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TeqNotes: Wireless Woes

The problem: Poor wireless reception in the newly remodeled family room and no printer access

The patient: A wireless home network

The problem: Poor wireless reception in the newly remodeled family room and no printer access.

The investigation: The previous geek (from a big box retailer dressed in black and white) solved the problem by adding a second wireless router and creating a second network for the new family room, but forgot to change the wireless printer's configuration for the new network.

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The solution: I removed the original wireless router and the new wireless router and installed an Airport Extreme Base Station and an Airport Express, both from Apple, and configured the Extreme to allow the network to be extended and then configured the Express to join the new network and extend the wireless into the new family room for better signal strength. I connected the printer to the Extreme Base Station via USB creating a shared printer for both the Windows and Mac computers.

The new network had better performance throughout the house; it allowed wireless access to the printer for everyone; and, as a bonus, enabled AirTunes to share iTunes from any computer and to an Apple TV connected to the new entertainment system in the family room. 

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As a bonus, I added some software to her Mac which added the ability to print from her iPad.

The result was a happy client who wants to return the geek's solution and get her money back.

Time on task: 1 hour

dbr ~ TeqOne

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