Well I would keep an eye on it. It might not last. 

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> On May 11, 2015, at 2:52 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I can’t figure out HOW?
> 
> We didn’t touch a thing.  I had just purchased a new Extreme, set it up 
> seconds before we connected the AT&T modem.  For a good while, as the tech 
> was instant messaging and calling the Airport was green but not connected to 
> the internet as it was yellow.
> 
> After several minutes the internet portion popped green and everything was 
> working great.  To be sure it was the Airport that was in control we unhooked 
> it to see if the AT&T modem was distributing the IP’s and keeping me 
> connected to the internet.  Nope we were off the net.  
> 
> Plugged the Extreme back in and everything has been working for about a week.
> 
> It appears as if somehow the Extreme is telling the modem/router that it 
> wants the job of router and it works to set the modem/router to bridge mode 
> without human intervention.  Possible?
> 
> Whatever, very impressed!
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
>> On May 11, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Glad your did it mine didn't and it took some digging to get it set up. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 11, 2015, at 2:27 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The more enlightened in the group will have a reason for this, I am only 
>>> reporting what happened.
>>> 
>>> AT&T finally brought U-Verse to my residence, I could get the two lines for 
>>> phone and the 18 meg internet all for $100.00 per month lower than the two 
>>> lines with DSL at 3 meg.
>>> 
>>> When I signed the contract I made it clear that I wanted them to set their 
>>> Modem/Router into Bridge mode so the Airport Extreme would be the front 
>>> line rather than AT&T.
>>> 
>>> The tech that came to the house hadn’t a clue how to do this, he instant 
>>> messaged the manufacturer of the Modem and they were clueless so he called 
>>> a couple different people with AT&T.
>>> 
>>> The local contact with AT&T said it couldn’t be done with a particular 
>>> modem he installed & he would have to use a model where bridge mode could 
>>> be set.  
>>> 
>>> He exchanged the modem/routers and we looked and looked where to set the 
>>> AT&T modem to bridge, couldn’t find it anywhere BUT while we were waiting I 
>>> noticed on Airport Utility I got the all “green” showing that Extreme AND 
>>> Internet were connected ready to go.
>>> 
>>> We checked and sure enough the Airport was in control of distributing IP 
>>> addresses and we were connected to the internet.  
>>> 
>>> I didn’t want to mention it to him but just before we unhooked the first 
>>> modem/router from AT&T Airport Utility also had turned green so even the 
>>> one that wouldn’t work according to AT&T was in fact operational.
>>> 
>>> In the past we have always had to turn these modem/routers to bridge mode 
>>> but not this time.
>>> 
>>> I don’t know if Apple’s Airport Extreme begins communicating with whatever 
>>> is hooked to it and makes the changes for the user?  Whatever it’s simply 
>>> amazing how these Apple products work, impressive!!
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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