Q: Strange Problem With CAT6/Airport Extreme/Cable Modem
Good evening,
We just recently finished building a guest house in our garage, complete with everything necessary (including TV), except for internet access. To remedy that program, I tried to use 2 x Airport Expresses to repeat the network created by my Airport Extreme. It worked relatively well for my MacBook Pro (wireless N), but was not reaching my desktop PC (wireless G).
I bought a 100 foot CAT6 cable and ran it through my wall, out the roof, and into the garage. My plan is to create a network within the garage, running from my Airport Extreme, through my CAT6 cable, to an Airport Express.
This is the interesting part that has me stumped; when I plug my CAT6 cable into my Airport Extreme, it ceases to work for the rest of the household. My MacBook Pro, our iMac, and our Apple TV all lose internet access, still seeing our network broadcasting but failing to connect to the internet, citing the error message that "Airport is on but is not connected to the internet." (paraphrasing) Connecting the cable directly to the Cable Router is met with the same effect.
Rebooting my cable router and my Airport Extreme did nothing to fix the problem; however, as soon as I unplug the CAT6 cable from the Extreme the internet works again for the entire household.
I consider myself tech-savvy, but find myself completely stumped. Please help!
Regards,
HawkeyeEG
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 7:23 PM
