Airport solution

Dear all,
I'm posting this in the hope it will help others who may be in the same shoes as I was last night. It's pretty simple in hindsight, but it's a pain if you don't know it is there.
Having installed Leopard via upgrade on an Intel iMac with no oddities (haxies etc...) I couldn't connect wirelessly - which is my default method.
Stuggling in vain, I couldn't find a solution anywhere on the forums, but in the end, stumbled across it myself. It may not work for all, but is worth knowing if wireless is your primary connection method.
I solved the problem by connecting via old-fashioned wired ethernet. This went fine. Once connected, I ran software update, and it seems that once Leopard is installed and connected to the net, there is an update related to login and keychain issues. Once downloaded, it fixed the problem, just like that. May not work for all, but I'd try it before going under the hood.
Here's a link to the knowledge base on the update http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306804
Good luck!
J

Any suggestions on a third party solution or am I
wasting my money?
Use an ethernet wireless bridge such as the Linksys WET54G which will work fine and also runs at 802.11g speeds.
Will the original Airport cards work OK in the iMac
with the AirportExpress?
Yes, the Airport Express will need to be running in either 802.11b or 802.11b/g mixed mode.
iFelix

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Streaming Audio A2DP and Airport solutions or Quicktime Broadcaster...

Hi everyone,
(first post for me, I hope this is not the wrong place for this)
So here it is : another topic about audio streaming, sorry about that.
What I want to do : Since all my music is on my Macbook with Leopard, I want to be able to stream less or more in real time some audio from iTunes, and maybe later if possible audio from movies or else outside iTunes. The stream has to be played on my stereo speakers that are currently plugged on my desktop Windows computer.
I know there is couple of solutions for that, and here is what I tried :
The airport express was the first easy thing, worked quite good but couple of things could have been better :
- This imply that you put on your network a 54G device (trying to avoid that to go fully N)
- You can not really use something that is not on itunes (Airfoil enables it, but still limitations) About that I ll be glad to hear from you if someone tried to stream from a movie with that - issues with a/v sync?, etc..
Then I thought about using A2DP, but the Leopard support seams not reliable, so I did not try to buy an A2DP receiver - that has an audio output for your speakers. There is couple of them on the market (http://sonyfanboy.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/new-sony-a2dp-bluetooth-receiver-tdm- bt1/), but some reports indicate that the sound is bad, the range is poor, and it interferes with the wifi. - any comments on that would be appreciated! - also - do you have an a/v sync if you play a video this way?
The third solution is the one I am using for now. Not perfect, but the better for me so far:
I am using a combination of Quicktime Broadcaster, Soundflower and Soundsource to create a virtual sound card that stream everyhing that is sent to it. On the other side my desktop computer receives the stream via either Vlc or Quicktime.
This works quite well since everything goes through the existing network (My desktop has a 100mb link to my router). I had to look for the right settings for quite a while, and sometime Quicktime broadcaster has strange behavior (stops responding while launching or closing, or when starting or stopping the broadcast). But once it is launched and broadcasting, it is solid - the broadcast can sometimes be on for couple of days without me noticing it. Since I am using vbr, the stream is going down to about 15Kb/s when no sound is played on the macbook.
Still, It would be nice to have a solution that is more flexible, maybe with no latency to watch movies, and maybe something that does not need my pc to be started and to run a client to play the stream.
So I am looking for some insights about similar solutions : maybe one of this internet radios that would pick up the broadcast, but also that would output the sounds on external speakers.
That s it, I am done typing. Sorry for my English and this (too long) post. Again, comments appreciated.
The problem remains here the latency (at least one second even with all cache or buffer turned down) - so you can not stream the audio of a movie that you watch on a wireless device.
Vincent

The audio found on a CD is recorded using 44.1 kHz.
Your DV camera records at 48 kHz only because that is the setting used in .dv files.
It's a waste of bandwidth to use such a high setting. Heck. You probably don't even need "stereo".

