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Extending w network with Airport Extreme card in iMAC (7.1)
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mcnallye
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Dec 6, 2009, 12:47 PM
 
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.21)

Can this card be used to extend a wireless network ?
I can only see an option to set up computer to computer network in the setup dialogue but perhaps I'm missing something .....

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Simon
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Dec 6, 2009, 01:51 PM
 
You cannot extend AirPort networks with that card. No Mac can do that. Only base stations extend networks (WDS).

What you can do is share a wired connection over wifi to wireless clients or the other way around.
Sys Prefs > Sharing > Internet Sharing
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Dec 6, 2009, 06:00 PM
 
Yes, but only in capable OSs like Windows.
     
   
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