Add IP address ranges to my airport extreme firewall white list.

I need to add IP address ranges to my airport extreme firewall white list. This is so Security Metrics can access my computer and approve a scan for my credit card PCI compliance. How do i add ip ranges?

Sorry, but this option is not available with the AirPort routers. The only control you have over the AirPort's NAT firewall is either to enable/disable it or to configure it for Port Mapping. There are no option that supports whitelisting/blacklisting IP addresses/ranges.
If this is an important requirement, you may need to replace your current AirPort with another vendor's product that will support this.

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How do I add more ports to my new Airport Extreme? What do I need to buy?

Thinking to leave as is for now- one 2013 extreme.
That would certainly keep things a lot simpler.
Does it seem right that using speed test I'm getting similar speeds, no matter if I'm connected via wi-fi, or Ethernet?
A very good sign assuming those speeds are reasonably close to the your plan offered by your ISP. The Extreme itself is capable of much faster speeds than your ISP can ever hope to provide.
I'm thinking that all the speed in the world is not going to change Time Warner Cable, the provider for earthlink cable
Not sure what you mean here. Time Warner provides various plans, some up to 50 Mbps. I get 60+ consistently with this plan. I had a 30 Mpbs plan before that consistently delivered about 35-36 Mbps.
The math is simple. If you download a lot of files from the Internet, a 50 Mbps connection is going to take half as long to download a file as a 25 Mbps connection, for example.
One word of caution though....if you try a higher speed plan...plan to stay, as you will never go back to slower speeds once you have sampled higher speeds. Comcast now owns Time Warner by the way. I don't know whether that will be a good thing or a bad thing.

Can I extend the range with an Airport Extreme?

Hi there,
Is it possible to extend a wireless network's range with an Airport Extreme (just like you can do with an Airport Express)? Currently I have a Billion wireless modem/router but need to extend the range so I can use my PS3 in my bedroom. I would rather get an Airport Extreme instead of an Express so I can take it with me when I move out. Just need to know if the Extreme will do this as it doesn't mention it on the website.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Daniel

Welcome to the discussions!
+Is it possible to extend a wireless network's range with an Airport Extreme (just like you can do with an Airport Express)?+
The AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and even the Time Capsule can "extend a wireless network", +but... they are only compatible if you have another Apple router as the main device.+
Sorry, but none of the Apple products would be compatible to extend the range of your Billion wireless router using wireless only. You might want to check to see if Billion has a "range extender" or similar compatible device.

I'm trying to extend the range of an Airport Extreme 802.11g by adding an Airport Express 802.11n. I set the Express up to join the existing network, but it does not make any difference in the range of the network. What's wrong?

I'm trying to extend the range of an Airport Extreme 802.11g by adding an Airport Express 802.11n. I set the Express up to join the existing network, but it does not make any difference in the range of the network. What's wrong?

Let me see if I can help you with the basic WDS configuration steps:
Note: To help facilitate the setup, temporarily connect the AXn directly to the AEBS LAN port using an Ethernet cable. Once the setup is complete, you can move the AXn to the desired location. For all configuration steps you will be using the AirPort Utility. Before starting, be sure to jot down the AppleIDs for both base stations.
802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) Configuration
AirPort Utility > Select the AEBS > Manual Setup > Wireless tab
Wireless Mode: Participate in a WDS network
Manual Setup > WDS tab
WDS Mode: WDS main
Allow wireless clients (checked)
WDS Remotes: <enter the AppleID for the AXn here>
Click on Update and allow the base station to restart.
802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) Configuration
AirPort Utility > Select the AXn > Manual Setup > Wireless tab
Wireless Mode: Participate in a WDS network (Note: You may have to hold down the Option (Mac) or Control (PC) key to see this option in the list.)
Manual Setup > WDS tab
WDS Mode: WDS remote
Allow wireless clients (checked)
WDS Main: <enter the AppleID for the AEBS here>
Click on Update and allow the base station to restart.

