Infinity - what is "Ethernet WAN"

The Infinity User Guide says "If you have a router that supports Ethernet WAN, you may use this in place of the BT Home Hub."
I don't have Infinity, but I am about to buy a 10/100/1000 Ethernet Switch and may as well get one that is Infinity-compatible.
But I can't understand what Ethernet WAN means. It's not a conventional phrase and isn't something found in Switch specs.
Mark
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Ethernet WIDE AREA NETWORK.
An Ethernet switch will not provide the necessary connectivity, you will also need to use either the BT Fibre Home Hub or replace that with your own choice of "cable router" connected to the separate BT VDSL modem.

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Won't recognize cable plugged to Ethernet WAN port

I have a new Airport Extreme. I have gone through the setup process and it flashes amber. The cable from my DSL modem is plugged to the Ethernet WAN port but there is no green light at the port and Airport Utility says there is nothing plugged into the WAN port. The DSL cable works fine plugged directly into my Macbook Pro.
HELP

Smokerz wrote:
use Airport Utility and select manual. Select internet then choose PPPoE and configure using DHCP. See what happens.
He won't want to do that. He already has a modem so that is doing the PPPoE related stuff. All he would need is IP conectivity. You would probably want to configure the AE to:
Create a wireless network.
Then configure it to dole out DHCP addresses and presumably NAT too.
This is assuming that your connection is like this:
modem-->AEBS-->LAN/WLAN
If you already have a router connection to the modem, or the modem is a router, i.e. DHCP enabled, then just turn on bridging but the rest should be fine.

Nothing is connected to the ethernet WAN port

I have a 5th generation AEBS and FTTH. When I plug it into the wall, it reports that nothing is connected to the ethernet WAN port, but if I plug my MBP into the wall I get an IP address and can hit the Internet just fine.
I called tech support and they said that everything looks great from their end, and that there is nothing that they can do.
What I have found is that if I plug the cable from the wall into a gigabit switch, and then plug the AEBS into the switch, everything works fine!
Any idea what can be going on? TIA!

This is increasingly a problem.. the AEBS is not actually negoiating the speed correctly with the ONT supplied by the ISP.. it happens a lot with cable modems as well.
Using the switch allows the two devices to negoiate speed correctly.
You can do the same thing with old utility..
Install 5.6 utility on your computer. Here is a method.. there are others.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
Leave the package open on the desktop so you can see the file. AirportUtility56.pkg
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. If your Mac refuses to run the software, because it wasn’t downloaded from the Apple store, go to security in preferences and allow other software to work.. this is limitation of trade methinks. You can set back later if you like.
Now drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. in finder, open the new directory, drill down.. applications, utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall version 6 (now 6.3 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. although I have had no problems when doing so.
Now with a real utility instead of the toyland edition you can do something about the WAN speed.
Set to either 100mbit full duplex .. that would be my first option.. and second is 100mbit half duplex.
Another alternative just popped up.. buy a crossover ethernet cable.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23236139?ac_cid=tw123456#23236139
These cables are no longer required with modern equipment but you will find stores still stock them. For some strange reason.. in the one case reported that worked.. this indicates that the TC has some fundamental port issues.. and the mdix is not working correctly which is why the switch or manually setting port speed does.

Using DynDNS and Sharing disks over Ethernet WAN port

I am having issues accessing the AirDisk from outside my LAN. So here are the steps that I have taken:
In the AirPort Utility, I enable "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port".
Created a DynDNS account at http://www.dyndns.com so my hostname points to my IP address.
After reading a bunch of threads, mainly this one below, there are a few conflicting issues.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4105319
Someone mentioned you have to Setup Port Mapping to open up Personal File Sharing. But another said you don't have to set up Port Mapping. Well if you do, you're gonna run into a problem. This Apple article states you have to use a different port: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305183
Someone said Remote Access only works via AFP not via SMB. Is this true?
Also do I have to enter my DynDNS hostname into the wide area bonour tab in the advanced tab?
What am I doing wrong?
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8) Airport Extreme N

Are you aware of any DynDNS-like service that support Wide Area Bonjour?
None at the moment. One might hope that Apple's .Mac service would make use of it, but I don't think Apple has announced anything about that possibility.
Or as a practical matter is this a technology that only appears at the moment in private installations of OS X Server?
I've found the version of dnsextd that ships in Mac OS X 10.4 (not just the server version) to be a bit flaky. One hopes it will work a lot better in Mac OS X 10.5.
But since the AEBS doesn't support DynDNS update, as other routers do, it ends up requiring a server after all.
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Is there a difference between the Ethernet WAN port and the other 3 Ethernet Ports on a Time Capsule?

