Computer can't detect airport

Hi, I'm trying to install an old airport express on someone else's computer but the computer can't detect the born

The modem will connect to the first device that it sees, so this tells us that the modem has associated with, and will remember your computer.
When you connect the AirPort to the modem, the modem still looks for your computer, but cannot find it, so it refuses to issue an IP address to the AirPort since it has not associated with the AirPort.
So, you need to make the modem "forget" your computer. You do that by pushing the reset button on the modem....if present...and then powering off the modem completely for at least 30 minutes. Longer is better. Pull the power supply from the back of the modem or unplug from the wall.
Power off the AirPort Express as well
After the power down period, power up the modem and let it run for 10-15 minutes by itself.
Then, power up the AirPort Express and let it run for 5-10 minutes.
If the Apple Store configured the AirPort correctly, you will have an Internet connection now. If not, then we have to go back to square one and completely reset the AirPort and modem again.

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i have iPhone 3G ver 3.1.3
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exoso wrote:
i've tried all of your suggestion and all is well.
but still my iPhone can't be detected by my computer
the problem is, my Windows can't detect the iPhone.
there's always a pop-up ballon that says "USB Device Not Recognized"
and my iPhone shows a picture that i have to connect USB to iTunes.
i tried to restart the iPhone too, but i still can't use my iPhone.
I'm very depressed right now.
Were are you able to *Verify iPhone Driver/Service Installation*, as mentioned in the article I linked above?
Try restarting the Apple Mobile Device Service, as shown here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1567.
Also, what security software is running on the PC? If you haven't already, try to update, reconfigure, or uninstall it while testing. This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125 provides additional tips that will help rule out security software issues.
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Did you plug the player into the computer before installing the software that came on the CD? If so that might be the problem...

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I've been using AE devices since 2006 and have never seen what I'm about to describe.
A couple of months ago I setup an older AE at a friend's house. He wanted to print wirelessly, so I set up his AE to join his wireless network and connected it his printer via USB. All his computers (lots of Macs, one Windows 7 PC with airport utility 5.6.1 plus Bonjour) saw the printer through Bonjour and printed just fine.
Until last week, when no computer was able to see the printer through Bonjour.
The light on the AE was solid green. I thought unplugging the AE and plugging it back in would solve the problem. It didn't.
So I reset the AE and reconfigured it from scratch using the Windows machine (as I had done the first time two months earlier). The configuration went well, but Airport Utility on the PC would not detect the AE after initial setup.
So I thought the AE was defective. The next day I brought one from my house (a first generation N one). This one was working fine at my house, so I knew it wasn't defective.
I reset it and reconfigured it with Airport Utility on the PC. Again, after initial configuration, Airport Utility would not detect the AE.
"It's the PC's fault," I thought. Let's use a Mac.
I fired up the latest Airport Utility on a 2011 iMac with 10.8.4. It would not see it. So I reset it again and reconfigured it from scratch. It found it. Great.
So I plugged the AE near the printer and connected it to it via USB. Went back to the Mac, added the printer via Bonjour and printed a test page. It printed the page, but lost connection to the printer immediately after. It never reestablished connection.
I took a Macbook with 10.6.8. Fired up Airport utility and set the laptop near the printer with the AE connected to it. It could not find the AE.
I then reset and reconfigured the AE one more time, this time using the laptop. And again, after initial configuration, the laptop could not find the AE.
In all these instances, the light on the AE was solid green after initial, successful configuration.
I then purchased the latest AE (the dual band N one), went through the same steps, with the same results. No computer can see it.
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Nothing has changed at my friend's house since his AE was working last week. What can possibly cause the problem?

Fixed it. It was not an Apple problem. I just had to cycle the wireless access points.

