Q: Apple Airport Extreme and new FIOS router - problem
Hello, I have a Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n base station that worked fine with a Comcast router. When setting up with Comcast router, I set the comcast router as a bridge and the Airport Extreme did all the work as the primary router. When I switched to Verizon FIOS today, I got the typical double NAT error (which I did with the Comcast until setting up the Comcast router as a bridge). However, the FIOS tech support guy said that was not an option so he setup my Airport Extreme in the bridge mode - router mode off. This really screws up incoming access using SSH, Timbuktu, or Apple Screen Sharing since I can't assign fixed IP addresses for computers on my network and can't use the Port Settings option in Network in Airport Utility to open 'pipes' for a particular computer. Plus, I'm more comfortable using the Airport Extreme rather than the FIOS stuff. Anyone have suggestions other than going back to Comcast?
I did a search and didn't see a post on this in the Discussions forum. thanks
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Aug 27, 2016 3:32 PM
Ok, I had an opportunity to download a copy of the user guide for this FiOS gateway device.
There shouldn't be any reason that you could not continue to use the gateway as your "main" router and leave the AirPort Extreme in bridge mode. Chapter 5 provides the details on how to assign static IP addresses. Port mapping is also covered.
Posted on Aug 28, 2016 1:52 PM