I've been using a D-Link wireless router with my Verizon-supplied DSL modem
for several years with no problem, with several computers, several
iDevices -- not usually all-at-once but often enough more than one. :-)
I do not do any "sharing" or wireless printing. (yet)
bj
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From: "?Wyldceltic1?" <wyldceltic1@me.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:55 PM
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [iPad] iPad2 & WIFI
> I'm an AT*T U-Verse customer. Our home TV and WiFi is from the same
> router, a 2Wire brand that AT&T provided.
>
> I would only get the extreme or express if I wanted to extend the WiFi
> signal out of the range of my home and yard.
>
> If you do not want to lease your router from ATT to include wireless, then
> the Airport Express or extreme would be hard-wired to the Ethernet port in
> the Airport from the router.
>
> Main differences in the 2 are the express is 1 Ethernet port, a USB and a
> jack for a speaker thing. The Extreme has 4 Ethernet ports so you could
> hardwire 3 other computers to it and still have surrounding Wifi, and the
> USB can be linked to a USB Printer or hard drive.
>
> I've been happy enough with just the ATT router in my 2200 sq/ft house,
> but I do have an extreme base from a couple of years ago that I can use if
> I want to make a 'Bridge' and extend my signal from the AT&T router
> itself.
>
> On Mar 27, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Dolores wrote:
>
>> I need to add WIFI as I want to buy an iPad2 soon. I have an AT&T modem
>> and I have been told that I could have AT&T WIFI added. I'm not sure I
>> trust AT&T to do anything right. If I go Apple, what would I need AirPort
>> Extreme or Express. I have a two year old iMac.
>>
>> dolores
>
