AEBS (4g) WD my passport work as NAS/FTP step by step configuration for novice in AirPort Utility Win Xp/iOS.

AEBS (4g) WD my passport work as NAS/FTP step by step configuration for novice in AirPort Utility Win Xp/iOS.
First off all, is this possible to configure this to work over net? Next i need help in configurating ports, etc. I don't find solution in other topics. Sorry for my English!

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Wireless working, but Airport Utility can't find base station

I am having issues with Apple TV and iTunes that led to me investigating my new Airport Extreme base station (AEBS) as possible cause.
Oddly, I'm right next to the AEBS now and the wireless is working sweetly as I type. However, when I use the Airport Utility to access the base station, it can't find it - I can 'rescan' for all the hours but with no luck.
Any ideas what's going on here?

I've just encountered this problem for the first time. On my brand new MacBook Air (Leopard factory installed), I opened Airport Utility, entered Manual Setup, and restarted my Airport Extreme from the Base Station menu. It restarted, but once it was back up the Airport Utility could no longer find it, even though I was connected to the internet (and the Network preferences pane showed connection and a green light).
I have a MacBook (vintage 2007) that's still on Tiger -- I've never had any problem using Airport Utility from there, so I imagine I can still configure the base station from there. But I hope this issue is on Apple's radar so there'll be a Airport Utility update that fixes it.

Hi, I am trying to connect a WD Mybook for Mac to my airport/time machine device. On the AirPort Utility it listed under Disks at 0 Mb. I enabled file sharing. But nothing happens. If I plug it directly into my MacBook it works fine. How do I fix it?

I am trying to connect a WD Mybook for Mac to my airport/time machine device. On the AirPort Utility it listed under Disks at 0 Mb. I enabled file sharing. And also followed all the steps - "secured disk access: with a disk passord", "Airport disk guest access: read and write", "Share disks over WAN". But nothing happens. If I plug it directly into my MacBook it works fine. How do I fix it? Also, its connected via a powered usb hub.

I assume that you are using Mac operating system 10.4.11, as your profile indicates.
The instructions that you referenced are for use with AirPort Utility....not AirPort Admin Utility.
Suggest that you download and install AirPort Utility 5.4.2 for Mac , which will run on 10.4.11.
Also noticed that the instructions do not tell you that the hard drive should be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to work with the AirPort Extreme, but they should.

Does time machine work with NAS?

I'm planning to buy one of those cool 3TB NAS drives which can work with macs, windows, android and iOS. I wanted to know if TM backups can work with NAS?
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AFP to a HFS+ volume on the NAS. Most manfuacturers had to update their firmware when Lion was released, due to changes in AFP, which is essential for TM. I'd imagine most product in the channel still has older firmware on it.
NAS manufacturers should list TM compatability as a feature, Netgear certainly do. If it isn't listed on the product page, a quick search should find forums with people asking about it.
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AEBS stopped working/ airport utility can't read base station configuration

AEBS was working fine including the 7.1 update except printer wasn't working. As I attempted to trouble shoot network, AEBS stopped working. I tried accessing it through airport utility but it couldn't find the base station. I have now done a hard reset four times and though airport utility will recognize the base station it gets hung up trying to read the base station configuration. So I can't troubleshoot the AEBS from airport utiltity and the yellow light keeps flashing. What do I do now?

AEBS was working fine including the 7.1 update except
printer wasn't working. As I attempted to trouble
shoot network, AEBS stopped working. I tried
accessing it through airport utility but it couldn't
find the base station. I have now done a hard reset
four times and though airport utility will recognize
the base station it gets hung up trying to read the
base station configuration. So I can't troubleshoot
the AEBS from airport utiltity and the yellow light
keeps flashing. What do I do now?
I had the same problem and a hard reset (6 seconds on the reset button) was recommended by Apple Tech support and that did it for me. The AE was back being seen and allowing me to reconfigure it from scratch.

