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Q: i have airport express i want to hook one wirlessly to internet and the other wired from the first base station

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Posted on Jan 14, 2014 8:49 AM

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Q: i have airport express i want to hook one wirlessly to internet and the other wired from the first base station

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  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 14, 2014 9:01 AM in response to jayfromt
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:01 AM in response to jayfromt

    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.

  • by jayfromt,

    jayfromt jayfromt Jan 14, 2014 9:06 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:06 AM in response to Tesserax

    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

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 14, 2014 9:12 AM in response to jayfromt
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:12 AM in response to jayfromt

    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?"

  • by jayfromt,

    jayfromt jayfromt Jan 14, 2014 9:20 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:20 AM in response to Tesserax

    I have Express- A1392  and Extreme A1408 the express is sharing single ip address with wireless client using DHCP and Nat

  • by jayfromt,

    jayfromt jayfromt Jan 14, 2014 9:24 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:24 AM in response to Tesserax

    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.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 14, 2014 9:39 AM in response to jayfromt
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    Jan 14, 2014 9:39 AM in response to jayfromt

    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.

  • by jayfromt,

    jayfromt jayfromt Jan 15, 2014 11:10 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 15, 2014 11:10 AM in response to Tesserax

    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