Airport Extreme is a port short. Anyone know of a low-cost Ethernet hub?

I recently connected a Xerox Phaser 8550 postscript printer via USB to a Mac Pro. However, one of the important Xerox features is an Internet link that provides off-site monitoring of the printer's condition and supplies. This evidently requires an ethernet connection to a modem. (It won't work via the USB connection to the computer).
My Mac Pro has two gigabit ethernet ports, as does the Airport base station. However, one Airport port connects to a Comcast broadband cable modem, and the other connects to the Mac. That leaves only one available port, on the Mac Pro. I tried connecting that port to the printer, but no luck.
To link the printer to the Internet, Xerox instructs users to type the printer's IP address in a browser window (they suggest Internet Explorer -- I use Safari). Thus, it seems the printer needs a direct connection to a network hub, such as my Airport base station, for that method to work.
I use the base station to provide a wireless Internet connection to my portable Power Book. (The Mac Pro does not have or need an Airport Extreme card for this setup because it attaches to the base station via ethernet cable.)
Ethernet hubs I have found on the Apple Store website cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars. There must be a cheaper solution. Right?
I spoke to a Xerox rep, but she hasn't found an answer yet. (They are not up to speed on Macs, and this is just one of several questions I raised.)
I'll be grateful if the experts in this forum have an answer for this one.
Thanks.

Hi Duane and Conal Ho --
Thanks for the links! It looks like low-cost hubs are available here.
But I could use some further advice. The "switches" and "routers" look similar to a Belkin Wireless Router that I've tossed in the garage for the next yard sale. I wasted a lot of time on the phone with Belkin's tech support trying to configure the thing and get rid of a persistent pop-up that tried to enroll me in Belkin's "Parental Control" program. It was such a headache that I tossed it and bought Apple's Airport Extreme, which set itself up in about a minute.
Before I buy another "router" or "switcher", I need to know what's involved in the setup. Ideally, I'd like to plug it into one of the ethernet ports on the Airport, and then plug the printer into the router, and then run an ethernet cable from the router back to the computer, and have everything work automatically, with the Airport serving as the primary base station. Is this possible?
If I have to try and figure out IP addresses and check a bunch of mysterious configurations, and then remember what to do after the next power failure disrupts all the connections -- uh, uh! (There's another question in this forum from someone else struggling with a Belkin router; so I'm not alone in this arena.)
Thus, if you can steer me toward the easiest choice here, I'd be much obliged.
Thanks.
-- DH

