WAN port died? No greenlight next to it
Hi,
If the small greenlight indicator for the WAN port on the back of AX doesn't light up (power cord is connected, and the cable connects the WAN port and modem is secure), does that mean the port has hardware failure?
I lost internet connection during a severe thunder storm, after several tries to reset the AX, the amber light no the front kept flashing, I first thought it was the modem that had issue, so I plugged cable directly to the PC, lo and behold, I've got wired connection. So after another few tries to get AX to work, I flipped it back and noticed small greenlight next to the WAN port (which connect to my cable modem) is not light up, but the ethernet port next to it which I have a printer connected to is has the greenlight on.
Could it be that a small power surge killed my WAN port and AX? Pls note that no other hardware failure were detected for my entire system. But I did an experience several years ago that a small power surge killed eithernet port on one of my cable modem.
A power surge may not have killed all the ports and its possible it just shorted out the WAN port as it travelled from the modem directly to that port and after it shorted out it didnt make it to any other ports. I've seen various instances of this happen before, however theres somethings you can do first to check as ive had instances before where the wan port wasnt broken just the small green light burnt out. Test the port with different ethernet cables first and maybe a known good modem and go into the airport utility to see if the airport is receiving any kind of network connection via the WAN port. Also another option is simply take the airport into a local apple store and have them take a look at it. They could test it out pretty easy and depending on how busy the store gets should only take like 10 mins or so to test.
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Please help!Setup the TC in bridge mode before you cannot it to the HH.
Simply do the setup fully in isolation. And do it by ethernet.
Setup wireless to create a wireless network.
You can use either same SSID =Wireless name as the HH .. same security same password.
Or use a different name and setup.. totally up to you.
Update the TC and then plug it into the HH by ethernet. -
The Airport Extreme is a 4th Gen unit. I just want to keep the TC wireless name to go further through my house.
The Ethernet connection will be from one of the LAN <-> ports on the TC to the WAN port (circle of dots icon) on the AirPort Extreme.
Then you can use AirPort Utility - Manual Setup to configure the AirPort Extreme as follows:
Click the Wireless tab located just below the row of icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network (Not "extend a wireless network" as many users incorrectly think)
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Radio Mode = Automatic
Channel = Automatic
Wireless Security = Same setting as the TC network
Wireless Password = Same setting as the TC network
Confirm Password
Click the Internet icon
Click the Internet Connection tab
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update to save settings and restart the entire network
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I'm re-building my home wireless network and I'm doing so in preparation for the Slingbox AV I ordered last week. Here's my current setup:
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My question: Will I be able to simply use the WAN port as a "LAN" port since the Airport Extreme Base Station is being used as a WDS? It'd be awesome if the WAN port would become, essentially, a LAN port since it isn't being used.
I'd be surprised if that worked. The operation of an AirPort base station depends on keeping the WAN port and the LAN port(s) separate, as those normally are on two different networks.
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Wan port seems to be out of service
Hi,
when I connect my xDSL box on the wan port of my airport extreme, no Internet access is available.
when I connect my xDSL box on a lan port of my airport extreme, Internet access is available (same cable, same options)
Is my wan port out of order ? What can I do to be sure of this ?
thanksGenerally, a 5th generation iPod will charge to about 80% in roughly an hour, at which point the iPod will show the iPod as charged. But then it will trickle charge the remaining 20% or so over the next 3-4 hours. So your times are not out of line really.
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I am having cronic issues with the WAN port reporting that it is unplugged. The Time Capsule LED is flashing amber when this happens. To resolve the issue I simply unplug and replug the WAN port cable and it comes back up. I know the issue is not the Cable Modem as I have connected two other non-Apple routers and I never have this issue. I have enabled debugging level of syslogs and nothing unusual pops up.
Has anyone else run into this issue? I have the AirPort Utility installed on a MBP and a Windows 7 system.dedwards wrote:
I am having cronic issues with the WAN port reporting that it is unplugged. The Time Capsule LED is flashing amber when this happens.
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I recently bought an airport express and have it set up as the following:
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Thank youis the main router also an apple product? if so, then yes you can extend wirelessly, but if the main router is an apple product, why are you bothering to extend wirelessly at all when the main router's signals should be strong enough?
if the main router is NOT an apple router, then you wil NOT be able to extend it wirelessly period.
in my experience, there are very FEW places you NEED to extend a network wirelessly, and i always recommend against it since there is a big performance decrease.
