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    Sleepydad replied on January 30, 2008 16:02 to the problem "My Airport Express, setup as a WDS remote with an Airport Extreme, keeps dropping internet connectivity after a few hours." in Apple:

    Sleepydad
    No update. You're right.. lots of people on the Apple Support forums reporting the same (or similar) issue.

    Haven't heard anyone report their posts being removed.. over the years I've seen plenty of posts critical of Apple and have always appreciated that Apple leaves the forums alone. Although I'm distressed that no one has responded with anything helpful.. or even an acknowledgement that there's an issue.
    Do you think this solves the problem? Mark it as solved
  • problem

    Sleepydad reported a problem in Apple on January 22, 2008 19:09:

    Sleepydad
    My Airport Express, setup as a WDS remote with an Airport Extreme, keeps dropping internet connectivity after a few hours.
    I recently bought a new Airport Extreme Base Station (Gigabit, 802.11n) and replaced my older (c.2005) Airport Express with it as my main network router. Now I want to use the older Express as a WDS remote to extend the network.
    I've got everything configured properly through the setup wizard and all is well for several hours after setup-- I'm able to connect wirelessly to the network and connect to the internet. Both the Base station and the remote show Green status lights. All is well.
    Then, 4-5 hours later, although the status lights are still green and I can connect to the network wirelessly, my internet connection is lost. And 'Internet Connect' only shows me connected to the Express (MAC address)... and Airport Utility only displays the Express, not the Extreme..
    Separately, using either unit as a base station with no remote, I have no problems, everything works flawlessly.
    There's a pretty lengthy discussion about this issue on the Apple Support forums (here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.j...) with no resolution-- apart from the hope that Apple will release a new Express revision that may address the problem.
    Please don't tell me, Apple, that the solution to this issue is for me to spend more money. Please.