On the back of the device are 4 ethernet ports, clearly marked differently. 3 with the usual <--> for ethernet and one with a kind O, which is for the internet, if you have a cable modem, or maybe a half bridge DSL router.
So we have a very clear paradigm of internet and LAN.
Right, here's the INTERNET tab of the Airport Utility. So I'm thinking this is where you configure INTERNET access. Right? Wrong! In fact this configures the LAN. So, turn off the ethernet WAN port at your peril, because if you do you'll fall off the LAN and you'll have to do a reset.
Grrrrr!
Your spellcheck's not working either.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I understand the confusion. I've been using AirPort for a few years now and I've setup more than a dozen AirPort networks for friends and family members. Not once have I ever been confused by the ports and/or the AirPort Utility software.
ReplyDeleteBefore blaming others, one should reflect on himself first. When you point a finger at another, four other fingers are pointing right back at yourself.
I guess what wasn't clear to you was that since you were set to just bridge, there weren't separate settings for LAN vs. WAN. The "WAN" port gets bridged in with the LAN ports (and WLAN), and your base station only has one IP address, which is reachable via all ports (because the base station is now just like a host with a single NIC plugged into its integrated Ethernet switch).
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to know what kind of settings you were setting on the Internet tab, and how they could have been valid for your base station's Internet connection but not valid for your LAN in this case.
- Spiff
ReplyDeleteMy mistake, silly me, was to think that the internet tab had settings I didn't need, since the Extreme does not connect directly to the internet, its just a bridge.
So the setting change I made in error was to turn off the ethernet WAN port.