In the case of a wirelessly extended network, throughput may be reduced to less than 60 percent of that of a single device.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145 -
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It's definitely the router which is at fault, power cycling the fibre to copper converter dosen't fix the issue.
Nor does swapping the FTC for a brand new one.
Only a power cycle on the RV320, or a remote web interface reset if I'm unside the LAN, makes it work.
Temporarily, then it crashes next day.I have the same settings, and the same up-to-date firmware.
I see in the logs that the router incorrectly reports WAN2 as Up, then can't sync rate with it.
Most of the time that failure is around the same time as the users report failure.
But nothing is logged for WAN1 so it doesn't seem to be a physical failure in cabling, or the FTC converter feeding the router.
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EA2700 WAN PORT open to the world by default?
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I am trying to use Airplay to stream music to two Klipsch G-17 speakers. As I have discovered and also documented by Apple on their web page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4587 in the section
"Connecting to an existing Wi-Fi network as part of a legacy WDS or Extended Network", this is true "Due to the overhead required for this configuration, you may expect AirPlay drop-outs such as intermittent loss of audio."
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All Airport Expresses are the 2012 802.11n version with a LAN and a WAN port.
There is one Airport Express in a home basement. It is connected to an Internet connection. This Internet connection goes into this home basement.
There is a second Airport Express on the second floor of this home.
Now, both Airport Expresses connect fine with the "extend network" option. There is wifi coverage throughout this home. All works fine until Airplay is used to stream music to these two Klipsch G-17 speakers. There are intermittent and persistent pauses. I am experiencing the what Apple documented in this kb article. I am not able to connect the two Airport Expresses with an ethernet cable. I cannot run a cable from the basement to the second floor.
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1. Connect the first Airport Express via client mode to the second, second floor Airport Express.
2. Set the network default gateway to the first, basement Airport Express.
The attempt is to eliminate the extended network, with its Airplay dropouts. And allow access to the Internet via the wifi network.
- end -If the Express joins a wireless network wirelessly, in other words its WAN port isn't connected to anything, the correct way to connect a wired client to it is by using its LAN port.
I don't know what would happen if you were to connect a wired client to its WAN port instead — it's just not supposed to be used for that purpose. It won't permanently break anything if you were to try it though. If you were, the worst that would occur is that your network would become unresponsive as packets continuously traverse its WAN port in a circular fashion, which might require that you power down your router to reset your whole network.
If you are already using your Express's LAN port and you need another, the way to provide more ports is to purchase an inexpensive ($10 or so) switch. Connect it to the LAN port and as many other pieces of equipment as the switch's available number of ports.
You're correct about the first generation with the single Ethernet port. It could be used in either capacity depending on its configuration. -
Do I need to buy an ethernet switch that has a WAN port
I want to buy an Aiport Express to handle a WiFi only iPad and an old PPC iMac with 10.5.8 on it that has no WiFi card. The iMac gets on the internet from a cable plugged directly into its ethernet port (using DHCP). The cable comes off an antenna at the front of the cottage. A signal hits the antenna from a broadcasting tower about half a mile away.
I need to buy an ethernet switch for the Aiport Express to handle both the iPad wirelessly and the wired iMac. Does the switch have to have a WAN port or can I buy one with five LAN ports?
Message was edited by: Roy Vincent. Spelling errorSo here's what I am planning to do. I get myself an ethernet switch. I plug my cable from my antenna into it. I run a cable from one of its five ports into my iMac. I run a cable from one of its other ports into my Airport Express. I configure the Airport Express in Bridge Mode. Now my wife can connect to the web wirelessly using the iPad and I can connect using the wired iMac --- and we can do so at the same time and indpendently of one another. No?
Sorry, but no.
You only have one IP address. With a switch feeding two devices, it will be a matter of chance as to which device gets the IP address.
The other device will not be able to connect to the Internet, since a switch cannot "split" the connection.
Instead, you need a simple wired router to "share" the public IP address that you receive. In turn, the router distributes "private" IP addresses to devices on your local network, so each device will be able to connect to the Internet.
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Do I connect my airport express to my modem via the WAN port and then connect from airport express to my imac with ethernet cable? Is that how you "hard wire" the connection? Because when I do that, I still can't get online. Thanks.
What is the make & model of your modem?
You pretty much stated the correct wiring. There should be an Ethernet cable connected between the modem and the WAN (circle of dots) port on the AirPort Express base station.
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