I have an original Airport Extreme base station as my main base
station. Sorry to say I have no experience with the earlier base
stations. As far as I know, WDS is the only way to set this up so
that the Express will act as a bridge.
...matthew...
On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:56 AM, jheitzeb1 wrote:
> Thanks Matthew for the quick response to my problem.
>
> I have reviewed the settings in Airport Admin Utility. I did
> see various options for setting
> the Apple Express.
>
> I see "Create a Wireless Network (Home Router)" in the pop-up.
> I see where to set up Airport Express as a WDS "remote base station".
>
> I did not see a place to set up my Home Network (Main Base
> Station) to WDS.
>
> A support page on Apple says "Wireless Distribution System is
> another way for AirPort
> Express to join an existing Wi-Fi network. AirPort Express uses its
> Ethernet port and can
> offer its wireless access point in WDS mode, but it requires that
> your other access points
> be AirPort Extreme and/or AirPort Express. Client mode's advantage
> is that you can join
> the networks of non-Apple access points and earlier AirPort base
> stations ("Dual Ethernet"
> and "Graphite" models).
>
> I do not have the Airport Extreme model. I have the older model.
> So I may have to
> replace my current Main Base Station in order to set it to WDS.
>
> I will investigate this further unless you have a suggestion.
>
> Regards,
> Joan
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [disklavier] Setting up Apple Express with Mark IV
2007-07-17 by Matthew Walworth
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