Any Apple Airport/Wifi/Networking Experts?

[rbsears]

I can't even figure out tapatalk. Good luck

[Casey]

Some responses. I'll likely call you tonight but I know folks like Mailman are enjoying the banter so I'm keeping it going.

Ah yes yes yes...seems like there is more to the story here than I originally understood.

Are the Ubiquiti device and the "router" broadcasting two separate wireless networks? YES And as an extension of the question, are they 2 separate subnets? NOT SURE I think what you're getting here is an issue where you might be crossing 2 different subnets when connected to the ubiquiti device.

You might have a reason for doing this which we don't know about. Do you have issues with wifi reaching various areas of your house/property? I added the ubiquiti to get more range. Airport and router are on south side of house. Ubiquiti is more cental. It now bathes teh entire house in some sweet wifi coverage. If that is the case you definitely want the Ubiquiti in bridged mode to extend the subnet of the primary router.

Overall the best strategy is to collapse all the devices into ONE subnet. This will allow you to see all devices across all networks including your Airplay device.

If you have the ability to connect your Airport Express via ethernet, I highly recommend it. It is. Always has been. Ethernet is lower latency and better consistency when it comes to streaming audio. To do this, turn the wifi on the airport express to "off" and simply connect the ethernet cable to it. It should get a DHCP address from the primary router.

Let me redraw your diagram a little with regard to some best practices.

Lastly, what model number is your Airport Express? I'm not sure. I've had it for many years.

[FCoDxDart]

If its all hard wired together then the signal strength from ubi to ape doesn't matter as long as they are on the same subnet. I'd check the IP of each device and personally I would set them to a defined scope of 192.168.1.x, and x is from 1 - 254. If you can I'd get rid of the wifi on the router and ape. Just need one otherwise you'll be causing a battle for yourself. If you need more coverage put another unifi ap up. I've set up a few systems with them and they work flawlessly. I cannot recommend them enough.

One thing to test before you do all this is just ping the ape while connected to the ubnt ap if you can ping then something isn't enabled, such as bonjour, but if you can't then there's your problem, or at least part of it.

[Casey]

Sorry, Erik, my daughter monopolized my machine until late last night. I did try turning on IGMP Snooping on both the router and UBI AP with no luck. I'll probably reach out today.

[AtTheWall]

Casey what is your router model?

[AtTheWall]

Eliminate the VLAN terminology in this link....but it does identify the shortcomings of BONJOUR crossing subnets as well as unable to transition across the layer 3 boundary. It's link local dependent multicast.

MDNS Repeater

https://www.packetmischief.ca/2012/09/20/airplay-vlans-and-an-open-source-solution/

http://blog.lausdahl.com/2014/02/enabling-apple-airplay-across-subnetsnetworks/

Some solutions for Apple and routers discussed here

http://irq5.io/2011/01/02/mdns-repeater-mdns-across-subnets/

[Mailman]

Sorry, Erik, my daughter monopolized my machine until late last night. I did try turning on IGMP Snooping on both the router and UBI AP with no luck. I'll probably reach out today.

I knew Snooping wasn't going to work, I could see that from a mile away. Quit jacking around on this thing sir, get it done. You either want to make your airplane visible or you don't...

No Excuses, Play Like a Champion Today!!!!