As posted previously, my time capsule will not set up properly because I get an IP address conflict pop up window. Is there a difference between the "Ethernet WAN Port" and the other three ports on the back of the Time Capsule? I may have the DSL modem hooked into the "Ethernet WAN Port". Thanks.

it depends what you want to achieve and what configuration you have on your DSL modem/router.
Resetting TC and run connection wizard from the Airport utility.
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Speed limitation on Time Capsule Ethernet WAN port

I have a Time Capsule 2TB model A1409 that is connected to a Motorola Cable Modem SBV5121 and only connects to it ("green light") when the Ethernet WAN port is set to 10 Mbps/Half Duplex (fastest speed - average 5 Mbps for download) or 10 Mbps/Full Duplex (slowest speed - average 3 Mbps for download). No other mode can get a connection "green light". Time capsule software is 7.6.1.
Today I connected a Cisco Linksys E2500 router to the same cable modem and download speed increased to 10 Mbps which is what I am paying for my ISP. I haven't even touched the ethernet WAN port configuration. Straight forward.
I would be grateful if someone could point out a configuration change that would allow my TC to connect as fast as this Cisco router.

fcamineiro wrote:
It works fine in Bridge Mode with a Thomson Integrated Modem/Router. But I don't want to use this configuration since I won't be able to use the TC's Guest Network.
Just tried connecting with Cisco's ethernet cable but remained the same.
Is it possible to bridge the Thomson??
Stick a small cheapo switch between the TC and Morotola and see if that fixes it.. as I said, not all chips quite talk to each other.. even in this day and age.
And Motorola cable modems seem to have more problems than most .. this is not new to me.

10 Gigabit Ethernet Wan PHY vs LAN PHY

hello,
Is it possible to connect a 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN PHY client interface (12xxx or 76xx) on a 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY port of provider équipment (Nortel 5200) ?
what about the existence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN PHY interface on 12xxx or 76xx plateform ?
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The Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP DWDM system offers a a 10Gbps transponder card supporting a 10GE LAN PHY client interface.
http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_data_sheet0900aecd80101903.html
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Share disks over ethernet WAN port

If I turn on "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port", how do I access it from outside my LAN?

On a mac well in the finder press apple key+K type in your home external ip(255.255.255.255)
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No check box for "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port"

I've recently bought an AirPort Extreme and have no problem on connecting to Internet and sharing disks. But my "AirPort Utility" looks different from other people's, and I feel uncomfortable about it.
I saw many users' AirPort Utility screen shots, but all of them have "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port" check box under Disks > File Sharing tab. But mine doesn't; at the place where that check box should exist I have "Advertise disks globally using Bonjour" check box, which is usually under "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port" check box.
I think this is very unusual. Does anybody have the same problem?
Here is the my screenshot:link
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Power Mac G5
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I have !
i don' t understand neither...
so strange ...
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Share disks over Ethernet WAN port is missing

Hi All!
I'm quite new to this Airport Extreme thing. I just set tne box up, and i wanted to share my disks over WAN, but the option "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port" is missing. I'm only able to turn on Bonjour
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-LarsD
Message was edited by: larsd

Hi Lars,
The reason why you are not able to see the option "Share disks over Ethernet WAN port" is because you have set your Airport Extreme up as a "Bridge" (broforbindelse). You must be using the Airport Extreme as your router in order to have this option.
Karsten

Airport Utility: Ethernet WAN Port setting

In Airport Utility > Internet > Internet Connection .. is a property called "Ethernet WAN Port". The default setting is "Automatic (Default)".
When I set this property to "1000 Mbps/Full Duplex" Airport Utility throws two interesting errors:
1) You have nothing plugged into your WAN port (But I do have my Comcast modem plugged in there)
2) You don't have internet.
Upon Visual inspection of the Comcast modem, my IP connection to the house is gone. Specifically the green "PC" light is off.
Now, when I change this property back to "Automatic (Default)" my IP connection comes back again.
Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on why this is? I should also mention one more interesting thing ...
When downloading a 40min (1 hour TV show) from iTunes it takes 15 minutes when my Mac is direct connected to the Comcast modem and 3 hours when my Mac is connected to the AEBS. I'm trying to change the "Ethernet WAN" property to 1000 Mbps/Full Duplex to ensure smooth connection from Mac to AEBS to Comcast Modme to Internet.
Thanks!

