802.11n access point?

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C J Campbell - 29 Apr 2007 00:27 GMT

I like my Airport Express router, but unfortunately our house is a
little weird -- okay, we call it "The Barn." :-) It is large and has
several construction 'features' that limit the range of any wireless.

Anyway, for it to have enough range to reach the whole house I have to
locate the base station upstairs. That makes it a bit awkward to
connect it to printers and disk drives downstairs in the office.

So, what? Do I get another Airport Express and set it up in the office
where it can connect to the peripherals? Or will any 802.11n access
point work? Can multiple Airport Express boxes be daisy-chained
together that way?

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Gregory Weston - 29 Apr 2007 01:46 GMT

> I like my Airport Express router, but unfortunately our house is a
> little weird -- okay, we call it "The Barn." :-) It is large and has
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> point work? Can multiple Airport Express boxes be daisy-chained
> together that way?

AirPort Express is 802.11g. The Extreme is compatible with a draft
802.11n spec and the WiFi adapter in very recent makes is, or can be
made, able to interact with 802.11n bases that conform to the same draft.

So if the question is really can you get your Macs to work with a random
802.11n access point, the answer is "maybe" depending on your specific
Macs in service and the specific access point in question.

If the question is really about whether your machines will work with
arbitrary 802.11g access points, the answer is that they should as long
as the access point is compliant with the standard.

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C J Campbell - 29 Apr 2007 06:32 GMT

>> I like my Airport Express router, but unfortunately our house is a
>> little weird -- okay, we call it "The Barn." :-) It is large and has
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> arbitrary 802.11g access points, the answer is that they should as long
> as the access point is compliant with the standard.

Argh. I meant AirPort Extreme and both of our Macs are MacBook Pros
that can do 802.11n. So that should clear up a little bit of what I
want.

Now, if I could get our HP 7400 series all-in-one to do 802.11n then I
would be a little happier. Unfortunately, it is g, so when it is on it
reduces the network performance to g.

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Shawn Hirn - 30 Apr 2007 05:52 GMT

> >> I like my Airport Express router, but unfortunately our house is a
> >> little weird -- okay, we call it "The Barn." :-) It is large and has
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> that can do 802.11n. So that should clear up a little bit of what I
> want.

Sure. You can create a wider AirPort Extreme network by combining
multiple AirPort Extreme base stations. Just check Apple's web site for
details.

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802.11n access point?