Can the Airport Extreme connect wireless to my wifi network?

Hi all

I have an Airport Extreme, which I use only for his Time Machine feature.  Best I can tell the only way he can connect to my wireless network is extending.  Is this correct?

If I use it to extend my wireless network was is the negative impact (if any)?

Thanks in advance.

You can extend wireless or even join wireless to less the router that you connect to another router from Apple.

If this is the case then it can work well if it is in the range... otherwise, you must plug the AE into the router principal by ethernet and put in place as a separate network wireless access point.

Extend wireless is bad if you are linked to the main router wireless... which will cause huge slow down even if you are in a situation of apple router all.

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