HT4262 How can I connect 6 computers simultaneously to Airport extreme?

I have tried troubleshooting several ways and the some computers work and others don't. How can I connect 6 wireless computers to Airport Extreme?

Matt
Is it possible to speak on the phone? The situation is so convoluted it might be easier to help me get back on track in person. When I first had this issue I got on an apple site that had a chat room in which I typed in my problem. After several missives back and forth, the apple technician asked for my number and we spoke on the phone. The technician walked me through rebooting the actual airport plug (as opposed to the router box) and got me up and running. Do you know how I can relocate that chat site for technical support?
Thanks
David

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1, Change your airport wireless security from WEP (old fashion and not really that secure) to "WPA Personal".
2, Set yourself a password, then update your airport.
3, Delete your current wireless setting on your XP then do a new network search
4, You should found your airport wireless network on your xp by now, click, to join the network and type in and confirm the password you just set on your airport's "wirless security".
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http://www.apple.com/au/airportexpress/
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Pc with windows xl/sp3 can't connect / acquire ip address from airport extreme; meanwhile, my macbook in connecting fine. We have a wpa2 personal password

My husband's Dell with Windows xl (sp3) can't get an ip address from our new airport extreme. Nor can my daughter's Windows 7 computer. There are no firewalls in place. Both computers worked with my old Airport, though it was sssslllllllowwww. My Macbook works fine and is super fast compared to the old airport. We are using a wpa2 personal password.
Anyone out there have a cure for this problem so we can hook up those sad pcs?
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First, make sure that the new Airport is configured exactly the same as the old one. Hopefully you saved the configuration settings in a file and can look at them to be sure.
If the Windows PC's can't connect with the same password, it's possible that the PC's were using an older wifi protocol like 802.11a or b. The new Airport is backwards compatible but has to be setup that way check to see what versions of 802.11a the windows computers support and make sure that the wireless mode of the airport is setup to accomodate them.
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I am currently connecting using DHCP. The reason I want to change my IP address is for security.
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Every time you connect to a website, any website, your IP address is sent along with the content you request. There is no avoiding that. It's the method by which the content is delivered to you, analogous to a return address on an envelope you send in the mail. It's not required for websites to maintain a log your IP address or the content you requested. Most of the time it's discarded.
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If you have satellite or 3G wimax etc service they often are limited to 5 IP addresses... the AE takes one and then 4 more devices can join .. no more.
You need to also give us the screenshot of the IP you are getting in a computer that works.
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This is exactly correct.. You can set the Time Zone to anywhere in the world but the wireless is regionalised.. it is part of the sales approach that you should buy the product in the market where it will be used.. the following are the regions.
From the md0a file.
FCC JAPAN ETSI APAC ROW FCC-DFS KOREA RUSSIA
You cannot alter this nor do Apple offer this service.. although I am pretty sure they will have a backdoor.
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apple-sku=ETSI
apple-sn=6F94sxxssxxss
ethaddr=00:2xxxssxxb
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K30A>
K30A>var
apple-sku=APAC
apple-sn=6F94sssxxxx
ethaddr=00:2sxxxssxxss
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