Airport Extreme Base Station N and Buffalo Linkstation

I want to set up a Buffalo Linkstation with my Airport Extreme Base Station
I have two options on the linkstation
1. ethernet
2. USB (female port)
Can I use the NAS over ethernet? Or do I have to use USB? If I use USB will it work if both the linkstation and the base station have female ports.
Will a USB with both male ends work? Who makes that?

I've decided to use the drive as a network drive and I've gone into the control panel and changed all the folders to Mac/PC
Can I use Backup to backup to a network drive? Or is there a better program?

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  • HT4145 I have an Airport Extreme bas station now and I want to know if I can use an Airport Express to extend my network or do I have to use another Airport Extreme base.

    I have an Airport Extreme Base Station now and I would like to know if I can use an Airport Express to extend my wifi network or do I have to use another Airport Extreme Base Station.

    This AirPort Express:
    http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
    It is the only Express with 2 Ethernet ports. All others are "old"
    Apple does not specify a model number in their product information, but it is A1392 in the U.S. I do not know if Apple uses different model numbers in other countries.

  • 2 airport extreme base stations later and still no internet connection-

    Sorry - yet another beginner with internet connection troubles! (I have read all the posts I could find relating, but without any help).
    I have had a Demon broadband account now for about a month (I’m in the UK) and in that time I have purchased a D-Link DSL-300T Ethernet modem and an Airport Extreme Base Station. I got wireless internet working relatively easily – with a powerful range over the whole house and garden, but then one Sunday night, the internet connection via the base station suddenly ‘died’.
    I spent the following 3 days scrutinising all of my settings of both the Modem and the Base station, re-setting both, and bought new Ethernet cables / micro filters etc but with no luck. (I’ll point out at this stage that my broadband account is still active, and if I connect the Ethernet modem directly to my iBook [wired] I can still get my broadband connection. Alternatively, I tried daisy chaining the modem to the base station and then via an Ethernet cable to an iBook, but no connection could be made).
    When wireless, Airport Admin recognises there is a modem there, and under preferences > network under Airport it states I am connected to the internet – but I’m not.
    I then phoned D-Link and they confirmed my firmware was up-to-date for use with Apple products and talked me through all of the modem settings and tweaked a few things, but there was still no connection to the base station. I then phoned Apple. They were incredibly helpful (as ever) and after 35 min. came to the conclusion the base station might not be re-setting itself properly. The replacement one came yesterday, and again I spent a number of hours trying to get it connected to the internet, but there is still no internet connection via airport and I can confirm this from both my eMac and iBook.
    Reading through the forums on here, I understand that my particular modem is problematic with the base station, but I can’t work out why it use to work and now it doesn’t! One theory I have investigated is that the firmware of the base station is two advance for the modem following an update, but after reinstalling the original firmware I started with, I still have no luck.
    - The eMac is running 10.3.9 / iBook is running 10.4.3. The base station is reinstalled with the latest firmware via system update. The first base station and the modem were delivered to me 31/10/05.
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    Thanks for your time
    Will.
    UK.

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2316
    78&tstart=0
    I think if you follow the instructions I gave in this
    link you will be fine.
    Remember, If you for any reason loose your
    connection, it is normally always a Power Issue..Your
    ISP is down for service ..or some other anomoly, If
    you were good before your settings will still be
    good...Good Luck...Don
    Hi Don,
    Thanks for you quick response. I printed off the instructions you posted on the support forum before, and ran through your procedue exactly, (twice) but I'm sorry to inform you that I haven't been able to re-establish my wireless internet connection. Would it be safe for me to assume at this stage that my modem is indeed fualty? It contines to work fine independantly, (I'm using it right now) but it can't seem to make contact with the basestation.
    Will.

  • Airport Extreme Base Station - Wireless AND Hardwired connections

    I have an Airport Extreme Base Station. I am under the impression that I can connect a hardwire via ethernet to my iMac, as well as use my wireless connections on my iBook. I am connected to the internet via my local Comcast Cable system on a SurfBoard SB4100 modem. I have one Ethernet port on the back of the Base Station connected to a Farallon iPrint Adapter for my antiquated (yet far more reliable than ANY injet I've owned) laser toner printer. I have a McAlly 5-port ethernet hub. I have a variety of ethernet cables, some with 8 wire connections, some with 4 wire connections. (Currently a 4-wire cable connects from the base station to the iPrint adapter) My total system has been dismantled for some time and I have been sailing through with the wireless connection on my iBook. But now I have a need to have both computers attached to the internet. I would rather have the hardwire connection and the wireless at the same time - if possible. The iMac is still on system 9 (stop laughing!) and I cannot afford to upgrade to 10 at this time.
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    I am under the impression that I can connect a hardwire via ethernet to my iMac, as well as use my wireless connections on my iBook.
    Yes that is possible.
    Insert the Ethernet hub between the Farallon iPrint Adapter and AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).

