Airport Extrem: Flashlight is green but always flashing

Dear Colleagues
I have just both a new Airport Extrem. I have connectid it it everything works fine. (internet, apple tv, wireless) The flashlight always flashes green. Should the the light not be on constant green?
Thanks for your help

Flashing green was optional setting for the old airport utility. AFAIK you can no longer set it to flash on activity.
I recommend you do a full factory reset.
Universal Factory Reset.. any model TC or AE.
Unplug your TC/AE from power or turn off at the power point.
Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. (this is often difficult without a 2nd person or a 3rd arm).
Release it when the status light flashes rapidly. If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have missed it and try again.
Note..
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations of the router.
No files are deleted on the hard disk in a TC.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
Then redo the setup.
If the main LED is still flashing green, note if it is on activity only.. ie if all the clients are shut down does it stay solid green.. then ring apple.. they may have to replace the AE as it is wired wrong.

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Let's see if I can get this straight.
You have an Airport Extreme base station that is set to "Create a wireless network" and you have the box checked for "allow this network to be extended"....
Then you have an Airport Express that is set to "Extend a wireless network" which you selected the name of your network in the box...
Correct?
See this Apple document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
The wireless unit on the right of the diagram can be either of the newer Apple base stations.
Extreme, Express, Time Capsule

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How do I make contact with the unit?

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How old are the various devices? It could be possible for you to have configured a very new AirPort Extreme in a way that older iPhones and iPads could not access. For example, could you have set up the Extreme to use only 801.11n and 5GHz?

My airport extreme shows a green light, but won't connect to the internet.

I have an airport extreme, and it stopped working one day, so I reseted it and it's not connecting to the internet now. It's showing a green light, however, it won't connect to the internet. I live in an apartment complex, so I don't have a cable modem. The router is directly connected to the wall via ethernet. I had the ports checked by connecting the ethernet cord directly to the computer, and the internet is working fine. I tried resetting the router, but it still doesn't connect.

Your problem is typical Yosemite network.. just reboot the Time Capsule.. no luck reboot the network.. do a restart in correct order.. modem.. wait 2min.. TC .. wait 2min.. clients.
No luck then do a full reset of the TC and setup in a way that Yosemite can cope with.
Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 for basestation and TCwifi wireless name.
If the issue is wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round. ie plan on a first and second round of changes to fix this.. hopefully.. I will point out other steps that can be round2.
2. Use all passwords that also comply with 1. but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. If the TC is main router you can skip this point. This is only an issue when the TC is bridged.
Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking.
4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only. Do the same for ethernet if you use it.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the computer itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/
Same thing applies to the Airport Extreme or the Express if used as router.. just replace TC in the instructions with AE.

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Of course I reinitialized the base, I once used the Airport utility assistant and then manually reput my personal options. I upgraded my airport firmware to 7.1 and WDS error message is still there with the flashing light... And I tried to see if my old express would make it but nope.

I had similar issues. To roll the firmware back to an earlier version try this:
- With the option key depressed, launch the Airport Utility (located: /Applications/Utilities)
- Select your problematic extreme base station and then while holding option again, click "Continue" and then choose Manual Setup.
- It should prompt you to choose a firmware version to upload. You can select 7.0 or 7.1.
The process is a little different on PC. Let me know if this solves your problem or if you need the directions for doing this from within Windows!

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Just received an Airport Extreme to replace old D-Link wireless router. Connected everything, and all seems to work as it should. But.... The AE unit's amber light on the front is continuously flashing. The Setup Guide says this indicates one of a number of malfunctions, but I'm able to connect to the internet fine via two wireless computers. I'm also able to print via the USB-to-AE connected printer.
What does this mean? Should I be looking for what's up? Any ideas?
Thanks,
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If it is functioning, then that means you may not have secured your network, or some feature in the process was ignored that is unnecessary for your service to work. If it ain't broke don't fix it. But securing your network with WPA2 or better encryption if possible is a good idea since it will avoid others from using your bandwidth on your connection, in addition avoiding the possibility that a non-secure website might gather personal information easier when it is unsecured.
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Airport Extreme Utility not recognizing base station; flashing amber light

I'm using a PC with a Linksys PCI W54G PCI Adapter card. My Bellsouth DSL connection has worked fine using a direct ethernet connection. I'm now trying to setup a new Airport Extreme for wireless, but cannot get the utility to recognize the base station. The amber light flashes. I have tried resetting and rebooting. Still nothing. What am I doing wrong?

ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE
1. Repair Permissions - /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app. Start Disk Utility, select your HD and click on Repair Permissions. When finished, quit Disk Utility and then restart your computer.
2. Reset PRAM - hold down Option-Command-P-R keys when starting until you hear the startup chime a 2nd time.
3. Safe Mode Startup - hold down the Shift-key at startup until you see the login screen. When logged-in, then go to System Preferences/Network/AirPort
- click on the 'Network Name:' roll-button, select 'Join Other Network...', enter 'Network Name and select the security type you are using, and finally, enter your Password and click 'Join'.
If ISP uses DHCP:
- click on 'Advanced', TCP/IP and confirm that 'Configure IPv4:' is set to 'Using DHCP', click 'OK'.
- click the 'Apply' button and exit System Preferences.
REBOOT AIRPORT HARDWARE
1. Turn power off to ISP modem and AirPort Base Station, and shutdown computer - leave power off for 10 minutes.
2. Turn on modem and wait for it to complete its test cycle. Then turn on the AirPort Base Station.
3. Turn on computer and select your wireless network using the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. Then check if AirPort Base Station appears in AirPort Utility.
4. If AirPort Base Station is not seen in AirPort Utility, quit AirPort Utility and turn AirPort Off using the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. Wait 30 seconds and turn the AirPort On again.
5. Check if AirPort Base Station appears in AirPort Utility.

We have an airport extreme wifi in house, but also want to set up a hardwired ethernet connection for gaming and streaming of netflix. The computer only sees one or the other not both at same time.

We have a new iMac 2.9ghz and are running an airport extreme set up in house with several express entenders. The problem is that our son is streaming netflix and doing on line gaming and hogging all the band width. Time Warner tech suggested a hard wired ethernet connection to computer base sattion next to computer so that it can have direct conenction to internet. After much fishing of wire the connection worked great, but the wifi connection for the house is gone. I unplugged the ethernet connection and everything is fine. I read the articles about adjusting network preferences, but the issue seems to be in the extreme not in the computer. the connection goes from cable modem to extreme, from extreme to house and to hard wired conenction to other computer. Do we need a splitter before the extreme?

No. Something else is going on.
Your son may be hogging all the bandwidth but your wireless network should never simply disappear. Moreover, if your son isn't doing anything the available bandwidth for other devices should remain unaffected.
I suspect that something is miswired, and from what you describe I suspect that link is between the Extreme and the "other computer".
The way to accomplish what you propose is
Modem > Ethernet cable to Extreme's WAN port
Extreme's LAN ports > wired Ethernet devices.
There should be nothing but an Ethernet cable linking an Extreme LAN port and any other wired device. If you run out of available LAN ports on the Extreme, you need to by an "Ethernet switch" - they are not expensive, but don't call it a "splitter" or you will only confuse yourself. The switch would be connected to one of the Extreme's LAN ports, and you would connect additional devices to it. You can also use one of your Expresses for that purpose, assuming it is the current generation model with two Ethernet ports.

