Win XP Pro + Airport Extreme + 56k Modem

Hi,
I just recently bought an Airport Extreme Base Station with the 56k modem with the intents of connecting my 12" G4 PowerBook and 12" G4 iBook (both 2005) to the internet via the 56k modem. For the record, both connect perfectly, always, no hassle. (Albeit a bit slow at 48000, and it takes 60 seconds to logon and 60 to logoff)
The catch here, is I have an IBM T42 ThinkPad (2005) that can see this Airport too. But I have not been able to find a way to turn the modem on and/or off using the IBM. I do know about the Jon Sevy java bit, I do have it downloaded -- BUT -- how does one go about installing this thing? It's a .JAR file.
I also saw a better 'dialer' here by a person posting as 'KewlDawg'(?) that also may have worked, but the link is dead.
I did manage to find a dialer called 'InModem 0.1.0' by Jason Barry Morley, but it often doesn't want to hang-up after a session.
So as you can see, I have trying to resolve this myself, but not very successfully. Anyone have a better solution for the WinXP world?
I'm so upset Apple didn't see fit to provide this themselves. What an undersight. I wanted to buy one of these for my Brother as he is a Windows only person and heavily uses dialup. Oh well, no sale there.
I look forward to all and any suggestions. Thanx in advance!

Bottom line? No! The standard for Gigabit Ethernet was set to work with CAT-5 cabling. CAT-5e, especially at the length you plan on using, will show no improvement. CAT-6 is designed for 10 GBps networking.

