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I am reworking my home network and have a few questions on the best way to set things up. *I’m essentially moving from a basic home network and WiFi set up that has been in place for years to a configuration that will allow my to take full benefit of Internet streaming, iTunes streaming, WiFi printing, etc. *
I have a mixed Windows and Mac environment and need to support an iMac, 3 iPads, and 3 windows laptops. *I also want to add Apple TV to my family room TV and internet streaming to the TV in the master bedroom (its an internet ready TV with Netflix, Pandora, etc, ready to go.) *I will use existing ethernet for the ATV and a WiFi ethernet adapter for the master bedroom.
All of the areas mentioned above are close to each other and close to my home office where my current ATT DSL router/modem is located. *
New hardware:
Airport Extreme Base Station
Apple TV
WiFi ethernet adapter
My first question in on configuring the AEBS. *Some posts seem to indicate the best way to go is to set it up in bridge mode and use the ISP’s router/modem for DHCP. (I may also be changing from ATT to a TW cable modem in the near future if that matters.) It seems this would have a couple of advantages, one of which would be some additional ports since I would have use of the ports on the ATT router and the ports on the AEBS. Does this make sense? Anything else I should be considering?
My other questions relates to the potential need to extend the WiFi to the other end of the house. The current network does not get quite as far as I need. The good news (I think) is that I do have ethernet to that part of the house. Can I configure an old Linksys WRT54GS router to work on the same WiFi netowrk as the AEBS? (I have one available.) Would I be better of to spend the $99 and add an Airport Express? Would there have to be 2 separate WiFi networks? As you can see this part is starting to exceed my understanding.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for reading and commenting.
JD
I have a mixed Windows and Mac environment and need to support an iMac, 3 iPads, and 3 windows laptops. *I also want to add Apple TV to my family room TV and internet streaming to the TV in the master bedroom (its an internet ready TV with Netflix, Pandora, etc, ready to go.) *I will use existing ethernet for the ATV and a WiFi ethernet adapter for the master bedroom.
All of the areas mentioned above are close to each other and close to my home office where my current ATT DSL router/modem is located. *
New hardware:
Airport Extreme Base Station
Apple TV
WiFi ethernet adapter
My first question in on configuring the AEBS. *Some posts seem to indicate the best way to go is to set it up in bridge mode and use the ISP’s router/modem for DHCP. (I may also be changing from ATT to a TW cable modem in the near future if that matters.) It seems this would have a couple of advantages, one of which would be some additional ports since I would have use of the ports on the ATT router and the ports on the AEBS. Does this make sense? Anything else I should be considering?
My other questions relates to the potential need to extend the WiFi to the other end of the house. The current network does not get quite as far as I need. The good news (I think) is that I do have ethernet to that part of the house. Can I configure an old Linksys WRT54GS router to work on the same WiFi netowrk as the AEBS? (I have one available.) Would I be better of to spend the $99 and add an Airport Express? Would there have to be 2 separate WiFi networks? As you can see this part is starting to exceed my understanding.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for reading and commenting.
JD