multiple airport extremes

Joeyf201 · August 2, 2015

We have recently moved into a new house with thick plaster walls. Wifi connectivity is terrible. We currently have two airport extremes and two airport expresses. Questions... 1: is it okay to run two airport extremes on the same network and if so what about adding an unused time capsule as another router?

nicon · August 3, 2015

We have recently moved into a new house with thick plaster walls. Wifi connectivity is terrible. We currently have two airport extremes and two airport expresses. Questions... 1: is it okay to run two airport extremes on the same network and if so what about adding an unused time capsule as another router?

Yeah, If you run them on the same network, the will work fine. It's just for what. I would use the NEWEST Extreme/Time Capsule you have as the router. This is important because the router is where all of your WiFi starts out and the newer the better so use the newest device for the router.

The other two devices can be run off of the router as extenders, Time Capsules, whatever. It's totally fine. My parents have a new Extreme acting as a router, an older extreme acting as a TimeCapsule (with a external HDD) and two Expresses' acting as extenders. It seems to work fine for their house.