Airport express helps

[ShrubbySoup]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about getting a new router that reaches into my room (wireless). I have a cheap netgear but wanted to get the airport express, will it extend my connection through the netgear or will it ny work with the airport extreme?

Sorry is that was confusing,
What I'm trying to say in simple terms

My Internet comes through the wall ---> it enters a virgin media hub with one Ethernet port ---> then it goes into my netgear wireless router ---> now I want to add the express to gain connection in my room (extend)

Does it work with netgear and not just extreme really,
So sorry for babbling
Thanks Connor

 

[mattkidd]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about getting a new router that reaches into my room (wireless). I have a cheap netgear but wanted to get the airport express, will it extend my connection through the netgear or will it ny work with the airport extreme?

Sorry is that was confusing,
What I'm trying to say in simple terms

My Internet comes through the wall ---> it enters a virgin media hub with one Ethernet port ---> then it goes into my netgear wireless router ---> now I want to add the express to gain connection in my room (extend)

Does it work with netgear and not just extreme really,
So sorry for babbling
Thanks Connor

Your English grammar and spelling is a little poor, so its a little difficult to understand what your trying to say

If I'm correct in saying you already have a router which connects directly to your Virgin Broadband Router which then connects into another wireless router... but you are experiencing poor signal from this wireless router, which suggests you must also be experiencing poor wireless signal from your virgin hub?

The question is do you want the Airport express to wirelessly feed of the netgear to boost signal? I would suggest simply replacing the netgear router and replacing it with the airport express as the signal and range is more than likely to be more superior...

In that case also it may be suggested you would enable the router to use DHCP opposed to bridge from the Hub, this means all traffic going through the airport express would be managed by it, opposed to being managed by the Virgin Hub...

 

[ShrubbySoup]

Your English grammar and spelling is a little poor, so its a little difficult to understand what your trying to say

If I'm correct in saying you already have a router which connects directly to your Virgin Broadband Router which then connects into another wireless router... but you are experiencing poor signal from this wireless router, which suggests you must also be experiencing poor wireless signal from your virgin hub?

The question is do you want the Airport express to wirelessly feed of the netgear to boost signal? I would suggest simply replacing the netgear router and replacing it with the airport express as the signal and range is more than likely to be more superior...

In that case also it may be suggested you would enable the router to use DHCP opposed to bridge from the Hub, this means all traffic going through the airport express would be managed by it, opposed to being managed by the Virgin Hub...

Basically I'm saying will it extend my netgear wireless router that I have currently or does it only work with airport extreme?

 

[waw74]

Basically I'm saying will it extend my netgear wireless router that I have currently or does it only work with airport extreme?

it only works with airport extreme

 

[T5BRICK]

it only works with airport extreme

I read somewhere that the 802.11g model only worked with Airport networks, but the 802.11n version would extend non apple networks. I've tried the first and can confirm it, but I haven't tried the latter, so you may be right.