Dinboise Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I followed the genius' idea to "transparent bridge' the Actiontec modem/router from CenturyLink to the AirPort Extreme. So I called CenturyLink to have them walk me through it (setting the ISP protocol to bridging) As soon as I did this everything went blank. I was somewhat prepared having read what I could on the Apple Forums, so I called the help line and they were able to help me get my ISP credentials/passwords entered into the AirPort. Tada! Works right? No. I had to power cycle most things. no big deal. I figure that is the end client (Tivo, Printer etc) asking for a new IP address from the new AirPort Router. I was not surprised that the ISY994 also received a new IP address. And I was not surprised that I could not access the admin consul either. I had that sinking feeling just as the Modem's GUI went blank after bridging. Now the MobiLinc works fine and I understand from looking through the forum notes here, that the MobLlinc knows to ask the router for the ISY's new IP address (it is now 10.0.1.20). The genius said the AirPort uses an IP address that starts with a 10. I love the ISY and how it functions when everything around is going to %^& - that is, it works even as I screw around with the Wifi and my kids are barking at me. It works so well, I do not have to worry about it for long periods of time. So long that the iOS has updated several times and the Java has been outdated. So I just finished wrestling with Java and Apple. NOW I can run the admin portal thing. I used the IP address that the MobiLinc used to access the ISY and boom! works like new! I am feeling like I get the hang of this. The question: am I going to be screwed once my ISP sends my modem a new IP address? (As I understand, because I do not have a fixed IP address the address gets changed periodically by the ISP. I gave up on trying to access the ISY from outside the network (portforwarding etc) so my question only pertains to the local IP address. Thanks I hope this is not too confusing. David
Teken Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 You have several options moving forward which are to subscribe to a DDNS service which the router should have. Or purchase the UDI Cloud Portal service which offers remote access to the Admin Console. Regarding the Public IP address this should rarely change unless the modem is replaced, a hard reset is invoked, or if you or the ISP renew / release the public facing IP address.
Michel Kohanim Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Hi David, If the router is changed and ISY is not setup with a static IP address, then everything should work fine. The only issue might be that MAC's hostname might still be pointing to the old IP address. For those cases, it's best to try: http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=Troubleshooting_Help#ISY_Finder_does_not_find_ISY With kind regards, Michel
Dinboise Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks guys - I was thinking of looking up my IP address and just waiting 6 months or so, then recheck. The ISP would most likely have changed the address by then (checking the address would just confirm the change). If I have not seen any problems connecting to 10.0.1.20 address then wohoo, no problem. David
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