Questions & Answers for AirPort Extreme

I had the same question about doing this with an at&t u-verse modem. I could not find anything conclusive, but I stumbled upon an easy configuration that is working beautifully.

All I did was make an ethernet connection from my modem to the AirPort Extreme via the LAN on both devices. DO NOT use the WAN on the AirPort Extreme. I know that sounds odd, but it will not work using the WAN in this set-up. Then go to the AirPort Extreme set-up app and place it in bridge mode (off). Do not let this fool you. You will still have full functionality of your AirPort Extreme. Do a re-start. You should be good to go! If this does not work check to see if the LAN is active on your Verizon modem. It should be by default.

I hope this helps! God bless.

• Answered by Tommie P from Brookfield
• 10 22, 16
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (How do I set up me airport time capsule to work with my internet provider's modem (verizon). Thank you!)

The power supply is internal. Power cord is the same as the Mac Mini. There's no separate power block in between the AirPort and the electrical outlet.

• Answered by Joseph T from Oakdale
• 01 14, 17
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (power supply for airport extreme)

Hi James

I was wondering the same thing. i found an article on Wikipedia to be quite informative. Just look up Airport Extreme (sorry they won't let me past a URL here)

It looks like the was a big increase in power from Gen 4 to Gen 5. Gen 6 mostly added 802.11ac.

Of course, the other big questions is when will Apple bring out the 7th generation Airport Extreme??

• Answered by Vance T from Toronto
• 07 20, 15
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Is there a significant difference between a 4th generation AirPort Extreme and a 6th generation?)

It's setup to auto assign and utilize the most applicable band (2.4Ghz or 5Ghz), based on the data stream of connected device(s), which supposedly optimizes bandwidth in the most efficient manner to maintain a consistent network. But this feature can easily be deactivated, which I recommend, via the AirPort utility app under the wifi settings, by assigning a name to the 5Ghz band. I noticed that when my iPhone or iPad is connected to the auto dual band mode, I tend to only get 45 Mbps down and up with a 9 ms ping. But on the 5Ghz exclusive band, I'm usually cruising around 500 Mbps down and 300 Mbps up with a 3 ms ping. Speeds are about 20% slower on our MacBook Air. Also, both our Apple TV's have never had an issue when connected to the 5Ghz exclusive band, but ran into some buffering when using the auto assign band. Please note that these data rates are only obtainable because all our devices are using 802.11ac on a fiber optic ISP. I'm sure with some playing around with all the port settings and access control, the auto dual band thing would be pretty effective, but it's oddly comforting to know that you're surfing on a half a gig wave.

• Answered by Justin H from Salt Lake City
• 04 27, 16
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Does the Dual Band run on a Single Signal or a seperate one for each?)

Yes it will, as long as you connect it to your Verizon provided Actiontec router.

You can use this AirPort Extreme without the Verizon router, as long as you disable the DHCP hold it has to your Optical Network Terminal (ONT). Make sure you have an Ethernet handoff from the ONT, and not coaxile. Also, if you intend on doing this, your Verizon cableTV set top boxes will no longer be able to receive on-demand, and the guide will no longer work.

• Answered by Ryan O from Elkridge
• 06 24, 13
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have Verizon Fios, will Airport Extreme can be use?)

They are routers and from what I understand the ExTREME is just a more full featured (it has more options and features) version of the ExPRESS. The big brother as it were.

It will only make the WiFi faster if your devices have the same speed rating as the router. If your computer/devices are "N" rated and your old router was only "G" rated then, Yes, they will make your WiFi faster because your devices can now go at the fastest rated capacity it has.
If you only have "G" speed rated devices/computers and buy the new ultra high speed "AC" rated router your WiFi will still drop to "G" speeds. You need to know the rated speed of EACH device to get the most speed out of them.
If you plan on updating your computer in the near future and you need another router then getting the Extreme or Express will work fine.

You do not need two routers, they won't work well together if they are both setup as gateways.
Turn the ClearHome router off if it's slower then your new one. If your updating to a faster N-AC router and your ClearHome router is a combination modem/router you MAY be able to turn the router part off and just use the modem part as a stand alone modem.

No router will make your INTERNET faster, it's controlled completely buy your ISP.

• Answered by Jay B from Longview
• 01 29, 14
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (what is a airport extreme/express. Does it make wifi faster, if so would it work with a clear in home wireless router)

Can't answer the first, but maybe the second: you can use the guest mode with encryption a surveillance system from the rest of your network.

One big disclaimer: the Airport Extreme does NOT support any form of client Wireless/AP isolation mode. All clients on the guest network can see other clients, all clients on the main network can see other clients. The lack of client Wireless/AP isolation mode is surprising security weakness in an Apple product.

• Answered by Kevin M from Dayton
• 01 27, 16
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (How many subnets does the extreme support? Is it possible to isolate my security surviellance system from computer LAN data?)

I use a free app called File Explorer. You can use this app to copy, add, remove files to and from any device it is installed with your Time Capsule. You just set it up in the app with the IP address of your Time Capsule as a Network Access Storage (NAS). This app also allows you to access and store files on your device local storage, and it can be secured per device by password. Hopefully Apple will jump on this need of its customers and develop something like Seagate's Media application.

• Answered by Jeremy H from Norman
• 12 5, 14
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (can you backup an iphone to a time capsule?)