![]() This turned out to be much easier on a Mac than I thought it would be thanks to Apple Support than it was on Raspberry Pi, although not by much. The other thing I was able to do is add virtual Ethernet Adapters on some devices so they also exist on the IOT VLAN. Oh, and unplug the two standalone Airport Express units. And then configure the IOT network on the existing Airport base stations. So all I needed to do was change the VLAN id I was using for IOT, and ensure that my router (and managed switch(es)) were passing through tagged frames for VLAN 1003 to all relevant devices. The magic bit of information is that the Airport base stations uses VLAN untagged ethernet frames for the main WiFi network, and VLAN 1003 tagged ethernet frames for the “Guest” network. 1 AirPort Express provides simultaneous dual-band wireless 802. I’m glad I didn’t: it turns out the the Guest Network functionality on the Airport devices can be repurposed for what I needed. I had thought that it would be neat to have the regular WiFi access points also creating the IOT WiFi network: indeed I nearly bought more Ubiquiti APs to install here just to do that (I put them in the beach houses). This tutorial shows you the basic idea of turning any USB printer into a shared wireless network printer using Apple AirPort Express. Then, and additional (only linked wirelessly) Airport Express extended this network. Then I had this connected to an older AirPort Express, which created the network. So, I had used a VLAN (and made it untagged on one port of the switch in the gateway router) for IOT. This allows me to update the firmware on my esphome devices without having to switch WiFi networks. I do use a set of firewall rules to allow devices on LAN to access IOT, but not vice-versa. I could have had those as an isolated network, but it’s convenient to be able to have some connection between the two. ![]() Until yesterday, I’d repurposed a couple of older Airport Express units that were running the IoT network themselves. I still use the Express (and Extreme) units for WiFi. Prior to that, I’d just used an Airport Express, and several other Extreme and Express units around my house. Select the AirPort Express: From the list of available devices, click or tap on the AirPort Express. Open AirPort Utility: Launch the AirPort Utility app or access it through your web browser. There is an Airport Express A1264 (802.11/n) connected through WiFi for music streaming only (no Wifi function) First floor: There is another Airport Express A1084 (802.11/g) hardwired to one of the Deco Units (not the Main Router) also for streaming music purpose only (no Wifi function) Question: Why does the music on the first floor break. ![]() Airport Express/Extreme and IoT Devices - Īt some point (I think it was when I needed to track down what device on my network was consuming multi-gigabytes of data daily), I moved to OpenWRT on my gateway router. Visit the Airport Utility download page and click on 'Download Airport Utility for Windows.' 2. Follow these steps to set up the AirPort Express as a wireless bridge: 1. ![]()
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