Adding a Rev B to an AirPort network

Ok, I have an AirPort network set up at my house that uses an AirPort Extreme (g) Base Station (AEBS) to connect to the internet. I can use that connection by using wifi connections from my iMac G4 (10.3.9), iMac G5 (10.4.10), PowerBook (10.4.10), and iPhone. I currently have to use AOL dial-up to connect the Bondi Rev B (9.1.x) to the internet since it is not AirPort capable. For file transfer I have a cat5 crossover cable connecting the Rev B iMac to the G4 iMac.
So can I use either another AEBS or an Airport Express (AE) connected to the Rev B ethernet port to connect to my AirPort network. How would I have to configure the AEBS/AE to work with 9.1?

Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
I responded to you identical post in the Mac OS 9 area.
Found it. I'd posted to that area but then thought that there'd be more Bondi iMac users in this area.

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A PC as just inflicted itself into our office and we cannot figure out how to get it connected to our existing (all mac) Airport Network.
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You may find the guides here useful:
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http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1011.html
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Adding iMac Bondi Rev B to AirPort network

Ok, I have an AirPort network set up at my house that uses an AirPort Extreme (g) Base Station (AEBS) to connect to the internet. I can use that connection by using wifi connections from my iMac G4 (10.3.9), iMac G5 (10.4.10), PowerBook (10.4.10), and iPhone. I currently have to use AOL dial-up to connect the Bondi Rev B (9.1.x) to the internet since it is not AirPort capable. For file transfer I have a cat5 crossover cable connecting the Rev B iMac to the G4 iMac.
So can I use either another AEBS or an Airport Express (AE) connected to the Rev B ethernet port to connect to my AirPort network. How would I have to configure the AEBS/AE to work with 9.1?

Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
You should be able to use an Airport Express in "WDS Remote" mode. I have an Airport Exreme (n), and I repurposed my Airport Express in the living-room to connect my TiVo to the network. It works great; the TiVo just sees it as a wired Ethernet connection. I think your old iMac would also see it as a wired Ethernet connection.
How would I have to configure the AEBS/AE to work with 9.1?
You wouldn't. You configure them using one of your Mac OS X Macs.
You could connect the Bondi iMac directly to the Airport base station by Ethernet (wired), but you would have considered that already, so I'm assuming the two are not conveniently located to allow a wired connection.
Here's something you might try instead, since you have several other Macs, and one of them is already connected to the Bondi iMac via Ethernet. On the Mac OS X Mac, go to System Preferences > Sharing pane > Internet tab. Since that Mac is connected to the Internet via wireless, you should be able to share its built-in Ethernet port. So it would be "share your connection from Airport to computers using Built-in Ethernet." I think Mac OS 9 on the Bondi would see it as a regular wired connection. You have everything you need, so give it a try if the result will meet your needs.
The other option is to get a USB wireless adapter. Unfortunately, I think you mentioned that your Bondi iMac has Mac OS 9.1, so that would not work. I don't know of any USB wireless adapters with Mac OS 9 drivers. There are, however, Ethernet wireless adapters. They would work similarly to the Airport Express, but may be less expensive. Mac OS 9 on the Bondi should see it as a regular wired connection. I haven't tried any (other than the Airport Express) so can't give a recommendation for brand and model.
Thanks for the info. I have a second AEBS(g) that I picked up on closeout after the 802.11n models came out. But I had tried using my original one years ago just for file transfer and I couldn't get it to work. I'll try the internet sharing route; though I think I tried it before. Regarding the AirPort Express, I believe it says OS X only but that must for configuration since you have it working with your Tivo. I might be able to use the second AEBS as a Remote.

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Adding a PC to my Airport network - help!

Can any one tell me how to add my new Sony Vaio laptop PC to my Airport office network (I needed to have a PC for checking web sites I create) - it works fine with ethernet but i was to use it around the house! Do i i need to add the MAC address as i did with my iphone? - and where would i find it?
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Hi Duane,
thanks for the reply....I have done that but as im not a pro PC user I am not sure what to do now to get the PC on my Airport network!

Adding Thinkpad to Airport Network: Need hardware and software config

I have an IBM Thinkpad T30 Laptop.
I want to add it to an existing Airport network.
1. What is the required hardware to be installed and configured on the Thinkpad.
2. What is the required software to be installed and configured on the Thinkpad.
thank you.
IBM Thinkpad T30 Windows XP Pro WIndows XP Pro SP2

1. What is the required hardware to be installed and configured on the Thinkpad.
Depending on the exact model of the Thinkpad T30, a variety of 802.11b wireless Mini PCI Adapters were pre-installed. In addition, all T30 models support Type III or Type II PC Cards. (ref: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid= MIGR-42308)
If your T30 did not come with an internal Mini PCI adapter, most wireless PC cards, that support 802.11b/g, should work with the AirPort base stations.
2. What is the required software to be installed and configured on the Thinkpad.
Being that this is a Apple User-to-User support forum, you might find better luck getting specific answers to IBM/Lenovo laptops on those vendors support forums, but I would think as a minimum, you would need the device drivers installed that came with the wireless PC card and it would be a good idea to install the AirPort 4.2 for Windows software to administer the AirPort from your PC.

