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cleaner416

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Mar 8, 2004
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New York City
Greetings,

Before I continue to struggle with this, I'm wondering if someone can confirm the viability of the following scenario:

N wired to AE wds'd to ABS wired to switch wired to other PCs

N = existing ethernet network
AE = Airport Express config'd thru WDS as a 'base station', though not distributing IPs etc (that is handled through N)
ABS = Airport Base Station config'd thru WDS as a 'Remote base station'

The problem is, when I connect an Airport client computer to the network (by choosing the AE) I cannot see the PCs at the end of the chain. I'm testing this connectivity through pinging.

Am I missing something? Is it possible that an AE cannot be a base station?

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions/tips!
 
I finally got it all working. Some key points:

- You can use WDS to bridge two different ethernet networks, providing that only there is only one gateway and one machine/router doling out IPs via DHCP
- Use the same network name for all APs in the WDS network
- Assign the APs IP addresses manually
- The ethernet port on an AP Express can only be used to extend a network when WDS is employed
 
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