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Forgive the book I've written below, please. I generally think too much info is better than not enough... I'm looking for assistance and/or suggestions since I have been unable to locate solutions on my own so far. Searching this forum has found a great number of "sort-of" related things, but all of them so far appear to involve apple-only hardware or upstream network devices which have ethernet ports. Nothing that seems to match my situation enough to extrapolate out. Maybe I'm just using the wrong keywords. Anyway....
I've recently moved to a particularly rural area with no wired internet access to speak of (well, I suppose there is dial-up, but... yeah). I've tried several different wireless varieties including satellite, the AT&T Elevate 4G hotspot and a service that used an EVDO-cellular solution(a sprint-based reseller). The former had serious latency issues which I had predicted and so was right-out. The last had signal coverage problems which their maps did not accurately reveal. Their potential mitigation was to have me invest even more money into a super-mega antenna to be roof-mounted. And even that was an uncertain fix. The AT&T solution with the 4G hotspot has been AMAZING so far and I love it. Coverage is great, latency and bandwidth fantastic.
I love it but for one exception, that is. Connectivity options.
There is a particularly limited number of WiFi connections available and only a USB network adapter for a single computer. None of my wired-only network devices can connect directly and I have significantly more WiFi connected devices in general use than the device supports.
I have an Airport Extreme that I was using as my primary connection point through a FiOS router at my previous home(and both the satellite and EVDO modems at the new place). Never had any problems with it when feeding its WAN port with one of the various routers' LAN ports. However, as has been evident by reading all sorts of posts here and elsewhere, having it connect via WiFi to the Elevate means that the ethernet ports are disabled. Not terribly useful.
The Elevate has no ethernet ports. Only WiFi and USB network connectivity.
The Elevate does not appear to have settings available to create a WDS network-- so it cannot be "Extended" via those methods, either, as far as I am able to tell.
So these are some thoughts I've had. Before I invest the time and money into them(both of which are in extremely short supply lately), I'd like to know if anyone else has already solved the issue or can tell me definitively whether these ideas, or some I haven't thought of, will or won't work. Any helpful feedback or thoughts would be sincerely appreciated.
Options I've considered, but are uncertain:
-A Wifi/Ethernet or even ethernet-only router which has a USB WAN uplink(I've had a few bites on searching, but nobody seems 100% clear on the capability for the models I've located). I could plug the Elevate into that USB port and then from there I'm golden. If this is the best option, then can someone recommend a brand/model that they know will work in this way?
-WiFi Access Point (Airport Express, maybe?) that will connect to the elevate via WiFi, and then use its single Ethernet port to serve as the APExtreme's WAN uplink. (I don't know if this will work at all, actually...)
-Connect to the computer via USB, run some kind of network bridging software (which I don't know what the heck that would be) to bridge between the USB Network and the Ethernet port, then run a hard wire from there to the APExtreme's standard ethernet WAN uplink. This is going to be a "last resort" option since it involves software I'm unfamiliar with, even unsure of availability for Mac, and requires the computer to be running and configured properly at all times. Given the way my kids abuse a computer, I can't be certain of anything involving this option.
-Some secret method of turning on WDS capabilities in the Elevate which would then allow my existing base station to become a second node in the chain. I really wish someone could tell me this is possible if only I'd push the right buttons. I see this is as the absolute best option, if it can be done. Cheapest, anyway.
Current set-up:
AT&T Elevate 4G hotspot
WiFi connected devices(rotating since Wifi connection count is limited): Mac PC, 2 iPads, 3 iPhones, Apple TV, a Nokia mini-tablet, a Kindle fire, Wii, XBox 360, an old dell laptop issued by my office.
Apple Aiport Extreme base station
Wired connections: blueray player, television, satellite TV pay-per-view uplinky device thing.
Please, tell me your thoughts?

Had the same issue here. Here is the best solution I have found so far:
Hotspot + Pepwave Max On-The-Go (w/ Load Balancing) + Airport Extreme
I have a VZW MiFi, but I believe this set-up will work with other hotspot devices. I actually have 2 MiFi Hotspots with a monthly allowance of 20G each. They are plugged directly into the Pepwave router (aka, tethered). (Note: you have to have the right cable to do this. The one that came with my Hotspot was only for charging.) If, for some reason, you cannot tether with your Hotspot device, you want a router that offers WiFi as WAN. The Pepwave will do this. The Pepwave is connected to my Airport Extreme via ethernet cable. I have the WiFi on the MiFis and the Pepwave turned off. So the only visible network is my Airport Extreme. The Pepwave is essentially just functioning as a modem.
I used to have a Cradlepoint, but I did not find it very user friendly--too complex for home use. The Pepwave Max OTG is awesome. I got the one with Load Balancing so it allows you to connect up to 4 cellular devices. If you only need the one Hotspot, you can just get the cheaper Pepwave Max OTG. The Pepwave allows me to run off one of the MiFis until I hit my 20G/month allowance, then it automatically switches to the other one. That way I never max-out on my monthly data allowance. Additionally, it gives you a real-time, hourly, daily and monthly running tally on data usage.
The guys at the 3Gstore are excellent and can help you figure out the best solution for your situation.

New Airport Extreme (802.11n): : Port Mapping... ***???

There are two different programs I was formerly using, whereby (after following instructions) I was able to create a static IP address for every machine on my network, plus open ports 8000 and 9990-9998 respectively. But ever since upgrading to the new Airport Extreme (802.11n), it completely stopped working. To boot, I've upgraded to Leopard on one of two of the machines (the other is still using 10.3.9).
I haven't been able to figure out for the life of me, how to configure it. It's no longer as obvious where and what information to put in. All guides that would remotely help are designed for the older Airport unit, which has completely different menus in the Airport Utility.
Is there anyone out there who has experience with Dot-Tunes and/or Nicecast or similar port mapping, who has the patience to describe, in layman's terms, what steps to take to get this set up correctly again, starting with how to reassign static IPs for my machines. I will not ask a lot of questions and take up too much more of your time. I'm just frustrated after a whole day of trying to figure this out and fruitless Google and forum searches.
Thank you so much.

