Replacing the router (and maybe the modem)

I've had loads of problems with my infinity. Essentially it is incredibly variable, going from the full 75MB/s DL to 0.37 MB/s DL which gets very annoying. A lot of my devices also tend to lose the wireless despite being in the same room as the modem/router. I know the problem doesn't lie with the devices as they work everywhere else, therefore I am looking to change the modem/router.
I purchased this one a while back it's the Netgear N300 Dual Band Modem-Router. I am just wondering if it is able to completely replace the modem and the router, or even just the router? I.e. will it work with infinity?
If it won't work, can anyone suggest an alternative router for me?
Many thanks

chayes030 wrote:
So we've spent a long time living with these problems and I got fed up and tried to get one of my friends to play about with the netgear modem-router i got, to get it working. unfortunately he couldn't link it up to actually get the internet, and he thought it was because the router wasn't actually recognising the modem and therefore picking up the internet.
I'm just wondering on the routers set-up bit, there's an area where it asks if my internet connection requires a password, is that where I put in the Homehub login details?
If i'm spouting rubbish point me in the direction of a step-by-step guide on what to do (i've tried searching myself but i don't think i know what i'm actually looking for!!) and i'll follow that to the letter and see if it works!!
Hi there,
First off, make sure that you're connecting the ethernet cable that's coming from the OpenReach modem to the port marked WAN on the back of your router. If you connect it to any of the other ports, it won't see the connection.
Another thing you need to do is in the username/password fields for your connection the login would be [email protected] and the password is anything you like, but most people just use "bt" - Just don't leave it blank, or it won't connect.
See below for a screenie (A picture tells a thousand words and all that)
I hope this info helps

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I tried bypassing the airport and going straight from the modem to the apple tv and it wouldn't work. That makes no sense to me.
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Cisco 877W router and external ADSL modem

