07-12-2010, 09:41 PM
pinkoos wrote:
But, if the Express is hard-wired (either to the AExtreme or a switch), then signal strength/quality should be as good as being adjacent to the AExtreme, correct?
Yes, but if it's hard-wired then it won't be repeating (extending) the wireless signal from your original Airport base station. You'd be setting up a second wireless network.
There's nothing wrong with that if you take care to put the two wireless networks on widely different channels and give the networks different names and disable NAT on the Express so that you don't get duplicate IP addresses... and if you don't care that -- depending on dozens of little variables -- your Mac might pick up a different network each time it's restarted or you may switch between networks just by moving your laptop 6 inches to the left.