Airport Utility can't read my AEBS configuration

I know there have been thousands of questions/answers to this topic, but I'm stumped.
As of last night, my AEBS has not been cooperative. It has been working perfectly ever since I got it last December. As far as I know I have not made any changes. I am running 10.5.8. Everything is up to date. My airport utility is able to locate my device, but as soon as I press "continue" it can't read the configuration & comes back with an error saying the utility was unable to find my airport wireless device. And yes, I've tried everything.
-soft reset
-hard reset
-using ethernet cable
-re-installed airport utility.
-restart, unplug, reboot, etc...
-searching countless forums, posts, blogs all to no avail.
I'm having to use my neighbor's wireless connection to get on the internet. The odd thing is that I have a business VOiP phone connected to my router, and it works just fine. I just can't configure my AEBS now that I restored it to it's default settings. Boggling my mind.

I'm having a similar problem. It turns out that there is some kind of voltage issue on the WAN side of my equation. I bought a second Airport Extreme, thinking my WAN port was smoked. When I plugged the WAN wire into the new Extreme, everything worked. Old Extreme, I get Ethernet unplugged. Worked for about a week on the new one, then rebooted the new Extreme and kaput, nothing works. I tested the WAN connection to my Macbook - works great. If I take a Dlink router, plug the WAN into that, plug another wire from the DLink to Extreme WAN, Airport is happy.
There is a specific sensitivity (voltage?) to the Airport Extreme WAN port that makes it say the Ethernet is Unplugged. As an added bonus, my testing seems to confirm that when this condition exists, the Extreme also shuts down all the other router ports, as over wireless I can not access the other physical segments (i.e. my NAS). Yet if I my WAN is happy on the Extreme, the other ports work as well.

Airport Express b/g no longer working after update to Airport Utility 5.3.1

after updating to this the other day, my AE b/g no longer works - like many others on the forum, i get the flashing amber / yellow blinkie light situation. i can hard reset it and get it to initially show up in AU 5.3.1, but once i try to join it to my wireless network (i use it with my laser printer) it never takes, disappears from AU, and sits there flashing relentlessly.
seems pretty clear that it's related to the 5.3.1 update - it was working fine for nearly 2 years without any issues prior to this. i find it hard to believe it had a total failure related to this - in fact, i just finally updated yesterday after being asked to for 2 weeks, and that's when it stopped working, no question about it.
any ideas on getting it to work? i've tried everything on these forums to no avail. or am i stuck waiting on AU 5.3.2?

I just solved the same issue. First I reset my whole network from scratch by hard resetting all devices (1 AEBS N and two AXg). Then I started configuring my main base station and added the other devices to the network one by one. (I have a WDS). Only after setting all the devices to channel 6, did the green light stay on.
Apparently when you configure a AX to participate in an existing WDS network and you enter the existing network name in the configuration panel of Airport Utility, it creates a separate network with the same name. In order to force it to join the existing network, make sure their Airport ID numbers are entered under the WDS tab in Airport as WDS remotes.
Check this thread for the details: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1440997

Airport Utility 5.2 and 5.2.1 cannot read /edit configuration of AEBS 7.2.1

*THE PROBLEM ON my Mac:*
I am using an ethernet connection directly to a brand new AEBS from:
iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 2BG RAM
X 10.4.10
airport turned off
Airport Utility detects the base station but cannot read the configuration to edit and setup. And displays the following error:
"An error occurred while reading the configuration.
Please make sure your AirPort base station is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-5)"
The AEBS does assign any machine connected via ethernet an IP address to allow internet access.
*THE PROBLEM ON WINDOWS:*
I have the nearly the same problem when using my Windows XP pro laptop connected via ethernet using Airport Utility for Windows ver 5.2 and 5.2.1
Airport Utility detects the base station, but when attempting to access the configuration, the Error message is practically the same with a different error code:
"An error occurred while trying to access the base station. Make sure your network connection is valid and try again. Error -6742
*STEPS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM (w/out success):*
I have read the posts that say to turn off IPv6 on Mac, did that but with no success.
Others did a simple hard reset on the AEBS, I tried that too.
I've tried connecting to the AEBS directly with all other network devices (modem, other routers, etc) disconnected and turned off just incase there was some compatibly issue... no work. I even tried all the different ports.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Can I walk into a Apple retail store and ask them to check the the AEBS to see if they can access the configuration?
Just to be fair...
(For people who have only read this post, turning off the IPv6 worked for some people, and just doing a hard reset for others).