  • Recovering Old Datas on New Drive + Setting Airport Extreme Base Station old and new ones

    Hello All,
    Situation:
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    How can I do to get my iMac again to OS X 10.9 ?. Does this mean I need to buy all intermediate levels again ?
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    Can't wait to read your piece of advice.
    Lionnel From Paris (France).

    me too... i connected my hard drive with all my music but i cannot see any of the music that used to be in my itunes... i checked and its there (when I connect the HD directly to my computer) but not when is plugged into the Airport Extreme... Please help!

  • What is Error 2813 while trying to install  my Airport Extreme Base Station? and How can I fix it? Thanks

    What is Error 2813 while trying to install  my Airport Extreme Base Station(A1143/MA073LL/A)? and How can I fix it? Thanks

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  • Setting up airport extreme base station with Mac and PC

    I have an '02 iBook with an airport card installed and an airport extreme base station. my roommate has a PC and has the DSL connection in her room. i want to wirelessly network my iBook via the airport base. how do i do this? (my base was given to me without any manuals/disks etc)

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  • Configure TC and Airport Extreme Base Stations with different channels

    I had to do some serious workarounds to use the Airport Extreme Base Stations as an access point with the same wireless network name primarily due to channel overlap.  I thought I would post my results here since I didnt' find a good article online.
    Also, I found the Snow Leopard verison (5.4.2) of the Airport Setup Utility far superior to Lion's Airport Utility (6.x) in terms of advanced setup. 
    Setup is a 3 flloor house where the 3 wired network locations have wireless overlap.  The problem was that the access points would not hand off the wireless signal because the channels for each airport/TC were automatically set to the same channel.  In non-apple setups, this is how you force a wireless client to switch access points (since the wireless software on your client/mac/windows can detect which access point is stronger and moves to the alternate channel.
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    Setup time capsule as your base station.  Do all the setup for your wireless and guest networks.  Manually configure the network and change the wireless channel to a specific channel for a/b/g networks (e.g., 3) and n networks (e.g, 167).
    Plug your first airport extreme/access point into your wired network.  Do not plug it into the "internet" ethernet plug, use one of the 3 ethernet switch locations
    Use the airport utility to first configure it to "extend" your wired network. 
    Then, go in and reconfigure it manually in the airport utility.  Choose the option to setup a "new network" and name the network the same as the TC wireless network name, security, etc.
    Change the channel from "auto" to a different channel than the TC (e.g., 6 and 137). 
    Now go to the top tab and click on the "internet" icon
    Go to the DHCP tab and change it to "bridge mode."  This will tell the AE to not give out IP addresses (the TC will do this for you).  If you get an error that the IP ranges conflict, you have not done this
    Note that if you have a guest network setup, you will need to set this up on the AE as well. 
    Now test your airport setup.  Take your client (macbook, iOS device) and connect to your network.  Move to a spot near the TC and pull up a web page.  Keep an eye on the signal strength and beginv moving toward the AE.  Refresh the page as you move around.  You should at some point see the signal strength increase.  Refresh your page again.  You should be now connected to to the AE.  I have found that Macbooks do a better job than iOS devices because you get an extra signal bar to measure strength, and they have larger antennas which allows you to better measure problems with handoff
    Another test you can do is to start backing up on your TC and then test the move.  The handoff will truly show you that the TC is handling the process but the AE is relaying to the TC for backup.
    If you need to setup another AE, simply follow setups 3-10.
    I hope this helps others.  I've done this setup 100 times on Linksys devices and although they are cumbersome, they at least allow me to do this setup much more quickly and easily than the apple products. 

