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A little help with Airport Express and Extreme?
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<blockquote data-quote="fiesta" data-source="post: 1461867" data-attributes="member: 278093"><p>I am seriously technologically challenged, though surrounded by several Apple devices. I currently have a Netgear router which doesn't have enough range in the house, so I'm contemplating getting the Airport Extreme and Express, have some basic questions:</p><p></p><p>1. Extreme is a wireless router and will replace the Netgear router I currently have</p><p>a. Correct?</p><p>b. Is it easy to set up?</p><p>c. When I connect it to the Comcast modem, I need to set it up using my Mac? Does it come with a standard default password or will I have to create one? What if I get locked out?</p><p></p><p>2. Set up Airport Express to connect to Extreme and place it in a different part of the house. This will give me better wifi signal in that part of the house. Is this accurate too?</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if Express is just a device that lets me stream music wirelessly from the iPhone or iPad or if it acts as a WiFi booster as well. I've read "WiFi Repeater" on several posts but I have no idea what that means.</p><p></p><p>I apologize if these questions are too basic, but I'm very nervous about this and don't want to mess up the existing configuration I have just in case I can't set up correctly.</p><p></p><p>Any help with these basic questions would be very much appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fiesta, post: 1461867, member: 278093"] I am seriously technologically challenged, though surrounded by several Apple devices. I currently have a Netgear router which doesn't have enough range in the house, so I'm contemplating getting the Airport Extreme and Express, have some basic questions: 1. Extreme is a wireless router and will replace the Netgear router I currently have a. Correct? b. Is it easy to set up? c. When I connect it to the Comcast modem, I need to set it up using my Mac? Does it come with a standard default password or will I have to create one? What if I get locked out? 2. Set up Airport Express to connect to Extreme and place it in a different part of the house. This will give me better wifi signal in that part of the house. Is this accurate too? I'm not sure if Express is just a device that lets me stream music wirelessly from the iPhone or iPad or if it acts as a WiFi booster as well. I've read "WiFi Repeater" on several posts but I have no idea what that means. I apologize if these questions are too basic, but I'm very nervous about this and don't want to mess up the existing configuration I have just in case I can't set up correctly. Any help with these basic questions would be very much appreciated! [/QUOTE]
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