[jcoley2]

My Linksys router crapped out today. I need to get a new one and was looking at the Airport Extreme. Does Apple offer a "repeater"? I have stone walls and ideally would like to extend the range of my router.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by jcoley2 My Linksys router crapped out today. I need to get a new one and was looking at the Airport Extreme. Does Apple offer a "repeater"? I have stone walls and ideally would like to extend the range of my router.

You can use an Airport Express as a repeater, and I've read reports that some Linksys and Netgear models will work as well. It's called "wireless distribution system." I use it with an Airport Extreme and an Express for this.

[jcoley2]

Originally Posted by Ryan You can use an Airport Express as a repeater, and I've read reports that some Linksys and Netgear models will work as well. It's called "wireless distribution system." I use it with an Airport Extreme and an Express for this.

Thanks, I bought both the Extreme and Express and am using the latter as a repeater and it is definitely helping, so thanks for the help.

Last question: can I hook one USB drive to Extreme and use it as a network drive and have more than one computer access this for Time Machine, or do I need a separate drive for each computer?

[PB PM]

Time Machine, currently doesn't work with Airport Extreme network drives.