Hi,
As with many others this is my first post. I have looked at many of the other posts with similarly titled subjects but felt it best not to highjack someone else's issue.
I live in the UK in a very old (1601) building where the walls are solid stone and very thick. My existing wireless router could not penetrate the walls to i upgraded to a BELKIN 802.11 n router but this did not help. I then purchased my first iMac and decided to upgrade to a Airport Extreme (hoping this may help). I did not realise that the Extreme still required connection to a DSL router/modem so i still needed the BELKIN router. Suffice to say the wireless network was not better. Back to APPLE to look at the Airport Express. It states that this will extend a wireless network however despite following all the instructions my express does not appear to extend the network one iota. What have i missed please?
Setup is as follows:
BELKIN DSL router connect by ethernet to Airport Extreme.
BELKIN wireless is OFF.
Extreme setup is:
Status: Normal
Version: 7.6.1
Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: OCH_Network
Channel: 100 (automatic), 6 (automatic)
Wireless clients: 4
Connect using: ethernet
IP address: 192.168.1.4
Express setup is:
Status: Normal
Version: 7.6.1
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: OCH_Network
Channel: 100 (automatic)
Wireless clients: 2
Connect using: wireless network
IP address: 192.168.1.9
The room in which the express is still has a very poor wireless signal. I am not a complete novice when setting up home networks but this has me stumped. All help gratefully received.
As with many others this is my first post. I have looked at many of the other posts with similarly titled subjects but felt it best not to highjack someone else's issue.
I live in the UK in a very old (1601) building where the walls are solid stone and very thick. My existing wireless router could not penetrate the walls to i upgraded to a BELKIN 802.11 n router but this did not help. I then purchased my first iMac and decided to upgrade to a Airport Extreme (hoping this may help). I did not realise that the Extreme still required connection to a DSL router/modem so i still needed the BELKIN router. Suffice to say the wireless network was not better. Back to APPLE to look at the Airport Express. It states that this will extend a wireless network however despite following all the instructions my express does not appear to extend the network one iota. What have i missed please?
Setup is as follows:
BELKIN DSL router connect by ethernet to Airport Extreme.
BELKIN wireless is OFF.
Extreme setup is:
Status: Normal
Version: 7.6.1
Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: OCH_Network
Channel: 100 (automatic), 6 (automatic)
Wireless clients: 4
Connect using: ethernet
IP address: 192.168.1.4
Express setup is:
Status: Normal
Version: 7.6.1
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: OCH_Network
Channel: 100 (automatic)
Wireless clients: 2
Connect using: wireless network
IP address: 192.168.1.9
The room in which the express is still has a very poor wireless signal. I am not a complete novice when setting up home networks but this has me stumped. All help gratefully received.