Comments on I Found This Useful: Apple Aiport Extreme stops working

- Spiff My mistake, silly me, was to think that t...

2009-07-06T10:21:41.291+01:00

- Spiff

My 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.

I guess what wasn't clear to you was that since yo...

2009-07-06T03:36:42.611+01:00

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).

I'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.

Thanks for reading, and leaving comments. In orde...

2009-07-03T20:39:24.915+01:00

Thanks for reading, and leaving comments.

In order:

- Spell check seems fine. Of course spell check is 2 words :-)

- Sorry, don't follow you. To my knowledge the current Airport design and config document is here http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Apple_AirPort_Networks_Early2009.pdf

Markian - I'm bridging because my Extremes are simply to join the laptops wirelessly to the LAN. I have a separate hardware firewall, which sits behind the broadband router. Thus in bridging this panel is not about connecting to the Internet, its about connecting to the LAN.

- If I'm pointing fingers, I'm pointing them at me, so if I point one at me, then 4 point somewhere else?

I'm not sure I understand the confusion. I've been...

2009-07-03T18:52:10.169+01:00

I'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.

Before blaming others, one should reflect on himself first. When you point a finger at another, four other fingers are pointing right back at yourself.

"Connect to internet" using your "Ethernet WAN" po...

2009-07-03T18:27:36.921+01:00

"Connect to internet" using your "Ethernet WAN" port. Wow, yeah. This is the most confusing dialogue box ever. Seems pretty straightforward to me... This is where you configure your internet connection. Why are you bridging?

Actually, that panel IS where you configure the In...

2009-07-03T18:08:22.974+01:00

Actually, that panel IS where you configure the Internet connection attached to the WAN port on your Airport. With an Airport highlighted on the left side of the Airport Utility, you will see a 'Continue' button on the lower right. You should click that, as it will walk you through the Setup Assistant in the Airport Utility.

You're obviously double-clicking the Airport shown on the left side (or clicking the Manual Setup button) which probably not the best choice for you, since you're posting INCORRECT help info on the Web.

For those of you visiting this page, perhaps the manual from Apple will be 'Found Useful':

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPortExtreme_802.11n_UserGuide.pdf

Your spellcheck's not working either.

2009-07-03T17:49:36.154+01:00

Your spellcheck's not working either.