Many thanks to Sam and Edmund, I have a working setup, just as I wanted, with the TC in Bridge mode and moving the ethernet cable from WAN to LAN port all is good.
Cheers, Mark On 18 June, 17:07, Edmund Craske <[email protected]> wrote: > In summary, you can only have one device directly connected to the cable > modem, as you only have one real IP address. That device needs to do the > connection sharing (Network Address Translation, or NAT) to allow other > devices to use the connection. Either you need to run a cable back from the > Time Capsule, or use an alternative router at the cable modem, and change > the Time Capsule to just act as an access point rather than routing. > > You can't use an ADSL router as it only has an ADSL WAN port, not an > ethernet one. You need a router that is specifically ethernet, and might be > sold as a cable or broadband router. You need to be clear about 'outside' > and 'inside' networks - the connection between the cable modem and the > router (your Time Capsule) at the moment, is 'outside' and everything else > that's connected wired or wirelessly to the Time Capsule is 'inside'. You > can't add anything else to the 'outside' network, only swap the Time > Capsule for an alternative router. > > Hope that makes things clearer! > Ed -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