Cisco 877W router and external ADSL modem
In order to support ADSL2+ on a pre ADSL2+ router and in preparation for a later migration to BT infinity I am trying to configure the Router using an external adsl2+ modem appropriately.
The original configuration had 3 ports configured as one (internal lan) vlan and bridge group together with one wireless sub-interface, the remaining port configured a second vlan and bridge group with a second wireless sub- interface. The Dialer was a member of the second bridge group. This way the second wireless interface and associated bridge group provided a kind of DMZ for outbound access.
The configuration I am attempting is similar the lan ports remain the same, but port 0 as a member of the vlan and bridge group (now a pppoe client) associated with one of the wireless sub interfaces as per above. The ATM interface is downed. This nearly works except that if the wireless subinterface on this bridge group is configured the dialer no longer dials giving a 'no dialer string' error. If I do not configure that wireless sub interface all works well.
If anyone is interested to look I would appreciate any comments. I enclose a sanitised config in which you will note the 'commented out' wireless subnet interface (in red).
version 12.4
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
hostname xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 4096 warnings
enable secret 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
aaa new-model
aaa group server radius sdm-vpn-server-group-2
aaa group server radius rad_eap
server 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813
server 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
aaa group server radius rad_mac
aaa group server radius rad_acct
aaa group server radius rad_admin
aaa group server tacacs+ tac_admin
aaa group server radius rad_pmip
aaa group server radius dummy
aaa authentication login default local
aaa authentication login sdm_vpn_xauth_ml_2 group sdm-vpn-server-group-2
aaa authentication login eap_methods group rad_eap
aaa authentication login mac_methods local
aaa authorization exec default local
aaa authorization ipmobile default group rad_pmip
aaa authorization network sdm_vpn_group_ml_2 local
aaa accounting network acct_methods start-stop group rad_acct
aaa session-id common
clock timezone PCTime 0
clock summer-time PCTime date Mar 30 2003 1:00 Oct 26 2003 2:00
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-2834265337
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-2834265337
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-2834265337
crypto pki certificate chain TP-self-signed-2834265337
certificate self-signed 01 nvram:IOS-Self-Sig#2F.cer
dot11 syslog
dot11 ssid GuestAP
   vlan 101
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   mbssid guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 7 113B162712001F4A2D2B25
dot11 ssid LanAP
   vlan 100
   authentication open eap eap_methods
   authentication network-eap eap_methods
   authentication key-management wpa
   mbssid guest-mode
no ip source-route
ip cef
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.252.1 192.168.252.8
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.252.15 192.168.252.254
ip dhcp pool sdm-pool1
   import all
   network 192.168.252.0 255.255.255.0
   domain-name XXX.Local
   dns-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
   default-router 192.168.252.254
ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3
ip admission max-nodata-conns 3
no ip bootp server
no ip domain lookup
ip domain name XXX.Local
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip reflexive-list timeout 120
vpdn enable
vpdn-group 1
request-dialin
protocol pppoe
username administrator privilege 15 secret 5 £££££££££££££££££££££
class-map type inspect match-any IN_to_OUT_CLASS
match protocol tcp
match protocol udp
match protocol icmp
class-map type inspect match-any OUT_to_IN_CLASS
match protocol https
match protocol smtp extended
class-map type inspect match-any DMZ_to_IN_CLASS
match protocol http
match protocol https
match protocol smtp extended
policy-map type inspect DMZ_to_IN_POL
class type inspect DMZ_to_IN_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
policy-map type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
class type inspect IN_to_OUT_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
policy-map type inspect OUT_to_IN_POL
class type inspect OUT_to_IN_CLASS
inspect
class class-default
drop log
zone security INSIDE
zone security OUTSIDE
zone security DMZ
zone-pair security OUT_TO_IN source OUTSIDE destination INSIDE
service-policy type inspect OUT_to_IN_POL
zone-pair security IN_TO_OUT source INSIDE destination OUTSIDE
service-policy type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
zone-pair security DMZ_TO_OUT source DMZ destination OUTSIDE
service-policy type inspect IN_to_OUT_POL
zone-pair security DMZ_TO_IN source DMZ destination INSIDE
service-policy type inspect DMZ_to_IN_POL
bridge irb
interface Loopback0
no ip address
interface Null0
no ip unreachables
interface ATM0
no ip address
shutdown
no atm ilmi-keepalive
dsl operating-mode auto
interface FastEthernet0
description Outside Interface (PPPoE)
interface FastEthernet1
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
interface FastEthernet2
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet3
description Inside Interface
switchport access vlan 10
spanning-tree portfast
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no ip route-cache cef
no ip route-cache
encryption vlan 100 mode ciphers aes-ccm tkip
encryption vlan 101 mode ciphers aes-ccm tkip
ssid GuestAP
ssid LanAP
mbssid
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
channel 2437
station-role root
interface Dot11Radio0.100
description LanAP
encapsulation dot1Q 100
no ip route-cache
no cdp enable
bridge-group 10
bridge-group 10 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 10 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 10 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 10 source-learning
no bridge-group 10 unicast-flooding
!interface Dot11Radio0.101
! description GuestAP
! encapsulation dot1Q 101
! no ip route-cache
! no cdp enable
! bridge-group 1
! bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
! bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
! bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
! no bridge-group 1 source-learning
! no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
interface Vlan1
description $ES_LAN$
no ip address
ip virtual-reassembly
pppoe enable group global
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
bridge-group 1
interface Vlan10
no ip address
ip virtual-reassembly
bridge-group 10
interface Dialer1
description $FW_OUTSIDE$
ip address negotiated
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip mtu 1452
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security OUTSIDE
encapsulation ppp
ip route-cache flow
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp authentication chap pap callin
ppp chap hostname XXXXXXX
ppp chap password 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ppp pap sent-username xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx password 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ppp ipcp dns request
ppp ipcp wins request
hold-queue 224 in
interface Dialer0
no ip address
interface BVI10
description Inside Interface
ip address 192.168.253.254 255.255.255.0
ip access-group 101 in
ip helper-address 192.168.253.1
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security INSIDE
interface BVI1
description DMZ Interface
ip address 192.168.252.254 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
zone-member security DMZ
ip local pool SDM_POOL_1 192.168.20.9 192.168.20.14
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer1
ip http server
ip http access-class 1
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 600 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source list Inside_Clients_NAT interface Dialer1 overload
ip nat inside source static 192.168.253.10 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip access-list extended DMZ_to_IN_POL
remark SDM_ACL Category=128
permit ip any any
ip access-list extended Inside_Clients_NAT
remark SDM_ACL Category=2
permit ip 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 any
logging 192.168.253.10
access-list 1 remark Auto generated by SDM Management Access feature
access-list 1 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 1 permit 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255
access-list 100 remark VTY Access-class list
access-list 100 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 100 permit ip 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 any
access-list 100 deny   ip any any
access-list 101 remark Auto generated by SDM Management Access feature
access-list 101 remark SDM_ACL Category=1
access-list 101 remark Auto generated by SDM for NTP (123) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
access-list 101 permit udp host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx eq ntp host 192.168.253.254 eq ntp
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq telnet
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq 22
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq www
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq 443
access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.253.0 0.0.0.255 host 192.168.253.254 eq cmd
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq telnet
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq 22
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq www
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq 443
access-list 101 deny   tcp any host 192.168.253.254 eq cmd
access-list 101 deny   udp any host 192.168.253.254 eq snmp
access-list 101 permit ip any any
access-list 199 permit ip any host 10.1.1.1
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
no cdp run
radius-server attribute 32 include-in-access-req format %h
radius-server host 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
radius-server host 192.168.253.1 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646 key 7 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
radius-server vsa send accounting
control-plane
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
bridge 10 protocol ieee
bridge 10 route ip
banner login C Border Router
line con 0
no modem enable
transport output telnet
line aux 0
transport output telnet
line vty 0 4
access-class 100 in
privilege level 15
length 0
transport input telnet ssh
scheduler max-task-time 5000
scheduler interval 500
ntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx source Dialer0 prefer
ntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx source Dialer0 prefer
sntp server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
end

