Speaking anecdotally, extending a network by one hop typically works fairly well though. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 4 years, 10 months ago. Active 3 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 15k times. Choose the network name you set earlier and enter the password if you created one.
Click "Update. Adjust your devices as necessary to maximize your network strength wherever you use your computer. Steven Melendez is an independent journalist with a background in technology and business. By Steven Melendez Updated August 17, The instructions in this article work with an Apple Network running the Tried it a few times, no success.
High speed on both floors via Wi-Fi. As I remember from school you can extend a Wi-Fi just by creating a new one with the same name and you're good to go. Is there a difference between extending and creating a new one with the same name? Or was this issue related to some Apple stuff? In Apple's UI, "Extend a wireless network" is specifically about having one AirPort base station product connect wirelessly to another AirPort base station to extend its network. If you can use Ethernet including via powerline Ethernet adapters as the backhaul between two AirPort base stations, you should use "Create a network" on both base stations, and give them the same network name, security type, and password.
If you connect two base stations together via both Ethernet and wireless simultaneously, you're creating a network loop that will instantly overload and freeze the network as you discovered.
The biggest difference that I'm aware of between extending wifi, and creating a new wifi using the same SSID and authentication info, is usually extensions use a wireless "repeater" that essentially pick up on the wireless signal from an existing AP and then boost and rebroadcast it.
This requires only power, and no physical connection to the network, due to the fact that it is essentially a wireless "amplifier" and will still route all your traffic through your original AP and then your routing device. When you create a new network using the same information, you have to have some type of physical connection to your network, in order to pass the traffic from the AP with your "new" wireless connection, to your routing device.
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