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Is a Happy Marriage Possible? New Airport Extreme & ADSL Modem/Router
1. I’m writing from a rural town in Southern Nepal, very close to India. I’m planning to create a new WI-FI network at a small monastery here. Ideally, we will have two parallel wireless networks: the first network produced by an ADSL router/modem and a second network produced by another router in “repeater” mode.
2. Earlier, someone suggested that, when I post a question, I should provide as many details as possible about the situation here. Forgive me if there is “too much information”. I have to make a trip to the US to buy new networking equipment, so I very much want to get this right. Once I return here, I’ll be pretty much stuck with whatever I get in the US.
3. The future routers will live next to each other in an office and could be linked by a cable (if this is the best route to go). We do not wish to “expand” the network (in the sense of making a larger WI-FI network), but rather wish to simply have two networks, hence one ADSL router/modem and one router with the “repeater” function (out-of-the-box without any jerry rigging). Both WI-FI signals need to travel approximately 100 (largely unobstructed) feet.
4. If my dreams come true, the second router would be an Apple Airport Extreme (AX). An Apple router would be ideal because my experience with Apple routers is happy: they are easy to set up, reliable, and secure. Moreover, we use Apple computers and iOS devices here (and the new AX has the “ac” thing which will be preferable as we replace old machines with new ones).
5. Yet, from reading posts and having my prior questions answered on this website, it may be that with an ADSL modem/router, all the ease and happiness of the Apple ecosystem is lost: while Apple routers seem to connect with each other easily, problems appear to arise when users try to inter-marry our non-Apple products with Apples.
6. Our current, super-crappy 2wire 2701hg-t (ADSL modem/router) covers the 100-foot distance without a problem when it is working and there is Ethernet flowing to us. Frequently, our connection is very bad, and I may be unfairly judging the 2wire 2701hg-t. But, based on user reviews on the America Amazon.com, the 2wire 2701hg-t is pretty terrible: first it is simply old and second, among other problems, it seems to have a poor quality power supply unit. I do observe that it frequently seems to be recycling from scratch as if it had turned off and restarted. In any case, we are replacing it since it may be about 4 or 5 years old.
7. In previous posts on this forum, “LaPastenague” responded to some of my earlier questions about AX and ADSL. Among other things, he pointed out that (1) line-attenuation may be contributing to our poor connection and (2) we must choose a modem/router that is suitable for “long lines.” I’ve looked at our current modem/router statistics page; however, there are no statistics for line-attenuation or noise. (As you will see below, my strategy is to get the “better” modem/router that is suitable for long lines.)
8. Concerning our ADSL service, these are the facts I’ve gleaned from looking at the current router’s configuration pages:
Connection Type: PPPoE
Currently, the router is configured to use WPA-PSK security.
Connection Speed: Incoming: 1024 kbps & Outgoing: 509 kbps
(The following information may be unimportant at this time.)
Broadband Link Diagnostics:
DSL Synchronization: UP
G.DMT Signal: UP
PVC Connection: UP
PPPoE Service: UP
PPP Authentication: UP
IP Connection: UP
DNS Communication: UP
9. The ISP (Nepal Telecom) doesn’t supply a modem/router; however, they do have a list of (at times ancient) hardware and hardware vendors:
http://www.ntc.net.np/internet/adsl/adsl_vendersConf.php
10. Concerning what equipment is available here, what I have observed is that generally the ADSL modem/routers for sale locally, and in the far-away capital Kathmandu, and in nearby India are often also available in the United States, but they are the cheaper, older models. I will have to buy the new equipment in the US this year. At a different institution nearby, they are using the TP-Link modem/router td-w89016 which they purchased locally, I believe.
11. Based in part on LaPastenague’s earlier advice, I want to buy the TP-LINK TD-W8980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router (2.4GHz 300Mbps+5Ghz 300Mbps, IPv6 Compatible). This appears to be the most popular ADSL device on Amazon now.
Will this modem/router work EASILY with the Airport Extreme in the manner I’ve described? That is, connecting the two with a cable and creating two WI-FI networks.
12. Also, is it generally correct that the best way to connect them is with an Ethernet cable: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23759755#23759755
13. In fact, does connecting them with a cable help alleviate some of the problems that can occur between the Apple device and the ADSL modem/router?
14. If this will work, what “mode” will the AX device be in (again, in order to have two separate networks with separate passwords)? I have heard of the “repeater”, “roaming” , and “bridge” modes.
15. Are there two levels of passwords which need to be considered? Of course, there is the network and network passwords which we create here and which will be different. But, does the Apple also have to have the ISP password like the principle ADSL modem/router?
16. To set this up, what information do I need from the ISP (e.g., passwords, IPs…)?
I think there are a lot of good reasons to use an AX router. Of course, if it is just going to be very cumbersome then, we would be loosing one of the best parts of using Apple products. So, whoever feels knowledgeable enough to reply to this post, please be sincere if you think it is better to avoid the Apple. Apple can rest assured that I will buy other things from them!
In that case, I’d likely buy a second TP-Link device to create a second network:
TL-Wa801NP [AP Mode Multi-SSID Mode AP Client Mode Repeater Mode (WDS / Universal) AP+ Bridge mode (point-to-point / point to Multi-point)].
Thank you in advance. Long live Apple!
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I am not sure if there are different interfaces but my 2wire does an excellent job with line info.
I get into this from browser.. using main IP.. in my case 10.0.0.138/MDC
