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Should I use my R6250 as an Access Point?
I've got 2 routers(R6250 and Airport Extreme-n) and a house with wired ethernet, for media streamers (Apple TV). The wires and cable modem feed into the basement, but I would like my R6250 to be on t...
Thanks. I have it figured out, and it's working. Yes, I do know the R6250 can airplay, it was working when the R6250 was the first router in the chain.
I think in my earlier setup, setting up as access point would've been needed, as the R6250 was set up behind the AE. AE wasn't set up to do wifi, and although our iDevices could see the Apple TV, it would not airplay.
What I did was make sure the R6250 was the first router after the modem, but I realized that didn't have to be in the basement, where the modem is. I sent the signal straight upstairs to the main floor to the R6250. And since I have 2 Ethernet jacks, I sent output through the 2nd jack back to the basement AE, which is set up as a bridge. I need 5 wired connections, but I didn't think ahead an only got a 4-port ethernet switch. So that's why I need the AE.
Thanks. I have it figured out, and it's working. Yes, I do know the R6250 can airplay, it was working when the R6250 was the first router in the chain.
I think in my earlier setup, setting up as access point would've been needed, as the R6250 was set up behind the AE. AE wasn't set up to do wifi, and although our iDevices could see the Apple TV, it would not airplay.
What I did was make sure the R6250 was the first router after the modem, but I realized that didn't have to be in the basement, where the modem is. I sent the signal straight upstairs to the main floor to the R6250. And since I have 2 Ethernet jacks, I sent output through the 2nd jack back to the basement AE, which is set up as a bridge. I need 5 wired connections, but I didn't think ahead an only got a 4-port ethernet switch. So that's why I need the AE.