I'm not familiar with either Dot-Tunes or Nicecast, but the following would be the general port mapping procedure with the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) using the AirPort Utility. Note in this procedure you will not need to assign a static IP address for each of your host devices. Instead you will be taking advantage of the AEBSn's DHCP reservations feature.
To setup port mapping on an AEBSn, either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the LAN port of the AEBSn, and then use the AirPort Utility, in Manual Setup, to make these settings:
1. Reserve a DHCP-provided IP address for the host device.
Internet > DHCP tab
o On the DHCP tab, click the "+" (Add) button to enter DHCP Reservations.
o Description: <enter the desired description of the host device>
o Reserve address by: MAC Address
o Click Continue.
o MAC Address: <enter the MAC (what Apple calls Ethernet ID if you are using wired or AirPort ID if wireless) hardware address of the host computer>
o IPv4 Address: <enter the desired IP address>
o Click Done.
2. Setup Port Mapping on the AEBSn.
Advanced > Port Mapping tab
o Click the "+" (Add) button
o Service: <choose the appropriate service from the Service pop-up menu>
o Public UDP Port(s): <enter the appropriate UDP port values>
o Public TCP Port(s): <enter the appropriate TCP port values>
o Private IP Address: <enter the IP address of the host server>
o Private UDP Port(s): <enter the same as Public UDP Ports or your choice>
o Private TCP Port(s): <enter the same as Public TCP Ports or your choice>
o Click "Continue"
(ref: "Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products)

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If you have the Mac that you used to configure the AirPort Extreme originally, you may be able to retrieve the password from KeyChain Access.
See this User Tip from forum expert Tesserax:
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Mapping to disk on Airport Extreme's USB port from G5 over Ethernet

I just set up my Airport Extreme network, with multiple machines (Windows XP, Vista, Mac G5, iPad and iPod Touch) sharing the internet connection via both Ethernet and WiFi without any problem.
My XP and Vista machines are connected via WiFi, and I was asked to supply the shared disk's password, and once I provided it, I was able to see the drive attached to the USB port on the Extreme.
My Mac G5 is connected to the Airport via Ethernet. It never asked me for the shared disk's password, adn I could not see the drive in Finder.
Any suggestion on how to map to the shared drive over Ethernet will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! /Kenny

Any suggestion on how to map to the shared drive over Ethernet will be greatly appreciated.
It really shouldn't make any difference whether the G5 is connected by Ethernet or wireless, the AirPort Disk should be "visible" in the Finder sidebar.
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Troubleshooting Airport Extreme's wan port?

I have an Airport Extreme base station that doesn't seem to be communicating through its WAN port. Both Apple and Windoze computers can connect to it, wired or wirelessly, but I am unable to make the base station communicate with a gateway device, a (PPoE) DSL modem. My brother (whose device this is) was having the same problem with his cable modem.
As the Airport boots, the link light on the WAN port blinks green a couple of times, only instantaneously, but otherwise remains dark. Once it's booted, the status light blinks amber. And of course there is no throughput, no connectivity to the Internet.
I also have a LinkSys WiFi router that works perfectly using the same gateway device and the same ethernet cable, which gives me to believe both the modem and the cable are in proper working order. All the configuration information I'm entering into the Airport's web interface I'm cut and pasting from the same text file I habitually use to the LinkSys router (to cut down on clerical errors). So presuming it's configured properly, presuming the cable and the gateway aren't at fault, I have to think the WAN port has given up the ghost.
So I thought to ask the Apple cognoscenti if they agree with my diagnosis. Is there a diagnostic I'm overlooking? Do the WAN ports on these devices have a history of being problematic?
TIA
Slanjevar!