Apple TV no longer connects to Airport Network

I operate an Airport WDS network composed of 2 A. Extremes and 1 A. Express. Several Macs (10.4.11) are connected to the network. So far, the Apple TV used to work fine.
Added a new iMac running 10.5.1. Everything works fine EXCEPT the Apple Network which sees the network but cannot connect to it (Error -3) when I enter the network pwd. Still, this pwd works for every other computer.
I tried everything on the ATV, including a complete reset ("menu" + "-" keys on the remote). Same error again and again.
ATV diags say the device is ok.
How could this be related to my adding one single Leopard computer on the network?
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,

Here's what I found and how to get it working again.
What I found: The TV has network address that is wrong (not the same subnet) as the host mac running iTunes.
The fix - and this depends on your network configuration - you must ensure both Tv and the host computer have acquired IP addresses on the same subnet, say 10.1.1.x and 10.1.1.x+1, or 192.168.2.x and 192.168.2.x+1.. Otherwise iTunes will not connect to the TV.
You will have to force this by setting the IP addresses manually, as I have done.
The clues....
I first looked at the TV to find its network address and tried to ping that from the mac (use the Network utility or the Terminal). This failed which immediately implies the IP addressing is all screwed up.
In my case I have my iMac directly connected to the AppleTV via a wired ethernet connection.
From the iMac to my ADSL is wireless (Airport), and this internet connection is shared to the ethernet connection.
The TV was configured to use DHCP and the network settings shows it expected to find the iMac at 192.168.2.1, ditto the DNS and router.
What I discovered is this. Turn on the TV screen and set TV to show its network settings, then shut down the iMac. In my case ATV then shows N/A for all the IP addresses.
As the iMac is rebooted, the TV is assigned an address in the 192.168.x.x range, and is given 192.168.2.1 for the DNS and router in this range also.
But if I open the iMac's network panel it has self-assigned an address in the 168.x.x.x range, so its no wonder the TV and iMac are not communicating - they cannot because they aren't in the same subnet.
In my case:
iMac: open the network control panel, and set the IP address to "Manual with DHCP". Assign an address - I used 192.168.2.1.
TV: set the network settings to manually adopt an address of say 192.168.2.4, and set it to look for the router and DNS (the iMac) at the iMacs address as above.
Hey presto TV and iMac connect again.
I'm not sure whether the TV or Leopard is at fault, but that I had it working fine in Tiger and that in Leopard, ping failed with the error "unable to allocate resources" leaves me to suspect Leopard is at fault.
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Mac to mac copy slows down over internal airport network

This is a strange problem but here goes...
Some useful background info:
I have recently downloaded through the new Airport Express network I just created a file that was 212MB from a site on the internet in about 12 minutes or so which is pretty fast for a DSL connection.
The issue:
When I try to copy files from a PowerBook G4 running Leopard 10.5.2 to an iMac G5 running the same version of the OS, I see the same odd behavior (copying from Public folder to any folder on the iMac):
The copy starts in the finder just fine and seems to be going very fast as expected by an internal network copy but after some arbitrary amount of time, the copy slows down and eventually fails. The time to complete the transfer starts out really fast and eventually hits a brick wall where it slows down further and further.
Other notes: the copy I've been attempting is files and folder that are about 1GB total but I've tried it with small and large copies and this has worked fine in the past with Leopard and other OS'.
Sometimes, this slowdown occurs at 5MB into the copy, other times it doesn't happen until it gets about 50MB into the copy. Thew strange thing is, large files over the Internet are just fine as I mentioned above.
There's plenty of free space on the machine that I'm copying to but this happens repeatedly when I try to copy from one computer running Leopard to another.
I don't think this issue is related to the Airport Express because I recently created a new network to test this issue called Bedroom Airport Express. Previously, when I'd been successful performing these types of transfers, I was using the LinkSys WRT54G's built in wireless capabilities and had no issues using Go To and entering the computer's IP address.
When this issue started to occur, I was baffled so I hooked up the extra Airport Express I had lying around and I'm still seeing the same issue despite the Internet transfers working like gangbusters.
The router is still the WRT54G on AT&T's DSL network using DHCP and there's no special config., other than that I had to re-IP the internal network to 192.168.199.1 for work related reasons but that's about it.
The MTU had to be increased to 1492 for the internet to work properly when I got my first WRT54G [an older version of this device that I replaced very recently with a new one]. The firm ware version of the router is v8.00.2 and the Airport Express has been recently updated to the latest firmware available (and this issue was occurring before the firmware upgrade as I added the Airport Express as an troubleshooting method).
Does anyone know where I should begin to try to resolve this issue? I've tried LinkSys tech suppport and I still get "we're not able to provide Mac tech support" reply despite the fact that addressing the router is done via a webpage and the BSD guts under the hood. If anyone knows what if anything I can do to troubleshoot what the issue is, I would greatly appreciate the assistance.
This networking stuff is a bit of a black art to those of us that are dilletantes in this arena and I certainly qualify as a dabbler in this stuff.
Thanks in advance,
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TM AIRPORT NETWORK NOT 'SEEING' WINDOWS7 COMPUTER IN SHARED IN FINDER?