AirPort Problems [I know posted already, but read]

hey guys,
These AirPort problems are really really getting on people's nerves. 10.5.1 was perfect for most, and now after updating to .2, us .1 100% connection, the connection drops every couple of minutes.
I'm on a Macbook 2.2 (White), and so I have a question.
My connection is STABLE, doesn't drop or anything when connected to the MagSafe adapter. As soon as I unplug it, I lose my connection immediately. NOW, if I want to plug my MagSafe back in, my connection won't be stable anymore until I restart my system.
Is anyone else experiencing that?
So my question is, is there some sort of power settings for Airport (on the computer, not my router) that I can modify. Cause it seems that as soon as I disconnect my power adapter, AirPort goes crazy and does whatever it feels like.
*When I OPTION+Click on the AirPort button at the top:*
*MagSafe in - Transmit Rate: 54*
*MagSafe out - Transmit Rate: All over the place, 54, 48, 36 then 1, then drop connection.*
*Sometimes it's, 54 to 1 to drop connection.*
Hopefully Apple will read this and see that it is most likely some power settings that were modified by accident. I still don't know why everyone doesn't have problems. But of course, that's not the point. Getting an AirPort solution ASAP is
C'mon Apple!

I suggest that if you want a response from Apple - you ask them.
They don't officially monitor these posts. You should be legimately able to all support on an issue like this.
I don't see this on my MacBook Pro - right now it is showing a rate of 52 and is unplugged. It was 130 early today but when plugged in and in a different room.
Likely there is some attempt being made by the system to manage the power used by the peripheral devices - but it should not drop the connection.

Time Machine on (2) Mac's using (1) AirDisk

I have two Macs:
- iSight iMac
- MacBook
both connected via ethernet to a home network.
I have a Western Digital (WD) 500gb drive connected to an Airport Extreme (N) as an AirDisk.
I had been using TimeMachine for both machines fine for a few months. Single partition on the WD.
Over the past few weeks, TM has been nothing but trouble. Disks are either not being seen in the TM disk chooser or TM starts back-up and then reports "disk could not be mounted". I've tried all the tricks reported here...Only to have it fail a day of two later. I've run DU and DiskWarrior on the WD drive.
I'm now starting to think that something has changed with the OS Updates and that I need a partition for each TM back-up.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
I am so frustrated I'm really ready for CCC or SuperDuper, whichever one will provide ability to backup over a network...
With so many people reporting issues with TM, I'm wondering if this s/w is ready....
THANKS!

Wow, thanks for that tidbit...
Apparently Apple has flip-flopped on the issue as reported here...
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/08/applesays_time_machine_over_airport_disk_is_unsupportedfeature.html
I started using the TM & Airport solution as soon as it was announced in April, as a result of a firm-ware upgrade....and then the flip-flop....
If its not supported, I'm not going to tinker...I've wasted too many cycles on similar efforts...
THANKS AGAIN !!!

Extreme with HD id-ing me as Unkown User

Hello,
I got my new Extreme the other day and set it up and got it working great with my MacBook and my multiple Expresses I have about the house. I just bought a new 500GB drive to attach to the Extreme in hopes that I could daisychain all my firewire drives. I set the hard drive up and got it to connect once. The firewire drives that are connected to the 500GB drive did not appear. Is there a setting that needs to be activated to allow daisychaining hard drives?
That is not my main problem though, now I try to connect with my 500GB drive and it now tells me to contact the disk's Administrator to connect!?!
This is the error message:
"Connection Failed:
Unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator."
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I battled with this problem for a while. I talked to
some at Apple and after a great deal of pain, we
created another user account and everything worked!!!
We then logged back into the old account and had the
same problem. I blew away my keychain and created a
new one and now it works flawlessly.
I have been unable to solve this password issue. After testing with a few different external HDs (WD MyBook, LaCie), I turned to finding a solution on the web. Apparently, this is a common problem, and solutions have included:
- Turn IPv6 off (http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?p=1040223)
- Use just the basestation password (http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=wireless&Number=798693)
- Reboot stuff (http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=327562)
Plus some non-AirPort solutions involving AFP:
- Fiddle with firewall settings (http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=478217&an=0& page=0)
- Do something with Kerberos
However, none of these solutions work for me. Any pointers would be much appreciated. There are still others like me...
- http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=49565
ThinkPad Windows XP Also using AirPort Express as WDS main