    I had to do some serious workarounds to use the Airport Extreme Base Stations as an access point with the same wireless network name primarily due to channel overlap.  I thought I would post my results here since I didnt' find a good article online.
    Also, I found the Snow Leopard verison (5.4.2) of the Airport Setup Utility far superior to Lion's Airport Utility (6.x) in terms of advanced setup. 
    Setup is a 3 flloor house where the 3 wired network locations have wireless overlap.  The problem was that the access points would not hand off the wireless signal because the channels for each airport/TC were automatically set to the same channel.  In non-apple setups, this is how you force a wireless client to switch access points (since the wireless software on your client/mac/windows can detect which access point is stronger and moves to the alternate channel.
    Using apple's "Extend this wireless network" option removes any ability to manually configure wireless channels.  I am writing this from memory, so feel free to ask questions and I will track this topic:
    Procedure
    Setup time capsule as your base station.  Do all the setup for your wireless and guest networks.  Manually configure the network and change the wireless channel to a specific channel for a/b/g networks (e.g., 3) and n networks (e.g, 167).
    Plug your first airport extreme/access point into your wired network.  Do not plug it into the "internet" ethernet plug, use one of the 3 ethernet switch locations
    Use the airport utility to first configure it to "extend" your wired network. 
    Then, go in and reconfigure it manually in the airport utility.  Choose the option to setup a "new network" and name the network the same as the TC wireless network name, security, etc.
    Change the channel from "auto" to a different channel than the TC (e.g., 6 and 137). 
    Now go to the top tab and click on the "internet" icon
    Go to the DHCP tab and change it to "bridge mode."  This will tell the AE to not give out IP addresses (the TC will do this for you).  If you get an error that the IP ranges conflict, you have not done this
    Note that if you have a guest network setup, you will need to set this up on the AE as well. 
    Now test your airport setup.  Take your client (macbook, iOS device) and connect to your network.  Move to a spot near the TC and pull up a web page.  Keep an eye on the signal strength and beginv moving toward the AE.  Refresh the page as you move around.  You should at some point see the signal strength increase.  Refresh your page again.  You should be now connected to to the AE.  I have found that Macbooks do a better job than iOS devices because you get an extra signal bar to measure strength, and they have larger antennas which allows you to better measure problems with handoff
    Another test you can do is to start backing up on your TC and then test the move.  The handoff will truly show you that the TC is handling the process but the AE is relaying to the TC for backup.
    If you need to setup another AE, simply follow setups 3-10.
    I hope this helps others.  I've done this setup 100 times on Linksys devices and although they are cumbersome, they at least allow me to do this setup much more quickly and easily than the apple products. 

  • Problem consistently printing via new (summer 2011) AIRPORT EXTREME BASE STATION and Brother wireless printer (model HL5370DW). What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks in advance for any help you folks can offer. I'm a newb here and will try to offer as much detail as I can about the dilemma at hand.
    Scenario: Home network has been recently set up for wireless internet access via NEW Airport Extreme Base Station (purchased September 2011). Units accessing the network include: 2011 Macbook Pro, 2011 Macbook Air, 2007 Macbook, 2009 Macbook Pro, 2 iPhone 3GSs, and a 1st-gen iPad (and a partridge in a pear tree AEBS is configured to run WPA2 encrypted network, as well as a WPA2 guest network. I am attempting to yoke a BROTHER HL5370DW wireless B or G/ ethernet / usb-capable printer to the main network such that any and all units can print wirelessly or its equivalent (i.e., via printer hooked to AEBS through USB hub)
    Problem: Despite configuring the Brother printer to recognize the main WPA2 network I created, I am unable to get wireless printing to work. My workaround was to physically connect Brother printer to AEBS via USB, specifically using a Belkin USB hub (after all, I wanted access to usb drives, as well as the printer). This workaround works ONLY SOME OF THE TIME. Generally, after a fresh boot of any computer or after a restart of the AEBS, any given computer will be able to print (i.e., any computer wirelessly connected to the main WPA2 network recognizes the printer). HOWEVER, at random times, printer access is gone (as is access to USB drives connected to AEBS's usb hub). Wireless networks are still up and running when that happens. IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE USB HUB's devices (i.e., printer and usb drives) to ALWAYS REMAIN AVAILABLE AS LONG AS THEY STAY CONNECTED TO THE AEBS? In other words, what accounts for the intermittent loss of the usb peripherals?
    Sometimes, I just shut the airport off on whatever computer is having this problem, and the problem goes away. Sometimes, the problem is present across all computers in the house, sometimes only a few are affected. I can ALWAYS see the AEBS in the Airport Utility if the AEBS is connected to the particular computer via ETHERNET CABLE.
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    - The usb workaround is only intermittently viable because of some flaw in the Airport or Airport Utility that causes dropouts to happen when a Macbook Pro or Air's lid gets closed or one gets opened after having been at a different network (e.g., at my office).
    QUESTIONS:
    - Should I try to use my old router (7 year old Linksys WRT54G) as an access point and connect the Brother printer to that G-router? How do I do that?
    - I wouldn't mind just relying on the usb hub method if I could just insure more consistency (i.e., no random dropouts of peripherals). How could I do this?
    Rule out:
    - wireless printing works on my printer - it was being recognized back before the AEBS. I had the Linksys router running a WEP network and had the wireless printer talking with no cables to the router and the computers. (I just don't want to revert to using WEP encryption given its lack of security and my trying to protect HiPAA related health information on behalf of patients)
    Any help will be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance!