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Literally overnight and with no changes in settings, etc. my iMac (running the latest version of Tiger) will not detect airport express. My laptop still detects it and connects just fine; my iphone connects via wifi, etc. It's just the iMac that isn't working.
Upon starting up my iMac this morning, I was prompted to "update airport firmware" which I did. Ever since then I can't get the computer to recognize airport.
I've worked on it for 2 hours disconnecting and resetting the modem; checking and unchecking boxes in the network settings, trying to renew the dhcp lease, etc. When I scan for wireless devices, the iMac does not detect one. If it does detect it, I get an "there was an error connecting" message.
So frustrating, especially since I have used this in the same way for over two years and have had NO problems until this morning.
The airport express has a solid green light. Any help is much appreciated!! Thank you.

Hi guys, its me again....
Dunno if is the same problem, but i dont think the problem is the airport, all of you (as i did too) tried making new users, deleting preferences, etc etc...
I tried resetting the airport, and is the same, is something in the computer that trigger the issue after the firmware in the airport, dunno how, but as far i saw, its the problem...
At least for me, after lost the connection, my airport on-off button stop working, if i turn off the airport in the upper menu or in the network preference panel, go off of course, but if i try to turn it on again, desnt work anymore, the button works of course, but never change to ON state...
that button issue isnt a hardware airport issue, is a OS issue...
:S
P.D.: i've trying to replicate some situations on the computer, programs, task etc, bcuz' by some reason there's something that trigger the desconnection... by example, right now i've more than 4 o 5 hours without the problem yet.... but.... i've using none or unusual programs to make the regular tasks...
And last night, i leave the computer connected to internet the whole night, no user interference and was online all the time...
something is the trigger..
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Can't detect airport express

i got another Airport Express and i am trying to set it up. the Airport Express utility couldn't detect the new airport express.

by default, an out-of-the-box airport express (AX) will create a seperate network. click on the airport icon in your menu bar. you should see something like Apple network xxxxxxxx.
in order to set up the AX, you will have to temporarily join its network ! you will get a message asking "do you really want to switch networks ?" and you want to do that.
now you should see the AX in airport utility. click on the icon of the AX once to highlight it and click continue. follow onscreen instructions and, when prompted, choose to join (or extend) an existing network and enter the required information for your network.
running an ethernet cable from the AX to your computer will also help airport utility to see the device.

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It is a camera, that is all a computer will ever detect an iPhone as.
Is the issue that iTunes does not detect the device? If so, http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538

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I'm sorry to hear about your problem in connecting a second monitor. Here is an article, (assuming you have Windows 8), that may be of help to you: Using Two or More Monitors with One Computer (Windows 8). Let me know if this helps at all. Best of luck to you.
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My Macbook pro was bought in June 09 after limited use the screen and other parts had to be replaced. When I got it home we were having difficult connecting to the internet provider after this was rectified I found that I couldn't connect to the network with the message 'No airport card detected' Upon returning it to apple I was told that the warranty was null and void as it had water damage which to my knowledge had not occurred if true whilst in my possession. Could someone please help as to what action I should adopt now. I see that there are numerous complaints about airport card not working and an identical complaint as mine except no mention of water damage is made, Please Help

This is something you will have to take up with apple directly. You might argue that there airport was fine until you took it into apple. As for the water damage, I have no idea how you would swing that other than it must have occurred in apples possession.
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Ian,
You could try downloading all the AirPort software you need:
http://www.apple.com/airport/
Or reformatting the disk and reinstalling everything you'll need. Highly recommended as you have no idea what is installed, keyloggers and all.
Is the AirPort card in the AirPort card slot, or is it in the PCMCIA card slot ?