IMac operating really slow

Hi, I have a G5 iMac, which for the last couple of weeks has been operating really slow. I've tried re-starting it, re-setting my Airport, in case it is internet related but it still keeps operating slowly. I get the spinning beach ball while it is thinking and then finally it functions, only to happen again. Occasionally, I get normal operating speed but then it happens again. I'm just going through a software update to see if there's anything I've missed out but is there anyone who is having the same problem, and is there anything anyone can recommend?

Not sure if this is related, Brett, but Apple have just released a new KB page detailing a problem which can occur when using some 3rd party VPN software under OSX 10.4.8:
Issue or symptom
After updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8, if some third-party VPN client software is installed, Activity Monitor may show the AirPort process taking 90% or more of the CPU time, and the computer may seem "slow".
Products affected
Mac OS X 10.4.8
Airport
Solution
Make sure your third-party VPN client software is up-to-date. Contact your network administrator or the manufacturer of your VPN client software.
This document will be updated as more information becomes available.
(from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304798 )
Not sure if this applies to you, but worth considering.
Regardless, you might want to start up Activity Monitor (in your utility folder), open the "Activity Monitor" window, and then choose "active processes" to see if this, or some other software, is hogging your processor.
Cheers
Rod

Reset of network settings

Hej.
I believe I have messed up my internet, suddenly my computer is not able to connect to some specific wireless networks (mostly my school's network, it is special, hard to explain, but it used to work and now it doesn't).
I was hoping there was a way to reset the network settings on my computer (macbook pro), so I could start all over again with the internet??
I know it sounds stupid, but I have tried everything and i'm desperat. my next move will be to visit the apple shop in my city. But im sure they are going to laugh at me..
thanks!

One hallmark of the Stores and staff, is to smile, listen and they won't even "over correct" a customer.
There is quite a bit on information online. Airport, OS X : Internet, etc -- though I will say here we are devoted mostly to workstations instead, 60 lb Pro towers.
WiFi (Airport) solutions for the Mac
Apple AirPort Time Capsule Support
troubleshoot internet connections
Connection Issues Internet Filters
http://www.apple.com/support/internet
MacBook Pro
Snow Leopard

