No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded.
On 27 Mar 2014, at 7:39 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 Mar 2014, at 4:10 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> I am actually trying to use the AE as an ethernet bridge for my mother’s new >> Panasonic DVD Recorder. >> She has expressed an interest in using the recorder to also watch ABC iView. >> The Recorder has an ethernet port but no WiFi. >> The AE I am using is one that my step daughter no longer requires; not the >> latest but the small flat square box with power cable. >> >> I have managed to set it up so that it is now using her WiFi. >> The problem now is that when I take it from her study and power up in her >> lounge (only one wall between), it no longer picks up her WiFi network. > > Just to be clear: The AE is NOT connected by ethernet to your daughter's > modem/router in her bedroom? You can see only one WiFi network (and there are > no hidden SSIDs)? > > I have a very similar setup: I cannot extend the WiFi network created by my > Telstra Cable Modem (Netgear) using an Apple Time Capsule (essentially an > Apple Airport Extreme). The TC is bridged to the Netgear via Ethernet so it > can share the same LAN settings, but it creates its own separate wireless > network. I now have an Airport Express extending THAT network in the family > room, tethered to the Foxtel IQ and an Apple TV (that's another story). For > the first time in its frustrating life, we are now able to get an IP address > on the Foxtel IQ. That never happened with the Netgear WiFi extender I was > using before. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better
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