MacBook can't detect AirPort Express

I have a MacBook 2.4 Ghz which is about 6 months old. I have a Netgear Super G wireless Modem router which I have been experiencing some problems with (does not always connect to MacBook or my older PC). So I bought an Airport Express which I have plugged into an older, more reliable Netgear wired modem router. I want to use the AirPort Express as a wireless transmitter for the wired router. However no matter how I seem to set it up, my mac can't connect to the AirPort Express and the light on it blinks Orange. I know that the router is Ok because I have plugged it straight into my Mac and it works fine.
I tried to do the same with my Wireless Modem/Router and the Airport Express light turned green and it appeared in the airport utility application. However when I turned the wireless transmitter on the router off I was unable to connect to the AirPort Express again.
I have tried to set it up in several different ways (as a bridge or as a new network etc...) and soft/hard/factory resets but nothing seems to work. So I took the AirPort Express back to the shop and exchanged it as faulty only to find that the replacement is exactly the same.
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I want to use the AirPort Express as a wireless transmitter for the wired router.
Mine is set up that way and works fine.
Should the AirPort Express connect to the Mac straight out of the box
Not for what you want to do....
1.) Plug the Express into a wall socket and connect an Ethernet cable from your MacBook to the Express.
2.) Open System Preferences -> Network and set a Ethernet Only connection (turn off all connections except Ethernet.
3.) At this point the Express will show up in the Airport Utility. (If it does not show up, use the reset button to return to factory defaults)
4.) Open Airport -> Wireless and set up a simple (Open, no security) wifi network.
5.) Apply and restart the Express
6.) Open Internet and set up DHCP addressing for the Express.
7.) Apply and restart the Express.
8.) On the same page - at the bottom - set the Connection Sharing to OFF (Bridge Mode).
9.) Apply and restart the Express.
10.) Unplug the Express from the wall, and turn off the wired router. Move the Ethernet cable from the MacBook to the wired router. Restart the router and then restart the Express.
11.) WAIT - go have a cup of coffee. Sometimes my Express takes two or three minutes to obtain an IP address and go from orange to green.
12.) Open the Macbook, go to System Preference -> Network. Create and Airport Only location (turn off Ethernet, Bluetooth, etc - all other connections)
13.) Connect to the wifi network created by the Express. Again, wait. The Macbook has to first connect to the Express and then the wired router has to recognize the request for an IP address and assign one. (Second cup of coffee maybe.)
14.) At this point, you can open Airport Utility and change the wifi network to a secure hidden network or any wireless configuration that you prefer.
PS Took me a long time and many attempts to figure this all out but my complex little home LAN works just fine now.

Computer can not read airport admin utility.

I am on the web, but I need to change my password so my PC can also connect via the airport. Although, when I try to change the settings of the airport I am either told the airport is not connected, or it will tell me that there was an error in communicating with the airport. What gives?

I did read your posts - but I'm not certain you followed the instructions (from the beginning) provided in link to the article "Starting from scratch". The advice provided in the link "Starting from scratch" begins by having you do a hard reset of the Airport Base Station before trying to run the Airport Admin Utility again. Sometimes doing this will finally allow the Airport Admin Utility to see and access the configuration of a Base Station when all other attempts to get the Airport Admin Utility to access the Base Station have failed. Any yes - I have indeed seen your problem posted many times over the past few years within the thousands of postings I have read in the Airport discussion forums on this web site.
If you did follow the instructions to hard reset the Base Station, and the Airport Admin Utility still fails to be able to access the Base Station then my apologies, and I'll have to admit I won't be of any help.

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A number of users are making use of the "closed" or "hidden" network feature on their wireless routers, so if your Wi-Fi utility "sees" 10 wirelesss networks.....there are probably another 5 or 6 that it cannot "see".
The utility will also not pick up potential interfering signals from cordless phones in the area, BlueTooth devices, wireless camera/security systems, etc.
So, while a Wi-Fi utility can perhaps provide a few clues, it cannot provide many answers in most cases.

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It used to,but I don't know what happened that it doesn't any more.
I can charge my phone via USB but the computer can't detect it.
It's the latest iTunes and I already tried restarting phone and computer and reinstalling iTunes.

Hello, Tom.
I am not sure what computer operating system you are using so I will include both articles that walk you through what to do when iTunes does not recognize your device.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
With the article below for Windows, I would recommending starting with the section labeled Verify that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is installed > (Appropriate Windows OS) > Update the Apple Mobile Device Driver.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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Jason H.

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