Very confused about our home network
So we have a cable modem with 4 ports. 1 of the ports is attached via ethernet to an Airport Extreme router. Our devices in the house connect wireless.
So in our family room, we have a weak signal and my wife went to Micro Center and they suggested a D-Link Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point. And they sold her a long ethernet to connect to our Airport Extreme router and run it in AP mode. Not exactly sure why not to run it in bridge mode and not use the cord. I was also wondering if it might be better to plug the ethernet into the second port of the cable modem instead of the router.
So today on my laptop it was running terrible and then it reported that 2 devices on the network were using the same IP. Which got me thinking, what device on my network is assigning IPs, or are 2 devices trying to do the job.
Any insight or suggestions to make our setup better would be greatly appreciated.
So in our family room, we have a weak signal and my wife went to Micro Center and they suggested a D-Link Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point. And they sold her a long ethernet to connect to our Airport Extreme router and run it in AP mode. Not exactly sure why not to run it in bridge mode and not use the cord. I was also wondering if it might be better to plug the ethernet into the second port of the cable modem instead of the router.
So today on my laptop it was running terrible and then it reported that 2 devices on the network were using the same IP. Which got me thinking, what device on my network is assigning IPs, or are 2 devices trying to do the job.
Any insight or suggestions to make our setup better would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you have the Airport Express running in Bridge mode?
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My options are to:
1) Share a public IP address.
2) Distribute a range of IP addresses.
3) Off (Bridge Mode)
It is currently set to #1
1) Share a public IP address.
2) Distribute a range of IP addresses.
3) Off (Bridge Mode)
It is currently set to #1
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In other words, your modem is already sharing a public IP address, so you don't need the airport to do that.
Also the cable from the modem should be plugged into the WAN port on the AE.
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I have confirmed that the DHCP server is disabled on the Access Point. I also chose option 3 above.
So is it working now?
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Seems to be working very well. Thank You!!!
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Acting up again. Going real slow, losing connection, then on my wireless connection it will say "No Internet Access"
Does it work if you are connected directly to the modem by ethernet?
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I think the driver update for the wireless card helped as well.