I already have an airport extreme to go along with my new alum macbook. But my wife's pc laptop and my iphone are only G wireless and not N so when they are in use it slows the network way down. If I bought an airport express could I link them together on the same network (to share printer and HD on the extreme) and have one handle the N traffic and one handle the G traffic?
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Airport extreme and express on same network
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I think you have them connected via cable to have them on different wireless standards. I have this set up, AEBS on 5gz, a & n (for MBP & a sony) and AE on 2.4, g for ipod touch and guests. They are connected via ethernet.
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As far as I know, it has to be hard wired, otherwise, it won't have a connection to you router. That limitation is causing me headaches (I want to use Airtunes in another room and tuck a printer away in a cabinet) so I think I'm going to get a second express to extend that network.
No. Wireless Distributed Network. It's built into the Apple wireless stations. I have my express handling G traffic and the Extreme is handling my N traffic. Same network, same subnet.