Hi Jody,
Apologies delay in replying. I have done the following:
Made two of the FE ports vlan1,BVI1 (for LAN traffic)
Left one port as VLAN10 as the pppoe client conected to the externalmodem
Made the last port VLAN10 as well and gave it an IP addess as for a DMZ client.
I have DHCP configured to serve the DMZ addresses.
This all works for LAN clients and also works for a client attachedto that physical DMZ port.
When I added a dot11radio sub interface into VLAN 10 the wireless client did not get an IP lease. Everything else continued to work.
I had never thought about this before, but if a dot11radio interface is on the same vlan (but not being part ofa bridge group) why are DHCP broadcasts not propogating to all the vlan members as I would have expected. I recognise that this isa limit in my understanding.
If I then made VLAN10 a member of a new Bridge Group, I lost WAN connectivity as per original posting.
I cannot add another VLAN due to the 2 vlan limit in this image.
Finally regarding your comment about giving it what it wants, what exactly did you have in mind. The dialer already has a dial string parameters configured.
Think I am about to give upon this.
Regards,

I have replaced my router and cannot connect the airport

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I have two Apple TVs that were working just fine, but I replaced my 11 year old Verizon FIOS router today, and I have everything connected and working, except the Apple TV's which refuse to accept my Apple ID as correct. I have Home Sharing turned on on all my computers, but on the Apple TV configuration screen I cannot get past where it wants the Apple ID put in. I even went online and CHANGED my password, restarted iTunes, turned off Home Sharing and then back on, restarted computers, router, and have been using the remotes to type in my Apple ID and new password literally dozens of times and it says my password or user ID cannot be found or is incorrect; I know it is not incorrect....Help! One thing I noticed is the Apple TV in the configuration screen seems to have a strange IP address.....169. something or other instead of 192.168 >>> like everything else. I even tried changing that manually to what was showing for the Apple ID on my router screen but that didn't work either. We have not changed any connections on the TV, Apple TVs.....just the router replacement. Because it's a new router, it has a new network name and password, but I can't get to the point where I can put that in (tried selecting network automatically), because everything I try to do I get stopped by the Apple ID screen.

Hey koo22,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
The following Wi-Fi base station settings are recommended for all Macs and iOS devices.
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4199
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Have a nice day,
Mario

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Hi experts!
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What ISP Modem Mfr. and model # do you have?
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http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=3687
Static IP Setup:
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=3979
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk801/tk36/technologies_tech_note09186a00800941c9.shtml
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Thanks for your response
Let me give the history - I started with an Apple Express being fed thru a D-Link EBTR 2310 cable Router from an RCA DCM315 Modem (Pure). Comcast service all the way.
Got the 1st generation TC in 2008 and merely replaced the Airport Express with the TC. Worked ok
A year or two ago I did try removing the modem and feeding the TC directly from the modem. Resulted in the same condition I have now - Continuous flashing amber on the TC. So I put the router back in the chain.
Some time later, at the recommendation of a Comcast rep, I replaced the router with (a Belkin F5D 5231) to see if speed and dropout problems would be improved. I thought it helped some at the time but now I am not so sure.
Last week I decided to see if a new modem would help with download speeds. So I got another pure cable modem (Motorola SB 6121- high on the Comcast recommended list).
Got up and running easily with Comcast help and with the modem connected directly to a computer.
Next I put the TC in the link and again could not get past the TC continuing to flash amber. Although I did get connected to the internet with this configuration I lost connection two both of my printers - one connected by USB and the other wirelessly to the TC. Again everything works fine when I put the Belkin router back in the system.
However with the router in there, the modem shows the downstream connection to be 10/100 ethernet speed. (Modem light changes color for indicating speeds.}
I have gone thru all of the combinations of powering down/ up, but all stays the same.
I can live with what I have but something still doesn’t seem right.
Thanks again