I have a TM Airport network with an iMac and MacBook Air all working fine. Would like to have Windows7 computer show in SHARED section of Finder. Windows computer is able to use WiFi Airport connection to get online. But does not showing as SHARED.
What WINDOWS and MAC settings are needed to see Windows computer in SHARED?
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I have a Time Capsule with an iMac and a MacBook connected to it. I want to add a Windows laptop to the setup, but it only has 802.11 b/g networking built in. As I understand it, adding an 802.11b or g device to an 802.11n network will slow the network down to the speed of the slower b or g device. What kind of 802.11n device, that is compatible with the AirPort (Broadcom?) chipset, should I get to connect this computer to the network? (The PC does not have a card slot.)
Would an AirPort Express work in WDS mode, with its Ethernet port connected to the laptop's Ethernet port?

As I understand it, adding an 802.11b or g device to an 802.11n network will slow the network down to the speed of the slower b or g device.
Not quite all the way down to 802.11b or g, but there will be a bandwidth degradation for 802.11n clients.
What kind of 802.11n device, that is compatible with the AirPort (Broadcom?) chipset, should I get to connect this computer to the network?
A number of vendors, specializing in networking equipment, offer 802.11n USB wireless adapters. I have used a number of Cisco/Linksys products that work just fine with AirPort networking.
Would an AirPort Express work in WDS mode, with its Ethernet port connected to the laptop's Ethernet port?
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Help - Airport network not working - confused!!

Hello, I wonder if anyone out there can help. I have got a problem with my airport network that doesn't make any sense and I havent seen another post with the same problems.
I have an imac G5 with 10.3.9. I have a wireless network set up, with an airport wireless card and two ax boxes (the second was bought later to boost the signal when we moved the Mac to another room). Initially it set up fine and worked for about 8-9 months. Then I noticed the second ax started behaving strangely. It would occasionally turn from 'green' to flashing amber for no reason - often after it had been on for a while. Turning it off and on did not change anything. Usually though it would work again the next day after being off all night. This continued to happen randomly until a couple of months later it switched to flashing amber continually.
I thought it had 'lost' the network so I tried using the airport set up assistant to reconnect it. However the set up assistant does not recognise ax number 2 any more, so I am not able to reconnect it. At the moment I am running off a faint signal from ax number 1.
I also tried setting up a completely new network from scratch. Again the new network is fine from the base ax bx but ax number 2 is still not recognised by my mac.
I also have a wireless printer connected to the network which does not work any more. This is where things became more confusing. The printer needs a boost signal to operate so when my booster ax went wrong the printer would not work. So I moved the printer and mac nearer ax number 1 to ensure it would pick up the network. However it still didn't work. So I attempted to set up the printer as wireless again, thinking it had become 'disconnected' somehow. However during installation you have to select the network to connect to. The computer would not pick up the apple network at all from ax number 1, yet it easily recognises our neighbours network from the flat above us. Strangely when I tried turning on the faulty ax box, the printer set up program picked up the faulty ax and not the original ax. But obviously I can't use the printer from the faulty ax box because it doesnt connect to the rest of the network.
So now I am confused. I am not sure what has gone wrong and what I need to replace. Originally I thought it was the second ax box that had gone wrong. But as the printer software can identify the second ax box I am not sure that this is the problem. Could there be something wrong with the airport card? I have checked that the card is properly connected and there is nothing visibly wrong there.
If anyone can help - please reply as I am going crazy here with things not working and don't know what to do next.
Thanks, Wrenster