Airport Extreme Connected to Internet but Macbook Pro will not

I'm living in an apartment and using an Airport Extreme to supply wireless connection. The internet is paid for by the apartment complex and I have no access to the modem. Up until yesterday the internet worked fine for all devices. I did several factory resets on the Airport Extreme and now have confirmed internet access with my PS3 and smartphone connected to the wireless network. However, my macbook pro will connect to the wireless network but will not go beyond that to the web. I have renewed DHCP leases, reset network configurations and deleted plists to refresh everything but it still does not work. I have noted that when connected to the network, I have an IP address that begins with 192.168.x.x and the macbook states the router address begins the same way. The Airport Extreme displays an IP address of 172.xxx.x.x
I can manually input the routers IP address into my laptops network configuration and create an IP similar and connect to the internet through the laptop but if I want to connect to other networks I have reset that information. It simply won't work automatically. The airport extreme is setup in bridge mode. That is the only setup which would offer stable networking without any dropping or the device disappearing from the airport utility.
I'm currently out of my apartment and will call my ISP later today, but this problem has affected my roommates macbook's as well. My last attempt to connect directly into the wall ethernet jack yielded the same results without any internet connection.

Try this:
Put the Airport Extreme in Bridge Mode and plug the apartment ethernet cable into a normal ethernet port on the back of the Airport Extreme instead of the normal "Internet" ethernet port.

Airport Extreme-have wifi connection but no internet on some devices???

I just replaced my linksys router with the latest (tower) Airport Extreme and an Airport Express as an extention of the network. Now I had a heak of a tme setting this up to mimic what the linksys did so I would have a smooth transition. I have a windows server 2008 R2 server which is my file server, DHCP & DNS server. I set my Extreme with the "DHCP & NAT" set the range I use which is 10.0.0.10 - .253, Set the router's address to 10.0.0.10 in network properties as well as setting the default host to point back to my server at 10.0.0.100. I also checked "Enable NAT port mapping protocol". Everthing seems to be working great most of the time...my wired PC's have internet and their proper IP addresses, my iMac and MacBook Pro have internet and proper IP addresses, iPad, iPhones...BUT I am noticing on my iPhone 5 that I'll show a full wifi signal but no IP address there for no internet. Now this happened a couple times and the only way I got it back was to do a rest of the phone. I have never had any wifi issues with this prior to installing the Extreme and Express. So I thought it was just the iPhone but my iPad just behaved the same way and a rest took care of it. Worse at the same time I checked my MacBook and I have the exlimation point over the wifi in the top tool bar. I can see and pick my SSID but couldn't get an IP address until I clicked the Airport Utility then it connected.
So basically I am looking for any suggestions or better yet fixes on my issues. I'm not sure if I have the Airport Extreme configured properly for it to work with the Windows 2008 Server.
I appreciate any help at all!
Thank you greatly in advance,
Dave

And when is apple going to put a NAT only mode on the Extreme????
Apple have a policy of not telling.. you can ask .. but they don't tell.
I am a rather recent arrival on the Mac/Apple seen so I would also wonder how an OSX server is setup with AE..
For wireless in particular, you can use Enterprise level security.. and that might fix it... because instead of using a preset key, as standard in wireless you can use a username and password combo from a radius server.. which might then be used to pass IP via dhcp. Something to consider if you don't mind getting a bit more complex..
Look at this thread which is looking at using ox x server which is basically the same issue you are having.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2756247?start=0&tstart=0
The idea of using a static range of IP addresses.. that might work.. with DHCP actually turned off.. I have used this setup for something completely different.. ie to pass different DNS to clients that need access to Netflix from overseas.. I did not explore it from a your no dhcp setup.. but that is another option to try.. there is so little info supplied it is hard to know and you just have to trial and error with it.
Here is another interesting post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyU4vpMljEI
Clearly other people are hitting the issue.

Airport extreme reporting no problems but still can't connect

I have Airport Extreme connected to a Verizon modem(?router?) via ethernet cable. I can connect to the internet wirelessly through a network set up to use that modem. I have been using a network that is through AirPort, for the past year or so, so that I can connect a printer to several computers. The network stopped working after I rearranged my office and moved equipment.
I have the Verizon router attached to AirPort through an ethernet cable. The router is working, and when I set up AirPort, it says it's working just fine, too. I have tried resetting the router and the AirPort, powering down the router and Airport for 30 min, and then powering up the router for 5 min. and then powering up AirPort. The green light is on, its showing up when I run AirPort utility. The network is showing up as black, not grey. When I do diagnostics, it's showing that the ethernet is unplugged. I checked the connections and they are OK.
I have been struggling with this for a few days. Anyone have any suggestions?