I finally figured it out. I had exactly the same problem when Airport Utility detected the base station but could not read the configuration to edit and setup, displaying the following error:
"An error occurred while reading the configuration.
Please make sure your AirPort base station is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-5)"
I tried everything (Unfortuantely it is impossible to consult to an Apple genius around here). Even the hard reset didn't work. That is what I did: I pulled off the power cord, and put it back again WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE RESET BUTTON with a pin. Only after that the amber light went on twinkling, and I could access it via the Airport utility. All the settings were reset so I just had to reconfigure it. Hope it works for you too.

New aebs and airport utility won't recognize my (2) airport express'

I have an new (n) aebs and can't get airtunes to work now. Only get flashing amber on the two ax and the new airport utility won't pull up the ax's, only the aebs. Have turned off ipv6 but no difference.

How are you connected? Meaning, how is the Mac
running the AirPort Utility attached to the new
AEBS(n) and the AX's? Your problem is likely that the
AX's are already named and configured to operate in
the old network, but your connection method doesn't
provide visibility to them...
Thank you for posting back to me. I finally got them to work and your explanation I thinks explains to me what happened. (I got them up and running just before I saw your reply.) I unplugged both of them and connected them via an ethernet cable to the new aebs and also did a hard restart for both. They then showed up with their alphanumeric titles, not the titles I had given them. Airport Utility recognized them after that. Hopefully my experience and your explanation will help others too. Thanks again.

Installing Airport Utility 5.6.1 in order to configure older Airport Extreme/g model doesn't work as it won't install with OS 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. Solution?

I need to configure Airport Extreme Base Station 802.11b/g but Airport Utility 6.3.1 will not work.
I found this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5022
it recommends installing Airport Utility 5.6 which downloads as 5.6.1
but it will not install on Mountain Lion OS 10.8.5
so what to do?

AirPort Utility 5.6.1 is for Snow Leopard. Use 5.6 for Lion or Mountain Lion.
You can use the following workaround to install AirPort Utility 5.6 on a Lion or Mountain Lion Mac:
Be sure to read the caveats at the end.
Lion / Mountain Lion's package installer will refuse to install superseded versions of AirPort Utility. Instead you will need to use a package extractor such as Pacifist or unpkg. Pacifist is shareware, unpkg is free.
Download Pacifist here: http://www.charlessoft.com/
Download unpkg here: http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
When the AirPort Utility .dmg file finishes downloading, open it to expand and reveal the AirPortUtility56.pkg package installer file.
Directions for Pacifist (I do not have screenshots for unpkg but the idea is similar):
Open Pacifist and from its File menu, navigate to the package and open it.
Click the "reveal triangles" until you see AirPort Utility 5.6.app:
Select it and then click Install from Pacifist's toolbar. It will then be installed in your Utilities folder, and you can quit Pacifist.
The most recent version of AirPort Utility included with Mountain Lion should be used to configure 802.11n - capable AirPort Base Stations. Make no attempt to delete it. It and the older version (which will bear the unique name "AirPort Utility 5.6") can peacefully coexist. Use the older version only as necessary for older AirPort Base Stations that cannot be administered any other way.
If you happen to have an archived copy of the AU 5.6 app somewhere, such as a Time Machine backup or equivalent, you can simply restore it or drag the app to your Mountain Lion system's Utilities folder instead of resorting to the above procedure. It will run without complaint. It is only the package installer that is the problem.
Keep in mind that Apple's decision to abandon support for the original AirPort Express and AEBS was for reasons known only to them. Remember that you are using obsolete equipment, should some future OS X feature not work for you.

Airport Utility 6.0 Doesn't Support My AEBS?

