Airport Express.

Soldato
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Hi.
A friend of mine is looking at a way of extending his wireless network range.
I suggested an Airport Express because its small, easyily moveable, and provides several other functions that would be handy for him.

What i want to know is, does he need an Apple access point for it to function as a repeater?
Offically, Apple says it does, but i cant see any reason why it would need one, wireless is wireless at the end of the day.
The only thing i can think of is that the automatic configuration software wont work with non-Apple access points.

Ideas?
 

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It'll join any network, but it won't extend a network unless you have an AirPort Extreme base station.

I think the reason behind this is that Apple have their own configuration utility which is locked down, and you wouldn't be able to configure it to extend a network without using it.
 
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