In your case it should be whatever the IP of the 2wire is, followed by /mdc
Give it a try.
As you can see it shows vendor and loads of info about the line.
I rate it the best domestic modem for line info.
A good modem actually albeit a lousy router.
MDC is the diagnostics and Management Console.
3. The future routers will live next to each other in an office and could be linked by a cable (if this is the best route to go). We do not wish to “expand” the network (in the sense of making a larger WI-FI network), but rather wish to simply have two networks, hence one ADSL router/modem and one router with the “repeater” function (out-of-the-box without any jerry rigging). Both WI-FI signals need to travel approximately 100 (largely unobstructed) feet.
You are not repeating.. you are simply setting up two routers which are interconnected, so one is dependent on the other.. ie one is your adsl modem router and that will take the main router function. Your second router is really not working as a router, but as wireless access point (and switch if you plug things in).
That is perfectly fine. You are not roaming in this case since both routers are running different wireless names and networks.. but they are actually using same IP range.. all devices are on the one IP network with two different wireless access points.
4. If my dreams come true, the second router would be an Apple Airport Extreme (AX).
Apple router is fine for this. Easy to configure out of the box.
5. Yet, from reading posts and having my prior questions answered on this website, it may be that with an ADSL modem/router, all the ease and happiness of the Apple ecosystem is lost: while Apple routers seem to connect with each other easily, problems appear to arise when users try to inter-marry our non-Apple products with Apples.
The problem arises when you try and interconnect using wireless extend or repeater.. you are not using wireless to extend, you are using ethernet. Wired has no issues.
11. Based in part on LaPastenague’s earlier advice, I want to buy the TP-LINK TD-W8980 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router (2.4GHz 300Mbps+5Ghz 300Mbps, IPv6 Compatible). This appears to be the most popular ADSL device on Amazon now.
Will this modem/router work EASILY with the Airport Extreme in the manner I’ve described? That is, connecting the two with a cable and creating two WI-FI networks.
It is a good choice.. It should be fine considering how poor your line is.. this modem is proving to have a couple of bugs.. it does not handle torrents well but I would suggest your system is not being used for that purpose. It has some port forwarding issues. Again you are probably not going to overload it.
12. Also, is it generally correct that the best way to connect them is with an Ethernet cable: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23759755#23759755
Absolutely best.. only decent method.
14. If this will work, what “mode” will the AX device be in (again, in order to have two separate networks with separate passwords)? I have heard of the “repeater”, “roaming” , and “bridge” modes.
Bridge. Although if it gives issues there is another method, although rather complex to setup.. not something to worry about now.
15. Are there two levels of passwords which need to be considered? Of course, there is the network and network passwords which we create here and which will be different. But, does the Apple also have to have the ISP password like the principle ADSL modem/router?
Only the adsl modem has the ISP authentication.. it is the box that does the link. The TC just piggy backs.
The passwords on the TC are for its Admin, wireless and disk access.
16. To set this up, what information do I need from the ISP (e.g., passwords, IPs…)?
For ADSL you must have the PPPoE authentication username and password.
So, whoever feels knowledgeable enough to reply to this post, please be sincere if you think it is better to avoid the Apple.
hmmm.. I am biased because I see the issues not all the good stories..
The latest airport and Time Capsule seem to have a few pretty severe bugs.. if they happen to hit you, they are extremely hard to fix if you are in the middle of Nepal. And Apple service centre is a long long way away.
I cannot answer your question from the point of view of a person on the ground in remote area. If the economics of the purchase works for you, great. Go for it.
In terms of wireless coverage.. the Asus AC models or Netgear R7000 kill the Apple. Sorry but it is just fact.
See reviews here.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/113-5-ghz-dn-c
That is average.. if you look at the apple router in the worst location by changing the filters, it comes out worse again.
I cannot post the URL to our local forum here.. (apple doesn't allow it). But in testing with apple clients the asus still beat Apple router soundly.
Pure wireless range is not the only consideration.. but in a mixed environment and since the wireless on the 8980N is not too bad.. then buy Apple router for apple client devices makes good sense.
Maybe the older Gen5.. or two of them.. would do a better job.. with a bit more tested and known hardware.
One thing you do need to check.
Routers from every other brand allow you to select country. Any country from anywhere in the world. Apple routers do not.
If you buy an airport in North America it is coded to North America and offers just a few countries.. USA, Canada I suppose.. what else is North America??
You cannot change it to Nepal.
To get the one for Nepal you must buy the model that covers, South Asia I guess.. I am not sure which it is.
See what the license information is for wifi in Nepal as it might be very different to US and therefore illegal for you to run it in Nepal.
If only the whole world would just bow to America.. we could all follow the FCC regs..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
This only applies to the Apple.. the TP-Link etc allows you to choose Nepal or correct country regulations for wifi.
Buying modems has one tricky bit.. that the actual adsl ATM channel is different in different parts of the world. No modem is usually impossible to setup but some can be difficult if it is pre-configured for US.. this is easy to overcome generally as you can download a firmware for another locality, so you can have local settings.

