AirPort Admin Utility question

Is AirPort Admin Utility, PowerPC v. 4.2, the older version of AirPort Utility, Universal v. 5.3.1?
I've got a new MacMini Intel and I somehow have both of the above in my Utilities Folder. I'm thinking that AirPort Admin Utility is the older outdated version of AirPort Utility. Is this correct?
Thanks

More or less that is true. If you have a 802.11b Apple base station you will need the older "AirPort Admin Utility".
The newer "AirPort Utility" only works with AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS), AirPort Express (AX), and Time Capsule.

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Reissue: Connection Timed Out and Airport Admin Utility Issues

I put this post last November, but no one seemed to have a solution to it, so I thought I would try again...
Our lab has and Airport Extreme (802.11g). Intermittently (once a week to a couple of times a day) our airport extreme will stop allowing new connections. Here's what appears to happen. The airport still appears in the the list of networks in the airport icon in the menu bar (ie it still broadcasts SSID), but when I try to connect it whirls for a while and then says connection timed out. If I go to the Airport Admin Utility the base station doesn't appear there even though all of the rest of the ones on our network do (I should at this point, mention that we have both ethernet and WiFi layers on our network--the base station operates as an access point in bridge mode). The only solution is to power cycle the base station. A couple of extra tidbits.
* Base station firmware is current at version 5.7.
* We never have more than about 8 users connected to the base station.
* This inability to connect is independent of what computer is trying to connect and even occurs with iPod touches.
* This problem has occurred for a couple of years (multiple firmware versions).
* I also have similar problems on a network at home that has the new Airport express/extreme N arrangement on a cable internet connection.
* Sometimes this seems to fix itself after 30 minutes or so of just ignoring it. Other times it does not.
* The restoration of the ability of the airport to accept connections after the power cycle is always immediate.
* We only have 6-10 connections, less than the max supported.
* The Airport usually continues to work for those computers that are connected to it before it stops allowing connections.
So couple of questions:
1) Do other people see this problem?
2) Is this some problem with the WAN network connection impairing the ability of the base station to establish WiFi connection that eventually resets itself after something times our or resets?
3) Any suggestions as to what to do about it?

Two reasons I don't think that this is likely the issue. Both are based on my assumptions about how noise would affect the working of a WAP. If these assumptions are erroneous, please let me know.
The first is that I have tried both automatic channel selection and manual channel assignment based on an unused channel that was several channels away from other WAPs. Kind of circumstantial since other devices can emit noise in the same region of the spectrum (our phones are 5.8GHz and the microwave is no where near the base station.
The second though, is that I can stand literally a foot away from the base station with my notebook or iPod touch and still have the same problem. It would seem the the noise would have to be enormous to interfere with a device that close the the base station. Also, why would the other connected devices continue to work?
In the interest of providing a complete picture, I would say I have thought quite a lot about whether noise is a problem. This base station is installed in a lab, with lots of electrical equipment whirring away and to make matters worse, the base station itself needed to be installed right next to (Within inches) a circuit breaker box. I winced when I did this.
Interestingly, the thing normally does work and the signal strength & signal to noise (reported by airport utility) and transfer rates are quite good when you can connect.
Thanks,
Michael

Connection Timed Out and Airport Admin Utility Issues

Our lab has and Airport Extreme (802.11g). Intermittently (once a week to a couple of times a day) our airport extreme will stop allowing new connections. Here's what appears to happen. The airport still appears in the the list of networks in the airport icon in the menu bar, but when I try to connect it whirls for a while and then says connection timed out. If I go to the Airport Admin Utility the base station doesn't appear there even though all of the rest of the ones on our network do (I should at this point, mention that we both ethernet and WiFi layers on our network--the base station operates as an access point in bridge mode). The only solution is to power cycle the base station. A couple of extra tidbits.
* Base station firmware is current at version 5.7.
* We never have more than about 8 users connected to the base station.
* This inability to connect is independent of what computer is trying to connect and even occurs with iPod touches.
* This problem has occurred for a couple of years (multiple firmware versions).
* I also have similar problems on a network at home that has the new Airport express/extreme N arrangement on a cable internet connection.
* Sometimes this seems to fix itself after 30 minutes or so of just ignoring it.
* The restoration of the ability of the airport to accept connections after the power cycle is always immediate.
So couple of questions:
1) Do other people see this problem?
2) Is this some problem with the WAN network connection impairing the ability of the base station to establish WiFi connection that eventually resets itself after something times our or resets?
3) Any suggestions as to what to do about it?

