Wireless
Q: If I don't want to use my Airport Extreme as a router, how do I hook it up as a storage device?
I recently installed Eero as my wifi routing device. It is excellent. Now I don't want to use my Airport Extreme as my router but would like to continue to use it as my backup storage device. Is this possible and how do I hook it up.
Time Machine, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Posted on Jul 14, 2016 10:56 AM
by Tesserax,Apple recommended
Wireless
Connect the Extreme directly to one of the Ethernet ports on the Eero. The Extreme will also need to be reconfigured as a bridge.
Then, you have two basic choices:
- Configure the Extreme in a roaming network configuration with the Eero, or
- Disable the Extreme's Wi-Fi radios.
With either option, you could continue to use the Extreme as a file server.
Posted on Jul 14, 2016 11:59 AM