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the difference between remote and relay airport xtreem?
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The difference is fairly simple... A relay is everything a remote is, plus it can also host another router that extends the same network even farther, like in this picture:
So, if you have three or more routers, you can form a chain of three of them like in the picture. Otherwise you just use remote.
If you think of it as like links on a chain, the remotes are "ends" of the chain, but the relays are "in the middle."
So, if you have three or more routers, you can form a chain of three of them like in the picture. Otherwise you just use remote.
If you think of it as like links on a chain, the remotes are "ends" of the chain, but the relays are "in the middle."
The difference is fairly simple... A relay is everything a remote is, plus it can also host another router that extends the same network even farther, like in this picture:
So, if you have three or more routers, you can form a chain of three of them like in the picture. Otherwise you just use remote.
If you think of it as like links on a chain, the remotes are "ends" of the chain, but the relays are "in the middle."
This is very clear, thanks.
But is it possible to have 1 Basestation, 4 remotes and 1 relay within a network? I know that 4 remotes is the maximum, but I would like to extend the range for 1 of them with a realy.
Unfortunately you are wrong. I've tried this, but you can only have 4 relay's and/or remotes
