IPTV with dual band 5th gen airportextreme?

Hi,


I am having a home network, based on 5th generation Airport Exrreme. This is in "bridge mode", and wired to the Telekom ZTE router/modem. The network range extended by two (different) airport express mini rotuers.


Since two weeks, I have started to use IPTV, and it has "multicast" issues. Not sure it is on my end. But today when TV stopped operating, i have deconnected the apple infrasturcture, and left the pure 2.4G wifi from ZTE device. It is good now.


By browsinf the net, found IMGP may helping me. But cannot set on my 5th gen. airport extreme.


What options I have?

- can I "teach" apple router to deal with IPTV multicast?

- at least I can use apple router to expand the ZTE network, for example by WDS?


thanks a lot,

Zol

Posted on Jan 23, 2017 9:29 AM

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Jan 23, 2017 10:01 AM in response to pogacsa

By browsinf the net, found IMGP may helping me. But cannot set on my 5th gen. airport extreme.

Unfortunately, that is correct. The IGMP option can only be set on the latest 802.11ac versions of the AirPort base stations. There is no equivalent setting on the earlier models.


When enabled, it allows a network switch (in this case the AirPort base station) to listen for IGMP conversations between hosts and multicast routers. By doing so, the base station would maintain a mapping of which links need IP multicast streams.

- can I "teach" apple router to deal with IPTV multicast?

Sorry, but no. At least not with your current 5th generation AirPort Extreme base station. You would need to replace it with an 802.11ac AirPort or a router from another manufacturer that supports IGMP.

- at least I can use apple router to expand the ZTE network, for example by WDS?

Potentially yes. However, the only option to do so would be with a roaming network configuration, not WDS. That would require that the Extreme be connected to the ZTE router by Ethernet.

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