I think it might be possible to extend your network out wirelessly, I have 1 AE and used to have the bebox/o2 supplied router (probably the same as yours) Like Sam says cross vendor wifi is difficult, because each wifi network's settings have to be exactly the same, and neither the Apple or the O2 box let you change much more than the channel, name and key.
In the end for me I found my router stopped crashing, and generally performed better by disabling the wifi on it and just doing everything through the Airport, giving the router as little work to do as possible. If you try the same, i.e. two airport expresses and no other wifi, the first joined to the router with ethernet cable, and the second one stand alone wherever you need it you should be able to get your wifi extension working. As for the printer, just connect it in the usual way to either one and share it out, it should work the same connected to either. On 25 August 2012 15:47, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > You won't be able to extend a non-airport network with an airport base > station, it has to be two airport routers, at least I've never got it > working cross-manufacturer. > > You could use a powerline networking kit to bring the ethernet connection > up to the airport express, then use the AE to share out the printer. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > On 25 Aug 2012, at 15:43, Jonathan Brady wrote: > > Hello. > > I recently bought a second airport express base station for travelling but > since I am currently nowhere exotic I thought I might add it to my current > home network which consists of an O2 wireless router supplied by our dear > friends at Telefonica and an airport express base station downstairs used > for both extending the wireless network signal from the O2 box and > airtunes/airplay (whatever they call it nowadays). I have added the second > airport express base station upstairs quite close to the iMac I use and > diverted the printer's usb cable from the iMac to the new airport express. > I followed the idiot's walkthrough setup that airport utility took me > along. However, I cannot get the printer to work. I know these things are > not always so plug and play as one expects so forgive my apparent naiveté. > After that long preamble, the gist of my query is: can I use the second > airport express base station to both extend the wireless network thereby > improving its overall realiability and at the same time use it so that > multiple machines can print wirelessly from around the house or are the two > mutually exclusive? If it is possible to use it to both extend the network > and print wirelessly, how do I sort the printer bit out? > > Thanks. > > > Jonathan Brady > Photography, Multimedia, Video > tel: +44(0) 7931 541 489 > Twitter: @HiredGunJB > LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jmebrady > web: http://www.jonathanbrady.net > email: [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
