Client/Bridge Mode: How to Setup AE to do WiFi-to-Ethernet

I'm trying to set up the AE as follows:
cablemodem
<wired-to> dlink-DIR825-dual-band-wiress-router
<dual-wifi-over-the-air-to> AirPort Extreme 80211n Wi-Fi
<wired-to> Ethernet-Switch
<wired-to> multiple computers (PCs, Macs, Unix), printers, etc.
The Apple Store folks told me that I could do the above, but the manual that came with the AE did not show how to do this. Can anyone explain how to do the above configuration?
Many thanks!
Steve Amerige

Sorry but Bob's comments are NOT correct and this is NOT possible. The AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) can ONLY wireless join a network if that wireless network is created by another AEBS, an AirPort Express (AX), or a Time Capsule.
A Time Capsule can join the wireless network provided by the D-Link but the Ethernet ports on the Time Capsule would NOT be active.
An AX can join the wireless network provided by the D-Link but the Ethernet ports on the Time Capsule would ONLY be active if the D-Link is compatible with ProxySTA.

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I just purchased the 2TB TC and set it up on bridge mode to my att verse which is connected via ethernet cable. The TC is continually blinking amber and an error message states that a wireless network cannot be found but the uverse is functioning great. The network name I assigned to the TC is also not appearing among available networks. How do I remedy this, please?

What OS on the computer you are using to setup the TC?
Did you turn on ipv6 for wireless to link-local... this is essential for network access now??
Try power cycling the network.. start up in correct order.. uverse.. 2min wait.. TC.. 2min wait.. computer.
No luck factory reset and start over. Use ethernet cable as well to the computer to help it.
No luck I can show you manual method.

EA6700 in Bridge Mode, How to change password

Evening all....another frustrating day trying to use my highly limited network skills.
Have an EA6700 in bridge mode to extend wireless signal to my gym (read garage with a rowing machine in it!) .... main router is an EA9600. Both units working fine but when I set up the EA6700 Bridge, I left the default password setup instead of making the password the same as the EA9600.
So if I understand right, EA9600 has dhcp on and is 192.168.1.1.....EA6700 Bridge has 192.168.1.138 (this is the IP I read from the device page of the EA9600. I switched dchp off and optioned bridge mode.
I cannot get to the admin page of the EA6700 to change the password. If I put 192.168.1.138 in the google box it comes back with nothing. As I say, this IP comes from the device page of the EA6900.
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...ouch feared you might say that.
So essentially if you elect to go with bridge mode can you access the configuration pages ...if you have the IP number.
Now as it goes I also have an EA6500 which I'm trying to do the same thing on....e.g bridge mode access point for Chromecast and music bits. So I could try that without spoiling (in the first instance) what I already have working.
I have a proceedure for setting the unit into bridge mode (in fact I'm fairly sure one of you network hero's ...Furry Nutz / BigDave pointed me towards some time back) .... but everytime I do it......10 second reset / 30 second power off / re-power up.....it still refuses to find 192.168.1.1
If I swap out the main EA9600 router and put the EA6500 in place, I can get the dchp switched down, the IP address changed and bridge mode set. But If I just connect it to a laptop and reset/poweron/off, the laptop network dialog box just keeps going through a re-boot sequence. I tried a second laptop in case there was something odd on mine....same thing.
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ACE Bridge-mode: How to do FT?

Dear All,
I've set up a test user context in Bridge mode on an ACE blade and now want to set up FT to a second blade. The manuals have confused me slightly and most of the examples I have seen relate to routed mode.
In my topology I have Router1 connected to Router2 which has the ACE blade. Router1 is also connected to Router3 which is in turn connected to Router4 which contains a second ACE blade.
Do I create an identical configuration for the context on the second blade and how to I define the FT vlan?
The current configuration and toplogy are attached. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Cathy