Is Airport Extreme a modem or router ?

Hi there,
Is Airport Extreme a modem or a router or both ?
I ask because I intend to buy to solve my problem but not sure if it is the correct product to purchase.
My problem it that I have a 2Wire modem *** router. It serves me fine all this while without problem until I bought an iMac. My iMac can connect wireless to the 2wire modem/router but very often after a few minutes of surfing the signal drops.
Will puchasing the Airport Extreme help ?
Is the connection goes like this:
Wall connect to 2Wire modem/router to Airport Extreme
(that means the signal from the wall first goes to the 2Wire, then from 2Wire goes to the Airport Extreme )
Then the iMac get wireless signal from Airport Extreme ?
Thanks

1. How do I disable wireless signal from the 2Wire...
You would need to consult the 2wire user's guide.
2. If I disabled the wireless signl from 2Wire, does that mean all my present gadgets like Xbox360, Wii, iPhone, PCs, wireless printer which are all currently connected via the 2Wire signal cannot be used ?
They would connect to the AEBS.
3. Can you please explain what you meant by "AEBS to act as a bridge (not sharing a single IP address)" ?
Use AirPort Utility to configure the AEBS to act as a bridge (not sharing a single IP address).
4. How to configure AEBS to act as a bridge ?
Use AirPort Utility.

AirPort Extreme as modem

Hello!
I was wondering if the AirPort Extreme can be used to communicate wirelessly with my MacBook Pro and via hardwire ethernet with my Mac Mini.

Hi Brian
The Airport Extreme has both a LAN and WAN port in th eback, so yes you can hardwire it to your Mac Mini and use the MBP wirelessly.
Your need to have an Ethernet modem (cable or dsl) between your dsl connection and the Extreme for DSL access.
Internet--Modem--Airport Extreme--(Mac Mini - Wired) & --(MacBookPro - Wireless)
Of course you can use the internal modem as well, but then you are restricted to dial up speeds.
Will

Constant Activity between Airport Extreme and modem

Hello all,
I am the recent owner of an Airport Extreme. My Aiport Extreme is connected to my VDSL modem through the WAN port.
In the Options menu, I set the option "Status Light" to "Flash on Activity".
Doing so, I discovered that there is always activity between :
1) the Airport Extreme => I can see the green led flashing every 4-5 seconds
2) the VDSL modem => I can see the network led of the modem flashing every 4-5 seconds in sync with the Airport Extreme
Initially, I thought it was "real traffic" coming either from wireless devices or ethernet devices... But after unplugging the ethernet cables (for the devices connected via cables) and after disabling the Wifi network of the Airport Extreme, the leds of both Airport Extreme and the modem were still flashing in sync every 4-5 seconds... Then, I also unchecked the "Set time automatically", and still, both leds were still flashing in sync at the same interval !
I am a bit lost !
I am wondering what there is traffic/activity happening every 4-5 seconds when no device (either via Ethernet or wifi) is connected.
Do you also face the same issue ? Do you know the reason of the almost permanent activity between the Airport Extreme and my VDSL modem ?
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Regards,
trabala38

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Thanks for your insight in this.
Well, actually, to be logical, this traffic between the WAN port of the Airport Extreme and my modem could be coming from
1) garbage/requests on the VDSL line from my ISP
2) requests from the Airport Extreme to my modem
If it is number 2, do you think that the Airport Extreme could query the modem every 4-5 seconds, i.e. to check that the Internet connection is alive ?
Thanks for your feedback,
Regards,
trabala38

