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Stirfry2112

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Oct 13, 2009
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Los Angeles
I currently have a large area (10,000 soft) that is covered with by a TP-Link - Deco AX3000 (3-pack) mesh Wifi setup. Works great.

Now I would like to create a public wifi network with my old AirPort Extreme that can use the internet, but not see all my devices on the network. When I use the automated setup wizard from apple, it sets up a "new network" in bridge mode. But I think this is wrong. The network can use the internet, but all my devices are seen on the network.

When I try to manually setup in DHCP and NAT, I get a bunch of errors. Clearly I am not a networking expert, so any help would be appreciated! I don't even know what to research. I simply want this Airport to connect to the internet and create its own network but not have access to any of the devices on the mesh network. Is this possible?

Any help is appreciated!
 
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