Airport Extreme extending existing network

[cwo]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to see if any advice on this one? Maybe I'm doing this wrong...

I have a Linksys WRT3200 router at one end of the house and looking to extend the network more in the other end. I've done a factory reset on the Airport Extreme (2013 Model with AC network support) and want it to join the existing network.

So I use Airport Utility to do this but it keeps wanting to create a network, not join a existing one. I'm clicking on other options in the setup tab and click on join existing network - the next window is the create network tab.... It's driving me nuts but maybe I'm missing a step here?

Thank you for any advice!
cwo

 

[Ledgem]

Have you changed the "router mode" to "off (bridge mode)"? It's located in the Network tab. Otherwise, my guess would be that the "join an existing network" is a feature designed for if your original router is also an Airport or Airport Extreme.

But the other question is, how are you connecting the two routers? What I mentioned above should work if you've wired the two together via ethernet. If you're trying to use the Airport Extreme as a wifi repeater/extender, then the settings might be a bit different, and I'd wonder if the Airport might be too far to see the Linksys' wireless network.