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Apple's [http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ Airport Express] and [http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/ Airport Extreme] have some settings that make it hard to use with other networking devices, including your Amahi server. | Apple's [http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ Airport Express] and [http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/ Airport Extreme] have some settings that make it hard to use with other networking devices, including your Amahi server. | ||
| − | There is no option to disable the DHCP in the Airport admin tool, so what you need to do is trick it into being "more pasive" | + | There is no option to disable the DHCP in the Airport admin tool, so what you need to do is trick it into being "more pasive". |
| − | + | # Set DHCP Beginning Address and DHCP Ending Address to the same value: the IP address of your HDA | |
| − | + | # Create a DHCP Reservation (static IP): enter your HDA MAC address and IP address | |
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| − | + | This will basically allow the DHCP server to only give out one IP address, and it will only give it to your HDA (if your HDA is ever configured to use DHCP, which it shouldn't). All other DHCP requests will be ignored, allowing your HDA DHCP server to be used for all computers on your local network. | |
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Look at a more [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121990 detailed explanation]. | Look at a more [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121990 detailed explanation]. | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 27 March 2010
Apple's Airport Express and Airport Extreme have some settings that make it hard to use with other networking devices, including your Amahi server.
There is no option to disable the DHCP in the Airport admin tool, so what you need to do is trick it into being "more pasive".
- Set DHCP Beginning Address and DHCP Ending Address to the same value: the IP address of your HDA
- Create a DHCP Reservation (static IP): enter your HDA MAC address and IP address
This will basically allow the DHCP server to only give out one IP address, and it will only give it to your HDA (if your HDA is ever configured to use DHCP, which it shouldn't). All other DHCP requests will be ignored, allowing your HDA DHCP server to be used for all computers on your local network.
Look at a more detailed explanation.
BTW, it's much easier if you don't want NAT (i.e. if you have another router that does that), then you can disable both NAT and DHCP by choosing bridge mode. You just can't disable DHCP alone.
