Airport Extreme dropping connection with a Cisco 5 port Giga switch

I've connected a Cisco 5 port Giga switch SG100D-05 to one of the LAN ports of the Airport Extreme and for some reason the connection is being dropped or it fails to connect. Any idea of why this is happening and how can it be fixed?

If you have not already done so, you might want to do some basic troubleshooting to try to isolate the cause of the issue.
To do that, temporarily disconnect the switch and power it off. Connect a computer with an Ethernet port on it to the LAN port on AirPort Extreme and turn off the wireless on the computer.
Test to see you can get a good Internet connection this way.
If you can, then you know that the LAN port on the AirPort Extreme is functioning correctly and your troubleshooting efforts will need to focus on testing each port on the Cisco switch.
If you cannot get a good connection with the computer connected directly to the AirPort Extreme, try another Ethernet cable that you know is working to eliminate the possibility of a bad Ethernet cable, which is the culprit more often than you might think.
Please post back on the results of your testing.

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Basically, this kind of behavior repeats for a half-hour or so, then settles down for "a while," where a while could be an hour or could be 6 hours, and then it repeats. I have no idea what the problem is, and I suspect it's a problem with the Airport Extreme, rather than with the Linksys. Ideas?
Feb 3 18:46:30 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "67ramona" - 001839cf9822 - chan 1
Feb 3 18:46:30 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:46:36 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup complete
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (AP deAuth 0)
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown
Feb 3 18:50:22 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy.local"
Feb 3 18:50:26 droopy lookupd[3212]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sat Feb 3 18:50:26 2007
Feb 3 18:50:32 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (out-of-range 0)
Feb 3 18:50:38 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "67ramona" - 001839cf9822 - chan 1
Feb 3 18:50:38 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy lookupd[3216]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sat Feb 3 18:50:41 2007
Feb 3 18:50:41 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy"
Feb 3 18:50:43 droopy mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.134); delaying packets by 5 seconds
Feb 3 18:50:44 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup complete
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (AP deAuth 0)
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown
Feb 3 18:53:28 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk shutdown complete
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy launchd: Server cbff in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[3216]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy configd[54]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Feb 3 18:53:32 droopy configd[54]: setting hostname to "droopy.local"
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Feb 3 18:53:38 droopy configd[54]: AppleTalk startup
Feb 3 18:53:41 droopy launchd: Server cb0f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[3235]: exited abnormally: Hangup
12" PowerBook G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

John Galt wrote:
jr azzarelli wrote:
Drops wifi and ethernet equally.
I thought I understood your Airport network would disconnect, but I don't understand what you mean by "drops ethernet". Clearly, if your wired connection stops working, so will your Airport network. Explain?
What I am saying is that I have wireless connections to the Ae and I have wired connections to it as well. Both are getting dhcp from the Ae. Both are getting dropped. In the log I am getting these entries, about once per hour...
"Jan 06 10:26:00 Severity:5 Connection accepted from ::ffff:10.0.97.190/57902.
Jan 06 10:26:01 Severity:5 unloading current configuration.
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 (WAN) link state is Up.
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Jan 06 10:26:20 Severity:5 Rotated TKIP group key."
The 10.0.97.190 is the recently-added OS X Server. Not sure what the port is. But it seems to be doing something untoward.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller??

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Will a WD hard drive work with Airport Extreme to connect by a iPad Air

If you already have an AE and a WD drive .. the best idea is plug it in and see on a mac in airport utility is the drive recognised.
If not you have problems.. if it is formatted correctly (Not NTFS mainly) then it can be a drive that is not compatible.
assuming it works get your ipad and pay for filebrowser or at least download a test copy and see how it goes.
Always the best way to find out.. try it.

Airport Extreme Dropping Connections

Hi, I have an AEBS, connected to a comcast "Teralyn" cable modem. I have a PowerMac Quad Core, connected to the AEBS by an ethernet cord, and we have an IBM ThinkPad and a PB15 G4 that we connect to the AEBS wirelessly.
Up until a day or so ago, everything worked great. But starting yesterday the connection to the AEBS and to the Internet from the Cable Modem drop intermittently. Seemingly no rhyme or predictability.
When I disconnect the AEBS from the cable modem, there is stability in the network. When I reset the AEBS and restart the cable modem, the problem persists. Random disconnects.
Im running the following setup:
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Any help is greatly appreciated. Any ideas... I've tried a bunch and am ready to throw my AEBS out the window.
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Hello, I'm having kind of the same problem.
I have an airport extreme set up to connect to an adsl modem. There are 1 IMac, 3 PC running XP SP1/2. Everything works fine (Good signal strength, excellent speed, etc.) except for one pc (xp sp1 all updates with USR5416).
It randomly disconnects from the base station without apparent reason. Often, it reconnects within the 5 following secondes.
The annoying thing is when the connection application in my task bar starts flashing : connected/disconnected/connected/disconnected... it can last from 10 seconds to several minutes while it's impossible to do anything networked.
Any idea?
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New Airport Extreme only connected with N protocol

I just got a brand new Airport Extreme. I disabled wifi on my verizon fios router, plugged in the ethernet, and went through the Airport's setup. I'm connected on all my devices and the range is so much better, but it doesn't seem like my MBP has connected using AC. Below, I have included some information about my computer and the router. Could anyone advise me on how to connect using AC? Do I need to do anything other than the default setup? I noticed in advanced options on the router, that 5ghz is not enabled by default? Also, I'm sitting about 10 feet from the router with no obstructions.
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Model Name: MacBook Pro, Late 2013
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
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Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
Locale: FCC
Country Code: US
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PHY Mode: 802.11n
Channel: 1
Country Code: US
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Signal / Noise: -41 dBm / -92 dBm
Transmit Rate: 156
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5ghz wireless is in fact working.. but the Mac is setup to connect to the strongest signal not the fastest.. so you have actually connected to 2.4ghz N wireless..
The way to fix this is simple.. change the wireless name for 5ghz in wireless options of airport utility.. ie.
Make the name short and sweet.. no spaces.. no apostrophe.. just simple.
Mine doesn't show as much because I refuse to buy the AC model..
But you can make sure your country is set correctly.. and all the rest can be left on auto.
Then in the laptop force the connection to AE5ghz or whatever you name it.

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When you inserted your AirPort Extreme (It was an AirPort Extreme card, right?) card in your G5, did you attach the antenna cable AND the external "T" antenna?

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I have an issue with my wireless network continually dropping out and then re-connecting.
I use an Aiport Extreme 802.11g and have an airport express connected to the same wireless network. I use WEP 128 bit security (occasionally a PC makes its way into the house and wants to connect) and I use MAC Address access control. The signal strength is fine.
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Hmm, strange Logb entry... pondering/searching.
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Cisco vpn client..
https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/239113
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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Diane,
I have added very few apps to my G5. The majority of my time is spent editing photos with PhotoshopCS3. I have software updates set to run weekly and have always kept them up to date. I really believe it's a disk permissions issue...but repairing them doesn't help.
*+Upon installation, I used Archive and Install.+* While I agree that Erase and Install may sound like a good idea, it makes me nervous. I do have everything backed up on a bootable CMS drive, but I'm a photographer and was hoping to not have to erase the G5.
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