Air port questions

Ok the first question may seem very noob,but,is apple airport a router?If so how do i change the wireless channel as many people in my neighbourhood is using channel 6(my channel).And if i nid my router ip how do i find it?

If you have an Apple AirPort Express, Extreme or Time Capsule, you would need AirPort Utility to change any of the router settings.
Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup, then click the Wireless tab below the icons.
Look for the Channel setting.

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Two questions, does resetting the Mac Book Pro late 2008 speed up after reset? Also, do i need to remove my WLAN router and get only a plain MODEM when setting up my AIR PORT time machine?

Two questions, does resetting my Mac Book Pro late 2008 speed up after resetting? Also, do i need to get rid of my WLAN router to make my AIR PORT time capsule work?
Am grateful for any answers...its a 15,4"...
Will soon buy a new one, is battery better on 13 than 15 "?
Have a great day...

If you mean restoring OS X, that won't necessarily have any effect on speed.
Not enough free space on the startup disk can slow your Mac down.
Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
More tips here > Mac troubleshooting: What to do when your computer is too slow | Macworld
No need for the WLAN router with AirPort Time Capsule.

Questions sur Air Port Time Capsule!!

Bonjour, je viens d'acheter un air port Time capsule car on m'a dit que je pouvais stocker mes photos (que j'ai du les enlever de mon ordi car trop plein) comment faire??
Et si oui il y a un programme??
Je peux direct brancher les mémoires externes dessus??
Je peux mettre aussi des programmes que je n'utilise que très rarement dessus?? Comme ça je libère de la place sur l'ordi....
Donc est-ce que je peux l'utiliser comme mémoire externe en plus du Time Machine??
Grand merci pour votre aide...
Julie
PS: désolée pour le français mais si j'écris en anglais je suis encore là dans plusieurs jours...

USB disque est mieux
Utilisez le Time Capsule pour les sauvegardes.
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Time capsule 1st generation - extension with air port extreme

My parents use a time capsule (1st generation) as wireless lan device. As they run a boarding house they wish to provide free internet access to all of their guests (in all rooms). Therefore I bought an air port extreme station to extend the network as this product now (finally) includes the option »guest network«.
The question is the following: *Should I keep the time capsule as basic device connected to the modem and use the air port extreme as extension or do you recommend to set it up vice versa?*
I checked the range of the time capsule: It can be used in already in the first floor but not in the second anymore.
I am really unsure how I should approach this topic and I hope more expirienced users can provide some help to this issue. Maybe you can also give me some security advice. In order to protect kids from misusing this new possiblity I was thinking of using opendns to block certain websites. Maybe there are also betters ways of doing this?

Need a bit more info.
Now this is what happens when I plug it in:
Plug it into power?? The main router?? Sorry I am unclear what you are plugging it into.
It sounds like you have not done the setup.
The TC should be in bridge and plugged into the current modem router you have.. and powered on full time.
If you cannot access it via the utility, I strongly suggest you buy the apple usb to ethernet dongle.. which helps air people no end.. or use any other computer that has a real ethernet port.
Otherwise set to factory and start over. (this will not do anything to what you already have on the disk).
Hold in reset and power on the TC.. wait about 10sec until the front led rapidly flashes. .then you can connect the computer.. and do the setup.. choose bridge in the Network section of the utility and update the TC.
Then you can plug it into the main router and access it and internet at the same time.. either by TC wireless or the main modem wireless.
Please note. .Gen1 TC is only going to last very little time.. it is already well past the average lifespan.. many died at 2years.. most gone by 4years.. plan on storing nothing important on it.

Can I use the new Air port extreme to scan, print, and share a hard drive?

I currently have a canon 3and1 pixma MP750 printer, and a lacie brick 250gb usb external drive. I'm looking into buying a airport extreme "n" base station and a apple tv to share all my music on my home theater. I'm also planning on updating my current system to an Imac 17" intel duo 2.18g. My question is will I be able to use the scan function on my printer with the air port extreme, or is there away to connect multiple computers to 1 printer? (ie emac directly to printer and airport extreme directly to printer via some product I may not know of) And do you for see any problems sharing the HD drive between the emac, a new imac and a windows based pc with xp operating system if connected throught the airport via usb hub to acomidate the printer as well as the HD?
Emac G4 1gig Mac OS X (10.4.1) Shopping for new mac

My question is will I be able to use the scan function on my printer with the air port extreme
Unfortunately, no. The new AirPort Extreme Base Station, like all other AirPort Base Stations, do not support the scan or copy features of "all-in-one" printers attached to their USB ports. This is primarily due to the fact that these features require two-way communications which the USB port does not support.
is there away to connect multiple computers to 1 printer?
Yes, if the printer is Ethernet-enabled, you can connect it to one of the AEBS's LAN ports...or use a Wireless Ethernet Bridge, like the Linksys WET54G to connect the printer wirelessly to the AEBS.
And do you for see any problems sharing the HD drive between the emac, a new imac and a windows based pc with xp operating system if connected throught the airport via usb hub to acomidate the printer as well as the HD?
No, the new AEBS should support this.