How far is the range of the Airport Extreme and how much does it boost your Internet speed?

We have a D-link wireless router, and it's worked fine for us, and covers the area around our house easily, but we have lots of other property too, though. I was wondering, what is the range of the Airport Extreme? Besides that, I've seen some communities that say the Airport Extreme is much faster than other routers, but since we have 1 MB per second Internet speed, would that affect speed much? I also was thinking about getting it because we have a USB printer that we'd like to use with our macs, but it would have to be integrated to our network. Our current router has a USB port on the back, but to connect, you have to use Shareport utility, and even then, you can only connect 1 device at a time. It would be nice to be able to convert the USB signal to a network signal.

Hi - it is impossible to know what you are asking without knowing the model of the Dlink - this chart might help you compare - http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view - as far as the printer is concerned, the USB port on the Extreme is designed for printers and hard drives - they are recognized when plugged in and seen on your computer so they can be installed - there is no extra utility involved - if you use a powered USB hub you can connect more than one device at a time - http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/printing.html - and I recommend that if you decide to try the Extreme that you know what the return policy is in case it doesn't work out in your situation.

Can i use a cisco RE1000 range extender with airport extreme

Can I use a Cisco R1000 range extender with airport extreme?

Apple's "extend a wireless network" function appears to be a proprietary feature that will only work with other Apple routers.
As far as we know, devices from other manufacturers are not compatible with this feature.
Bottom line....It would be extremely unlikely that this would work, but it's worth a try if you already have the products in hand.
Please post on your results.

Can i extend the range of an airport extreme with another airport extreme and use the ports on the airport extreme i used to extend the network?

That seems like a complicated question.
I have a Time Capsule (which the HD *****, but that is matter for another discussion) and want to extend the range with an Airport Extreme because I have 2 devices in one room that do not do wireless but have Ethernet ports.
The room has iffy WiFy connectivity too.
I want to know if the 3 ports on the Airport Extreme still work after configuring it as an extender rather than a router.

The thing is that I want to know if I can put the Airport Extreme at the edge of the room where the existing Base does not reach.
This will not work.
Remember, an "extending" AirPort can only extend the quality of wireless signal that it receives. For that reason, it must be located where it can receive a strong wireless signal in order to work effectively.
For example, let's say that your "main" router was on one end of the house and you want to extend the signal to reach the other end of the house. In this case, you would locate the "extending" AirPort about half way between the main router and the other side of the house.

How to extend the range of my Airport Extreme network by adding an Airport Express

How to extend the range of my Airport Extreme network by adding an Airport Express?

You have to make sure that the AirPort Express is in Factory Default Settings. If it is straight out of the box, it is ready to be configured.
The instructions that I will provide are for using AirPort Utility 6.0, which you have.
Locate the Express in the same room as the AirPort Extreme for the configuration. Power it up and allow a full minute for the Express to display a blinking amber light.
Make sure that the wireless is turned on your Mac
Open AirPort Utility 6.0 and look at the small rectangle in the upper left hand corner of the display. It should now read something like "Other AirPort Base Stations (1)"
Click on the rectangle, and then click on the AirPort Express xxxxxx listing
AirPort Utility will take a minute or two to analyze the settings on your network and then suggest that the Express be configured to "Extend" your wireless network.
Edit the Base Station name to your liking, then click Next in the lower right hand corner
Allow a full minute or two let AirPort Utility do its work
When you see Setup Complete, click Done at the lower right of the window.
Now move the AirPort Express to a location that is approximately half way between the AirPort Extreme and the area that needs more wireless coverage.
You should be in business.

External antenna to extend the range of an Airport Extreme 802.11g

What is the best external antenna for extending the range of my Airport Extreme? My studio is in an old metal building and I want to send the single to my house which is about 50' away. The metal blocks the signal so I believe I need some kind of directional antenna. Any advise?

