AirPort Extreme Admin Utility

I have just purchased a AirPort Extreme base station for my Dell Inspiron 4150 - Dell TrueMovile 1300 MiniPCI Card, PowerBook G4 12" (1GHz) - AirPort Extreme Wireless Card, and a custom built desktop - Belkin Desktop Wireless Card network. I am using a D-Link DI-604 router to handle DHCP and issue addresses and is connected to the cable modem, all the base station does is serve a hidden network, with with 40-bit encryption, MAC address filtering. When I open AirPort Extreme Admin Utility on either my wired desktop (connected to the D-Link router), the wireless destkop, and my dell laptop, the admin utility scans for base stations and comes up with the base station name and an IP address of 254.128.0.0, that is not the right address, it was assigned a 192.168.x.x by the router. When I just click configure I get a communication error and I get put back to the main screen. I can however administer it by clicking other and typing the address and password in. However it should show up as the correct address right? The base station has been acting weird by not allowing me to add a Linksys Wireless network card as well, but that is a different issue. I previously had a Graphite base station that died (the left most red light stayed on) and this set-up worked fine. Any sugestions? Thanks

All of the software and/or firmware updates are available online. I don't know what AEBS model you have but firmware updates as well as Airport software updaters are all available online for their most current versions.
If you have just purchased the newest AEBS then you won't find any software updates for it because it's all new and all the newest software is included on the Installer Disc that came with it.
If you have an older AEBS then you will need to download any firmware and software updates required. The old AEBS models are themselves more than four years old but firmware and software updates are available that were released in 2005.
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when i open the admin utility and try to get into the airport settings to configure, it asks for a "base station password"......
now i had everything set up, but i may have got carried away with resetting and i went ahead and reset to factory defaults
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H

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Excellent. I'm all squared away. It works.
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- In the "Contents" window, double-click on the "Packages" folder to open it.
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I also have this base station- I found it new in the shrink wrap at the thrift store for $2.
I have a small house, so I don't really need an 'extreme' network.
I have a macPro running 10.6.4.
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Thanks, got it!
Try the following:
AirPort Extreme Base Station Setup (AEBS) w/High-Speed Cable Modem
Modem/Router Power ReCycling
- Power-off the Cable modem, AEBS, & computer(s). (If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
- Power-on the Cable modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
- Power-on the AEBS; Wait at least 5 minutes.
- Power-on the computer(s)
Perform a "hard" reset of the AEBS.
- (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451)
Setup the AEBS
With the network components powered down, set up the AEBS, using the AirPort Admin Utility, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the LAN port of the AEBS, and then, try these settings:
AirPort tab
- Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
- AirPort Network Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
- Create a closed network (unchecked)
- Wireless Security: Not enabled
- Channel: Automatic
- Mode: 802.11b/g Compatible
Internet tab
- Connect Using: Ethernet
- Configure: Using DHCP
- WAN Ethernet Port: Automatic
Network tab
- Distribute IP addresses (checked)
- Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT) (enabled)

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Has anyone had any success in setting up their airport extreme to work on the Telecom New Zealand broadband network without having to connect it to the modem which NZ Telecom supply?
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1. Since a "router" is needed next to the cable modem and before the ethernet switch, should we put the new Extreme in that basement location? Or, should we instead put the new Extreme somewhere on the main floor of the house (connected by ethernet) and leave the old one where it is?
Assuming the older Extreme is no older than Gen3 or Gen4 it is a perfectly adequate router for the speeds that cable will generally give you.
And therefore it is best to bridge the new AC extreme and use it upstairs via ethernet. That will then give you the best wireless in the most suitable area of the house.
2. Should we somehow bridge the two Airport Extremes (the old one and the new one) into one wireless network?
Yes, what is called roaming network. Both units create a wireless network.
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The apple docos on roaming are rather ancient..
Here is a post with newer info.
Setting Up Roaming - New AirPort Extremes and Utility
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Connect an Ethernet cable from any one of the four Ethernet <--> ports on the Netgear router to the WAN "O" port on the AirPort Extreme.
On your Mac....
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on Other Wi-Fi Devices
Click on AirPort Extreme
The utility will take a minute to display a screen that is similar to the illustration below, except that you will see a picture of the AirPort Extreme.
Network Name........Type is short name that you want to call your wireless network
Base Station...........Type in short device name that you want to call the AirPort Extreme
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Hello all,
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Thanks very much for your reply.
If you go to the AirPort spec page:
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html
..and read footnote (1), it says:
"AirPort Express Assistant is not compatible with Windows 2000. To setup AirPort Express from a Windows 2000 computer, you must use AirPort Admin Utility for Windows version 4.0 or later."
This is the software I am looking for, but this is the ONLY reference to it I can find anywhere.
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FBF-CH wrote:
My external HD connected to the Airport Extreme antenna has disappeared from the Finder.
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1. EOP (Ethernet over Power) Sometimes called Homeplug. When you don't know stuff.. google it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug
Get trained by little kids on youtube..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72DM0dbGpc
They are readily available from any of the big computer stores.. in every brand under the sun. Including ones you have heard of and some probably not.. internally they are all about the same.
2. The old roaming instructions are the last apple produced.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4260
Here is my take on it.. with lots of screenshots.
Problems with Airport Extreme Ethernet roaming setup
Here is a joint effort from users here.
Setting Up Roaming - New AirPort Extremes and Utility
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3. Make it easy on yourself. You are trying to do too many things at once.
Reset the express.
Plug it into the Extreme by a patch ethernet cable.
Do the setup.. as per..
Problems with Airport Extreme Ethernet roaming setup
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Please post on your results.

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