Q: set up branch to main ethernet network using Airport Extreme
Could anyone help me with this network setup please?
I am renting an office and we have an ethernet cable coming into our building from the main network (next door building has fibre broadband). The ethernet line coming in gives out IP addresses and the internet link.
I would like to set up our own network in our building-
1/ would place an Airport Extreme where the ethernet cable comes in and plug the cable into the WAN port
2/ I would set up the AE to distribute IP addresses, but using a different pool- so if the main building uses 192.168.1.1 up to 192.168.1.256, I would set up my AE to use 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.256
3/ I would then run an ethernet cable from the LAN port on the AE to my Netgear 24 port switch.
4/ I would connect all of our other Airport Extremes and Expresses back to our switch over ethernet and set them all to "bridge mode". The ethernet cables from the switch would be plugged into the WAN ports on these Airports.
Any one see any problems here? We would just like to have control over our own IP addresses and be able to reboot our Airport Extreme if we need to, not rely on building next door for IP distribution. I know we still need to reply on them for the internet connection, but that's fine.
Thanks!
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), iPad Air, iPhone 5S
Posted on Sep 24, 2016 10:21 AM
That should work. It would be the basis for a roaming type network.
One caveat. Except for the "main" AirPort Extreme that is performing as a router, connect the other base stations using their respective LAN ports. We have found some inconsistencies when a base station is in bridge mode and the connection is to their WAN port.
Posted on Sep 24, 2016 5:36 PM