I'm confused! Just downloaded Airport Utility 6.0 which came in through Software Update. I downloaded it as well as a firmware update for my Airport Express (7.6.1) which showed up on the graphical interface.
My wireless network is set up with an older AEBS (b/g) which is connected to the modem and a newer AX (n) in another room where it is also connected to my stereo system. My confusion is that when I click on my older AEBS in the new Airport Utility graphical interface, the window that opens says that it is not supported by Airport Utility 6.0. So, what does that mean? Has my wireless network changed? Am I only connected to the internet through my Airport Express? Please clarify, if possible.
BTW, I have two iMacs: one is running Lion (10.7.2) and the other is running Leopard (10.5.8).

My catch-all list of Airport 6.0 & Firmware 7.6.1 problems:
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I've compiled a catch-all list of problems and changes with Airport Utility version 6.0 and FW 7.6.1. Some of the items may be relevant to this thread.
THE PROBLEMS WITH AIRPORT UTILITY 6 AND FIRMWARE 7.6.1:
Introduction: If you find AirPort Utility v6.0 too limiting or strange, you can ALSO install AirPort Utility v5.6, released alongside v6.0, to maintain all your previous capabilities. It works fine with both Airport g and n devices.
PLEASE NOTE: According to Apple you must FIRST install Airport Utility v6.0 in order to access and install Firmware upgrade 7.6.1. Do that first. THEN install Airport Utility v5.6 and use it instead if you prefer.
1) According to Apple's documentation, Airport Utility version 6.0 is ONLY for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. It is NOT for 10.6 Snow Leopard. If you accidentally installed v6, you'll have to dig around in Apple - Support - Downloads for the previous relevant version for your devices and OS version. Here is the relevant page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1483
2) The HELP for Airport Utility has been updated. When you first access it you may well be looking at the old Help. It is supposed to update itself spontaneously over the Internet. It took a couple minutes in my case. Be sure you are looking at the NEW Help before you start using it. One way to tell is that the list of help topics essentially doubles from what there used to be. Also, the very first topic in the NEW Help should read:
"Set up an AirPort device > Set up a new AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule"
3) The HELP has some WRONG information. Here we go:
3a) There is NO "Enable Guest Network" setting. You CANNOT create a guest network or name it or give it any settings. Why this is still listed in Help, I have no idea. Why the setting is gone: This is most likely because the technology behind guest networks, WPS, has been thoroughly CRACKED in the wild. Google "WPS cracked" for lots of documentation of the situation. It won't be resolved soon.
3b) I can't find any 'Setup Assistant". Everything is now manual. This is not to say that there isn't a setup assistant that appears when you FIRST set up your Airport device. I don't know.
4) After installing Airport Utility v6.0, there is no indication of the accompanying firmware update until you decide to run the new version. Even then, you have to click on the big icon of your Airport device and notice an 'Update' button about halfway down the popup window. You then have to assume that this button is telling you to update your firmware.
5) After you update your Airport device's firmware, you may well discover an ERROR subwindow popping up inside Airport Utility that says:
"An error occurred while updating the firmware. -6721"
Don't panic! All you need to do is go into your Wi-Fi settings, either in your menubar or the Network preferences, and turn OFF Wi-Fi, then turn ON Wi-Fi again. This is part of a long standing bug in Lion's Wi-Fi with which I bet you are already familiar, certainly up through Lion version 10.7.2.
6) Miscellaneous changes in Airport Utility 6:
6a) The keyboard command to manually change your Airport devices settings is GONE. You have to click the little 'Edit' button after clicking on the big icon for your device.
6b) There is no longer any summary window for your Airport device. You have to instead click on the big "Internet" icon for related data, then click on the big icon for your Airport device for local settings data.
6c) There is no longer any HELP advising users to EXPORT their settings. (The Help only talks about Import of settings). BE SURE TO EXPORT YOUR NEW SETTINGS! I did this immediately after both updates.
6d) MAC address filtering for Airport devices is GONE.
6e) All references to IPV6 anywhere are GONE. I have to assume the IPV6 settings are now entirely working and entirely automatic. Let's hope so.
6f) Signal and Noise data and graphs are GONE. Use Apple's Wi-Fi Diagnostics app instead. Apple have hidden it here in Lion:
/System/Library/CoreServices/W-Fi Diagnostics
6g) In order to access the menu items in Airport Utility, you have to first click on the big icon for your Airport device.
--> No doubt there are other changes, oddities or bugs related to these changes. But this is what I came up with during a cursory strafing of the software.

