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WEIRD airport extreme WDS question.
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<blockquote data-quote="tremolux" data-source="post: 1017074" data-attributes="member: 147381"><p>I have a very similar setup, although I have a different Linksys router - Vonage version w/phone ports, no wireless. My Airport Extreme is plugged into the Linksys and is the WDS main base station; the Express is the WDS remote. The ethernet port on the Express is connected to a small switch with a G4 tower and an old Airport Snow plugged into it. (I have some devices that don't support WPA, hence the old Airport.)</p><p></p><p>I have both Airports set for b/g compatible, and have static IP addresses assigned to the ethernet ports on both devices; I generally use static IPs b/c the Linksys router can't assign hostnames to DHCP clients. The Ethernet WAN port on the both the Extreme and Express (Internet tab) is set to Automatic, and Connection Sharing is set to Off (Bridge Mode). So far, this works fine for me.</p><p></p><p>I also have access control enabled on both the Extreme and Express - has the IDs (MAC addrs) for all the various devices I've connected to my wireless network: Apple laptops, a slew of PC laptop wireless cards, etc. (I am currently trying to replace a broken ethernet-wireless bridge for a desktop computer with a non-Apple wireless router/repeater, and the access control has caused several issues.)</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tremolux, post: 1017074, member: 147381"] I have a very similar setup, although I have a different Linksys router - Vonage version w/phone ports, no wireless. My Airport Extreme is plugged into the Linksys and is the WDS main base station; the Express is the WDS remote. The ethernet port on the Express is connected to a small switch with a G4 tower and an old Airport Snow plugged into it. (I have some devices that don't support WPA, hence the old Airport.) I have both Airports set for b/g compatible, and have static IP addresses assigned to the ethernet ports on both devices; I generally use static IPs b/c the Linksys router can't assign hostnames to DHCP clients. The Ethernet WAN port on the both the Extreme and Express (Internet tab) is set to Automatic, and Connection Sharing is set to Off (Bridge Mode). So far, this works fine for me. I also have access control enabled on both the Extreme and Express - has the IDs (MAC addrs) for all the various devices I've connected to my wireless network: Apple laptops, a slew of PC laptop wireless cards, etc. (I am currently trying to replace a broken ethernet-wireless bridge for a desktop computer with a non-Apple wireless router/repeater, and the access control has caused several issues.) Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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