Gilles,
The Admin Guide warns about the use of the force option (7-20) - and the command itself warns of possible network disruption.
Without the force option these are the states of the two blades:
ace1/Admin# sh ft gro 1 de
FT Group : 1
Configured Status : in-service
Maintenance mode : MAINT_MODE_OFF
My State : FSM_FT_STATE_ACTIVE
My Config Priority : 200
My Net Priority : 200
My Preempt : Enabled
Peer State : FSM_FT_STATE_STANDBY_HOT
Peer Config Priority : 100
Peer Net Priority : 100
Peer Preempt : Enabled
Peer Id : 1
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Context Name : Test
Context Id : 2
ace2/Admin# sh ft gro 1 de
FT Group : 1
Configured Status : in-service
Maintenance mode : MAINT_MODE_OFF
My State : FSM_FT_STATE_STANDBY_HOT
My Config Priority : 100
My Net Priority : 100
My Preempt : Enabled
Peer State : FSM_FT_STATE_ACTIVE
Peer Config Priority : 200
Peer Net Priority : 200
Peer Preempt : Enabled
Peer Id : 1
Last State Change time : Tue Sep 18 08:10:29 2007
No. of Contexts : 1
Context Name : Test
Context Id : 1
switchover
ace1/Admin# sh ft gro 1 de
FT Group : 1
Configured Status : in-service
Maintenance mode : MAINT_MODE_OFF
My State : FSM_FT_STATE_STANDBY_BULK
My Config Priority : 200
My Net Priority : 200
My Preempt : Disabled
Peer State : FSM_FT_STATE_ACTIVE
Peer Config Priority : 100
Peer Net Priority : 100
Peer Preempt : Enabled
Peer Id : 1
Last State Change time : Tue Sep 18 09:31:20 2007
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Context Name : Test
Context Id : 2
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FT Group : 1
Configured Status : in-service
Maintenance mode : MAINT_MODE_OFF
My State : FSM_FT_STATE_ACTIVE
My Config Priority : 100
My Net Priority : 100
My Preempt : Enabled
Peer State : FSM_FT_STATE_STANDBY_HOT
Peer Config Priority : 200
Peer Net Priority : 200
Peer Preempt : Disabled
Peer Id : 1
Last State Change time : Tue Sep 18 09:31:33 2007
No. of Contexts : 1
Context Name : Test
Context Id : 1
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Thanks
Cathy

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HT1731 Airport Express: Can't connect to existing network in Client/Bridge Mode

I have a new Airport Express that I'm trying to use to connecto to an existing wireless network to provide wireless access to a Mac Mini with a broken antena.
The Mini has it's non-functioning wireless turned off, an ethernet cable connected to the WAN port of the Airport Express and I'm trying to follow the directionf from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1731?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US The relavent portion is:
Using AirPort Utility 6
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CHoose the Wi-Fi network name from the Wireless Network Name menu that you wish to join and click next.
Enter the password to this network if required.
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Connect the Mini to the LAN port for the AirPortExpress
Plug-in the AirportExpress
FROM A DIFFERENT COMPUTER CONNECTED TO THE WIRELESS NETWORK, follow steps 6-9 above.
This worked for me, but I don't know how to resolve the issue if you don't have a 2nd computer available. I had also tried this via Airport Utility on an 1st generation iPad, but that didn't work. Maybe somebody in the same situation could try it with an iPad that can run a newer verion of iOS.
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TC in Bridge Mode with ISP router vs TC as Ethernet with VDSL modem

Hi, I have a time capsule. It's the newest generation of the old shape/design - i.e second to newest version. It's running 7.6.4. firmware.
I recently updgraded my ISP to Fibre VDSL and the ISP sent me a crappy router with a built-in modem that you have to use. I checked the ISP support forums and found plenty of advice to configure the TC over ethernet with this router using the DMZ of the router etc. Anyway, I got it all working but i wasn't happy. port forwarding was a pain and you end up with double NAT issue - not surprising.
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Major issues with airplay (use this a lot) and also with stuff like facetime etc. The connection is much faster (40mbps down/10mbps up) than my old ASDL setup but as I said, key services that I use are not as stable.
I think my only alternative solution is to buy a VDSL modem seperately and use the TC as the router i.e. go back to my old config with TC doing all the routing, port forwarding etc.
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Appreciate any help with this and sorry for the lengthy note!
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In theory, you will do better by using a simple bridge mode modem and then setting up the Time Capsule as the router to provide DHCP and NAT services.
But, as you might imagine, it is not possible to predict whether your results will actually be better using this type of setup.
Worth a try, in my opinion, if you can find a store that will let you return the modem for credit if it does not do what you want.
Even a simple modem will still likely have to be configured to operate in bridge mode, but the setup should only take a few minutes using the web based configuration interface.
Let us know how things are working if you can, if you decide to the try the simple modem approach.

