After a moment or two, your eero will assign the Time Capsule or Airport Extreme its own IP address and the AirPort hard drive should appear on any device connected to your eero network. Then use an Ethernet cable to connect one of your eeros to your Time Capsule or Airport Extreme’s WAN port.At this point, disconnect your laptop, re-enable your Wi-Fi, and connect your laptop to your eero Wi-Fi network. Connect your DSL or cable modem to AirPort Extreme and use the built-in setup assistant to create your new wireless network in just a few taps from your iPhone. Once done, press ‘Update’ and your Time Capsule or Extreme will reboot and save your changes.This setting means that IP address assignment is passed onto your eero, which you’ll connect as your primary router. Under the ‘Router Mode’ drop-down, select ‘Off’ (Bridge Mode). Select the ‘Wireless’ tab and find the drop-down menu under ‘Network Mode.’ Then select ‘Off’ to disable any wireless networks created by your Time Capsule or Extreme.Then launch Airport Utility and select AirPort Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme from the window and press edit.We recommend turning off WiFi to make sure you’re only connected to your AirPort device. Make sure your computer is connected only to the Airport device and not to the network of another router or modem.Next, connect your laptop to your Time Capsule or Extreme using an Ethernet cable plugged into one of the AirPort’s LAN ports.First, unplug all the Ethernet cables to disconnect it from your existing network.This way, you’ll be able to control your network’s advanced features via the eero app.īridging your AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule:
We recommend that you bridge your AirPort device, which essentially turns it into a network-enabled hard drive and gigabit switch.
APPLE AIRPORT EXTREME SETUP MANUAL
(See also Apple's early 2009 Apple AirPort Networks manual for more information.If you’re connecting either an AirPort Extreme or a Time Capsule to your eero network, you’ll have to disable the wireless and routing functions on either your Airport device or your eeros. Given my problems with a modern but non-Apple base station and an older AirPort Express, I assume a wireless-to-wired bridge needs Apple's WDS capabilities (and hence when reading question 2, I assume one should take question 1 into account as well). Question: Can AirPort Express act as a bridge?Īnswer: AirPort Express can act as a bridge in three different ways If it is set up as a WDS remote or relay station, it can bridge the wireless network to wired clients. Access the internet, extend your wireless network. I also remind you that any further costs are your responsibility. See the Technical Specifications in the photos for more than you will ever want to know about the unit. But it can wirelessly extend the range of a WDS network that is being hosted by an AirPort Extreme Base Station or another AirPort Express. Access the internet, extend your wireless network, set up a wireless printer or external hard disk drive. Question: Can AirPort Express wirelessly extend ("repeat" or "rebroadcast") the network of a third-party access point?Īnswer: No. According to Apple's AirPort Express frequently asked questions: Next, connect your laptop to your Time Capsule or Extreme using an Ethernet. AirPort Extreme is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact: Brominated. First, unplug all the Ethernet cables to disconnect it from your existing network. Apple takes a complete product life-cycle approach to determining our environmental impact. (Note that the Express, which ships with firmware 7.3, must also be updated to firmware 7.3.1 for this feature to appear.)Įarlier versions seem to support this kind of bridging as well, but your mileage may vary when not using an Apple base station (so, I don't expect problems for your situation). iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 6 or later and AirPort Utility 1.3. The feature should work with any wireless network: a, b, g, or n and 5GHz or 2.4GHz.
To activate ProxySTA, you must set up the Express to join a wireless network and then enable the Allow Ethernet Clients setting both settings are located in the Wireless tab of AirPort Utility. Unfortunately, this feature isn’t documented and doesn’t appear by name anywhere in AirPort Utility. In this mode, the Express acts as a wireless-to-Ethernet bridge, extending your wireless network to wired clients. The Express is also the first AirPort Base Station to provide a new feature called ProxySTA. For the March 2008 802.11n version Macworld writes (emphasis mine): Recent versions indeed support it, but early versions might not.
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