Airport express question

[sahni130]

hello everybody. i searched everywhere but i could not find a clear and concise answer to my question. I have an airport extreme and an airport express. Which is the best way to connect the airport express to the airport extreme- " join a wireless network" or " extend a wireless network"? sorry if this is in the wrong forum.
thanks

 

[FunkyMonkey]

You want to do "extend a wireless network".

 

[sahni130]

so if i "extend the wireless network", i get better performance. i also have a xbox 360 connected to the airport express using ethernet.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

so if i "extend the wireless network", i get better performance. i also have a xbox 360 connected to the airport express using ethernet.

I'm not sure what you mean by better performance. If you mean better reception, then yes you do.

 

[sahni130]

what i mean by better performance is better network speeds, like it won't slow the network down.

 

[brop52]

You want to join a current network. Then on the next screen you are going to click the box on the bottom that says, "Extend the range of this network."

Instructions

By the way, this is going to do nothing for your speeds. Unless you are really far away from your base station (really poor signal) it won't help. But even if that is the case you are going to want to put the Express somewhere between your AEBS and computer to get the best reception.