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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1887998" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>So, at the end the wiring needs to be</p><p></p><p>wall-----CL------AE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Mac</p><p></p><p>when you end up. Wire to CL, ethernet to AE, Wifi from AE to mac</p><p></p><p>But, to get there, you need</p><p></p><p>wall-----CL----Mac, so that you can make the changes to the CL to turn off the WiFi (the Transparent Bridge mode they call it) and not lose internet connectivity. The cable from the CL to the Mac is ethernet and will run from one room to another as you do the setting up, but will eventually be removed.</p><p></p><p>Then you need,</p><p></p><p>wall-----CL----Mac</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">-------------</span>\-----AE so you can set up the AE and connect from the Mac to the AE wirelessly but still have the wired connection if it goes south on you. (Trying to show both the AE and the Mac connected to the CL by ethernet cable.)</p><p></p><p>When all is said and done, the closer the AE is to the Mac the better the signal, but the AE does have 5GHz, which is less prone to interference from other routers, so you can use that band and get away from all the neighbors using 2.4GHz.</p><p></p><p>So, you can get away with one long ethernet cable, temporarily in place, to lead from the CL to the Mac, and one short Ethernet cable from the CL to the AE that will become permanent, do the setup and then remove the long cable to tidy up. You can keep it just in case you ever have to do any troubleshooting, or if you get a replacement for the CL and need to do the setup again.</p><p></p><p>I am sort of assuming that your house is not wired with cable connections in every room, as it would be easy to move the CL to the bedroom if it were the case.</p><p></p><p>There is a kind of "high wire" act way of doing this without the long ethernet cable, if you want to try it. Just use WiFi to enter into bridge mode. As soon as it kicks in, you will lose connectivity to the CL and to the Internet, so you'll be flying blind for a bit. Now cable up the AE, power it on and then look for it on the Mac. If it connects and if it has Internet, you are in great shape. If it connects but doesn't have internet, but you can see the CL, then the issue is the CL lost the internet in the process and will need to be restarted at a minimum, reset at the worst. If you can see the AE, but not the CL, then the link between CL and AE is wrong and is the worst case because now you have no connection to the CL from the Mac at all. If you end up in that configuration, you'll need to get the long Ethernet to reach from the CL to the Mac to reset back to what it was before. Hence, the "high wire" description. If it works, and it should, you are golden. But if it fails and the issue is in the CL, you don't have an easy way back to it without the long ethernet cable. Much like a high wire act, risky, but pretty good probability of success. Failure is ugly.</p><p></p><p>So, have I confused you enough?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1887998, member: 396914"] So, at the end the wiring needs to be wall-----CL------AE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Mac when you end up. Wire to CL, ethernet to AE, Wifi from AE to mac But, to get there, you need wall-----CL----Mac, so that you can make the changes to the CL to turn off the WiFi (the Transparent Bridge mode they call it) and not lose internet connectivity. The cable from the CL to the Mac is ethernet and will run from one room to another as you do the setting up, but will eventually be removed. Then you need, wall-----CL----Mac [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]-------------[/COLOR]\-----AE so you can set up the AE and connect from the Mac to the AE wirelessly but still have the wired connection if it goes south on you. (Trying to show both the AE and the Mac connected to the CL by ethernet cable.) When all is said and done, the closer the AE is to the Mac the better the signal, but the AE does have 5GHz, which is less prone to interference from other routers, so you can use that band and get away from all the neighbors using 2.4GHz. So, you can get away with one long ethernet cable, temporarily in place, to lead from the CL to the Mac, and one short Ethernet cable from the CL to the AE that will become permanent, do the setup and then remove the long cable to tidy up. You can keep it just in case you ever have to do any troubleshooting, or if you get a replacement for the CL and need to do the setup again. I am sort of assuming that your house is not wired with cable connections in every room, as it would be easy to move the CL to the bedroom if it were the case. There is a kind of "high wire" act way of doing this without the long ethernet cable, if you want to try it. Just use WiFi to enter into bridge mode. As soon as it kicks in, you will lose connectivity to the CL and to the Internet, so you'll be flying blind for a bit. Now cable up the AE, power it on and then look for it on the Mac. If it connects and if it has Internet, you are in great shape. If it connects but doesn't have internet, but you can see the CL, then the issue is the CL lost the internet in the process and will need to be restarted at a minimum, reset at the worst. If you can see the AE, but not the CL, then the link between CL and AE is wrong and is the worst case because now you have no connection to the CL from the Mac at all. If you end up in that configuration, you'll need to get the long Ethernet to reach from the CL to the Mac to reset back to what it was before. Hence, the "high wire" description. If it works, and it should, you are golden. But if it fails and the issue is in the CL, you don't have an easy way back to it without the long ethernet cable. Much like a high wire act, risky, but pretty good probability of success. Failure is ugly. So, have I confused you enough? [/QUOTE]
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