Airport Base Snow Station M8840 - Self-Check mode?

Dear Apple users,
I got a used Airport Base Station Snow M8440, which came with small black power adapter. I plugged it in and that's all I could do with it. There are three white LEDs, the center one blinks for half a second, turns off and both side LEDs turn on and stay lit forever. I came across info that APB is in self-check mode.
Tried to follow the instructions for APB reset, no luck.
Bought a new AC supply (genuine), still no change.
Airport card from APB works fine in my iMac G3.
AP Utility doesn't recognize APB (connected via Ethernet).
I would really like to get it working. I'd be grateful for any help or advice.
Thank you very much!
Steve

Based on your description, it unfortunately sounds like your Snow base station's circuit board is defective even if the AirPort card inside worked in your iMac. Changing out the power supply, at least, verified that the power was not the issue.
At best, you got the AirPort card as a spare.

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Hi,
I am posting a new thread because I can't find one that is similar to my case. I have a late 2010 Mac Mini. Here is what happened:
1. Using it this morning to wirelessly print a document. Recieved notice that printer appears off-line.
2. Re-booted printer, re-started airport base (snow white) , no luck.
3. Did above again and restarted Mini... no luck
4. Airport signal indicator suddenly went gray on the bar and notice asking me to join an unrecognized netwok.
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6. restarted mini and ABS.. still the same gray bars but being prompted to join someone else's network
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I'm sure if this is related but I'm also having a problem connecting a pre-2009 mac mini to an Airport base station. I have two others and they are working fine but one will not connect.
I can see the airport station and get a prompt for my password. When I try it, it times out and cannot connect. Another strange thing is the signal is only showing 2 out of 4 bars. The base station is less than 15 feet away and other devices like my iPhone show a very strong signal. The older mini is only 802.11g so I have left the multicast rate on the base station at 2.2 which I believe is the default.
I had been using an 802.11n USB adaptor but I wanted to go back to the internal wifi because the USB adaptor would disconnect whenever the computer went to sleep. I have the mini connected as a media center on a tv so having to always log again was getting frustrating.
I may try a clean install again, but the machine was just formatted and updated with a clean 10.6 about 2 months ago. I didn't install much beyond eyeTV and a few FrontRow plugins. Any ideas on how to debug wifi problems?

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I have a Snow Airport Base Station model M8440, Part # M8209LL/A serial # UV145392M2C
I have repeatedly attempted a factory default reset on it with a MacBook Pro 15" running 10.5.8 without success following the directions at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728?viewlocale=en_US
During a soft reset, when attempting to connect to the base station with the *AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow* Version 4.2.5 (425.1) I get the following error message:
--- Begin Error Sheet ---
AirPort Admin Utility does not support this base station.
Use AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder, or install it from the CD that came with your base station.
Check www.apple.com/airport for the latest version of AirPort Utility.
--- End Error Sheet ---
It seems to be reading the base station data, as the title bar of the window has the base stations name in it.
When attempting to connect to the base station using the *AirPort Utility* Version 5.4.2 (542.22) I get an error -6753.
I do not know what version of the base station software the base station is running. It has not been used in at least 4 years. As far as I can tell it seems to be operating correctly by attempting to dial out to connect to the internet when it is in soft-reset mode.
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But isn't the wired ip address different from the wireless ip addresses?
They are on the same subnet (for example all will start with something like 192.168.1).
It also asks for a Gateway address (DEF. Gateway: 0.0.0.0 - is that the airport ip address?) and the BOOTP/DHCP Server: 0.0.0.0. (is that the dsl service provider address?)
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As I recall, the administration utility is called "AirPort Setup Assistant for Graphite or Snow." The version number is 3.4.3. It won't launch. I get a dialog box that says it won't work this version of my OS (10.6.6)
I looked around, thought I found the current version of this utility, downloaded it. It's called "AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow". Version is 4.2.5. This won't launch either. Similar error message.
Do I have the right utility? Do I need to download a different version?
Is my Airport Base Station hopelessly obsolete? (It still works, but I can't change the configuration.)
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Thanks for your reply, Barney.
I get a bit confused, because one utility administers the base station, and another one administers the WiFi. I forget which is which.
My MacMini has built in WiFi, I think, but it's turned off and I don't need it. I'm connected to the internet by the Ethernet cable that comes from the Airport base station. I just want to configure the Airport base station (Snow).
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Apple publish setup manuals for their AirPort Base Stations - they can be downloaded at: http://support.apple.com/manuals/#airport
1. Reset your AEB to its factory default again.
2. Turn-off the AEB and connect one of its ethernet ports to your Mac by ethernet cable, and connect the DSL modem to the WAN port on the AEB by ethernet cable.
3. Power up your Mac, the DSL modem and the AEB and wait for all to complete their startup sequence. Then open AirPort Utility - you should see your AEB under a generic network name. Click on the AEB.
4. Use the auto setup procedure by clicking 'Continue'. Follow the onscreen instructions for setting up a new network. When asked, use the 'original network name' for your school network. When asked for a network password, use the 'original network password' for your school network (what sort of network security were you using - WPA2 Personal - use whatever you had previously.
5. At some stage you will also be asked to give the AEB a name and admin password - use whatever they were previously.
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8. Now, click on the 'Internet' icon at the top of AirPort Utility. Check that 'Connection Sharing:' is set to 'Off (Bridge Mode)' - if not, change it.
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I can't access my TimeCapsule / Router / SonicWall via pointing my browser to it's IP.
The apple routers have no HTML setup.. and do not respond at port 80. You must setup apple routers using the airport utility. It is built into the OS of the computer.
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Hello newbietoapple. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Perform a "hard" reset of the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS)
o (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451)
Setup the AEBS
Either connect to the AEBS's wireless network or connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the LAN port of the AEBS, and then, using the AirPort Admin Utility, check these settings:
AirPort tab
o Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
o AirPort Network Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
o Create a closed network (unchecked)
o Wireless Security: Not enabled
o Channel: Automatic
o Mode: 802.11b/g Compatible
Internet tab
o Connect Using: Modem (V.90)
Network tab
o Distribute IP addresses (checked)
o Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT) (enabled)

