Posts by CBournon

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry No harm trying. Just make sure that you reboot the POE after connecting the AE. And as mentioned earlier, it doesn't matter what DHCP LAN addresses the AE gives out. One other thing - check the...

Quote: Originally Posted by CBournon That makes perfect sense. Thanks. I did try this morning and the AE would not recognize the ethernet connection no matter what I tried. so I switched back to Dlink and it took a while to get going...

Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot No... your ISP could care less what IP addresses your Airport distributes to the LAN. Your IP will assign an IP address to the DSL or Cable modem you use, which SHOULD pass it through to...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry 169 addresses indicate self-assigned - in other words no valid IP address assigned. That happens when a device is configured to obtain an IP by DHCP but the host device does not issue an address -...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry So did you try rebooting the POE after connecting the AE? Yes i did. This morning I plugged my MacBook into an Ethernet port on the Dlink router and it connected properly. The IP address is in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Then I would just plug everything into the DLink. Does the POE just have one output port? If so, some of those devices will only register and talk to one MAC address at a time, and if you plug in a...

Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Presumably you have some kind of ISP router/box with LAN ports? How are you connecting the AE - to the DLink or directly to your ISP? Need more detail on the setup. Thanks for your interest. From...

My ISP provider supplies wireless Internet to my house via an antenna on the roof. My Dlink router works fine, but neither Airport Extreme or my MacBook will recognize the connection via an Ethernet cable. Apple supports claims that my...