Connect Airport Express to Ubee Router?

If I plug the Airport Express into one of the ethernet ports on the Ubee Router how do I set up the Airport Express?

We understand that you want to connect the AirPort Express to the Ubee router using an Ethernet connection.

What do you want the Airport Express to do? What service will it provide?

I do have it working off the Ubee with 'share a single ip'.

That means that you have two devices....the Ubee and the AirPort Express trying to both perform routing functions, which will cause conflicts on the network.

The correct setting for Connection Sharing on the AirPort Express would be "Off (Bridge Mode)". This will allow the Ubee to function correctly as the main router on the network.

Once you make the configuration change on the Express, be sure to perform a complete power cycle of the entire network. Power everything off on the network....order is not important. Then start the modem first and let it run a moment, then start the Ubee, then the Airport Express, etc until everything is powered back up.

Wireless is always unpredictable. This may help or it may not, but at least you will be configuring the network correctly. Be sure to move any cordless phones you may there as far away from any wireless devices as possible, as they can really slow down a wireless network.

Hey NOYB111, did you ever figure this out? I'm going through the same problem right now with my Ubee modem/router and connecting it to a Belkin AC900DB router. Let me know.

The Belkin router needs to be setup in Bridge Mode. Contact Belkin support for details.

Official Belkin Support Site

Ok. That's strange because I'm reading the contrary on the Netgear website, that in fact I should be putting the modem into bridge mode, not the Belkin router.

It sounds like we were trying to achieve the same thing if I'm not mistaken; deactivate the Ubee modem's wireless router functions and only use the wireless routing from the new router (which has a stronger wireless signal). That being said, you're sure that the Belkin router is the one that should be in bridge mode?

You told us that you had a Ubee modem/router, so the Ubee is already performing DHCP and NAT routing functions for the network.

You don't want another router....the Belkin.....also doing DHCP and NAT, since you will have IP address conflicts and a Double NAT error on the network in this case. So, DHCP and NAT needs to be turned off on the Belkin. That would be bridge mode on the Belkin.

IF.....the Ubee can be re-configured to operate only as a simple modem......(and that is a big IF with many modem/routers)......then you could run the Belkin as the network router. There is really no advantage to doing this, unless you feel that the Belkin can hand out IP addresses and handle NAT duties better than the Ubee.

Your network devices will not care whether they get IP addresses from the Ubee or the Belkin.

It sounds like the advice on the Netgear website was biased toward setting up the Netgear as the router, which would be expected, just as Apple would advise if you were asking about an Apple router.. If you get on the Ubee site, you may see different advice. 😉