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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1494893" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>You lost me a little along the way so forgive me if I miss something.</p><p></p><p>As a quick note there was no need to get an extreme when you have a time capsule. </p><p>A TC and a handful of expresses would have been cheaper and just as effective.</p><p></p><p>So the way it needs to happen is TC connected to your modem as you have now. </p><p></p><p>Then all the others just need to be setup, using Airport Utility, to extend the network. </p><p></p><p>This way the devices extending the network will all mirror the settings of the TC.</p><p></p><p>Use the wifi sniffer software you have (i favour <a href="http://www.istumbler.net/" target="_blank">iStumbler</a> or the one built into Mountain Lion) to find the least crowded local channel and set the TC network to this. Set the SSID to whatever you want. </p><p></p><p>This will give you a seamless network across all devices. </p><p></p><p>You shouldn't individually change settings on the devices extending the network. Having individually configured settings, differing channels, SSIDs etc will 'break' the network</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1494893, member: 38928"] You lost me a little along the way so forgive me if I miss something. As a quick note there was no need to get an extreme when you have a time capsule. A TC and a handful of expresses would have been cheaper and just as effective. So the way it needs to happen is TC connected to your modem as you have now. Then all the others just need to be setup, using Airport Utility, to extend the network. This way the devices extending the network will all mirror the settings of the TC. Use the wifi sniffer software you have (i favour [URL="http://www.istumbler.net/"]iStumbler[/URL] or the one built into Mountain Lion) to find the least crowded local channel and set the TC network to this. Set the SSID to whatever you want. This will give you a seamless network across all devices. You shouldn't individually change settings on the devices extending the network. Having individually configured settings, differing channels, SSIDs etc will 'break' the network [/QUOTE]
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