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appleguy

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Original poster
Aug 23, 2002
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Auckland, NZ
Firstly I have a 1st Generation Time Capsule but thats not the issue I am leaving that on N only at 5GHz
What I also have is a 1st Gen Airport Extreme 802.11n (Fast Ethernet) and a 1st Gen Airport Express(802.11g) I want to use the Express to extend the Extreme
I was able to do it back in the day when I had 3 Express's but since I got the Extreme when they were released I didnt need the other 2 express's so I gave them to mates.
I set the Extreme up as WDS main and put the mac address of the express, worked ok.
Put the mac address of the Extreme in as the Express which I had as a remote
it all worked fine they are wirelessly talking
although the wifi network names of the Express comes up as well if I rename it the same wifi network name as the Extreme it all turns to Vista and doesnt work. all I want to do is extend my Extreme so if I go from one end of the house with my ipad I can go to the other.
 
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