    13 ASCII characters = 104 (aka 128)-bit WEP
    encryption
    If turning off WEP works, then you just need to
    provide the cameras with the "Equivalent Network Password".
    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, vendors use certain
    algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords
    (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling the use
    of simple easy to remember 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 non-Apple client and vice
    versa.
    You may find the following article helpful:
    - Apple article, especially the part about
    "Third-party client to Airport".
    Brilliant idea about trying the system with No encryption on... that DID solve the problem... almost.. once I turned off the encryption option, and restarted the Airport, I got a dialog box showing that the "Base station needs attention" but it didn't indicate WHAT kind of "assistance" it needed. Nonetheless, I closed out of the Airport program only to find that the indicator light, which had been Green, was now, flashing Yellow and I could not connect anything, including my computer. I opened the Airport program again and found the ONLY way I could get the Green light on was to select some sort of encryption option... then the light would go Green again but my cameras would not hook up again, and when I went back in and ONLY changed the option to NO encryption, I got the yellow flashing light and the "this base unit needs attention" warning...
    I think your suggestions are almost on the mark... is there any way of reconciling the WEP coding between the cameras and the Airport??? Or turning off the encryption option and STILL have Airport work?
    Thanks again for your help and suggestions... I really appreciate it.
    geoff

  • How do I set up a wireless network with an AirPort Extreme base station and two airport extreme but between apple devices either by ethernet

    How do I set up a wireless network with an AirPort Extreme base station and two airport extreme but between apple devices either by ethernet

    This Apple support document provides good general information on configuring different types of neworks using multiple AirPort routers.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145
    In particular, you would want to focus on the information regarding a "Roaming Network"

  • I have an airport extreme base station and have no clue how to set up a private wireless network instead ton open one i have now.

    I have an airport extreme base station and have no clue how to change to a pawword type network from the network i have now that is free to the neighbor hood.

    Which version of the AirPort Utility are you using?

  • Define static IP for both LAN and W-LAN devices with an Airport Extreme Base Station

    Hey guys,
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    I hope you can help me.

    My network consists of a cable modem connected to a TP-Link WR1043ND router in the basement, from which an ethernet cable leads to the WAN-port of the aforementioned Airport Extreme Base Station on the 2nd floor.
    If you read the information in the other post, my answer would be the same here.
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    But......your post also indicates that you have another router upstream on your network from the AirPort Extreme.  You would not want to run two routers in series on a network. That explains the problems that you are having.
    The AirPort Extreme needs to be configured in Bridge Mode. It cannot be the "main" router on your network when you already have another router on the network. That is a fundamental networking rule.

  • Hi I have an airport extreme base station And trying to dial on windows

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    You will need Java in order to run the utility
    http://www.java.com

  • How do I configure an Airport Extreme base station to receive and distribute a wi-fi network from a broadband wireless router?

    I have recenly upgraded my broadband service and now have a wireless router. My old network configuration was a router connected by ethernet cable to an Airport Extreme base station which then broadcast my wireless network (I also had an Airport Express base staion set up as a wi-fi booster elswhere in the house).
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    The AirPort Extreme should be configured to "create a wireless network" with the same WiFi network name, security type (usually WPA2 Personal) and password as your existing router. It should be configured as connection type Ethernet and be in bridge mode.

  • HT1218 After a recent iTunes update attempt iTunes no longer functions and the airport extreme base station is not accessable on our computer.  We still have wifi but cannot access the base station software.

    After a recent iTunes update attempt iTunes no longer functions and the airport extreme base station is not accessable on our computer.  We still have wifi but cannot access the base station software.

    Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the response. I tried that approach this evening and it didn't work for me. (Technically it worked for me, when I was hardwired into my base station, but would not work for me wirelessly, which is my main issue.)
    Again, using the approach you recommended works only if I have my ethernet cable attached to the LAN port so my computer is communicating directly to the base station through the hard wire. I am able to scan for my base station and make setting adjustments normally this way too.
    As soon as I disconnect from the LAN port and try to go wireless is where I run into problems. The Base Station's wireless network I created is available to choose in the top right corner of the monitor with all of the other available wireless devices/networks -- but the network I created does not have access to the internet. I am also unable to configure my Base Station wirelessly. When my Airport Utility tries to scan for the Base Station and Network, it cannot find any Apple Wireless Device. It's like the Wireless Network in my base station is not sending out a signal.
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