Hello Wrenster,
I understand why you are confused, I was too while reading your post. However I have the solution for you. I believe you are a victim of environmental interference. Someone in your neighborhood just moved in with a another network, someone had a baby and is using a baby monitor, or maybe a local ham radio operator just got his license. Who knows!
This is what you need to do. Get all the devices in the same room and preform a hard restart on each one them per http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044. Remember to preform a hard restart! After performing a hard restart on all three devices check the wireless networks available. You should have 3 ( one main and 2 airport expresses) ( or two depending on how many airports you own, I am not sure from your post). If you don't have the correct amount you may a bum base station and it may need to be replaced. But if you have the correct number of wireless networks ( Apple network XXXXXXX), use the airport admin utility ( inside of the utility folder ) to locate the main base station and configure it.
You will know when you are on the configuration page when you can read Name, Contact and Location.
First change the name to the location of the main base station, ie; it is the den so name should read DEN. leave the contact and location alone. On the bottom half of the page is where you create your network, so under network name change it to your desired network name ie; when others come over to my house I have them select COWSWEAT from the network list.
Second click on the change wireless security and set the security to WEP 128 BIT and make your password. Once you have configured a successful password be sure to click on the lock on the main configuration page ( the one with password under it) to get the HEX password for your PC friends.
Third ( we are almost done ) Select the WDS tab at the top and enable this base station as a main station. Select allow other wireless client on this base station as well. Now on that empty list box below click the plus sign to the right to add other base stations to this WDS network. From here you should be able to select the other 2 base station that we have not configure yet ( but preformed a hard restart on). After you have added them ( be sure the check box for auto configure is selected) they should read in the list that was empty on the WDS page.
Now update this should start the update process and may take 5-10 mins, it should provide a summery pop-up when with each station is done.
( Also you may get a message that there is update for the base station, please preform the updates for the selected base stations)
Now when it is completed check to see how many networks you have available ( it should only be one ). Select the network and confirm that all of your base stations appear under the select a base station in Airport admin utility, then move them back to their homes around the house. Giving them 45 secs to restart they should turn green if not , they could out of range of each other or the environmental interference could be affecting them. So you my need to rearrange them until they all green.
Good Luck,
Cowsweat

Complicated (to me) Airport network question

Greetings:
I am running an Airport network with the following devices -
2 Airport Extremes in a WDS network
4 Airport Express(s) - 1 as a printer interface, 3 as Airtunes devices
Various ethernet devices connected to the base station routers
All working perfectly - then I get this problem.
Two days ago I added a Panasonic BL-C131A wireless Network Camera to the system.
It requires a port assignment and a static IP address.
Got it up and running perfectly. Ran for multiple hours without a problem.
Suddenly problems - became erratic, then unresponsive.
After a day of diagnosing the problem, I have discovered this:
If I restart the camera, it will connect wirelessly to the Airport and work perfectly until any other client joins the network. Then the problem occurs.
If I connect the camera to the Airport via ethernet cable, I do not get this problem. It only occurs when operating in the wireless mode.
I have contacted Panasonic customer support, they were helpful, but since the camera connects correctly and operates correctly when using ethernet access to the Airport, and the problem occurs only when using the wireless side of the Airport, they though it might be a problem or setting on the Airport system.
Any help, guidance, or advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

This cannot be the final answer the Panasonic BL-C131A camera was working fine with a cheap wireless router that I had before the Airport Extreme. I cannot even get it to talk to AE router.
My Fujitsu tablet is also having problems cannot connect either.
My two Dell notebooks connect okay but they are slow.
Anybody else have any luck with the BL-C131A camera?
Thanks,
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I started with an old saucer shaped Airport Base Station (snow) set up for 802.11b/g with a closed network. With the new MBP, I added an 802.11g 5GHz Airport Express to extend the network (and mostly to connect to the stereo in the living room). In either case, the MBP just takes forever to connect after sleeping or having the Airport network configurated

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Remotely configuring airport networks?

Has anyone successfully used the networkservice command thats part of the ARDAgent.app (same location as kickstart (/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/ kickstart)?
Trying to remotely admin a test PB G4 1.25GHz running OS X 10.4.11 gives me inconsistent answers (line breaks added for legibility):
Loaner-2:~ tech$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/net worksetup -getairportpower
AirPort Power: Off
Loaner-2:~ tech$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/net worksetup -setairportpower on
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Loaner-2:~ tech$ sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/net worksetup -getnetworkserviceenabled AirPort
Enabled
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You cannot set AirPort power because all AirPort network services are disabled.
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Has anyone successfully used this on Tiger machines or is it just broken?

The critical elements here are the single characters after the IP addresses in the tcpdump output.
IP 192.168.1.125.53314 > 69.68.125.123.5009: S
This is your machine at 192.168.1.125 sending a SYN packet to 69.68.125.123 to initiate a connection.
IP 69.68.125.123.5009 > 192.168.1.125.53314: R
This is the reply from the base station. The R indicates it is a Reset packet, meaning that the base station is rejecting your connection attempt.
IIRC the AirPort can only be configured from a machine on the same subnet as the base station itself - even if you enable management on the WAN port it still needs to be a machine in the WAN subnet, not some random machine on the internet.
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