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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1030789" data-attributes="member: 145676">You are buying a very expensive Gigabit switch by using an Airport Extreme in the manner you describe.  Here is my contention - if your TC fails - go get another newer TC.  In theory these new models should not have the dying in 18 months problem (It may be 36 months, I don't know maybe I'm jaded but I went and got a second TC anyway).  But if you have money to throw around you could always use the Airport Extreme as a WDS extender for your TC (or vice versa).  So basically it works as you said, as a really expensive Airport Express with 3 extra ports you could hard wire into.  I digress, it shouldn't be any trouble if you setup the AE to extend the TC.</blockquote>