Yes, I have the exact same problem.
It's intriguing because I share the connection with my landlord who is often away. The base station is connected in his suite and we seem to never have any problem when only my wife and I are connected on it. I use a iMac 21.5" and my wife a 13" White MacBook (5.2). When he is home (about 1 week per month), that's when the connection will randomly disconnect exactly as you described. He uses a iMac 24" and occasionally an old iBook.

Airport admin utility

When I open airport admin utility, the window 'select base station' opens but I can''t see my base station or anything at all, it's just empty, like no one lives there.
I have 2 emac's, 1-G5 dual 2, 1 G4, 1- PS3 and a HP Photosmart 7140 all on a WEP network (13 digit password for the PS3).
It all works perfectly except my printer does not work on the wireless anymore. Thats why I'm trying to see whats in the 'airport admin utility'.
What gives? Thanks to anyone.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)
1-imac core duo 2.1, 1- G5 dual 2.0, 2 emacs, 1-G4/ 400 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I am experiencing the exact same problem with the exact same AE base station. At one point today, even though my internet connection stayed up, this problem began. I first notice that iTunes had dropped my wirelss network airtunes speakers, then I proceeded to trouble shoot, and discovered I could not load the base station configuration settings in the Admin Utility, nor could the Utility find the Base Station via scan. Entering IP address returned an error message communicating with the base station. This communication error came up when I tried to update the firmware, with (-8) indicated.
Plugging the ethernet cable directly from my PowerBook to the base station returned an error reading the configuration. It appears that the base station has lost the ability to maintain an IP address, or possbly database corruption.
Any experience with this or ideas, anyone? I'm not beyond buying the new one to solve this problem, the base station in question is around 3 years old.

Airport Admin utility doesn't find basestation

Hi. I'm having a problem where the Airport Admin Utility doesn't list my basestation on my PowerMac G5. The Admin Utility on the PowerMac G4 displays it fine.
However, I can access the basestation from the G5 in Airport Admin Utility by clicking "other" and manually entering the ip address of the basestation. And I have no problem accessing the internet or the network from either machine.
I'm using a 802.11b card in the G4 and I have the newer "g" card in the G5.
Any ideas?

This doesn't completely answer my question. It only mentions that Airport Setup Assistant no longer supports legacy basestations under OS X tiger 10.4.
It doesn't mention about the Airport Admin utility. Which is what doesn't show/display/list the basestation in the select basestation window. Yet I have no problem using the internet.
I can't believe Apple would completely abandon Airport Snow & Graphite basestation users. Is this true? Although My "Snow" basestation is about 4 years old it still chugs along adequately for my needs.
Any other ideas?
BTW... All my Macs are running 10.4.6 (the latest) so I would think my results should be the same on all Macs.

Airport Utility/Airport Admin Utility

Dear all!
I bought an Airport Express last week and was able to configure it via Airport Utility. Now I wanted to change the settings but I´m not able to enter the Menue bar from Airport Utility. I can go threw the assistant and manual configuration but most of the other items are shown grey and I cannot click on them (i.e. to check security settings or add clients).
Please let me add one more related question: Is Airport Admin Utility just the old name for Airport Utility or do I need it in addition to set some changes?
Thanks in advance for your feedback and thoughts
kind regards
Klaus

Now I wanted to change the settings but I´m not able to enter the Menue bar from Airport Utility.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Could you describe this a little more?
Please let me add one more related question: Is Airport Admin Utility just the old name for Airport Utility or do I need it in addition to set some changes?
AirPort Admin Utility has been replaced by the newer, better AirPort Utility. You don't need AirPort Admin Utility if you have AirPort Utility.

Airport Admin Utility with 2Wire Router?

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but is it possible to use Airport Admin Utility with a 2Wire wireless router? If it is, does anyone know what data needs to go in the address and password fields when launching Airport Admin? I've tried the IP address of the router and the WEP password as well as the pass we use to administrate 2Wire on the web, none of which find our router.
TY!

