Airport Express performace issues with multiple devices connected

walleyrund · walleyrund #1 (**permalink**)

04-02-2009, 09:00 AM

I've been experiencing performance issues with my Airport Express and I think it might be due to the number of devices I have connected. Until the problems started occurring I had my MacBook (c. Nov 2006, Core2Duo), my Sony Viao (XP), a second Express serving as a print station, and Nintendo Wii. Everyone once in a blue moon I have an old PC running Ubuntu that jumps on the network. Everything worked seamlessly.

Then I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and iPod Touch.

The total of seven wireless devices is still under the 10 Apple says the Express can handle, but whenever three or four devices are running at least one of them refuses to connect. It's usually either my MacBook or the Acer. Sometimes it's the other Express.

This also all happened around the same time as the firmware upgrade to 7.4.1

umang7888 · umang7888 #2 (**permalink**)

04-02-2009, 10:16 AM

Are you using your second airport express in WDS mode..? if not, try that, it might help!

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 118 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 15" 2.5 GHz 2 GB RAM 250 GB HDD NViDA GeForce 8600 GMT	04-02-2009, 10:16 AM Are you using your second airport express in WDS mode..? if not, try that, it might help! iPod 5.5 Gen Video 30 GB \| iPod Classic 80 GB \|Airport Express \| MacBook Pro Penryn 2.5 GHz \| 2 GB RAM \| NVida GeFroce 8600 GMT\|
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walleyrund #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 02, 2009 Location: Baltimore, Md. Posts: 2 Mac Specs: MacBook Core2Duo c. Nov 2006	04-02-2009, 09:00 AM I've been experiencing performance issues with my Airport Express and I think it might be due to the number of devices I have connected. Until the problems started occurring I had my MacBook (c. Nov 2006, Core2Duo), my Sony Viao (XP), a second Express serving as a print station, and Nintendo Wii. Everyone once in a blue moon I have an old PC running Ubuntu that jumps on the network. Everything worked seamlessly. Then I bought an Acer Aspire One netbook and iPod Touch. The total of seven wireless devices is still under the 10 Apple says the Express can handle, but whenever three or four devices are running at least one of them refuses to connect. It's usually either my MacBook or the Acer. Sometimes it's the other Express. This also all happened around the same time as the firmware upgrade to 7.4.1
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