> Let's discuss extending the OLOK/Apple network. What would you suggest as the best way to try and provide a solid wifi signal to the more distant rooms? As my current Apple router is ~8-9 years old, is there any value in purchasing the current Apple AirPort Extreme as a standalone unit, or perhaps to use one plus my current Airport to extend the network?
> Dick
My Wifi source was a several-year old 802.11n Airport Extreme. We have 3 iPhones in this house, a 4th-gen iPad, a 1st-gen iPad Air, and a Macbook Pro.
This is in a large old house, with real plaster walls, brick chimneys, and some plaster-over-metal-mesh. So reception in the back of the house, and much of the 2nd floor, was seriously depleted.
I recently bought a current-generation Airport Extreme (802.11ac, like both my laptop and one of the iPhones), and moved the older Airport two rooms away towards the back, to be used as a relay, and now the reception in the rest of the first floor, and most of the second, is much better.
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