03-29-2015, 02:48 PM
New (refurb) Airport Express AC in the house. Arrived Friday afternoon. Waiting till tomorrow to install, as I can't take down the network when Dr Janie is here, and I figured I'd have to have it down for some setup.
Question: Is it considered best practice to create a new LAN (i.e. new gateway IP, name, password)? Or is it OK just to pull out the old router, and assign the same IP, ID, P/W to the new one?
I'd prefer the latter, as all my printers have fixed IP addresses, and I'd rather not have to fiddle with their always-funky menus trying to change them. Also, if I change ID and password, guests will have to reconfigure when they arrive. And, if problems, I could just throw my old Linksys back in the chain.
/Mr Lynn
Question: Is it considered best practice to create a new LAN (i.e. new gateway IP, name, password)? Or is it OK just to pull out the old router, and assign the same IP, ID, P/W to the new one?
I'd prefer the latter, as all my printers have fixed IP addresses, and I'd rather not have to fiddle with their always-funky menus trying to change them. Also, if I change ID and password, guests will have to reconfigure when they arrive. And, if problems, I could just throw my old Linksys back in the chain.
/Mr Lynn