Air port express needed for streaming if I have new apple TV?

I had so far a setup for music streaming where I used an additional airport express station where I have my AV receiver and had this station connected to the receiver. This old air port station is not working anymore and I anyway will change my whole setup now because I will get a new AV receiver with HDMI and I will connect a new apple TV directly to the receiver via HDMI. My question is whether I need to buy and connect also a new airport express station for some music streaming etc or can I with the new setup stream everything I want by using only the appletv (since the appletv supports also wlan)? I don't have at this place a lan cable availavle and also don't want to get one there, therefore I will need a wireless solution.
Thanks in advance,
Thomas

You can connect AppleTV to the reciever via HDMI or optical.
AppleTV's HDMI implementation has always been rather fussy and can be incompatible with some HDMI switches/receivers.
One potential issue is reports from some users that if the TV is not displaying the AppleTV output, then it goes to sleep and cannot be used for streaming audio - most of these reports relate to AppleTV connected to TV by HDMI and secondary optical output to receiver.
It may work fine for you but there is such a myriad of AV kit and TVs it's impossible to be sure without testing in a particular combination.
I assume you would use the AppleTV for other features not just audio, else just get an Airport Express.
AppleTV has wi-fi and ethernet connections - apart from the audio output side of things it does not do any of the other things an Express does.
Of note is reports that AppleTV always outputs stereo content as 16bit 48kHz PCM over optical and probably HDMI too.
If you choose AppleTV remember that in addition to using it as an Airport speaker for audio (redubbed Airplay as it now includes video in some instances) pushed from iTunes AppleTV can pull audio files directly from iTunes to play and output using it's onscreen menu system controlled by the physical remote or Apple's Remote app for iPhione/iPad etc. Do an A/B of both audio streams they will differ - itunes effects will get pushed through Airplay, they're not added when AppleTV directly plays the files (better in my experience when using in a hi-fi setting not compensating for small computer speaker deficiencies).
AC

Air port express not found by my mac

Hallo all, I want to extend my wlan, therefore I want to install an additional air port. I have already a time capuse with air port. Now my question:
Do I neet to connect the new air port with a wire? I thougt the connection is wireless? Unitl now the new air port is not found by my mac within the utility air port program. Why? Please help! Thank you, Kailash

To help facilitate setting up your extended network, I would recommend the following:
Perforrm a "factory default" reset on the AirPort Express base station.
Temporarily connect the Express to the Time Capsule using an Ethernet cable between them.
Once you have configured the extended network, you can now disconnect the Express from the TC and place it at the desired location.

Inability to Make use of Air Port Extreme

I'm a new Mac Book user who purchased an Air Port Extreme card side-by-side with my Mac Book in hopes that I would be able to use the card to extend my wireless range for the purposes of use at University.
I have had my Mac Book at home for 3 more days than the Air Port Extreme card, as it arrived via a different shipping company, and have thus far been loving the seamlesness of my internet connectivity. Today, the Air Port Extreme card arrived, and being inexperienced with computers as I am, I assumed there would be a place on the Mac Book itself to plug it in. However, discovering the fact that I was so obviously wrong, I did some exploration in the user manual and found out that if one ordered the card with their lap top, it was apparently installed. So, my first question is:
Do I have a physical use for this Air Port Extreme card with my Mac Book, or perhaps have I ordered it under the false assumption that I'd be able to use it with my Mac Book?
Furthermore, I went on to install the Air Port Extreme software packaged with the card on to the computer, and now have Air Port (Extreme) 4.2 on my laptop. However, when I attempt to use the set up client, I encounter the following:
"In order to use the AirPort Setup Assistant your AirPort card must be enabled and AirPort needs to be turned on and set to use DHCP. Click OK if you would like to change these settings, or Skip if you would like to configure AirPort Base Stations using ethernet."
Furthermore, when I click OK, the following comes up:
"There was an error communicating with your AirPort card. Please make sure it is installed properly and try the AirPort Setup Assistant again."
I went through the install and reset process, and it seems as if I'm being told I haven't done enough installation or set up to make use of the Air Port Extreme internet connection.
Can someone give some help as to how to circumvent this problem? Is there a physical use for the Air Port Extreme card I'm ignorantly missing? Somewhere to plug it in? Have I ordered it under a false assumption I could use it for my Mac Book? Or is it a matter of tweaking my network preferences?

