On 25 Mar 2014, at 3:50 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks .. any ideas here would be most welcome please ? > > I took the proven AE setup to my elderly mother’s place and set it up fine on > her WiFi network. > Problem now is that when I then take it from her office (where I set it up > and it works) to her lounge (the next room) I plug it in and simply get an > endless flashing orange light. Seems it can’t pick up the WiFi only one room > away from the wireless modem. > > Is there something I might be missing here or does the AE usually have such a > short range ? > The modem is a very old blue and silver D-Link with an antenna on one side > (perhaps that is the culprit). > Strange thing is that m iPhone picks up her WiFi anywhere in her home. The AE will only extend the WiFi from another Apple device, eg another AE, Airport Extreme or Time Capsule. It can only extend the network of the D-Link as an ethernet bridge, not wireless. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
