How to connect an Airport Extream to a non mac router

[Massnegro]

Hi all, and sorry if this is a repeat of an old question I'm sure the answer is here already here on the forum, (if you can point me in the right direction that would help) but I can't seem to find a solution that works or I that’s idiot proof...

So, and as I said I need an idiots guide to this... Just how do I connect a G4 to an Airport Extreme Base station via LAN cable, and then get it to connect to an existing wireless network (that’s using a non Mac router).

It's just that the existing airport card is painfully slow with a NAS and as I had the AE kicking about I thought I'd use that rather than buying a new PCI AE card.

Regards

Andy

 

[MrCheeto]

*non-APPLE router*

You mean...bridge the connection and then share it via ethernet?

 

[mstrze]

So, and as I said I need an idiots guide to this... Just how do I connect a G4 to an Airport Extreme Base station via LAN cable, and then get it to connect to an existing wireless network (that’s using a non Mac router).

You want to connect the computer via ethernet (cable) AND wirelessly? (highlights above are mine) As in join TWO seperate networks?

I think you can only do one or the other. I could be wrong though.

 

[Consultant]

You want to connect the computer via ethernet (cable) AND wirelessly? (highlights above are mine) As in join TWO seperate networks?

I think you can only do one or the other. I could be wrong though.

Possible. This is my set up.

Vzzzz Router --wire-- airport extreme
--wireless n 5ghz-- airport express --wire-- gigabit switch--other stuff

 

[Massnegro]

Sorry all I think I've confused the issues here, all I want to do is use the airport extreme as a Wireless access point; connected to my existing network provided on a Linksys router.


Andy

 

[mstrze]

You absolutely can plug in your AEBS to the router and create a new network.