Linking AirPort Extreme to my bt home hub

I have bought a 2tb AirPort Extreme for back ups and stronger wireless at home but as part of set up to my existing bt modem am getting error messages which pale or bt can't fix. When using the airport utility it keeps on asking for PPPoE details which BT say I don't need, any advice please

Should I be connected to LAN or WAN port?
I said LAN port on the BT router.. since WAN port is not available.. on the TC it makes no difference wan or lan but by convention we say WAN.. in bridge the WAN port is joined to LAN.
Connect using DHCP, IPv4 address 169.254.102.175
This is self generated IP .. you have no connection.
have blank IPv6 DNS Servers box and don't know a what to add
Nothing you don't need ipv6. You need it on the computer for the link to the TC.. not the TC to the internet.
I have just give the full manual method to connect to a BThome hub.
Please follow this .. it is rather more complicated than it needs to be because apparently the airport utility is failing to set it correctly.. therefore do the whole thing manually.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6169029?tstart=0#
This was done for a Time Capsule.. TC.. In your case it is Airport Extreme.. please just read TC = AE.
1. Factory reset the TC.
The Factory Reset universal
Unplug your TC/AE. Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. The time is not important.. it is the front LED rapid flashing that indicates you are in factory mode.
Release reset.
If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have released reset at some point and try again.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
2. Plug it by ethernet into your computer. Open the ethernet in your system preferences/ networking.
Ensure you have IPv6 set link-local.
Your IP address should show 10.0.1.2
3. Open the airport utility. Go to the top menu.. Click on Configure Other.
4. Type in the IP address, exactly as shown. No password is needed. Click OK.
5. You will now open the manual setup pages of the TC. This is new screen that will come up.
Since you are doing it manually you must go through all the pages and and give it the right settings.
6. Click on base station. Type in a name.. short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
eg.
7. Click on the internet tab. Set to dhcp.
8. Click on the wireless tab and set as below.. Create a wireless network.. use a suitable name, short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. Also set wireless security password and use WPA2 personal.
9. Click on the Network tab.
Choose off (bridge mode). Then at the bottom click update.
10. Wait for the TC to restart.. unplug it.. it won't work now plugged into the computer. It must now be connected to your main router to function.
Plug the WAN port of the TC.. the one with sunburst symbol.. to the BT router LAN port by ethernet.
On the Mac connect to the TC wireless which you set at step 8. Type in the password for wireless you just set.
Follow this exactly and it will work.

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