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bobbmd

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Original poster
Dec 20, 2012
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hello my first post
is there any advantage to purchasing any of lower cost airports to extend the range of my time capsule?
i have excellent range from first floor to the third floor of my 1906 house and the back porch off the living room and my front porch but not out to my deck off the dining room or the kitchen yet the front porch sits between the kitchen and the living room and not completely to my 1994 family room addition but am able to receive signals for apple tv gen 2 and amazon fire but only get wireless music on my sennheiser rs195's in one corner of the family room and not at all on the deck but again excellent reception on front porch and back porch
i assume some of this has to do with the construction of the 1906 portion of the house and then the added addition-so would adding another airport help? thanks
 
An Airport Express could certainly help extend the network - you might also try moving the time capsule to a more central location if it isn't already there. That said, I have an AEX extending my network and it has filled in the gaps where I had little to no connection.
 
You ought to start investigating the various "mesh system" options that are out there.
Linsys Velop, Netgear Orbi, Ubiquiti "Amplifi", google wifi, eero, etc...
 
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