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I've had two extensive phone calls with Toshiba's tech support already...and they both thought that the problem was with the ip address (assigned by Apple). They suggested also, trying to find a wi-fi hot spot to see if we can connect. The problem is stated below:
- Caller advised that she cannot connect to the internet wirelessly.
- Asked the caller to turn ON wireless switch : its already turned ON
- Asked the caller to access wireless zero configuration : it is already started
- Asked the caller to look at available wireless networks
- Computer is connected but it does not have a valid ipaddress and default gateway.
- Asked the caller to do a power reset on the computer, router and dsl modem.
- Asked the caller to key in the network key to the network.
- Configured a static ipaddress : nogo
- Asked the caller to do an ipconfig : nogo
- Customer does not have another access point.
- Advised the customer to try to access a hot spot.
- Gave SR Number
Having the same problem with her Toshiba notebook that is dedicated to a wireless airport.
Verified call log history.
Do the diagnosis by checking the wireless network setup; signal is good;
Verified the ip, set to static; redo dynamic mode then repaired. But still unable to pull up a valid ip address even the signal is good.
Tried settin up a static ip came from the host but still no reply. Decided to redo the configuration including the ping test but still no reply.
Verified the firewall configurations, still off.
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I am using WEP (haven't a clue what that means).
It means that you are using a password to secure your wireless network from unauthorised use.
I
found that info under my Wireless Security: 128 bit
WEP, My choices to Change Wireless Security do not
include something called HEX.
If you read the guides it will tell you how to find the HEx key for your 128bit WEP encryption.
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
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Not Enabled
WPA Personal
WPA Enterprise
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The Toshiba still won't recognize the
internet....but shows "excellent signal strength"
with my network.
Generally what this means that your Toshiab can see the wireless network, but is not connected to it.
At this point, I'm a little gun shy to try a change
to WPA Personal or WPA Enterprise....what is a HEX
Key, anyway?
The HEX key is the hexadecimal password of the plain text password you created for the Airport network.
iFelix

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I have an Ibook G4 1.33 with a Airport extreme card.
I currently have it set it up to the wireless modem that my phone company provided for me for my DSL service.
Unfortunately I am moving to an area that does not have DSL service. I would like to know if I can set up my Ibook to use it wirelessly and have it connected to an Airport base station or Airport express in order to have my dial up service to work wirelessly???? So Airport base station or Aiport Express?? Many Thanks in advance- Geof
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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.
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palenoue wrote:
Got an iPad, got a macbook pro running 10.6.4, got an ethernet cable running to my cable box.
Now how do I set up my laptop to be a wifi base station so I can access the net with my iPad?
Tried searching for a how-to here on Apple's site, got around 500 hits that had nothing to do with setting up a powerbook as a wifi base station. Seriously, Apple, this is worse than worthless, it's highly frustrating. You need to fix your support search.
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I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use TWO airport base stations - in order to boost the coverage of the airport network at my home.
I've got some outdoor speakers set up - and they lose signal (as does my iPhone) - and so I'm trying to optimize the overall network.
I'm considering getting another Airport base - and wiring it in to the network - and positioning it on the other side of my home (near the oustide) - so I can improve the signal.
Can TWO base stations be set up on the same network? What settings do I choose?
Thanks,
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Of course there is a way to utilize two airports within the same network..
In the most simple form:
1) Use the same SSID (network name) for both.
2) Assuming you are using one as a router (share an IP, etc), set the second one in bridge mode.
2A) If you have another device as the router, set both to bridge mode, do not have both do NAT as it is very confusing and hard to get to work right.
3) Choose channel 1 for one side and channel 11 for the other.. Channel 6 is also a channel you can use but the wider between channels the better. Do not use the same channel for both or even consecutive channels as they overlap.
I think that should do it.. In general, this is not a problem.. You would want to have the two airports physically separated from each other (opposite side of the house for example).
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