HOWTO Setup Airport Express to extend Airport Extreme network

September 5, 2005

I recently had to completely reset my Airport Extreme and Airport Express base stations.

I had a heck of a time trying to configure the Airport Express properly. I don’t know if it was a problem of knowing too much or too little, but nothing worked. Fortunately I was able to call Apple and they helped me get hooked up, but I wanted to make note of how this works in case I ever need to do it again.

These instructions assume that the Airport Extreme is already setup and that your Mac has joined that network.

  1. Unplug the Airport Express
  2. Hold down reset button and plug it back in
  3. Wait for 4 flashes
  4. run Airport Setup Assistant
  5. Choose: Setup a new Airport
  6. Join existing network
  7. Extend range

Boom, 7 simple steps… simple, if you do them in the right order.

  • stacy

    Hello, I would have emailed but couldn’t get the link to work.

    anyway I started working for a company that uses ACT! I am Mac user and was told I could get Act for Mac. I have spent the last ten hours trying to find this software, and then I saw your site, which confirmed what I was beginning to fear. There is no suitable solution to the act/mac problem without a pc. I am grateful for the information, for I too was getting frustrated with reading scores of pages that have nothing to do with ACT! but something to do with the word “act”

    Thank you

    Sa

  • http://www.THINK-TANK.com Robert "GRIFF" Griffith

    I have been wrestling with this setup for a long time. Your simple explanation made it happen. Just like it should be with Apple. The only thing I did differently was to reset while plugged in. Thanks SO MUCH!

  • newmacuser

    To the point explanation. It worked for me. Range is extended.
    Follow it as written otherwise you will have to retry

  • newmacuser

    To the point explanation. It worked for me. Range is extended.
    Follow it as written otherwise you will have to retry

  • Lancerkind

    Visit the following for up-to-date instructions (circa 2010): http://www.resourcesforlife.com/docs/item769

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