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mac mini/airport express
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I have a mac mini with no wifi card so I am using the airport express as the card trying to connect to the netgear router. I keep getting a 169 address. Do you think it could be a setting with in the net gear. I have tried just about every thing from cloning the MAC address to turing off the firewall and I keep getting a 169 address. The mac book pro seems to be fine as well as the ipad.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Can you explain your setup a bit more?
I'm assuming you have the mini attached via ethernet to the Express. Then you have extended a wireless network, using WDS or something similar, to get the Express connected to a Netgear router. The MBP and iPad are connecting to the Netgear router directly through Wifi.
Is this correct?
I think the Express only works like this (as a bridge) if you're using WDS.
Steve
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Can you explain your setup a bit more?
I'm assuming you have the mini attached via ethernet to the Express. Yes. (I did the same set up to a g5 and worked fine but this set up was connecting to a airport extreme at my friends house)
The MBP and iPad are connecting to the Netgear router directly through Wifi. yes
I think the Express only works like this (as a bridge) if you're using WDS.
I don't believe that is the case.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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You can use the Express to do what you're talking about with an Extreme as the main router, but I don't think it'll work the way you want with a Netgear router.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
You can use the Express to do what you're talking about with an Extreme as the main router, but I don't think it'll work the way you want with a Netgear router.
That was my thought. I think WDS is Apple only.
To make the wired devices in my house wireless, I use Buffalo N bridges from Newegg. They're not cheap ($60 to $80) unfortunately, but I get really good transfer rates with them (until you use the microwave, that is).
Steve
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Apple-to-Apple only, at least...
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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