Two wireless routers?

[michaelsaxon]

I'm considering getting the new AirPort Extreme for the sake of AppleTV, but I have a Wii and a Core Duo Macbook Pro. As such, my understanding is that those two things on the AirPort Extreme's signal will degrade the n speed.

1) Is that right?
2) If so, can I still get it and affiliate it with AppleTV and leave my old Linksys router up to provide signal to the Wii and notebook? If so, how?

Thanks for the help.

 

[EricNau]

I'm considering getting the new AirPort Extreme for the sake of AppleTV, but I have a Wii and a Core Duo Macbook Pro. As such, my understanding is that those two things on the AirPort Extreme's signal will degrade the n speed.

1) Is that right?
2) If so, can I still get it and affiliate it with AppleTV and leave my old Linksys router up to provide signal to the Wii and notebook? If so, how?

Thanks for the help.

I'm still not sure about #1, but, yes, you can have different wireless routers, but you'll need two available ethernet ports with internet. If you do, just assign each wireless router a different SSID, channel, and IP address. You'll also need to check for IP address conflicts if both are assigning IP addresses via DHCP.

 

[Old Smuggler]

why dont you do what i did
get 2 extreme base stations run them in WDS with "n" only for your "n" hardware and plug your non "n" "g" hardware into one of the 3 ethernet ports on the back?

 

[michaelsaxon]

So, let me get this straight:

I would connect my ethernet cable from my cable modem to the AirPort Extreme and then have another ethernet cable from it to my Linksys. Is that right?

 

[michaelsaxon]

So, let me get this straight:

I would connect my ethernet cable from my cable modem to the AirPort Extreme and then have another ethernet cable from it to my Linksys. Is that right?

Edit: On a second read, I see that you are saying that I should plug my non-G hardware into the router itself. That'd be fine for the Wii, but certainly not for my Macbook Pro.