Weird Problems with WDS (Macbook + xbox)
Hi - Hope someone can help...
I have a Powermac G4 that does not support an airport card. So I bought 2 Airport Express' last year and set up a WDS network to act as a bridge between my Cable modem which is on a different floor to my Mac. After some fiddling this worked perfectly. Had the odd guest with a windows pc who could log on no problem. I did not use wireless security.
A few months ago my girlfriend got a 13inch White Macbook. Connected no problem. I decided to add a WEP password using 6 letters. No Problems.
2 weeks ago I got and xbox 360 with a wireless adapter. Couldn't connect as it said that the password was not correct - not the right format. I decided to temporarily take my security off. Xbox connected fine.
Weird thing was the macbook could no longer get on to the web. Tried putting the password back on. No luck only now xbox cannot connect either.
No I have tried changing the settings in all possible ways but neither macbook nor xbox can connect to the internet??? I have gone so far as factory reseting bot airports and setting up from scratch. But still neither can get internet.
The bridge to the G4 still works fine. I'm at my wits end. Any ideas?
The macbook can see the airports and appears to connect but no internet (same with xbox accept can see but not connecting to airport when tested). The network settings on the macbook say that it is using a self assigned ip therefore may not be able to connect to internet...
Hello Freedgull. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
To facilitate the WDS set up, try the following:
o Perform a "hard" reset on the AirPort Extreme Base Stations & a "factory default" reset on the AirPort Express Base Stations (AX) before setting up the WDS.
o Place the base stations within near proximity of each other during the set up phase, and then relocate them to their desired locations when complete.
o To avoid having to "switch" wireless networks during the WDS setup, attach each of the remote/relay base station, via an Ethernet cable, to the main base station. Of course, this would be dependent on the AirPort types used for the main/relays/remotes.
o Be sure to jot down the AirPort IDs (MAC addresses) for each of the base stations to be used in the WDS as these will be required during the setup.
o When enabling wireless encryption, configure the relay/remote base stations first and the main base station last. I suggest using WPA for your security level.
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