Airport Base Station No Longer Found in Network

Since applying the 10.5.2 upgrade yesterday my home network, routed via a cable modem and a formerly dependable original Airport Base Station, is no longer recognized by Airport Utility... and the Airport icon in the finder is continually scanning. I have found, however, that my network shows up as an available option in Network System Preferences...with a Connected status and an IP address (10.0.1.3).
I can connect to the internet and read email from my main iMac because I am also connected directly via ethernet, but my laptop can't find the Airport base station, either. I have reset, unplugged, restarted, check connections and cables, etc. Both Macs easily find my Airport Express, however. I'm concerned the new update no longer supports the original base station...
On another (unrelated?) note, my external backup HD (250GB Seagate), connected by Firewire, is now recognized as "Read Only," whereas it has always had read/write permission (confirmed in Get Info). So now my backup is failing, too. Sorry to introduce a new topic, but I'm frustrated!

Firmware is uploaded onto the base station itself and is different from AirPort Utility. Although you probably cannot confirm it without connecting to the base station, I think it highly unlikely that you use a firmware version earlier than 6.1.1 (which came out in 2004). If newer firmware is contained in software on your computer, AirPort Admin Utility and/or AirPort Utility should have prompted you to upload it to the base station, whereas if it is not on your computer, Software Update (assuming you use it) should have prompted you to obtain it. Even if your firmware is older than version 6.1.1, the reset procedure is virtually the same--in that case, you won't see the AX's status LED flashing rapidly a few seconds after you start holding the reset button, and you will just need to hold the reset button for 10 full seconds.
Once you connect to the base station, you should be able to see the firmware version (e.g., "Base Station Vx.x" where x.x is the firmware version) on the opening screen of AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow, when the base station is highlighted. I imagine that AirPort Utility shows similar information. I believe that in AirPort Utility, you can also check to see if newer firmware is available from Apple (choose "Check for Updates" in the AirPort Utility menu). To the best of my knowledge, the most current firmware version for AirPort Express is 6.3.

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Make sure that you have AirPort Utility 6.3.1 installed on your Mac.
AirPort Utility 6.3.1 for Mac - Support - Apple
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Wait a minute, then start the modem first and let it run a full minute
Start the next device connected to the modem, which may be your Time Capsule and let it run a minute
Keep starting devices one at a time the same way until the entire network is back up
See if AirPort Utility can "see" the Time Capsule now.
If yes, try another backup. If you encounter an error message, post back with the exact message.

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Basic troubleshooting: start with a "hard reset" - hold its reset button depressed continuously, about five seconds, until your TC's LED flashes rapidly. After a moment or two it will flash amber, slowly. You will then need to reconfigure it using AirPort Utility.
This does not affect your Time Machine backups.
If its LED remains illuminated amber without blinking after several minutes, it may have a problem you will be unable to fix. In that event, try another "hard reset".

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Open the Network pane in System Preferences. If there's a closed padlock icon in the lower left corner, click it and enter your administrator login password when prompted.
At the bottom of the service list on the left is a popup menu with a gear icon. From that menu, select
Set Service Order...
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What can I do when saw this? "No configured AirPort base stations have been found"

What can I do when I saw this? "No configured AirPort base stations have been found"
My Time Machine is not working. And is not connected to my computer.

Did you update the firmware.. this seems to happen a lot.
Do a full factory reset and start over.. this is easier with it pulled from the network.. plugged into a computer by ethernet.. then do the reset and when you finish put it back in the network again.

No configured Airport Base Stations Have Been found-but we are connected?

Okay,
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I think.. you will get nowhere fast using v6 utility.. you must use the older utility.. 5.6.
Apple have so dumbed down v6 as to make it useless.
There are plenty of posts about how to install 5.6 under ML. I don't think it is that hard.
Download the 5.6 dmg.. open the pkg.. then extract the files from the pkg.
There is a free utility to do this.. as well as shareware Pacifist.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Simply load the files manually and then run it..
I am about to try it myself but confess it has not yet happened.
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I only use Airport Express to stream music from iTunes to my stereo speakers. It had been working just fine until a couple of weeks ago. Now, it appears that the base station cannot connect to my network, and I can't even find my network. When I click onto the multiple speakers icon in iTunes, my network is grayed out and italicized. I don't know if it's been hijacked or what's going on. I've tried to use the AirPort utility, but it simply says that it was unable to find any wireless devices. My base station flashes amber constantly. When I have tried to use the Airport Utility, it doesn't even see the base station. When I go to Network in System Preferences, it does indicate that Airport is active and connected. Running OS 10.6.7 on a Mac Pro. Help. I hate to crank up the volume on my computer speakers...