OK. Here's how I understand it.
Your 2Wire has an admin panel built into it. You've accessed it, you can manage the tools. (I worked inside three of 'em this week) You are not going to get any additional functionality with AAU.
The AAU is designed to manage Airport BaseStations and/or Expresses (someone stop me if I'm too far off-base,here).
You cannot manage a non-Apple Base Station with AAU, just because it's on your mac.
Get an Airport baseStation if you want to use the AAU.
What I don't know is what you're trying to connect to...that's asking for passwords...passwords that you don't have.
Could you be AAU'ing into a neighbor's wireless device?

Airport Admin Utility can no longer access Airport Extreme, what now?

I have an Airport Extreme that worked fine for a long time with a specific IP. They sold out and the new company came in and installed new equipment. The settings had to change on the Airport. After that, I lost my ability to print through the Airport USB port.
I tried to resolve the problem the other day. My Airport Admin Utility saw the Airport, but I couldn't access it. When I clicked configure, a window came up saying "Reading configuration from base station", then a Password login window came up. I enter my password, it says "Reading configuration from base station", then it says "An error occurred while trying to access the base station. Make sure your network connection is valid and try again.". It does the same thing whether I enter the right or wrong password.
It started working unexpectedly for a little while. I experimented with some settings. Now I can't access it again. The Airport Admin Utility sees the Airport as 10.0.0.0, my laptop's IP says 169.xx.whatever. I thought the Airport was supposed to distribute IP addressed. It did for awhile after I set it that way, but then it went back to 169.xx.whatever.
I'm lost. I don't know how I will ever access the Airport again. Or get my printing capability back.
Help!!!

Ok. I'm going to try a reset on a day where I have some time to mess with it. There are some things I need clarified for me about settings. Please correct me as needed.
In the internet tab:
-Connect using Ethernet is selected.
-Configure Manually was selected before as it is now.
-IP address: do I use their IP or 10.0.0.0 or 10.0.1.1 or what?
-Subnet mask: It used to be 255.255.255.0 now it's 255.255.0.0.
-Router address: What do I put here, use their IP or 10.0.0.0 or 10.0.1.1 or what?
-DNS servers: I will enter their DNS servers.
-Domain name: blank
-WAN Ethernet Port is selected Automatic.
Under Network Tab:
-Distribute IP adresses is checked.
-Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT)used to be checked, now Share a rnage of IP addresses (using only DHCP) is checked.
-DHCP Lease: 4 hours. What is best here?
Do I really need to worry about anything else? If the password is reset how to I access from default settings?
Thanks, after this I should have a better understanding of network settings and the AEBS.
J-

My Airport Base Station does not appear in the Airport Admin Utility

I cannot see my airport extreme base station in the Airport Admin Utility nor in Airport Setup Assistant via Airport. It worked yesterday but when I was trying to set up a network something must have changed but I don't know what it is. (The setup didn't work so I am only using one base station right now.) The only way I can configure/reconfigure the base station is by physically connecting via an ethernet cable. Then no problem. I have two computers and neither can access the base station with Airport Admin Utility via Airport. I have installed the latest Airport Update but nothing has changed. What happened?

You should be able to use the second Airport Extreme
Base Station as a wireless print server. What I
suggest you do is:
1. run the Airport Admin Utility and clean up
settings on your existing Base Station:
- under the Airport tab, make sure you have not
selected to "create a closed network"
- under the Access Control tab, clear out all
settings
- under the WDS tab, clear out all settings
- under the Network tab, make sure the box is checked
to "Distribute IP addresses" and "Share a single IP
address using DHCP and NAT".
- update settings to the Base Station if you changed
anything.
2. do a hard reset of your second base station per:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451
3. for now, put both base stations and the Mac in the
same room. Run the Airport Setup Assistant, and use
its guidance to configure the second base station as
a new base station that "extends" the wireless
network of your main base station.
That should do it.
Thanks very much. The printer works great from both computers via my second airport base station. And I can see both my base stations in the Airport Admin Utility.

How can I get Airport Admin Utility to Locate My Extreme Base Station?