Hello Eli Cyment. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I have had my Mac Book at home for 3 more days than the Air Port Extreme card, as it arrived via a different shipping company, and have thus far been loving the seamlesness of my internet connectivity. Today, the Air Port Extreme card arrived, and being inexperienced with computers as I am, I assumed there would be a place on the Mac Book itself to plug it in.
All of the new MacBooks come with an AirPort Extreme card built-in so, unfortunately, ordering the card was unnecessary.
Do I have a physical use for this Air Port Extreme card with my Mac Book, or perhaps have I ordered it under the false assumption that I'd be able to use it with my Mac Book?
No, and Yes.
"In order to use the AirPort Setup Assistant your AirPort card must be enabled and AirPort needs to be turned on and set to use DHCP. Click OK if you would like to change these settings, or Skip if you would like to configure AirPort Base Stations using ethernet."
This is basically telling you that the AirPort Setup Assistant required that the AirPort card be enabled in order to use it to setup an AirPort base station. Do you currently have and are using an AirPort base station for your Internet access?
You should also have either the "AirPort Admin Utility" and/or the "AirPort Utility" (note the missing word "Admin") in your \Applications\Utilities folder. Which one(s) do you have?

Air Port firmware upgrade

I did a software upgrade yesterday having read that it solves some serious security problems, and in the process I also got a firmware upgrade for the AirPort Extreme WIFI card in my MBP.
After the re-boot, my Mac was trying to connect to the 802.11n interface on my Air Port Extreme! This was totally unexpected since I have an older MBP without the 802.11n support - could the firmware upgrade have added it?
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 1.3.4
Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available
A more general question is - Where do I find details of each of the software/firmware upgrades and what they include - similar to Micro$oft's KB articles?
Walt

There was a thread here a few months ago - I can't find it now - that explained that Apple, in the newer versions of the MacBook Pro, upgraded the AirPort Extreme hardware. the way you could tell the difference between the "old" and "new" hardware was the numbers in parentheses (0x168C, 0x86) following the name. I don't remember which was what, and I can't find the thread, just that mine was NOT the "new" version that was upgraded to 802.11n.
That's why I was excited when the MacBook Pro started to try to authenticate to the 802.11n connection. I didn't have time to investigate further, and won't now for a couple of days, but when I learn more I'll report back here when I do.
I'm guessing from the numbers, that your Mac Mini has the same AirPort hardware, but don't take that as fact
Walt

Mac Power PC G5 with Air Port Extreme

Hello,
At home I have installed, since many years, a Wi-Fi network using an Air Port Extreme Base station. This works fine with different computers. Now I have “recovered” an older Mac from my office, which works with a dual PowerPC G5 and OS 10.5.8. It seems that this machine is not able to work with a wireless network (no Air Port antenna). I would really appreciate to connect this machine to the Internet. Obviously one possibility is to draw several meters of Ethernet cable through the apartment … *Here is my question: is it possible to use Air Port Express for connecting my Mac with PowerPC G5 to my normal Wi-Fi network (and to Internet)? In other words: the PowerPC G5 is connected to the Air Port Express via a short Ethernet cable and has then access to my Wi-Fi network?* Thanks in advance and all the best for the New Year.
Bernd

I have the same problem - but no solution either yet. Still looking.
Apple airport extreme firmware 7.5
Vista x64 will connect to access point and receive IP address from server, but will not connect to the internet unless WPA2-AES security is disabled.
I get no response when pinging the gateway (10.0.1.1)
My XP machine will connect - no issues.
The vista laptop will connect to a friend's timecapsule firmware 7.4.2.... puzzling.
I hope someone has an clue to figure this out.

Air Port not working any more

I routinely connect and disconnect my iBook G4 from my cable modem. With each transition it takes a few seconds for the machine to reconfigure how it is accessing the internet, but then everything is fine.
Well, for whatever reason I cannot figure out, now when I disconnect my computer I'm unable to aquire a wireless signal.
I have a Linksys router hooked up, and it is working, but for some reason my Air Port isn't reading it anymore.
I try checking the network settings, but it still doesn't fix it.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you,
Jon
PS - Please let me know if there are any other details about my set-up that you need to know to help figure out my problem. Somehow I'm sure this will boil down to "User error", but I just don't know where I'm going wrong. I'm not doing anything different than I have before.

