Q: AirPort Express LAN problem
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Sep 27, 2016 10:21 AMby Tesserax,My question is how do I enable a cable connection on my Macbook using a LAN cable from the AirPort Express, while at the same time, keeping the WiFi active.
Is the AirPort Express the only router in your current network configuration? Regardless, what is the make & model of the Internet modem that you have the Express directly connected to by Ethernet? ... or is the Express connected by Wi-Fi to the modem?
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Sep 27, 2016 12:24 PMby robertpetrea23,I don't know the make of the internet modem. The internet provider has the modem set up somewhere up on the building and have drawn a cable into my apartment and given me a PPPOE account which I use to connect. I do not have access to said modem, only to the ethernet cable. The ethernet cable is currently connected to the AirPort Express device which enables me to have wi-fi in my apartment. But the thing is, I have a second LAN cable connected from the AirPort Express to my Macbook and was hoping that, like the previous router I had, would enable me to have Ethernet connection on my Macbook whilst also generating a Wi-Fi signal by my AirPort Express (as was the case with the previous router).
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Sep 27, 2016 12:34 PMby robertpetrea23,Also, when I connect the ethernet cable dirrectly into my Macbook, everything works fine and dandy. I just can't seem to use an ethernet connection on my Macbook when the ethernet cable is connected to my AirPort Express and the router connected with the laptop through a LAN cable.
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Sep 27, 2016 2:17 PMby Tesserax,Ok, those settings look correct.
You stated that when you connect your MacBook directly to the Ethernet it gains Internet access, but not when it is connected via Ethernet to the AirPort Express.
Did you change the Ethernet network settings on the MacBook when you switched? That is, was it reconfigured to use DHCP when connected directly to the Express or was is still configured for PPPoE?
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Sep 27, 2016 2:19 PMby robertpetrea23,Well, at first, when I connected the AirPort for the first time, its settings were DHCP and wouldn't connect at all, not even with the wi-fi on, because it couldn't match up with the PPPOE account and password. I changed the setting to PPPOE but only on the AirPort. The ethernet connection on the Macbook remained untouched.
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Sep 28, 2016 10:49 AMby Tesserax,PPPoE does require at least on network device that is directly connected to the DSL modem to provide user credentials. That could be the Express or your MacBook.
What is confusing me at the moment is that I would suspect that the MacBook would not get an Internet connection when directly connected to the wall Ethernet connection AND configured as a DHCP client ... as it would not be able to provide those credentials ... AND you are saying that it does when you substitute it for the Express.
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Sep 28, 2016 12:28 PMby robertpetrea23,Yea, I think I'm just going to leave it on wireless mode and use the Express. After all, wires do kind of annoy me and I've seen that the download speed is kinda the same (about 4-5mb/s on vuze downloads -utorrent doesn't really work, idk why...that's good, right?). On speedtest I usually get to the 45-50 mb mark so I guess nothing's really affected by the Wi-Fi setting.
