Airport extreme...confused

J273 · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:27

Ive just bought one so i can share my hardrive and printer between my mac and PC but heard it dont have its own modem and ill need to plug it into my existing routers ethernet port.

Does the extreme have its own built in modem or do i need to plug this into my netgear router :confused:

Thanks

J1234 · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:35

It doesn't have a built in modem, it's a router. So you will need to plug in your own modem to it.

J273 · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:37

so will it work if i plug it into my existing netgear dg834g router?

Thanks

radderfire · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:40

I'm not a Mac guy (yet) but just had a look on the Apple Store UK website as I was interested in this:

AirPort Extreme Base Station - Has a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for a DSL or cable modem.

So yes, I think it requires a DSL or cable modem.

Rgds

Caged · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:43

If you're on ADSL pick up a Linksys AM200 or something, they're about 20 notes and can be setup to be a modem-only, passing the external IP onto the Airport, so you don't do any nasty double-NATing.

radderfire · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:46

My feeling would be that the netgear dg834g can't act as the modem for the AirPort Extreme, but I could be wrong. You would need a separate modem for the AirPort if you wanted it to distribute an internet connection.

Rgds

J273 · 29 Jun 2008 at 13:48

Ahh ok thanks guys.

I thought it had its own modem built in allowing me to get rid of my netgear router.

Doug · 29 Jun 2008 at 14:35

I'm with Caged on this one.

Though, it'd probably not be too difficult to set up your existing router as a modem, you'd probably get more from selling the router than the cost of a standalone modem

mrochester · 29 Jun 2008 at 15:25

J273 said:
Ahh ok thanks guys.

I thought it had its own modem built in allowing me to get rid of my netgear router.

That would be called an ADSL Router. The Airport is simply a router alone.