This will be a funny question, but it's better to ask. After you disconnected your iBook from cable modem, did you plug the ethernet cable to your router? I believed it's also a good practice to completely turn off your cable modem and your router while swapping/plugging the ethernet cable from your modem to your router.
iBook 1.42GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5) Alienware Area51mm

Air Port Express Configuration

Hi I am sure that this is a dumb question but hopefully someone will be able to assist me.
At my home I have three Air Port Express adaptors - one as a base station, the others as repeaters to extend the range of the signal. These have been configured to use the IP range 10.0.0.x and have been working OK. The base station adaptor is both connected via a ethernet cable to my ADSL router, and is set to manage DHCP.
Over the weekend I have occasion to look at the settings for my ADSL router, I am about to repace it and wanted to get all the settings for the new router.
I noticed that I have, as expected a dedicated IP address from my ISP, but that the internal IP range of the ADSL router was set to 192.168.0.x range.
Surely this is wrong, and it should be set to the same range as my Air Port Express units shouldn't it, and if so I am not quite sure how the network has worked all this time.
Many thanks for any assistance
A

I noticed that I have, as expected a dedicated IP address from my ISP, but that the internal IP range of the ADSL router was set to 192.168.0.x range.
Surely this is wrong, and it should be set to the same range as my Air Port Express units shouldn't it, and if so I am not quite sure how the network has worked all this time.
In your current network configuration, you have two routers in series, each with their DHCP server service enabled. Most non-Apple routers typically provide DHCP clients with IP addresses in the 192.168.n.n range and is exactly what your current ADSL router is doing.
Since you have the first AirPort Express Base Station (AX) directly connected to this ADSL router, it will receive an IP address on its WAN port in this 192.1689.n.n range, but since it too has DHCP server service active, any wireless clients connected to it would receive IP address in the 10.0.n.n range.
You would also have a "double NAT" condition. In itself this is not necessarily a bad thing, but does tend to introduce other issues, especially if you wish to share resources between clients connected to either router. In most cases, where you have routers in series, you would want to reconfigure the downstream router as a bridge.

When i go to set up Air Port Express, it as2wire525. How do I acquire a password?k for passwords to at least 4 providers. Such as

Can I receive directions on hooking up air port express. When I try to connect, it comes up with atleast 4 sites that need a pass word to proceed. How can I aquire a pass word, or bypass that section?

Chick3597 wrote:
Regardless of apple updating something or another. I have no need for the additional questions and really don't want to allow them to bully me into compliance.
You may have no need for additional but Apple does. They don't want your iTunes account to be hacked and then go complaining to them that their security procedures are not up to standards.
Chick3597 wrote:
So how can I continue in the good old fashioned way?
Its really absurd to even ask this in light of the information that you have been given already. The "old fashioned" way is gone. It's Apple's store, Apples's rules and IMO - its a wise decision on Apple's part.
You do not have to comply at all, but you will not be able to purchase from iTunes anymore, but nobody is going to force you to do something that you do not want to do.

Air port card for emac

I own a emac computer and my children just got mac books, we bought a base station so we could have wireless in our house but we arre having trouble finidng what type of card to buy for the emac. We got different answeres from the people that worked at the mac store, one told us to buy a usb card and one told us only to buy the orginial air port card.
So i guess my question is, can we not buy the airport extreme card, do we buy the orginial or buy a usb?
and does it make a difference if it was used or not?

First use the information in KB 86325, eMac: How to locate the serial number and identify your model to identify which type of eMac you have.
If you have one of these eMacs
eMac (ATI Graphics)
eMac (USB 2.0)
eMac (2005)
you require the AirPort Extreme card.
Any other eMac requires the original AirPort card.
and does it make a difference if it was used or not?
Used cards can work just as well as new ones.

HT1178 Air port time capsule

Does the Air port time capsule have to be permanently connected to the WAN input to provide a wireless network ? I have a wireless network in my house and where I want to keep my Air Port Time Capsual i have no WAN conectoin anywhere close!

I am trying to interpret your question.
I have a wireless network in my house and where I want to keep my Air Port Time Capsual i have no WAN conectoin anywhere close!
What you really mean is ethernet connection?? A LAN connection?
You would never connect the TC to WAN.. unless you mean to replace your main router.. !!
If you are happy using the TC as the main router or even as a bridge router and just continue to use your current wireless network, you would plug it into the main router whereever that is located. It doesn't matter where.
The TC can join a wireless network.. but it is seriously poor..
Here is how.. look at the screenshots here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5719954?tstart=0
It is super slow.. it will cause the TC to become a dumb client on the network.. it will no longer have ethernet ports.. or a WAP.. just don't.

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