I have discovered the chief problem was that the Airport doesn't take kindly to unresolved/unacknowledged errors/conditions under the Status button on the Summary page of the Airport utility. It was regarding "extended mode" as an abnormality requiring acknowledgment, as well as my switching off all wireless security, as a temporary diagnostic measure. Once I'd told it to 'Ignore' those conditions, I got both a solid green status light and a steady green link light on the WAN port.
However, it still isn't passing data.
As I was stumbling around in the Airport utility's GUI (before resolving the "start button" problem), I noticed it had an "Extend a wireless network" mode. Since what my brother was after in the first place was getting stronger signal to the far end of the house, I asked if this wouldn't better suit his needs than substituting the Airport for his current (underpowered?) WiFi router. He agreed, so I've changed my focus to setting up the Airport as an 'extender.'
Now, reconfigured in 'extender' mode, its 'Status' on the GUI's 'Summary' page shows 'Normal' and the status light is steady green. The GUI for my WRT54 (with DD-WRT firmware) shows it is authenticated and joined to the network, as both a LAN and a wireless client. And the Airport's logs concur: "Joined BSS [WRT54's MAC]" and "Installed unicast TKIP key for authenticator [WRT54's MAC]".
I've done this with the Airport either using DHCP or with a statically configured IP address to see if it made any difference. It does not, either to its ability to join the network or to its (lack of) throughput. So every indication I can find confirms it is a connected and fully functioning member of my network.
I also have an XPSP3 box connected to one of the LAN ports on the Airport. The NICs on both ends show a solid green link light. The Airport's logs acknowledge that the XP box is connected: "Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.3]". And the XP box can 'ping' the Airport. All of which spells "connected" to me.
However, the XP box can neither draw an IP address (the Airport's DHCP clients list remains empty) nor communicate with anything upstream of the Airport (which it only can do once I have given it a static IP address). If I try to tracert or pathping from the XP box to the WRT54 (via the Airport), it stalls out at the Airport. The response is the same whether I have the Airport's WAN port connected to a LAN port on the WRT54 or not.
Address scheme-wise, my WiFi router (WRT54) is on 192.168.1.1. The XP box that I have connected to the Airport via ethernet has a reserved IP of 192.168.1.3, but now is configured statically to that address because the Airport (seemingly) does not support it contacting the DHCP server. The Airport consistently had been drawing the first available address from the DHCP pool, 192.168.1.10, but now I have it statically configured to .100 because my brother doesn't use DHCP reservations on his network, and I'm replicating how he will configure it to leave nothing to chance. Having a static address saves him grief having to figure out what its address has become should the Airport utility not be able to find it (which seems to be its norm) and he has to connect manually through the Airport utility.
I've spent almost every waking minute tinkering with this thing since midday yesterday and I've not yet seen evidence that the Airport has passed so much as a single bit of data. And it isn't just the WAN port, it doesn't want to pass anything wirelessly either. This thing is about to get my goat. Remind me never again to offer my brother a favor.
Any thoughts? Humorous anecdotes? Naughty limericks?
EDIT:
I also have a network detector on my cell phone than can identify every device, wireless or otherwise, on the network its connected to. But it does not "see" either the Airport or, naturally, the XP box beyond it.

Connecting two airport extreme through lan-ports?

Hi,
New to the Airport Extreme and as I am reading up on it I can see that one can extend the network from one to another...
Now we have an ISP coming in with one point and five IP's in total
we have several Airport Extremes, a few with special service on them like printer, time capsule etc
Now, the building stops the signal from reaching all places, but we do have wire
would it be possible to use two separate AE's using one public IP each as the WAN, i.e. -> Internet
but connecting them together via the LAN ports to be able to share common resources?
or must I connect the WAN of one to the a LAN port of the other?
wished solution
Internet
|
Switch
|    |
|    |     / shared printer
|    AE2---- DHCP 192.168.5.151-200
|     |
|     | (LAN Crossover) .i.e. 192.168.5.1 & 192.168.5.2
|     |
AE1----- DHCP 192.168.5.100-150
   \ timcapsule & shared printer
Is this even possible?
Or how would we share printers and tc over public ip otherwise?
/Dhurgan

Normally we would not advise people to use Apple routers which are definitely home/domestic for a business use with a block of IP addresses which is not so easy to setup.
Anyway what you are suggesting will work. The trick of course is that both routers have to be different ip ranges, and different IP addresses so the clients behind them get different gateways.. but since you are all on the same IP range then you can actually reach any of the local clients from either AE..
Give it a try..
If you run into trouble I think you will need a single enterprise class router and just use the AE in bridge as WAP and print servers and whatever else.. 3 port gigabit switch??

