Airport Extreme Base Station / Extending Your Home Network**Note: Make sure to reset the Apple Airport Express to factory defaults if it is not new out of the box. It may have someone else's old settings on it. To do this:
1. Unplug it from the wall.
2. Use a pen to hold in the reset button on the unit.
3. While holding the reset button in, plug it into the wall (continue holding button) until the amber light flashes rapidly. Now release the button.
**Note: If the Airport Express still doesn't show up in the Airport Utility at this point, go to the Airport (Wireless waves) icon up by the clock, and see if the device appears there. If it does, click it. It should now appear in Airport Utility. Now repeat that process, but this time connect back to your main network again.
To set up a new or additional Airport Express to extend your current network, follow these steps:
**Note: These instructions pertain to Mac OS X only.
1. Go to Finder and select Applications>Utilities>Airport Utility
2. In the left pane you will see your main base station (i.e. Time Capsule, Airport Extreme, Airport Express), and possibly your new Apple Airport Express.
3. Select your main (Original) base station by clicking it and selecting "Manual Setup" at the bottom of that screen.
4. Now make sure that you have selected the "Airport" icon at the top, and also the "Wireless" tab on this screen. (See image below.)
5. All you really need to change here is to make sure that you check the box on this screen labled "Allow this network to be extended".
To be continued........
1. Unplug it from the wall.
2. Use a pen to hold in the reset button on the unit.
3. While holding the reset button in, plug it into the wall (continue holding button) until the amber light flashes rapidly. Now release the button.
**Note: If the Airport Express still doesn't show up in the Airport Utility at this point, go to the Airport (Wireless waves) icon up by the clock, and see if the device appears there. If it does, click it. It should now appear in Airport Utility. Now repeat that process, but this time connect back to your main network again.
To set up a new or additional Airport Express to extend your current network, follow these steps:
**Note: These instructions pertain to Mac OS X only.
1. Go to Finder and select Applications>Utilities>Airport Utility
2. In the left pane you will see your main base station (i.e. Time Capsule, Airport Extreme, Airport Express), and possibly your new Apple Airport Express.
3. Select your main (Original) base station by clicking it and selecting "Manual Setup" at the bottom of that screen.
4. Now make sure that you have selected the "Airport" icon at the top, and also the "Wireless" tab on this screen. (See image below.)
5. All you really need to change here is to make sure that you check the box on this screen labled "Allow this network to be extended".
To be continued........
I used to use both Netgear and D-Link routers and all my networking problems vanished when I switched to the Airport Extreme.
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