending the network, the iPad was not making the >> switch to the extender. So, that got me to wondering if the iPad was >> connecting to the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz portion/radio of the network. I'm still not >> entirely sure since it seems the AirPort Express when setup does not allow >> access to a lot of the configuration options. Well ok, of course you can >> change anything, but when configured to extend the range of the network, it >> would make sense that you would not need access to all options (if that made >> sense). >> So, once I connected it seem to behave as expected, but at that time I did >> not realize the AirPort Express had both 2.4 and 5Ghz radios. So, after all >> that prattle, does anyone know a bit on how these routers work as far as >> handing off traffic to an extender and how a device knows to make the >> switch? I suspect I know more than I realize, but just haven't found the >> best resource to learn. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