Here are a few you can check out ...
o Dr. Bott's ExtendAIR Direct Antenna
o QuickerTek 27dBm Transceiver

What is the most sensible way to extend a wifi signal. I am in a cinderblock house and I have to buy something that will give me a single network but added range from my airport extreme base station.

What is the most sensible way to extend a wifi signal. I am in a cinderblock house and I have to buy something that will give me a single network but added range from my airport extreme base station.

Use an Airport Express. Configure the AEBS to allow it's wireless network to be extended. This is a dropdown menu option under the Wireless tab. Configure the Airport Express to Extend an Existing Network also under it's Wireless tab. You will need to provide the name of your network used in the AEBS as well as the network's access password.

How do I ensure Airport Extreme Firewall is on?

How do I determine and ensure that the Airport Extreme Firewall is on?
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Hello miskamike. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
The AirPort base station utilizes a NAT firewall. To ensure that it is active, the Connection Sharing option must be set to "Share a public IP address." Any other option will disable NAT.
o AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Internet > Internet Connection tab
o Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address

CAN"T EXTEND RANGE OF NEW AIRPORT EXTREME WITH OLD AIRPORT EXPRESS

Hello Everyone,
I am having a heck of a time getting my new network setup with this new 802.11n Airport Extreme... Here is what I currently have going on:
I have a G5 1.8 it is my main computer and in ROOM #1... Connected to it is my NEW AIRPORT EXTREME via an Ethernet cable to one of the available ports. Also connected to the NEW AIRPORT EXTREME is my CABLE MODEM... This works great, It is setup and I have internet via Ethernet... I CAN EVEN CONNECT IN ROOM #2 with a PC and an Apacer wireless adapter...
Here is the problem
When I try to add an Airport Express V6.3 to extended the range of my network it can NEVER seem to connect to the network. I have checked the option to allow extension of the NEW AIRPORT in AIRPORT UTILITY and tried both with WEP security and with NO SECURITY... I cannot get the Express to extend the range of my network period... It has an error when joining the network???
Can Anyone Please Help Me?
PS. The reason to extend the network is so I can use the Notebooks in ROOM #3 and so a TIVO can see the Network! It is not far away!
G5 1.8 (2003) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Also am having problems with my roomates HP Laptop... It connects for only a few seconds/minutes then has an issue... Really shady??? Any Ideas? He is Running Windows XP
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Is it possible to have two ip address ranges on an airport base station

I have just got two airport extreme base stations for the school that I work in.
Our School network uses static ip addresses in two ranges - we have a range of 10.11.128.1 to 10.11.129.254 with our servers on 10.11.135.252-254 and a subnet of 255.255.248.0
This range is for computers that pupils have access to.
We also have the range 10.9.35.1 - 10.9.35.254 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 which is for staff and is used for electronic registration and reporting.
I have set up a base station so that computers on the pupil network can logon to the network via airport but I don't see how I can get the base station to allow computers on the staff network to logon as well. In any classroom there are computers used by pupils but there will always at least one on the staff network for taking registers.
I would be really grateful if anyone could tell me any way of setting up the base station to cope with both address ranges.

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Can I extend the range of my Airport Extreme with 2 Airport Express units?

I am using Airport Extreme as my basic router. I have connected 2 airport express units (all new since 12/09) to extend the network about 300 ft into another building to a PC. I am receiving about 65% signal and only one of the express units is extending the signal. Previously I was able to extend the network with a Netgear router and one D-Link extender and achieved 85%.
I would like to use the 2nd express to extend the signal of the 1st express which is extending the Extreme.
If this is not possible, can I use something other than an express with the extreme to extend the wireless network?