Is it best to use a basic (ISP supplied) router just as a modem and use the Time Capsule for everything else?

Just feeling my way into using a Time Capsule as the main networking device for two macbooks, two iPhones and occasional vistors including an iPad. Right now the basic ADSL router provides, internet conection, Firewal, DHCP and NAT. The Time Capsule provides WiFI and backup to the MacBooks. The MacBooks and iOS devices all use WiFI and a couple of media devices use ethernet (a hub is part of the network).
Would it be better (i.e. more effective in performance or management) to limit the router as much as possible so for instance turning off DHCP and NAT then reconfiguring the Time Capsule to do that - sort of part way to a situation where the router would be replaced by a modem? Or am I just wasting effort to no good purpose?

There is no simple.. yes or no to your question.
Often modems cannot be bridged.. or if they can the TC does not have the ability to provide the correct services to connect.
What is the broadband type and what is the modem router you are talking about?
Generally the supplied modem is perfectly adequate to the speed capability of the service provided.
In some cases we do say bridge it.. eg alot of cable modem routers supplied here are very poor, Have terrible NAT tables and pathetic abilities.. so we encourage them to be bridged or replaced. Most DSL type modem routers seem to be ok.. and are easily replaced anyway.
Time Capsules are far from being giants in the router world btw.. they have absolute min of controls possible. Lots of good things might be supplied on your normal modem which are missing in the TC. eg QoS. Decent logging, NAT table connection lists.. along with all the other lists.
Overall the gain.. I think for most people will be small.. try it out.. that is the only way to know.

Time Capsule used as router attached to Comcast Modem. wireless stops working. All I have to do is unplug the TC and plug it back in and TC cycles up and have green light as well as the Comcast modem operates correctly. TC 4 yrs old. How do I correct?

Time Capsule used as router attached to Comcast Modem. Wireless stops working with no light showing and Link indicator on modem off.
All I have to do is unplug the TC and plug it back in.
TC cycles up and green light appears as well as the Comcast modem operates correctly.
TC 4 yrs old. How do I correct?

I have the latest and greatest Time Capsule and Comcast. Here is the weird thing. If I have one network set up, then occasionally that network will wedge. If I set up a 5GHz and a 2.4GHz network, then one of them (usually the 5GHz) will wedge. I saw this with a previous Time Capsule, Apple said call Comcast. They checked it out and said it was Apple's problem. Apple said maybe you Time Capsule is bad, so I bought a new one. The problem persists.
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Is it the cable modem or the Time Capsule. I am betting on the Time Capsule, since rebooting it fixes the problem. Resetting the cable modem does not.
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Huginn:~ darrell$ traceroute 128.114.48.10
traceroute to 128.114.48.10 (128.114.48.10), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1) 0.952 ms 0.886 ms 3.428 ms
2 67.170.200.1 (67.170.200.1) 43.269 ms 27.611 ms 21.004 ms
3 te-7-1-ur01.scotts.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.85.101.53) 11.252 ms 8.450 ms 9.778 ms
4 te-1-5-0-7-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.87.226.14) 15.026 ms 27.372 ms 15.516 ms
5 he-3-9-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.91.45) 14.374 ms 17.450 ms 24.752 ms
6 pos-0-0-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.86.122) 14.627 ms 15.408 ms 14.460 ms
7 xe-1-2-0.0.paix0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (137.164.130.233) 1583.490 ms 2697.533 ms 3240.337 ms
8 xe-1-1-0.482--2152.paix0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (137.164.131.62) 2413.800 ms 2937.085 ms 2667.384 ms
9 dc-svl-core1--svl-px1-10ge-3.cenic.net (137.164.46.14) 4362.188 ms 2399.774 ms 1397.535 ms
10 dc-svl-agg1--svl-core1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.47.120) 588.755 ms 2447.772 ms 1795.253 ms
11 137.164.3.49 (137.164.3.49) 3179.385 ms 1718.755 ms 240.350 ms

My MacBook Pro won't connect to the Internet via wifi but it worked fine on ethernet cord...I tried running diagnostic but it didn't work:(((( it happen every time if I restart the modem and/or router

My MacBook Pro won't connect to the Internet via wifi but it worked fine on ethernet cord...I tried running diagnostic but it didn't work:(((( it happen every time if I restart the modem and/or router.. Any idea how to fix this?

