UPC Horizon/Apple Extreme Double NAT

thewing

Folks,

I got the horizon box - mainly for faster speeds - was still on the scientific atlanta modem.

I have plugged it on, disabled the wirless radio and plugged in my Apple Extreme Base Station

I have a double NAT warning as a result of horizon router/apple extreme using same IP - is this an issue for me if the only device that will ever connect to horizon is the hard-wired Apple router? Nothing capable of connecting wirlessly as radio disabled? All devices are connected to Apple router and are visible to each other.

Will this affect BB speed?

Any advice/opinion is most welcome

P.S. I trawled web and the answer if I want rid is to put Apple in to bridge mode, but i'd prefer to keep it as the router.

Thanks

thewing

Anyone?

Sam the Sham

What you want is to put the Horizon box into bridge mode. But that's not possible.

I don't think double NAT will affect speed (though I may be wrong). What it affects is some services that won't be able to find the machines on your network (Apple's back to my mac being one). Experts will know more than I do about this.

ED E

It'll certainly add a small bit of latency.

If you're just using the Apple as an access point disable DHCP(assume it is already) and NAT and the firewall, then its just a dumb access point and leaves the routing to the horizon box.

thewing

Thanks Guys, much appreciated