Hiltzy
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Q: I set up my airport express 1st generation as a bridge, it seemed to be ok for a few hours, but then my netgear router wifi stopped working. To correct the netgear problem I simply disconnect the airport ethernet cable. Seems aiport is the problem.

I set up an old (1st generation) airport express last night as a bridge (intending to join my existing netgear network, and use airport only for USB printer).

 

I could never see the printer from iphone or other wireless devices, but the network seemed to continue working as normal.

 

Then 3 hours later, none of our 6 wireless devices in the home could access netgear router wirelessly.

 

I disconnected the ethernet cable of the airport, and everything worked normally again.

 

How can I use airport as a print server only and still keep my original

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 26, 2016 8:07 AM

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  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Feb 26, 2016 9:32 AM in response to Hiltzy
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    Feb 26, 2016 9:32 AM in response to Hiltzy

    I set up an old (1st generation) airport express last night as a bridge (intending to join my existing netgear network, and use airport only for USB printer).

    Since both the 1st generation 802.11n (model A1264) and the even older 802.11g (model A1084) AirPort Express base stations look identical, which one are you referring to?

    I could never see the printer from iphone or other wireless devices, but the network seemed to continue working as normal.

    Is this printer AirPrint-ready? If not, you will not be able to print to it from an iOS device.

    I disconnected the ethernet cable of the airport, and everything worked normally again.

    This may indicate that the Express is not configured properly to join the Netgear Wi-Fi network, but is trying to perform as a wireless router ... its default configuration.