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I have a modem/router from the ISP and have just purchased an Airport Extreme to use for the WIFI instead of the modem/router.
I have 3 other devices on the network connected to the modem/router via ethernet: AppleTV, Smart Blueray Player and a NAS drive.
So I have the modem/router in DHCP/NAT mode, and Airport Extreme in Bridged mode.
But I wondered if the Airport Extreme should be in DHCP/NAT, the other 3 devices connected to that via Ethernet, and the modem/router in bridged mode.
Which is better, or are they the same?
Thanks

So I have the modem/router in DHCP/NAT mode, and Airport Extreme in Bridged mode.
This would be the simplest, correct way to configure your network.
Unless you need some special feature from the AirPort Extreme....that would require that the AirPort Extreme handle DHCP and NAT service.....like the Guest Network feature......then it would probably be best to keep things simple and leave them "as is" on your network.
Either the modem needs to be in Bridge Mode and the AirPort Extreme handles DHCP and NAT.....or.....the modem/router handles DHCP and NAT and the AirPort Extreme is setup in Bridge Mode.
it does not really matter which device handles DHCP and NAT as long as your feature requirements are being met on the network.
Personally, I strongly prefer to use a simple modem....not a modem/router....and another separate router to control the network. But, your ISP may not offer that option.

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I'm based in the UK and have recently purchased an X-Modem M3 ADSL modem to replace a Netgear router/modem in my home network. This modem will replace the Netgear and connect in to the WAN port of my Airport Extreme Base Station.
I can get the modem to connect and be recognised by the AEBS, to the point where the WAN port gets an IP address from my ISP.
However, from there, no matter what options I try, I cannot then get a DHCP scope up and running for my LAN and for those clients to connect to the internet.
I think its a problem with the DHCP/NAT/Bridge settings in the Airport Utility, so I was wondering if anyone has got this setup working and could offer some advice please as its driving me insane!
I've spoken to ADSL Nation, but as its an AEBS config issue, they've suggested phoning Apple.
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Graphic display issues (mouse lag and latency displayed on the screen when dragging an object (photo, window, application, document, etc.) from the top 50% of the screen to the bottom 50% of the screen. Mouse cursor starts to display serious lag and latency and loses ability to stay on the object being dragged anywhere below the 50% horizon line of any display.
Mac Pro (any model 2007 to current 2009 production) with Airport Extreme installed.
Symptoms:
On any object the mouse cursor selects and then drags from anywhere in the upper portion (50%) of the screen display (no matter the display being used) to the bottom portion (50%) of the screen display, shows great lagging and latency as if the cursor is "hanging on for dear life" or as if the processor were running several intense applications and cursor was not responding.
The mouse cursor fails to stay in concert with the object being dragged anywhere in the lower portion of the screen although is fine in the upper portion of the screen.
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No one at Apple seems to realize this issue or cares about it. Ditto for Genius Bar Apple Employees; seems to be a mystery on par with the Bermuda Triangle (which ironically is also magnetically-polarity related.)
Still waiting for a Apple Product Engineer to contact me and have 3 tickets open with Apple from 3 different Mac Pros on this. Problem first noticed May 2009 although first generation Mac Pro from 2007 also suffered same issues and just now putting the puzzle together on this relationship.
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I also have the same exact problem. I have a i5 iMac Mid 2011 with an upgrade to 10.10 Yosemite connected to an external display. I like you never had this issue with Mavericks. Zoom is so painfully slow now that I had to disable it. My iMac has 12 GB of RAM and even with no apps opened, zoom is killer slow.. makes me want to punch a wall-kinda slow.
I think it's clear to say that something is up with 10.10.. some bug.
Apple please fix us zoomers

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I've recently bought an airport extreme base station and an X modem M3 (had a usb adsl modem before). I can't configure them to work with aol and keep getting an error 6753 message. I have got the X modem to work directly with my laptop (dell inspiron 9100 with windows xp) although through IE rather than using the aol software. The airport base station says it is connecting to the nextwork but I can't access any webpages! PLEASE help!
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I have a mac book pro 17" 2.8 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo (first unibody 5,2) running 10.6.7.
When I boot in 32 bit mode I can connect to my airport extreme (firmware 7.5.2) just fine.
When I boot in 64 bit mode, I cannot connect.
When I boot into either 32 bit or 64 bit mode I can connect to a linksys router (WRT54G).
Before the 10.6.7 update I could connect to the airport extreme just fine.
Any ideas?

