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'Crazy' query - two Airport Express/Extreme?
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Devialet recommends that the ideal system is for Airport Extreme Router, Dialog, and Phantoms in the same room.  Not possible as there is a 

So is this possible? 

Have the cable modem connected to an Airport Extreme.  Then have a second airport express or extreme in a different room acting as a 'bridge' or whatever the term is. The second airport express is in the same room as the Phantoms.  And then the Dialog connected to the 2nd airport express/extreme.  And then can also connect optical input to the Dialog for audio output via various sources. 

Just one more attempt to figure the process out. 

Thanks.
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(16-Nov-2015, 21:41)MountainGuy Wrote: Devialet recommends that the ideal system is for Airport Extreme Router, Dialog, and Phantoms in the same room.

Rationale is that the further away you get from the router, the slower the speed gets.  On a Mac, if you option-click the Wifi icon on the top, it'll tell you what you're connected at.  This lets you get a rough estimate of how good/bad your network is.


Quote:Have the cable modem connected to an Airport Extreme.  Then have a second airport express or extreme in a different room acting as a 'bridge' or whatever the term is. The second airport express is in the same room as the Phantoms.  And then the Dialog connected to the 2nd airport express/extreme.  And then can also connect optical input to the Dialog for audio output via various sources. 

Yes.  Apple is actually pretty good about "Extending" a network.  The Airport Extreme has a better antenna system than the Express, but does not have optical out/airplay support if that's important.   The problem with putting the airport extreme in the same room is that you're relying on the airport extreme antenna to be better than the dialog/phantom wifi antennas which I haven't done enough info to know yet.  What will probably work better is to put the second airport "half the distance" between the original airport and your phantoms.

Airport #1 broadcasts main signal.  Airport #2 picks up, wirelessly, the signal from Airport 1 and then broadcasts it to the Phantom.

If your original Airport is the 802.11ac one, then you're fine.  If the new Airport is newer, use that as Airport #1 and then have the older unit be the unit that extends the network.
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If you're 99% good in terms of the network and just need a little bit of an extra boost, it's technically better to run a single "Super-router" since there's no extra delay or loss of bandwidth from the extra stop.  My favorite "super router" is the Netgear R7000.
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(17-Nov-2015, 01:14)AlanD Wrote:
(16-Nov-2015, 21:41)MountainGuy Wrote: Devialet recommends that the ideal system is for Airport Extreme Router, Dialog, and Phantoms in the same room.

Rationale is that the further away you get from the router, the slower the speed gets.  On a Mac, if you option-click the Wifi icon on the top, it'll tell you what you're connected at.  This lets you get a rough estimate of how good/bad your network is.


Quote:Have the cable modem connected to an Airport Extreme.  Then have a second airport express or extreme in a different room acting as a 'bridge' or whatever the term is. The second airport express is in the same room as the Phantoms.  And then the Dialog connected to the 2nd airport express/extreme.  And then can also connect optical input to the Dialog for audio output via various sources. 

Yes.  Apple is actually pretty good about "Extending" a network.  The Airport Extreme has a better antenna system than the Express, but does not have optical out/airplay support if that's important.   The problem with putting the airport extreme in the same room is that you're relying on the airport extreme antenna to be better than the dialog/phantom wifi antennas which I haven't done enough info to know yet.  What will probably work better is to put the second airport "half the distance" between the original airport and your phantoms.

Airport #1 broadcasts main signal.  Airport #2 picks up, wirelessly, the signal from Airport 1 and then broadcasts it to the Phantom.

If your original Airport is the 802.11ac one, then you're fine.  If the new Airport is newer, use that as Airport #1 and then have the older unit be the unit that extends the network.
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If you're 99% good in terms of the network and just need a little bit of an extra boost, it's technically better to run a single "Super-router" since there's no extra delay or loss of bandwidth from the extra stop.  My favorite "super router" is the Netgear R7000.

My favoriet is also the netgear R7000
From the beginning ( now 5 monts ago) it is running perfect and wireless to the phantoms
The netgear is hardwired with the dialog ( and of course with the cable modem) 
And the netgear is also the wireless connection with everything in our
house
How simpele can it be
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