In an effort to repair some network connection problems I was having with my ISP (or so I thought), I reset my Airport Extreme Base station today. I have been unable to get it back to normal since. I'm currently connected to my ISP through an Ethernet connection directly from my modum to my iBookG4. Now, when I try to re-established the old network connections with my Airport Extreme, I cannt get the system to recognize a base station. When I use the Airport Admin Utility, the window pops up and *** me to select a base station, but there are none in the window. When I rescan, nothing comes up. The airport setuup utility has been no help either. Any ideas how to get my base station back? Thanks!

Hi, Tesserax:
Thanks so much for your reply. I tried the direct connection, as suggested in a previous message I saw on this board. Didn't work for some reason. Lucky for me, one of my neighbors works in the tech department of a nearby Apple Store. Last night he was able to get the base station working again. I wish I could share how he did it on this message board, but it was beyond my modest understanding. Again, thanks for taking the time to reply!
Best, Kevin

Airtunes missing; no Music tab in Airport Admin Utility - Help!

Hi. Trried to play music via airtunes to AX connected to stereo, but no speaker selections in iTunes! Been working for the past year. Went to airport admin utility (4.2) for the AEBS and when configuring it showed the Music tab for about a second then it went away. I can't select Music re-setup airtunes! Where's the tab? Does the utility have a bug? What to do?
All latest s/w, etc. for AEBS, AX, Pmac, and PB. Tried the utility from both Macs, but same situation. Internet, AEBS, and AX all work fine, but no Music tab in the utility and no airtunes speaker selections in iTunes (6.0.5).
Thanks.

All latest s/w, etc. for AEBS, AX, Pmac, and PB.
Tried the utility from both Macs, but same
situation. Internet, AEBS, and AX all work fine,
but no Music tab in the utility and no airtunes
speaker selections in iTunes (6.0.5).
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iFelix

Can't open AirPort Admin Utility configuration file

I'm using an AirPort Extreme Base Station connected to a cable modem through the WAN port and to my G4 Cube running OSX 10.2.8 through the LAN port. I also use an iBook and eMac with AirPort cards to wirelessly access my network. My problem is that I can not open the configuration file so that I can change my settings. I get an error message that AirPort Admin Utility can't read the configuration file of the base station. I tried resetting the base station to the factory settings, to no avail. So now I also can't set a password and encryption. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

To clarify--I previously had a password protected network set up and working. I wanted to change the settings and couldn't open the config file. I reset to factory settings successfully, but still can't open the config file, which I need to do in order to encrypt and set a new password. Thanks!

Hi, I have Imac 10.8.5 and Aiport Express 802.11n wi-fi. I need a airport admin utility that I can't download. How do I do? Help me, please!

Hi, I have Imac 10.8.5 and Aiport Express 802.11n wi-fi. I need a airport admin utility that I can't download. How do I do? Help me, please!

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Your iMac comes with AirPort Utility (in /Applications/Utilities). You can open it from the Launchpad by going to the "Utilities" or "Other" folder

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I've upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS and now AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow 4.2.5 won't run. Any suggestions on how to either run this utility or otherwise get access to my old Snow Dual Airport via another method? Airport Utility doesn't see the device, despite repeated scans. My computer and iPad connect no problem to the device, but both iPod and iPhone won't take and hold an IP address. (If any one can help me solve this issue, I can live without access the Airport.)
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I've upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS and now AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow 4.2.5 won't run. Any suggestions on how to either run this utility or otherwise get access to my old Snow Dual Airport via another method?
Unfortunately, you will need another Mac running a much earlier version of OS X to be able to install AirPort Admin Utility and make any settings chances to the router.
Since the normal life of a wireless router is around 5-6 years of use, now might be the time to consider a new router that will provide far better performance than the older Graphite/Snow AirPort.

Music Tab Disappears from Airport Admin Utility

I have searched these forums and the internet for a long time for a solution to this problem only to find that this is a common problem for a lot of people. Basically, all of the sudden iTunes didn't list my wireless speakers as a possible output for my music. Thinking a setting had been changed or something I logged into the Airport Admin Utility only to find that the "Music" tab was completely removed. I restarted the AE multiple times, performed multiple firmware upgrades/downgrades, and reset the entire device to no avail.
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Anyways, if you have a solution, please post it here (I know there are other postings but none recent). {Post edited by Host}

Perhaps when you switch it to 5 GHz the signal loss is so great that your Mac Pro can no longer receive the signal.
5 GHz signals do not move through physical objects as well as 2.4 GHz signals.

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