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Hello
We are having problems with one of you ACE context, this implementation was done by a supplier and I am trying to troubleshoot it.
The clients and the servers are on different subnets, there is a Nokia firewall in the middle. The firewalls are setup on a cluster.
Connecting to port 7072 is taking at least 30 seconds. If I move the server into the VLAN in front of the ACE, the connection is instant. So it does indicate a problem on the ACE.
The client IP is .99.11.
The VIP is .100.62 and the server node is .100.12.
Running the capture command I can see the following behavior:
1. The client initiates the connection to the ACE Vip
2. At the same time it looks like a second connection is initiated from the client to the server node
Please see attachment.
Is this a normal situation where the connection is duplicated?
Does this interface setup look correct?
Is the bridge mode the correct setup in this scenario?
interface vlan 10
bridge-group 2
no normalization
mac-sticky enable
access-group input PERMITALL
service-policy input VLAN10-INTER-MMPM
no shutdown
interface vlan 15
bridge-group 2
no normalization
access-group input PERMITALL
no shutdown
interface bvi 2
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peer ip address 192.168.100.8 255.255.255.192
no shutdown
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Many thanks,
Damian

Thanks for replying James,
I am sure I configured the capture only for VLAN10 which is in the VIP side.
But you are right, it looks like is showing both VLAN10 and VLAN15. So that is one of my theories out of the window! :)
This is a new installation, still on the testing stage. So it would be good time to make changes.
Do you normally implement a routed setup behind a firewall? Rather than a bridgedâ¦.
It is quite a small setup:
â¢ Traffic is coming from a separate local subnet
â¢ Traffic is not coming from the internet so it does not required a NAT
â¢ We need 1 VIP listening on two ports
â¢ The backend servers are four Linux boxes
Thanks again,
Damian

Suggestions on a wireless client bridge unit running MIMO 5ghz

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??????? ))) ((( E4200 ->ISP
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Access to Time Capsule in Bridge Mode from outside of the network

I have a Time Capsule with an external hard drive set up in bridge mode on my home network. The main router and DHCP server is an Actiontec MI424, and is specific to my ISP (Verizon, required for TV Guide info from Fios) so the Time Capsule's AirPort can't be used as the primary. I need to access the external hard drive from outside my network (I.E. the internet), but I'm having trouble figuring out which ports are required for Sharepoint to work.
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The Express units can extend wireless on the TC or each other.. but they cannot extend wireless on the Asus anyway..
So the setup is Asus--TC (that has to be ethernet) The TC in bridge mode.
Then TC -- express can be done by ethernet in roaming mode as bob listed above or extend wireless.
I am guessing.. what model are the express units.. they are older Gen1 N model ??
IMHO the TC is simply no longer viable.. replace it with one express as the AP and extend it with the other Express.. see if that works better.
But I would be trying to use the wireless just from the AC66U.
I would also force the Asus back to 20mhz on the 2.4ghz band.. so you can provide adequate channel separation.. 40mhz wireless on 2.4ghz works poorly anyway because you have too much wifi .. there is very limited number of non-overlapping channels.. ie 3. 11, 6 and 1.

E3000 repeater bridge or client bridge...

Hi,
Who knows the best version (DD-WRT or other) to repeat the wireless signal with a E3000?
At worst, a client bridge mode could be sufficient for my needs...
Thanks,

I believe there is only one version for the e3000. What I mean is that there aren't multiple kinds (mini,VPN,etc). I think setting it to repeater bridge mode would get the job done: http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge I would just follow the wiki. I'm pretty sure the version that they use has support for repeater bridge mode. Here's the link if you don't already have it. http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_E3000 I just googled all this stuff so I can't really help you out any further. Universal wireless repeater mode sounds good too. Here's the main article http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linking_Routers
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Can I use an Airport Extreme Router, in Bridge Mode, as a wireless bridge in a network that does not use an Apple Router?
Situation: Wifi Hotspot from Smartphone connects to Dlink Wireless Bridge in other room allowing Wifi access to printers having only Hard-Wired Ethernet connections. Trying to do the same with an Airport Extreme, with same network name and password, in bridge mode, to provide a PC internet access through the Ethernet connection to Airport Extreme. Cannot seem to get the Airport Extreme in Bridge Mode to function as a wireless bridge on this network.

Are both of your AirPort Extreme models the "ac" version?
So Base Station (2) would be set to bridge mode, hard wired to Station (1). Base Station (2) - I believe in this configuration will broadcast the wireless signal from Station (1), the router, with all DHCP addressing handled by Station (1).
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