Solution to Airport Extreme Base Station + Airport Express networking probs

I've been investigating this for 3 straight days after inadvertently destabilizing my network. There are tons of posts discussing a variety of issues, all of which seem related. My goal here is to provide links to other relevant posts and explain what I ended up doing to get things to work.
First, the background. You can skip below to SOLUTION if you don't really care... However, I highly recommend you take the time to read everything, as you'll get other useful information in the BACKGROUND section. I'm guessing many of you have similar, related problems so BACKGROUND might help provide context (and solutions) to some things you are seeing...
MY SETUP:
AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) of type b/g (round one, not square one), connects to the cable modem, and creates a WDS network that is then shared across two standard AirPort Express (AEX) units (100megabit, not the gigabit ones). One AEX serves as a relay unit that accepts clients, the other serves as a remote unit that also accepts clients. The intent is to show a single network throughout the house and let users log on to one network and move between networking units without having to switch from network to network.
I have a variety of networked devices throughout the house all running on the same network (2 Mac Pros, a Powerbook G4, a Mac Mini, an Apple TV, a Windows XP laptop, two iPhones, two wifi printers, and a 5-unit Sonos system, plus the AEBS and two AEXs). Yeah, I'm a geek.
The Mac Pros are both running 10.4.11, and the Powerbook is running 10.5.2.
AEBS is running firmware 5.7
AEXs are running firmware 6.3
All Macs were initially accessing configs via the recently released AirPort Utility 5.3.1. More on that later.
BACKGROUND:
I've had this network setup working for about a year now. Recently, I've been having poor network performance problems and came to the conclusion it was a LAN problem (ie. problem with my home network, as opposed to with my ISP). Upon initial investigation, I began by looking at my networking logs (via AirPort Utility 5.3.1). You get to those by selecting the unit in question, choosing "Manual Configuration", the selecting the "Advanced" tab up top with the "Logging and SNMP" sub-tab. Click the "Logs and Statistics" button therein for log details from that unit.
The first thing I noticed was "Administrative access denied to ff80::xxxxxxxxx" messages - a lot of them. I didn't recognize the ff80:: address in question, and so became concerned it was someone outside the network trying to hack one (or all) of the AEBS/AEX units. You can see threads discussing that investigation here:
"Hack or panic?" - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1438486
"Administrative access denied" - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1438865
Long and short of it is that the recent AirPort Utility 5.3.1 release (current as of March 13) seems to have problems (keychain) when attempting to access the AEBS and AEX units. The "Administrative access denied" logs actually refer to the client machine you are using when you try to read the logs. The ff80::xxxxxx address is simply the IPv6 address for the machine you are using; if you turn off IPv6 on your client machine, that address should switch over to begin showing a regular IP address instead (something like 10.0.1.xxx), which makes it easier to associate the IP to the machine. I explain how to deactivate IPv6 on both Tiger (10.4.x) and Leopard (1.5.x) here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6814978#6814978
Anyway, in the process of investigating the "Administrative access denied" problem, I began tinkering with my AEX settings. Specifically, I ended up performing a hard factory reset (unplug unit, plug back in while holding down the little button with paper click/pen for ~10-15 seconds until light flashes green 4x then reverts to amber/yellow/orange). I began reconfiguring my entire WDS network using the newly updated AirPort Utility 5.3.1, and that's when the trouble started.
(If you are having problems seeing either your AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, read this:)
In short, each time I thought I had properly configured things and then confirmed settings (kicking off a reboot on the AEX unit) the unit would restart with new settings but not properly join the WDS and not show up in the AirPort Utility list of units. More specifically, I would start with a "wiped" AEX and see both the AEBS and the AEX in my AirPort Utility list, but upon confirm/reboot the AEX would disappear and the AEBS would remain. However, that's not 100% correct. It seems that sometimes I would end up with the AEX and NOT the AEBS. Because both the AEX and AEBS were theoretically "hosting" the same network name (remember, WDS shares the network name across units) my auto-login feature for my client computer's wifi seemed to "jump on" whichever unit it first saw hosting the default network name for my house. In other words, it seems what was really happening was that I was ending up with two separate networks in my house, both with the same name but not talking to each other (as opposed to two