Extending network by adding airport extreme to time capsule

LAN port.

You don't need to connect it with an Ethernet cable. Just bridge it with your time capsule when you're setting it up. You also don't need to buy an extreme, an express will do just fine since you already have an extreme inside the time capsule.

forza69 said:

LAN port.

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If you extend the network by WiFi then the data rate from anything connected to the second AE will be halved. This is because the data has to be sent twice back and forth between the second AE and the first TC/AE.

If you connect the two by LAN cable then the data rate is at max. This is a roaming config (second AE is in bridge mode) not the extend network mode.

drsox said:

If you extend the network by WiFi then the data rate from anything connected to the second AE will be halved. This is because the data has to be sent twice back and forth between the second AE and the first TC/AE.

If you connect the two by LAN cable then the data rate is at max. This is a roaming config (second AE is in bridge mode) not the extend network mode.

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drsox,
I apologize if I am asking a stupid question, and do not mean to threadjack, but this post has me wondering if I just made a mistake. So I have an imac on the way. I bought a Time Capsule, and already had an airport express.

My situation is I have two floors, very old house, and reception downstairs is not great. No Cat wiring etc.

My current setup will be:
1 iMac
1 iPad
2 iPhones
2 Roku
1 Dell Windows 7 laptop
1 Kindle Fire

The TC would go upstairs, and I was planning to put the AE downstairs and bridge them.

It sounds like you are saying I would be better off somehow rewiring the house to add a direct connection from the TC upstairs to the AE down?

I could do that, but hadn't even considered it. I have comcast cable. Is there anything easier than running new lines through the house?

Thank you very much in advance.