It may be worth noting that I did follow some instructions in the NetGear manual about setting up priority using the QoS settings, which prioritize the signal for gaming, surfing etc. I fired up the XBOX 360 and it immediately logged into XBOX Live and it's working like a dream. I then plugged the Aiport Express into the XBOX 360 via an Ethernet cable (use the LAN port on the Express, not the WAN port). it took a minute, but by-golly that light on the front turned green. I then took the Airport Express and set it on top of my XBOX 360 in another room way on the other side of the house, and plugged the Power in. I unplugged the Airport Express and disconnected it from the new NetGear router. After some Googling, it turns out that once you reset the Airport Express to factory defaults and choose the " Join Existing Network" option, that in fact puts that puppy in Bridge mode. If you need to know how to do this, just search for it here, or Google it and you can find the steps.Īt this point I was following instructions I had read about putting the Airport Express in ' Bridge' or ' Client' mode, but for the life of me couldn't find a setting like this in the Airport Utility. Once the Airport Express was set back to factory default, I then used the Airport Utility to have the Express " Join an Existing Network" (this being the new NetGear WiFi network). After some fiddling I ended up taking an Ethernet cable and connecting the Express to one of the LAN ports on the new Nighthawk, at which point the Airport Utility on my iPad Air then found that bad boy. This was a hair tricky because I thought I could just plug the Express in and the Airport Utility would find it, but it didn't. I then took the Airport Extreme and reset it to factory defaults using Airport Utility from my iPad Air. I used the new NetGear NightHawk and hooked it up to my Router (The Nighthawk is replacing the Airport Extreme I was using, that didn't provide enough range for my liking). ignore anything else you read about this because this is the correct 411: OK, so here's the deal on this once and for all. and only in situations where ethernet is truly impossible.Here is the thread that originally said the issue was solved. In the end I recommend against using them for anything except data. I have used a number of repeaters including Apple to Apple ones. and all mesh systems consist of the same units from the same manufacturer as it is proprietary system just as Apple system is unique and cannot be used by another brand. Some modern mesh systems get around these limitations but it must connect to the main router whichever device that is. And increase latency often by much more than double. Repeaters slow the network connections by at least half. they disappear into the network and it might be difficult to locate it after a few IP changes. Nothing will appear then in your airport utility to show clients on the network. As far as Airport is concerned all traffic is from the repeater. but universal type will be much less reliable.įor example the IP addresses of all clients behind the repeater are masked by the repeater itself. since apple built in a proprietary WDS system that is easy to manage and maintain.Īll repeater systems have issues. ie that is what universal means.įor most people another Apple router is far superior solution.
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