[Andhee]

Hey,
I was just wondering whether I could plug an ordinary ethernet cable with internet into the airport extreme base station/airport express and make my own wireless network from it, even though the ethernet wouldnt be coming directly from the internet box, probably from a router or something. I was just wondering as it would be tres useful in a uni room with one ethernet port but no wireless.

Thanks.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Andhee 

Hey,
I was just wondering whether I could plug an ordinary ethernet cable with internet into the airport extreme base station/airport express and make my own wireless network from it, even though the ethernet wouldnt be coming directly from the internet box, probably from a router or something. I was just wondering as it would be tres useful in a uni room with one ethernet port but no wireless.

Even though your description is a bit confusing ( ), YES, it is (should be) possible.
You need to turn on Internet Sharing in the Preferences, shared to Ethernet, and turn off DHCP on the AXP / AEXT.

I hope I'm not missing something, but in theory, it should work.

-t

[mduell]

Yes, you can, that's pretty much what it's designed for.

turtle: I think you're confused. No need to do anything in Internet Sharing or disable DHCP.

[ghporter]

It would be very helpful if our dear OP would be a bit more specific about what he has now and where he wants to connect his new device. Also, how he wants to use this would be kind of important; will it be so that wireless computers can share files with wired computers? will he need to share printers and such?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by mduell 

turtle: I think you're confused. No need to do anything in Internet Sharing or disable DHCP.

Oh, that's possible

However, what if you have DHCP enabled on your Mac ?
Does the AExpress recognize that and automatically turn it off ?

Are you sure you don't need to enable Internet Sharing ? It's turned off by default.

-t

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

It would be very helpful if our dear OP would be a bit more specific about what he has now and where he wants to connect his new device. Also, how he wants to use this would be kind of important; will it be so that wireless computers can share files with wired computers? will he need to share printers and such?

Well, this is my understanding of his desired setup:

Router ---IEEE 802.3--- Mac ---IEEE 802.3--- AEB ~~~802.11g/n~~~ other device

-t

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Well, this is my understanding of his desired setup:

Router ---IEEE 802.3--- Mac ---IEEE 802.3--- AEB ~~~802.11g/n~~~ other device

-t

Or maybe:
Router --- Ethernet --- AEB? This is why I (maybe not too directly) asked what the setup should be. The wording in the post is vague enough that both your and my interpretation could be valid.

[turtle777]

Well, true enough. Andhee, please be more vague.

-t