any ideas
With two 802.11n AirPort Express base stations you can have the first join an existing wireless network as a wireless Ethernet Bridge; connect a second base station to the first using an Ethernet cable, and then, configure the second Express to provide a Wi-Fi network.
I have an airport express and a airport extreme. I did connect my express to existing wireless network and then connected from the wired port to the wan port on the extreme. After several attempts it works intermittently
Sorry, but I didn't get that from the title of your post. I read it as you had two AirPort Express base stations.
Regardless, with either a first or second generation 802.11n AirPort Express configured to join an existing wireless network, it would "automatically" be reconfigured as a wireless Ethernet bridge. There used to be an option in the earlier version (5.x) of the AirPort Utility to specifically enable it but that was removed in the newer version.
Which exact model of the AirPort Extreme do you have? Does it still have DHCP and NAT enabled to perform as a router? What exactly do you mean by "it works intermittently?"
I have Express- A1392 and Extreme A1408 the express is sharing single ip address with wireless client using DHCP and Nat
The express by itself and connecting a laptop to the ethernet port works fine. I have internet access just great.
The next step was running ethernet cable from the express wired port to the Extreme wan port.
With the Extreme connected downstream of the Express you have two routers in series. Be sure to reconfigure the Extreme as a bridge to allow the Express to control both NAT & DHCP for the entire network.
You also have the fundamentals for a roaming network.
Thanks for the help after looking over your sugesstion I did some additional troubleshooting which i should have done in the beginning and heres what i found
Airport express is joined to and existing wireless network and i have internet access....all good
I set up my Airport Extreme as follows:
Connect using :ethernet
Ethernet Wan Port : automatic
Connetion Sharing : Share a public IP address
Tcpip Configue IPv4: Using DHCP
DHCP Begin address: 172.16.22.200
Ending address: 172.16.22.254
Wireless Create a wireless network
Wireless network name Test1
wpa2 security
This is needed due to set ip address of device on this private network did not address NAT
Conneted Express ethernet port to Extreme wan port
All wired devices have internet access and i get a double nat status which ignore
however my wireless device will not connect.... sometimes they will they want
any suggestions
i have airport express i want to hook one wirlessly to internet and the other wired from the first base station