I'm trying to access my airport extreme to make port forwarding changes by using the default IP 10.0.1.1 but I get no login menu. Where is my login menu?

I'm trying to access my airport extreme by using IP 10.0.1.1 but I get no log in screen. Where is my login screen?

Download and install......
AirPort Utility 5.5.3 for Windows - Support - Apple.......assumes that you are running XP SP3
or
AirPort Utility 5.4.2 for Windows - Support - Apple......assumes that you running XP SP2
and
Bonjour Print Services for Windows v2.0.2 - Support - Apple
Expect the Windows Firewall to block the connection attempt between the application and the AirPort, so you will likely have to turn it off to configure the AirPort.
The anti-virus program and Microsoft Security Essentials can do the same thing.

Why would i connect a external hardrive to the airport extreme and what is the difference between LAN and WAN gigabit ethernet?

Hey just wanted to know what is the reason i would connect my external hardrive to the extreme and what is the difference between LAN and WAN ehternet. I know one is local and other is wide but can someone explain in simpler terms.

Connecting a hard drive to the Airport Extreme makes it available to be shared across all the computers on your network.
WAN (Wide Area Network) is your connection to the internet
LAN (Local Area Network) is your internal (or local) ethernet connections (computers, printers, etc...)
AirPort Base Station: About the WAN and LAN Ports

Does anyone know how much it costs to replace an iPhone screen at the Apple Store?

Okay, so I got the amazing new iPhone 4S about three weeks ago and was so excited. That is until my cup slipped out of my hands this morning and landed on my phone, cracking the screen:/
Now, I love Apple products and have always advised my friends that they are a great buy, but I am really disappointed. It's not like there was a great distance between phone and cup (no more than an inch) and now I have a great big crack on my shiny new device. I havent even dropped it yet! And aren't they meant to have reinforced glass or something...?
Anyway, rant over, I was just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost me to replace the screen at the Apple store? Ive tried to search the website but found nothing. Also I read that they replace it...? I don't want the phone replaced, I just want it fixed......

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Why can't I locate airport extreme, WiFi HP 7520 all-in-one, and WD MyBook Live (ethernet cable to airport).

I installed OS X Mavericks two days ago. My computer will not access Airport Extreme. I downloaded printer software for Mavericks for HP 7520 a wireless machine. The HP 7520 can find Airport but my computer can find neither. (A direct USB hookup does work, however.) For Time Machine backups I am using WD MyBook Live 3T. The HP and WD are share with my wife who uses a MacBook Pro, is running OSX 10.6.8, and is having no issues. Software seems to be up to date in both machines. These things seem to point to the Airport Extreme being the problem. How can it be fixed?

Hello aeioux,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628?viewlocale=en_US
About Wireless Diagnostics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
Best of luck,
Mario

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I just changed ISPs to Qwest from Speakeasy. New modem. Now my etherneted (from extreme base station) printer (Brother HL1870N) doesn't work.
And if I unplug the printer ethernet cable from the base station, the base station loses the internet connection.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks

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I have FiOS Quantum 150/65, but the fastest speeds I can achieve on the newest Airport Exprress are 65/50. Anyone know anyway I can speed up my connection on wi-fi?

Current Setup:
FiOS modem to Actiontec Router (I think FiOS requires you use their router, as my airport can't pick up the signal directr fromthe modem)
Actiontec connected to Airport via the Airport WAN Port
Airport set to run 2.4 and 5.0 GHz networks, with auto connection, and allows b/g/n connections
The fastest speedtest I can achieve on wi-fi via my macbook is 65/50. Any suggestions on how I can increase my speeds?

I'm paying for the 150/65.
I think I have figured out the problem though. I'm using the older Verizon Actiontec Router. The physical output from that router is only 10/100 Ethernet, so the input on the Airport is maxed out at 100Mbps. I tested by running two tests on speedtest.net simultaneously on two separate computers. Both measured at 49Mbps down. That would be just under 100Mbps. I know that the theoretical limit on 802.11n is 300Mbps, but that would only be on the wi-fi network, not connected to the web.
I just tried installing the new router Verizon sent me, but the new router is dead on arrival. Of course, this is the one that supports 10/100/1000 LAN connections...
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