BTW, thanks for taking the time to try and help me with this. I re-connected the Airport Express to the Mac directly with ethernet. Airport utility sees it fine. I selected the pane that configures it to use Airplay. iTunes recognizes the base station and all looks good.
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I was under the impression that it creates its own network to work with Airplay, hence Apple Network 237abb.

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6.0 of the utility isn't used to configure those obsolete domes, that's probably why it requested you to get 5.6.
Also, expresses have a limit on how many devices can connect to them at the same time, so that could be what's happening here and why your mini loses sight of it. I'm not sure what the limit is of those domes right now, but even for a modern N-type express, it's only 10.

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I currently have a WLAN that uses Airport Extremes, and I am looking for a way to control these centrally. A vendor is proposing a Motorola Extreme Network with new APs. Will the Motorola controller work with existing Airports?

As far as I know, the AirPorts can only be administered by using the AirPort Utility. Unless this Motorola offering mimics the AirPort Utility, I would doubt that is would provide an ability to replace it.
However, without additional information on what & how this Motorola Extreme Network is/works, it would be hard to say, whether or not, it would play "nice" with your existing AirPorts. I would also venture to say that this would not be uniqure to Apple router, but other vendor products as well.

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Does anybody know how to configure an old APBS like this from 10.9.4?
Not in any way that Apple would support, or that we could discuss on this forum.
Not recommending that you try a solution from the Internet using an "unknown" author to "override" security settings on your Mac, but that would be the only way to possibly get AirPort Utility 5.6.1 to run on 10.9.4.

If i purchase a new airport base station can I use my old airport extreme 802.11n (3rd Gen) as both an extender of my wife for multiple iphones and as a router?

I operate an old airport extreme base station 802.11n (3rd gen).
There are 4 iphone5's and 1 iphone4 on my network along with 2 laptops running 10.6.8 and 10.7 respectively as well as two desktops with the same configurations as the laptops.
I get a sense that the iphones may/will be useless the new airport.
Can I use the old base station (operating as an extender/bridge/router) so that older equipment will operate in the short term until they are upgraded?
Thank you.

I get a sense that the iphones may/will be useless the new airport
They will work fine with a new AirPort base station. You can use an iPhone or iPad to set up and configure the new base station. If you want to use a Mac to set up and configure the new AirPort, it will need to have at least Lion 10.7.5 installed. Mountain Lion 10.8 or Mavericks 10.9 could be used as well.
Can I use the old base station (operating as an extender/bridge/router) so that older equipment will operate in the short term until they are upgraded?
You can use the older AirPort base station to extend the wireless network. No updates will be needed to your iPhones or Macs.

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New moden and router and now I've been unable to get the two airport base stations to work for transmitting the Wi-Fi to other areas of the house

Ok, if your goal is to use the two AirPort base stations to extend the wireless network provided by the Netgear router using a wireless connection between them, then this won't work as the two are incompatible for this feature.
However, if you can use wired connections then the three can be reconfigured for a roaming network which basically provides the same thing.

My computer no longer recognises the Airport base station network

I presently have wireless broadband internet access on my iBook (using a Belkin wireless ethernet router connected by an ethernet cable to my airport.)
I also have an Airport Express in another room connected to my stereo for playing all my iTunes songs wirelessly.
The problem arose in that if i wanted to listen to my music I had to switch between networks, meaning i couldn't surf the net and listen to music at the same time.
A few nights ago I tried to 'merge' the networks using Airport set-up assistant (or admin utility, I forget which).
Now, my computer no longer recognises the Airport base station network, just the Express one.
Is there a way of listening to my music and using the internet at the same time, and how do I get my internet working again in the first place!
Many thanks
Jono

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Airport extreme base station no longer recognizes password

Away from house for a week. Came back and none of our iPhones, iPads can connect to wifi network. Airport Extreme base station will no recognize my network password to check settings. Airport Epress will not join network either.

Hi danny_A1A!
I have a couple of articles here that should be able to help you troubleshoot this issue. The first is a quick assist article pertaining to Wi-Fi issues and can be found here:
Wi-Fi Quick Assist
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1145
We also have another article on troubleshooting Wi-Fi connectivity, and it can be found here:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

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