Here are the basic steps in setting up a static WDS. Please compare them to what you have done to see if there are any differences. Hopefully, this will give you a clue on what to try.
AEBSn - WDS Setup
(Note: To facilitate the WDS set up, place the base stations within near proximity of each other during the set up phase, and then relocate them to their desired locations when complete. Also, jot down the AirPort IDs (MAC addresses) for each of the base stations to be used in the WDS. The AirPort ID and is printed on the label on the bottom/side of the base station.)
Main Base Station Setup
o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the main base station.
o Open AirPort Utility (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
o Select the main base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base
Station menu, or double-click the base station to open the configuration in a separate window.
o Enter the base station password if necessary. If the base station is using the
default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
o Click Wireless in the toolbar, and then choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu.
o Click WDS and then choose “WDS main” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
o Select the “Allow wireless clients” checkbox if you want client computer to connect to this base station.
o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the base station you want to connect to this base station.
o Click Update to send the new settings to the base stations in the WDS.
Remote Base Station Setup
o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as a remote base station.
o Open AirPort Utility (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
o Select the remote base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
o Enter the base station password, if necessary. If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
o Click AirPort in the toolbar and click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
o Click WDS and choose “WDS remote” from the pop-up menu.
o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the WDS Main field.
o Click Update to transfer the settings to the base station.
Relay Base Station Setup
o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar to join the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the relay base station.
o Open AirPort Utility (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
o Select the relay base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
o If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
o Click AirPort in the toolbar and click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
o Click WDS and choose “WDS relay” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the Main AirPort ID field.
o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the remote base station this relay base station will connect to.
o Click Update to transfer the new WDS settings to the relay and remote base stations.
(ref: Pages 42-46 of "Designing AirPort Networks.)

Addresses of Computers and AirPort Extreme Stations Randomly Swapping

Hi All:
While I count myself a Mac power user, All Things Network-Related is Kryptonite to my Apple chops. Indiana Jones had snakes--me, I've got the deep ju-ju of networking. So any wisdom that can sent my way will be appreciated.
I have a number of Macs in my house as well as a household-wide wireless network of original AirPort Extreme stations. For the past two years I've also used an original Mac Mini as a lightweight server and website host for work-related writing. For the last 24 months things have work flawlessly, but now the addresses of the computers and the AirPort stations have begun swapping with each other for no good reason--no software upgrades, no power outages.
At no point has there been a problem seeing the MacMini server on the network, nor have I had any wireless problems or difficulties in accessing the Internet. Wireless printing also works just fine.
But because I also use the MacMini server to host a handful of work-related websites, the shifting addresses of the AirPort Stations and the computers is playing havoc with my port mapping. (FYI: I use a DNS service to give the MacMini a "static" address) Each time I remap the ports to the the new address of the MacMini server and test it, it works fine. And then--within hours--the MacMini has grabbed itself another address and thus the port mappings are wrong once again. (Again, the address swapping is not limited to just the MacMini--it ripples through many of the base stations and computers in the household.)
The interesting thing is that in the often-short interval between the remapping and discovering the MacMini server has grabbed itself new address, nothing odd has happened--no power outages, no rebooting of the MacMini, no DSL failure. Nothing of note whatsoever.
My question is twofold. First, what can be done to stop the galloping, seemingly random address swapping and, second, could someone explain to me (very carefully and very slowly) why this might be happening and the possible triggering events?
Once again, thanks in advance for any assistance. As capable as I am in terms of other aspects of Macs, networking issues are deep, mysterious and smack me stone-cold stupid just contemplating them . . .

Hi
Assign the macmini a fixed IP address in the same range as the DHCP Server. Portmap what you need to that IP address. Now you know that that IP address won't change as you have assigned it permanently. Neither will it be handed out by the DHCP Server as it will 'sense' it being in use. You could also reserve that IP address and make it a Static Route using the MAC address of your MacMini. Thats if your Router supports Static Routing.
Its happening because your DHCP Server (presumably the router) is handing out IP addresses as computers are switched on and are assigned an IP address from the its list of assignable IP addresses (if there is such a word as assignable).
Tony

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