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Q: Best way to set up airport time capsule with ATT Wireless network

I'm having a little trouble with my airport time capsule's wireless network. I've had the device for about 2 years now and it's worked fine up until this past summer. It's currently connected to my family's ATT router via ethernet WAN, and I have it configured as its own wireless network. I experience frequent buffering when streaming videos and web pages have trouble loading at all. Is there a better setup I should be using?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jan 16, 2016 11:43 AM

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Q: Best way to set up airport time capsule with ATT Wireless network

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  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 16, 2016 11:46 AM in response to Foofighter62091
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    Jan 16, 2016 11:46 AM in response to Foofighter62091

    What is the make & model of the ATT-provided router? Do you have the TC configured as a bridge?

  • by Foofighter62091,

    Foofighter62091 Foofighter62091 Jan 16, 2016 11:51 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 16, 2016 11:51 AM in response to Tesserax

    It is an Arris, model number is an NVG589. My TC is not configured as a bridge. Thank you for the help btw, I know very little about configuring wireless networks.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 16, 2016 12:25 PM in response to Foofighter62091
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    Jan 16, 2016 12:25 PM in response to Foofighter62091

    By default, your TC is performing as a router. That would mean, in your current configuration, you would have two routers in series performing this function and may be the reason for the bandwidth performance issues you are experiencing.

     

    Unless you need to keep both networks separate, I would suggest that you consider configuring both routers for a roaming type network. With this type of network each router will broadcast their own wireless network, but both would use the same network name (aka SSID) and use the same wireless security type & password. That way, any wireless network client would just "see" one network.

     

    This type of network would also require at least two other things:

    1. Each router used would need to be interconnected by Ethernet. Which yours already are, and
    2. Except for the "main" router (in this case, the Arris), the other routers must be reconfigured as a bridge. This disables the router's routing capability so that just the Arris will perform this function.
  • by Foofighter62091,

    Foofighter62091 Foofighter62091 Jan 16, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 16, 2016 12:28 PM in response to Tesserax

    Would configuring the TC as a bridge fix this? Or do both need to be configured this way?

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 16, 2016 2:52 PM in response to Foofighter62091
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    Jan 16, 2016 2:52 PM in response to Foofighter62091

    Only the TC would need to be reconfigured as a bridge. The link I provided should help you understand the desired configuration for each of the routers used in a roaming network. There should be no need to make any changes to the Arris.

  • by Foofighter62091,

    Foofighter62091 Foofighter62091 Jan 16, 2016 2:55 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 16, 2016 2:55 PM in response to Tesserax

    Thank you for the help, hopefully this solves my issue.