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Forums › 2degrees (including Slingshot, Orcon, Flip, Stuff Fibre, MyRepublic, 2talk and Vocus) › bridge slingshot vdsl modem to apple airport express
hamish225

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#140930 24-Feb-2014 19:48
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can i bridge the modem to my airport express? I looked in the settings for the airport and it doesnt appear to support VLAN tagging.

could i get an untagged connection to get around this or do i have to set up yet another router just so i can use port forwarding?

this is what the settings on the airport express look like:




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RunningMan
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  #993617 24-Feb-2014 20:33
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They don't do VLAN tagging.



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  #993776 25-Feb-2014 01:04
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hmm allrighty, so i booted up my dlink dir615, found that i couldnt vlan tag on the stock firmware so i put DDWRT on. there seems to be a vlan 7 and a vlan 8 option, but no vlan 10 option. help, sorry i've never done this before :P

please and thank you!

heres the settings page:


and if this doesnt work, is there any way i can request an untagged connection or is it required for something?




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  #993782 25-Feb-2014 01:36
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i had a play around to see if i could get it working myself, i put all my slingshot username and password and whatnot into the dlink router, set the slingshot modem to bridging but the dlink wouldnt connect.

i put it back to how it was before :P

help i need an adult :P




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