extending apple network How useful is this item as a bridge to extend the range of an airport extreme? Also, does it have to be connected to an ethernet cable to work as a bridge or can it just pick up the signal and extend it? extending apple network How useful is this item as a bridge to extend the range of an airport extreme? Also, does it have to be connected to an ethernet cable to work as a bridge or can it just... » Read More extending apple network How useful is this item as a bridge to extend the range of an airport extreme? Also, does it have to be connected to an ethernet cable to work as a bridge or can it just pick up the signal and extend it? « Show Less
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Yup. The air tunes feature is great. Once you hook up the AE your iPhone will automatically recognize the AE and allow you to stream your music. You might have to restart your phone and you will have to be connected to your wifi network to get it going. Hope this helps,Collin
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For music you just have to pull up iTunes. For movies I believe you still need to plug directly into the projector, I am not certain however, I just use the AirTunes streaming and bridging /printing abilities.
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thanks Collin!let me see which cables and I'm on my way!Is there a way to do the same for the content on your PC?the computer is on one room and the speakers and a projector in another. how can I stream movies or anything from point A to point B wireless?
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Gianna, you might want to get apple tv if you want to watch movies and stream music.
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Hi!if you don't mind me asking, since I already have a wireless network in my house and the airport express can be use to stream my itunes music, all I would need to buy are the AE, and the cables to connect it to my speakers (and use my iphone 4 as a control remote).am I right?thanks!
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but can I stream MY movies from my pc? never seem the apple tv in action :-)
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yes but i have switched to apples airport extreme base station and airport express for my wifi network. It works fine with all of my devices but i needed my ipad to configure it. Not sure if you can do this with a PC. All the linksys gear I tried after the original flawless wap54g access points were unreliable, caused whole network outages and could not deliver consistently on the highest speed for all my devices. I wasted a lot of money on these access points before I finally switched to apple. I couldn't be happier. Might be a little more costly but its not garbage and today's linksys is garbage in my opinion. yes but i have switched to apples airport extreme base station and airport express for my wifi network. It works fine with all of my devices but i needed my ipad to configure it. Not sure if you can do this with a PC. All the linksys gear I tried after the original flawless wap54g access points were unreliable, caused whole network outages and could not deliver consistently on the highest speed for all my devices. I wasted a lot of money on these access points before I finally switched to apple. I couldn't be happier. Might be a little more costly but its not garbage and today's linksys is... » Read More yes but i have switched to apples airport extreme base station and airport express for my wifi network. It works fine with all of my devices but i needed my ipad to configure it. Not sure if you can do this with a PC. All the linksys gear I tried after the original flawless wap54g access points were unreliable, caused whole network outages and could not deliver consistently on the highest speed for all my devices. I wasted a lot of money on these access points before I finally switched to apple. I couldn't be happier. Might be a little more costly but its not garbage and today's linksys is garbage in my opinion. « Show Less
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I picked up one of these for $5 from the egg-heads to try to use as a wireless bridge. From what I can tell, it has a proprietary repeater mode that only works if you have multiple N150 routers. I do not see a way to use this as a bridge to another type of router.
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FB: the distance is too far and the insulation in both house and garage will kill the signal, and weather will also affect it. They recommend the extender be within about 20' of the router. The only way it might work is if you got the strongest extender and put it in a window without a screen faceing the garage, and tried one of those long range wifi antennas for the computer i've seen advertised in some mags. If it works, it'll be cheaper than running cable that distance. good luck, Charlie c.
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That should work. With this particular range extender you actually create a new network that is seen by the computers in the area serviced by this extender. Technically what happens the range extender connects to the wireless signal from your router. It than sends out a signal, thus extending the range of your router. When you setup the "new" network you are actually just extending your original network. Hope this is helpful
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if your computer can communicate IP over WiFi, then you should have no problem. This is the same as connecting to a home router. All it does is extend the range of your current router, you don't need to do anything to your computer, just connect to the internet through your router as you did before, using the same SSID and password ( if necessary). This device will allow you to do this further away from your router than you used to do.
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The Transporter requires an Ethernet (preferred) or Wi-Fi connection to your network. The USB port is for connecting an optional TP-LINK TL-WN823N Wi-Fi adapter. If your AirPort Extreme has unused Ethernet ports, you could connect a Transporter to one of those.
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I don't see why not. I found the whole set up to be a bit less than stellar and decided to switch to Apple Airport Extreme and Express. It's much easier to use and much more reliable. plug and play and it just works. You can also use two expresses or three if necessary and they'll work together seamlessly as one big network.
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Paul, I was trying to get full wifi out to my backyard which is only about 50' away, but my problem is I have steel siding on my house instead of wood or vinyl .So I positioned the extender at the nearest wall socket to my sliding glass door to to the back yard as to reflect thru the glass and not my siding. This worked, I didn't have all bars showing but I had the wifi ok. Your standard wifi router (N) should get you at least that far without the extender, standard structure house wood of vinyl siding of course
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Could you please let me know if this worked out for you?I am considering the same solution to tunnel all my internet traffic through VPN:one VPN-router between the router of my Internet Service Provider and the Apple Airport.It would be nice to know if you could let me know if you got your connection working!
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Yes I bought an Apple Airport Express and I set it up as a bridge. It works great!
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Yes AirPort Extreme can be used to extend an existing network or create a new network.
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In theory, yes, but it was rather a PITA for me to get it to work as an extender on my network. It worked after much configuration though, so you should be able to extend the network of the TriFi network (just another Wifi network), just as if it were another router.
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I would strongly consider Extreme if you have a new MacBook with 802.11n, you will see a TREMENDOUS speed increase, esp with a cable modem! I'm about ready to spring for one as I've just gotten a new MacBook Pro with 802.11n and the range on my old Netgear router is great, I can finally take advantage of the speed!
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your range, of course, is as far as your circuitry goes in the dwelling. I image you're trying to extend your range outside of the dwelling. I do not, however, have any knowledge of an extender working but I do know that another hub will work when hung off of one of them. That being the case, my impression would be that thestextender would work. I'm interested if it will. Let me know...
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Alright, thank you. The reason I was wondering is because on Apple's Mac video, it said "to connect to a wireless network, you will need the Apple Airport router." Anyways, Thanks for clearing that up.
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Sorry but no it can not. This unit, as all of our extenders, will only connect to the network via a wireless signal. If you need to connect to the network via a LAN port than you need an access point like the AP300 or AP20000G.