AirPort Utility can't see either AEBS or AirPort Express using either comp.

I have an AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) and an AirPort Express (APE). The dsl connects to the AEBS via ethernet (in the first slot), and the AEBS connects to the desktop via ethernet (in the second slot; it has no AirPort card). The PowerBook (PB) connects to the network via its AirPort card, and the APE is used to extend the network range.
All of this worked as of last night.
This morning when I woke the PB, it wouldn't connect to the network automatically. I tried to connect manually, but it wouldn't accept the password. (Maybe I'd forgotten, when's the last time I had to enter it?) I went to the desktop to set up the AEBS to reset the password. Both the AEBS and AirPort Express showed up on AirPort Utility (AU) on the desktop before doing so.
After resetting the password, neither showed up in AU. (I suppose it's not surprising that the APE wouldn't, but the AEBS is connected via ethernet, and the ethernet is working or I couldn't connect here as set up.) I get the message that AU can't detect any Apple wireless devices. I rescanned several times with no luck. And I have pressed the reset button on the AEBS to no avail.
I also can't see either the AEBS or the APE with the PB, which does have an AirPort card, as I mentioned.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Theirry, I had (among all the other things I'd done) already pushed the reset button for a little while, but that didn't work. So, not knowing what else to do, I pushed it and held it while I counted to ten three times, and that worked. Probably one could get away with less.
After that, I had to start over again with the AEBS on AU, but I gave it the same network name and the password I thought I remembered, and the APE rejoined it automatically.
I hope that helps.

Upgraded to 5.2.1 AirPort utility, now can't read AEBS config

I have a new AEBS with gigabit ethernet ports. It came with software version 5.2 on CD. Just installed the suggested 5.2.1 AirPort utility upgrade now cannot open configuration of AEBS. The software sees the AEBS and can see the name and IP address (initial screen) but if I click either "Manual setup" or "Continue" it just sits there with "Reading base station...etc"
Anyone struck this problem? Bit annoying with first software update.

SOLUTION TO TRY
As I mentioned I did a network packet sniff and found IPv6 traffic going between Mac and AEBS. I had one machine (MacPro) which had 5.2.1 update installed and one (MacBook) which didn't. The MacBook 'handshaked' sucessfully via IPv6 with AEBS, the MacPro did not.
Based on that analysis I turned off IPv6 protocol on the MacPro and was immediately able to communicate with and read config from AEBS.
To try yourself to see if it solves problem:
1) Using account with administrator privileges open System Preferences, or use user account to open and authenticate after with administrator account.
2) Open System Preferences | Network
3) Choose either wired (Built-in Ethernet) or wireless (Airport) network connection and click "Configure"
4) Choose TCP/IP tab then click button "Configure IPv6..."
5) Set drop down list "Configure IPv6:" to "Off"
6) Click "Apply Now"
7) Retry to connect and load AEBS config - should work.
IPv6 is not needed for most machines, it is not required for Internet access.
Please note this is a workaround, I believe a bug was introduced in the 5.2.1 AirPort Utility update.
Good luck! Don't forget points if solves problem for you

Airport Utility can't see AEBS?

AEBS is working fine on a wireless XP laptop and ethernet connected pc.
MacBookPro can connect to internet fine when using the ethernet connection
but I've lost my wireless network and Airport Utility can't find my AEBS at all.
It started whilst i was using 7.1.1 and have upgraded to 7.2.1, reinstalled Airport Utility from disc and tried everything else I can think of but no joy
Any suggestions?
Thanks

It's fixed itself after the third reset, utility still couldn't find any network but went into system preferences/network and was able to find a network that way. Re-opened Utility and there it was.
Hope this might be helpful for someone else

AEBS (4g) WD my passport work as NAS/FTP step by step configuration for novice in AirPort Utility Win Xp/iOS.

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