I have a Verizon Jetpack 6620L as my source of wifi.
I have (apparently) configured an Airport Extreme to extend the Jetpack signal.
My main objective in connecting AE to the Jetpack is to make the Extreme's ethernet ports useful.
It isn't working. Items attached to the AE ports (especially my Obi voip device) are not working.
Why?
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
You cannot extend a non-Apple network router with an Apple Airport device. If you wish to extend your current Wi-Fi network then you might try using an Amped SR300 or SR600 depending on how far you need to go and what interferences are in the way.
To use the AEBS to extend the network you need to place it in the vicinity of where you want the Wi-Fi to be available, then run an Ethernet cable from the AEBS' WAN port to one of the LAN ports on your Jetpack router.
The AirPort Extreme is not extending the signal at all. If it were, the Ethernet ports would be active.
The Extreme might have "joined" the network, but it does not do anything when it does this, since it performs no routing functions.....the Ethernet ports are not enabled.
Unfortunately, the AirPort Extreme can only "extend" a network when it connects to a wireless signal provided by another Apple router.
If the JetPack has an Ethernet port, you could connect the AirPort Extreme that way. Post back if you need more details on this.
Ironically, the less expensive AirPort Express can "join" a network and the Ethernet ports will be enabled. This is a special feature limited only to the AirPort Express....and is not documented in Apple support documents.
Kappy wrote:
You cannot extend a non-Apple network router with an Apple Airport device. If you wish to extend your current Wi-Fi network then you might try using an Amped SR300 or SR600 depending on how far you need to go and what interferences are in the way.
To use the AEBS to extend the network you need to place it in the vicinity of where you want the Wi-Fi to be available, then run an Ethernet cable from the AEBS' WAN port to one of the LAN ports on your Jetpack router.
The problem arises because the Jetpack has no ethernet port. There are apparently non-Apple routers that can be connected to the Jetpack via USB.
Bob Timmons wrote:
The AirPort Extreme is not extending the signal at all. If it were, the Ethernet ports would be active.
The Extreme might have "joined" the network, but it does not do anything when it does this, since it performs no routing functions.....the Ethernet ports are not enabled.
Unfortunately, the AirPort Extreme can only "extend" a network when it connects to a wireless signal provided by another Apple router.
If the JetPack has an Ethernet port, you could connect the AirPort Extreme that way. Post back if you need more details on this.
Ironically, the less expensive AirPort Express can "join" a network and the Ethernet ports will be enabled. This is a special feature limited only to the AirPort Express....and is not documented in Apple support documents.
I have an antiquarian Express. I'll try it. I really just need to be able to connect the Obi device that I use with Google Voice for a home phone.
You will need an A1392 or A1264 version of the Express. The older A1084 and A1088 do NOT have the feature that you need.
Airport Express does the job. I posted this before noticing your prior response about model. I have the A1264. Does the current AE accomplish this?
Yes, the A1392 is the current model, and Bob says it works. This is the cheapest, and possibly the best way to extend a Verizon Jetpack wifi network and add ethernet.
Suggestion for wireless network extension?