units sharing the same network name and internet connection). The AEX would continue to blink orange/amber/yellow (whichever color it is to your eyes ) because it could not grab an internet connection -- and if I was on the network through that AEX unit I would not get internet. But if i was connected through the AEBS I would continue to have internet access. As far as my client computer (my Mac Pro) was concerned, I was on the home wifi network even if I was on the AEX rather than the AEBS -- it would show the home wifi network name as the name of the network it had connected to. But when I opened the AirPort Utility 5.3.1 I would see only the AEX (if I was connected through it) or the AEBS (if connected through it) -- a clear indication that the units were not truly sharing the same network.
I tried rebooting and reconfiguring the AEBS and AEX about 50 times (literally). I even tracked down an older version of the AirPort Utility 5.2.1 via this thread (see Tesserax post):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1067565
One interesting thing re: 5.2.1 is that the "Administrative access denied" errors summarized above disappeared. As explained in a post reference above, the going theory is that this a permissions/keychain problem new and unique to AirPort Utility 5.3.1. However, even though 5.2.1 does have a slightly different interface with different settings, I still couldn't get the WDS to work.
EVENTUALLY, I came across this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1422527
MuaddibOfArrakis walks through setting up a WDS from scratch, and the workflow is different than what is possible with either AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or 5.2.1. He's doing it with the old version of AirPort Admin Utility, which I fortunately saved a copy of many moons ago when I had somewhat-related problems with my WDS (since forgotten). In fact, it's a lot easier. What's nice about this older app is that it literally does the heavy lifting of "connecting" the AEBS and AEX units during the configuration -- it reboots both at the same time as the config is happening, and lets you choose from a list of available units to "add" to your WDS network. In short, it's a FAR SUPERIOR workflow even though some of the GUI isn't as intuitive as the newer AirPort Utilities that were designed to replace it.
SOLUTION:
If still have a copy of the AirPort Admin Utility follow the instructions from MuaddibOfArrakis here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1422527
If not, try setting up your WDS network using AirPort Utility (hereafter AU), with these configs (take from my now-working network), as viewed through AirPort Utility 5.3.1.
I. Configure your AEBS.
Select the AEBS from AU, and choose "Manual Setup"
1. Under the AirPort tab up top:
a. Under "Base Station" sub-tab:
i.) assign a name for that specific unit, so you can later identify the specific unit from the list of units -- this is the name that will show up beside the unit in the AU list of configurable units. You can name it something like "kitchen", or "office". I have mine numbered, so XXXXXv1, XXXXXv2 etc where the XXXXX is the name of the shared network and the numbers help me tell the units apart. Just be sure you name each uniquely, and if you have several you might write the name on the unit itself.
ii.) pick a password for logging into that unit. This is different from the network password, its a security check to get in and change the configs on this unit later. Be sure to remember it in your keychain for the sake of simplicity, and write it down somewhere secure.
iii.) if you choose to set time automatically, pick a location that you will use consistently across all your units. I use time.apple.com.
iv.) uncheck "Allow configuration over Ethernet WAN port" unless you want to be able to remotely mess with settings -- which you almost certainly do not need to do.
v.) I left the "Options" button alone - no settings there.
b. Under the "Wireless" sub-tab:
i.) Wireless Mode: "Participate in a WDS network"
ii.) Network Name: this will be the name of your wifi network shared by all units, so be sure to remember what you pick. If you are already connected to this AEBS via wifi while you are making these changes, then you can use the same wifi name you already have set up -- you don't have to change it. Note that if you DO change it, after reboot your will LOSE connection to the network and have to reset your wifi settings on your client machine to match the new network/password in order to be able to access the network.
iii.) pick a Radio Mode. I'm using b/g compatible. You'll want to do the same, unless you are on the new gigabit AEX. I'm pretty sure about this, but not 100% -- others post if I'm wrong.
iv.) choose a Channel. This can be a more complicated procedure, but for now just pick something consistent across all your units. If you get everything working and find that you're having intermittent network problems, you could later try changing your Channel -- it can pick up interference from phones, microwaves, etc and changing it can help.
v.) I have wireless security set to WPA/WPA2 Personal.
