I'm not so Mac savvy as I am PC savvy, so I'm hoping that someone here can point me in the right direction.
I have a friend who has a G5 which his internet directly connects to and he shares it via wireless from an installed Airport card (not sure what speed, it's a few years old the G5). The wireless is used to offer connectivity to his iPad, iPhone, Apple TV and visiting guests; unfortunately, the wireless capabilities of the iPad are poor and he loses connectivity half the distance the iPhone and my laptop can go!
He went to the Apple store, explained his configuration to an employee there and they said he needed an Airport Express router to extend the range of his signal from his G5. Sounded like a possible idea to me...
Unfortunately, it seems that for whatever reason, the option to 'extend wireless signal' is not possible as the Airport simply states that it cannot extend the signal of this network. Tried the Airport Express by itself rather than attempting to extend and the signal strength was exactly the same, so that's not a replacement.
As I've been able to do this with various non-Apple routers, extend the range of a wireless card, I was hoping I could do this with the Airport Express but it doesn't seem possible. Is he forced to spend more money on multiple expresses to extend the range or should I simple pick him up a router I'm familiar with that might offer further range?
Thanks in advance!
I have a friend who has a G5 which his internet directly connects to and he shares it via wireless from an installed Airport card (not sure what speed, it's a few years old the G5). The wireless is used to offer connectivity to his iPad, iPhone, Apple TV and visiting guests; unfortunately, the wireless capabilities of the iPad are poor and he loses connectivity half the distance the iPhone and my laptop can go!
He went to the Apple store, explained his configuration to an employee there and they said he needed an Airport Express router to extend the range of his signal from his G5. Sounded like a possible idea to me...
Unfortunately, it seems that for whatever reason, the option to 'extend wireless signal' is not possible as the Airport simply states that it cannot extend the signal of this network. Tried the Airport Express by itself rather than attempting to extend and the signal strength was exactly the same, so that's not a replacement.
As I've been able to do this with various non-Apple routers, extend the range of a wireless card, I was hoping I could do this with the Airport Express but it doesn't seem possible. Is he forced to spend more money on multiple expresses to extend the range or should I simple pick him up a router I'm familiar with that might offer further range?
Thanks in advance!