Bob, thanks. Makes sense.
Do you have a notion of why the Comcast speed is cut when AEBS is connected to it vs. when the MacBookPro is directly connected to it?
Example: Download 1.1GB file from iTunes (Episode 1 of Lost) - a 40 minute TV show
Test 1: MacBookPro > WiFi (802.11n) > AEBS > Comcast Modem = 3 Hours (longer than show!)
Test 2: MacBookPro > Ethernet > AEBS > Comcast Modem = 3 Hours
Test 3: MacBookPro > Ethernet > Gigabit Switch > AEBS > Comcast Modem = 3 Hours
Test 4: MacBookPro > Ethernet > Comcast Modem = 15 MINUTES
Thanks,
Brian

Ethernet WAN - Metro E, Ethernet to MPLS, Ethernet Private Line

is there a preferred router for Ethernet WAN applications 10MBS, 100 MBS? Running BGP going to MPLS network? Can a 1841 work? Or is there reason to move up to 28xx or 38xx? Is it possible to avoid the Router and just plug in to a Core Switch like 6513?

Hi Scott
Its all about the total bandwidth and number of routers you will recieve from your SP through your BGP session.
I think 1841 wont be a best fit with the requirement you have. Better to check out for 28xx or 38xx based on the above 2 points i have mentioned.
regds

Apple Airport Express Base Station 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port with AirT

Hello fellow mac users, I am currently interested in getting the Apple Airport Express Base Station 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port with AirTunes. However I already have a Linksys Wireless G with SpeedBooster router. Will the Airport Express with iTunes work with my router? Or will it work with any router? Thanks!
P.S. I want to get the Apple Airport Express Base Station 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port with AirTunes
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Yes, it should be possible. Since your iMac is connected via Ethernet to another router, you would have to reconfigure which Network Service you will be using on the iMac to switch between streaming and connecting to the Internet.
For example, I am assuming that the Built-in Ethernet service is currently at the top of the Port Configurations 0list within System Preferences > Network > Show = Network Port Configurations when your iMac is connected to the other router by Ethernet. You would then need to drag the AirPort item to the top of the list, and then, connect to the AirPort Express to stream.
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BT infinity what a laugh after 15 months still get...

I am a very unhappy with this and very stressed,
Let me explain from the start I decided in may 2012 to try BT infinity, as was with sky and contract had ended. so BT where very helpful to start. everything was ordered, on the day engineers came to install, my husband stayed at home and was very alarmed when 2 so call engineers one trainee they looked at all the wires in the box and said "I don't now whats happened here will just have to wing it" well thats a joke in its self which BT were advised off, well the first week was a bit hit an miss which bt advised its just in process, after 15 months we are still loseing connection around 10 times a day wireless and 3 times a day wired. I have phoned BT help line repeatedly to do this test and that test plug this wire out plug that wire out now reboot sytem change channels after waiting on the line for over 30 minutes each time I even was told on one occasion to go and get cat6 ethernet cables it was my cables that was faulty so I went and spent money on them fitted them and it worked for all of 2 hours. The best thing ever today was watching tv and it comes up with the server error code again so I was considering takings talk talks offer. then I thought no I will give BT one last chance to fix this. I phone up and spoke to someone in uk from the essex team he was very friendly and helpful he advised when I lost connection again to phone straight back to his department (no ques direct line) so they could run tests he gave me phone number and pin, so we went back to watching tv kids playing on xbox upstairs then all goes off again within half an hour so I phone on this number that was given to me with the pin to be put in a que again for 10 minutes I finally get through and the rep starts reading notes he then says I want to sort this for you on this call so you dont have to call again he runs lots of tests puts me on silent hold for 1 hour only coming back once to say they have found the fault the tech team are fixing it now I think yes at long last so he puts me back on hold and when he comes back on he says sorry we not found any fault your internet is working just fine if your wireless products keep going off just try sitting closer to the hub. well by this point I am fumeing and ask to make a complaint and speak to manager he then puts me back on hold for 10minutes, Then the superviser comes on the phone he advises that he need to request a manager call back as he is putting this through he says i'm really sorry I cant request a call back as you have highest bt infinity straight to house so cant deal with your request your in the wrong department. Now my head is about to explode he just keeps saying sorry i was on the phone to someone for over 1an half hours that could not even do anything (what did he do while was on hold go for a cuppa) well the superviser then says I will transfer you to right department so I go back in the que for 10 minutes this time I speak to another rep from the essex team he does try to defuse my anger. my phone at this point is becoming low on batterie so he advises will call back so can use other house phone I check with him before he goes why the phone number and pin given to me to was wrong place he says sorry but you do have the right numbers for this department so I hang up with an expected call back within 2 minutes well no surprise there no call back after 20 minutes so I get back on the phone to the number and pin given me which sends me back to the same department that kept me on hold for an hour so I am then advised that the right department closes in 5 minutes so I cant put you through what a joke. I have advised I will be contacting ombudsman communications services and ofcom first thing tomorrow morning.
I am totally dumb founded by BT's lack of customer service and respect and as far as I am concerned I will be stating this to everyone and anyone that will listen if I stop even one person from making the misstake of going to BT it will be worth it

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