How to setup an Airport Extreme in hotel w/o an ethernet connection

How to I set up an Airport Extreme network in a hotel room without the hotel having an ethernet connection in the room?

More to the point I would like to setup a private network for my room in the hotel. If the hotel room had an ethernet connection that wouldn't be too difficult but the room/hotel doesn't have the ethernet connection, only WiFi. So how do I set up the Airport Extreme and then connect an airport express to it via WiFi?

Thx.

Michael

Airport Extreme-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Aug 14, 2013 11:11 AM

18 replies

Nov 28, 2013 11:57 AM in response to mannfeld

However the Extreme keeps going for 10.0.1.1 as it's address.

That is the default and it cannot be changed if you are using the 10.0.x.x range. In other words, the AirPort Extreme will always be 10.0.1.1. or more correctly, 10.0.x.1, and it will hand out IP addresses from 10.0.x.2 through 10.0.x.200 by default.

You can change the range to something like 192.168.x.x, but the AirPort will always grab the .1 setting.

mannfeld Author

Level 1

13 points

Nov 28, 2013 12:08 PM in response to Bob Timmons

What should the Default Host IP (on the Internet > NAT tab) be? And should Port Mapping be enabled?

Nov 28, 2013 12:12 PM in response to mannfeld

Don't bother with any of these settings, as they are not needed. All that you really need to do is assign a device name to the AirPort, a device password, a wireless network name and wireless password.

You will have a Double NAT condition when you do this, but it will work fine. If you don't want to see the AirPort blinking amber, you can click to "ignore" the Double NAT in AirPort Utility and it will run as a green light.

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