Ok, I assume that you have the printer attached to the AEBS's USB port ... correct? With the AEBS, configured as a bridge, it is now acting as a "pass-through" device. Meaning that network devices connected to either the Westell or AEBS wireless networks should be on the same subnet. How do you have the AEBS wireless configured compared to the Westell's? That is are you operating two separate wireless networks?

Airport Extreme has ethernet connection but no internet connection

I am having an airport extreme connectivity issue that has yet to be resolved. For me, the cable modem (a Motorola Surfboard) recognizes the airport extreme (I have the round white saucer one) but the airport extreme, despite giving me an 'ethernet' connection (that also shows up as full signal strength in the menu bar), cannot connect to the internet, no matter what I do.
Seems the airport extreme is not recognizing/picking up the ip address of my computers.
The airport base station is recognized by airport utility, has an ID and I can name it as well as create a network, but no matter what I do and despite being told that I am connected to the internet via ethernet, there is no connection to the internet.
I have a dual G5 desktop hooked up directly to the cable modem and am trying to wirelessly connect a new macbook pro intel core dual.
Each computer can access the internet when directly hooked up to the cable modem, but neither can access the internet wirelessly.. so it's not the computers, nor is is the cable modem. I called Time Warner, all is fine with that connection.
Both my ethernet cables work (checked them both). So it must be the airport extreme.
I was on the phone with apple tech support for 5 hours yesterday!!! They made me run through all the things I did myself. From trying to reconfigure and rename the airport to completely resetting the airport. None of this worked.
And right now I'm on hold for a multi-media product specialist with apple tech support.
But they didn't do a thing for me yesterday so I'm hoping someone on here may know what to do.
I think I need a new airport extreme. Anyone???

Hello Laura, Jim, Richard...
Now my internet connexion work on my AEBS (Airport Extreme Base Station)... It seems that (for me) DHCP was the problem...
DHCP server (10.0.1.x) activated on the AEBS conflict with DHCP server (192.168.1.x) activated on the modem.
Before the AEBS 5.7 update (i made yesterday) this configuration with two DHCP servers with different IP addresses worked well... but not now...!
So, i disabled the Modem DHCP server. I rebooted the modem and the AEBS and success, my internet connexion worked again...
I used manual setup with fixed IP, submask, DNS to connect the AEBS to the modem...
I hope this could help you, Laura and Jim...
Sorry for mistakes, i'm french mac user
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Airport Extreme & Express both wired, but one network?

Ok, I looked to see if this was answered but I wasn't very sure what to search for. If this has been answered please point me in the right direction.
I have an Airport Extreme Base Station that broadcasts my wireless network and is the router for my wired network throughout my house. My den is on the very edge of the AEBS wireless network but the wired network is in this room. Instead of having the Express extend my wireless network wirelessly, could I instead use my wired network from my AEBS directly to the Express? Then have the Express broadcast the same wireless network?
Essentially instead of;
Cable Modem >---(Wired)---->AEBS>~~~~(MyWiFi)~~~~>Express>~~~~(MyWiFi)~~~~
Could I have;
Cable Modem >---(Wired)---->AEBS>---(Wired)---->Express>~~~~(MyWiFi)~~~~
I still want both the AEBS and the Express sharing my one WiFi network, I just don't want the express to "piggy-back" to do it.
Please let me know what I can do to set this up, or if this has been answered before, point me in the right direction.
Thank You very much.

Rachard1, Welcome to the discussion area!
Yes that is possible.
Configure the AirPort Express (AX) to create a wireless network. Configure it to use the same network name (SSID) and encryption type/level/password as the AEBS.
Configure the AX to use a different channel than the AEBS to reduce interference between the two.
Configure the AX to operate as a bridge (not sharing a single IP address, DHCP server disabled).

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