If you open airport utility it will tell you why your
light wont go green. If you let us know we can
progress the matter for you.
thanks, was using wrong utility, first one here seems to be for old airport extreme,
/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Admin Utility.app
this one seems to have done the job nicely,
/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app
much appreciated, may be back if i can't get express and mac book all talkin' ......

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Trying to help a disabled friend and my thinking is stuck
Friend has new Macbook, using it wirelessly. Setup which was fine until this week: Older cable modem needs a Wireless Router piggybacked onto it to accommodate wireless. Modem connected to Cable Ethernet hooks the router to the Modem. AirportE Extreme connected via Ethernet cable to the Router. Until this week, Airport showed the solid normal green. The disabled man " did something on his computer" - he cannot recall what he did - may have been a firmware upgrade message- and lost connectivity.
Last night I re-establshed connectivity but the Airport now flashes yellow and Airport Utility cannot find the Airport.
Despite that , the man has internet connection, Network Preference shows Green radio buttons for Internet and the Airport signal thingee in the menu bar shows all bars black.
My puzzle:
1) the Extreme flahing yellow and cannot be found
2) The network which is active, named Router is NOT the network which was active ( I set up things up initially months ago, have notes which indicate we had a different network operative in past)
3) I cannot use Manual set up.. that option remains grayed out
4) I tried to reset Airport Extreme to factory settings, but Holding a pen tip in the reset button for well over a minute did not seem to reset anything.
With all this, the man has internet connectivity! I saw it, tested it (went to website that could not have been in the cache, sent myself an email.. connections are patent but I do not know how.
Is it possible the gentleman's attempt to do the firmware update scrambled the Airport extreme?
Any thoughts what I might try?
I also asked the gentleman to call the ISP about an updated cable modem so we don't need to piggy back the linksys router to get wireless.

Directly connect a computer to one of the Extreme's LAN ports and open AirPort Utility. Does this allow AirPort Utility to find the Extreme?

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I upgraded from a Verison USB Internet stick (shared amongst four computers--2 Mac and 2 PC) to a Verizon MiFi 4510L router, I found out that only my iBook was wireless enabled. MacMall told me which AirPort card to buy for my MacPro but it has no instructions and I can't find any online. Does anyone know how it's done or has a link to instructions they can share? Also, once the card is installed, is getting connected intuitive or is there more to it than that? Thanks.

http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-car d-in-an-intel-mac-pro/
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

Question about Airport Extreme, Cable Modems??

Help, I am new to wireless and I need some help with setup. I have tried to even register my new airport extreme and can't seem to get started on any of this. I understand much of the concepts, but the networking I am familiar with involve cables and routers, ethernet.
I have a cable modem with Comcast that is very old. I have a suspicion I may need to get a newer cable modem. What modems out there have had success so to speak, I also have a new quickey USB Tranceiver I am trying to get hooked up, which is suppossed to take care of a internal airport card???
Of course to start setting this up, I will be killing my internet connections so I can not look up forums for help. Anything I should do before I unplug and try to get ethernet signal from Modem to Airport?

Even though your cable modem is "very old", it may well work just fine with your new base station. I suggest you try it - and if it works, you'll have saved yourself some money.
Connect the modem and your base station. Then pull power to both for at least five minutes - longer if you are patient enough. Then plug the modem into power and wait a minute. Then plug the base station into power and wait a minute. If all goes well, your base station will show a solid green status light telling you it has successfully connected with Comcast's service.
Cable your Mac to one of the Base Station's LAN ports - and it should now have internet access.
My understanding is that the Quickey "Quicky USB Transceiver" is used to improve the range of a Mac that is already equipped with an Airport card.

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