Hello Rattisate,
Sorry to hear you are not able to connect to Wi-Fi on your MacBook Pro. I would be concerned about this too. You can find information on how to troubleshoot this in the following article:
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Follow the steps in the section labeled, "Symptom: My Mac does not connect to the Internet."
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

I recently replaced my dead airport router with a netgear91-5g router and synced it successfully to my Lexmark Pro 915 printer and my computer and yet when I try to print wirelessly I get the message: "printer not connected; printer offline".

I recently replaced my dead airport router with a Netgear91-5g router and synced it successfully to my Lexmark Pro 915 printer and my computer; yet when I try to print wirelessly I get the message: "printer not connected; printer offline". Lexmark support verified that my printer was connected to the new router and the problem was with the computer's printer configuration and they could reconfigure it online if I paid for their "Premium Support" services ($119 for one year, 3 fixes). I declined, feeling sure that this is something I could do if I knew how. Could it be an incompatability issue with OS 10.8.3?

You saved me $$$ that I can ill afford on my fixed income. I was very unhappy with the "support" from Lexmark... what a rip off! Thank you dwb!

My network, based on modem, wifi router (Airport Extreme),Time Capsule and Airport Express simply disconnects with all the lights green on the modem and Extreme, but the other components offline, 5 or so times per day. I suspect the Extreme.

I have a Cisco System3 modem, feeding an Airport Extreme, which connects wirelessly a Timecapsules and an Airport Express both of which extend the network, ie send out more WiFi signal. The system worked well for a long time, say a year and a half and then it started dropping out. All the lights on the modem and airport Extreme stay green, but the other two components are blinking yellow. I've tried limiting the channels, but there are few sources in my neighborhood. I have tried resetting the Extreme which worked for a week and now it's back to its random disconnect behavior. I have read some of these blogs and no one seems to know what to do, especially not Apple. Do I just get another router or what? What do I lose if I use a non Apple router and what would you suggest?

Welcome to the discussion area, Junkcanoe!
I don't have a setup like yours, but might be able to offer some assistance.
Basically I have two jacks, a TC and an AE and I'd like to create a roaming network. Both of them are set to bridge mode with the same SSID, WPA2 security, same password, etc.
This would be the normal way to set up a roaming network, but the wild card here is that we don't know anything about how the main router that supplies the ethernet connections (valid IP addresses) to the condos might be configured.
For example, most apartments, hotels, etc that provide ethernet jacks usually limit the number of devices that can connect to each jack. Hotels tend to limit this to one or two devices. I counted six devices that you say will work properly plus a few more. Since you have two separate ethernet jacks, you may be looking at a situation where each jack is allocated a total of 4 devices, or valid IP addresses.
The bottom line here is that we won't be able to make much progress until we know more how the main router there has been configured. Is it possible for you to ask the complex manager (who will probably need to ask the IT guy) how many devices are allowed to connect per ethernet jack? Another way to ask the same question is how may valid IP addresses will each ethernet jack allow?
If you can, could I ask you to perform an experiment? Rather than have both the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule each connect to a separate ethernet jack, can you temporarily move one device near the other and connect them together using an ethernet cable? (Or, use a long ethernet cable if you don't want to move either device) LAN <-> port on one to LAN <-> port on the other. In other words, you'll only be using one of the ethernet ports in the condo for this experiment.
Any difference in performance or number of devices allowed to connect?
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HT1331 I just bought a airport wireless router I have a time warner cable modem. I have hook up the modem correctly to my new apple airport router and my modem is not working with the apple airport router. what do i need to do?

I just bought a airport wireless route and I have a time warner modem. My problem is my modem is not connecting to my apple airport router. What do I need to do?

Power cycle the cable modem.. you may try leaving it off 5min.. might be enough.. sometimes you need 15min or even longer.. Followed by power cycle of the AE.
Nothing else should be connected to the modem.. except the router that will get the public IP as they only hand out ONE>

Replacing the router (and maybe the modem)

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