vi.) Wireless Password is the password for access to your wifi network (not your unit itself). If you are connecting to your AEBS via wifi while doing this config, then you can use the same password you have already set up. Pick a good one unless you want other folks jumping on your wifi and stealing your bandwidth and/or credit card numbers . Remember it in your keychain and write it down someplace secure, because you'll need it for the other units too. As noted above, note that if you DO change it, after reboot your will LOSE connection to the network and have to reset your wifi settings on your client machine to match the new network/password in order to be able to access the network.
vii.) Click the "Wireless Options" button. I have my multicast rate set to 2mbps, transmit at 100%, timeout at 1 hour, and i have checked the "Create a closed network". This last step keeps your network from advertising itself to the outside world. Users can only find it by explicitly typing the network name into their wifi settings (e.g. AirPort -> Other... then enter Network Name, Security and Password). I leave interference robustness unchecked.
c. Under the "WDS" sub-tab:
i.) the AEBS should have it's WDS Mode set to "WDS main".
ii.) Check the "allow wireless clients" box on the AEBS; this lets you connect client machines to it directly too.
iii.) hit the plus button to add the Remote system (AEX). There are two types of configs for the AEX's - "remote" and "relay". Assuming you have 3 units like me (2 AEX and 1 AEBS) the key question is whether you will place each AEX within direct reach of the AEBS (remotes), or if you will have one AEX in the middle connecting to an AEBS on one side and an AEX on the other -- where the furthest AEX is out of reach from the AEBS (remote) and connects only to the AEX in the middle (relay). I'm using a relay setup. If you are using relay, you can still set up the AEX relay to serve client computers too -- it doesnt have to JUST relay. More on that later. For now, you want to add only AEX units that will talk DIRECTLY to the AEBS. So if you have a setup like mine, just add one (the one in the middle - the relay). If you have two remotes connecting directly to the AEBS, you will add them both here. When you hit the '+' button it will ask for both an ID and description. For description I use the name I'm assigning to each unique unit (as above, "kitchen" or XXXXXv1 or whatever you use). For AirPort ID, use the number listed on the AEX unit itself (not the number for "Ethernet", also on the AEX unit).
d. Under the "Access" sub-tab:
i.) I have it set to "Not Enabled". I'd suggest you start that way too, and you can go change it later if you get everything working correctly.
2. Under the "Internet" tab up top:
a. Under the "Internet Connection" sub-tab:
i.) Connect Using: Ethernet
ii.) Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
iii.) Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
iv.) Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address
b. Under the "DHCP" sub-tab:
i.) DHCP Beginning Address: 10.0 . 1 . 2
ii.) DHCP Ending Address: 10.0.1.200
DHCP Lease: 4 hours
c. Under the "NAT" sub-tab:
i.) nothing should be checked;
ii.) nothing under Port Mappings either
3. Under the "Printers and Advanced" tabs up top:
Nothing special needs to be configured there.
THAT'S IT.
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I. Configure your AEX(s)
Select the AEX from AU, and choose "Manual Setup"
1. Under the "AirPort" tab up top:
a. Under "Base Station" sub-tab:
i.) pick a unique name for this unit, same logic as for AEBS
ii.) pick a password specific for accessing this unit, same logic as for AEBS
iii.) Set time automatically: be sure to use the same settings used on your AEBS
iv.) Options: no need to set any
b. Under "Wireless" sub-tab:
i.) Wireless Mode: Participate in a WDS network
ii.) Network Name: same name used for AEBS, this is the name of your wifi network
iii.) Channel: same as AEBS
iv.) All settings here (those above, plus Security and Password & in Options button) should be the same as for AEBS settings on this tab
c. Under the "WDS" sub-tab:
...if AEX is "in the middle" (as described above):
i.) WDS Mode: WDS relay
ii.) Allow wireless clients: check (unless you only want to bridge between the edges without letting folks connect on this AEX in the middle)
iii.) WDS Main: set to the AirPort ID (aka MAC address) for the AEBS. You can find it on the bottom of the AEBS, either labeled as such or at the bottom beside the logo of a wireless signal (square logo, with semi-circles mimicing a radio signal).
iv.) WDS Remotes: click the '+' to add any AEX's that will connect to this relay rather than directly to the AEBS. Same deal as above, use the name in the description and use the AirPort ID from the side of the AEX (not the Ethernet ID).
.....if AEX is connecting to a relay ("on the end", as above) or if there is no relay and AEX connects directly to the AEBS:
i.) WDS Model: WDS remote
ii.) Allow wireless clients: checked
iii.) WDS Main: if connected to a relay, use the AirPort ID of the relay AEX. If connected to the AEBS directly, use the AirPort ID of the AEBS
d. Under the "Access" sub-tab:
i.) MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled (for now, you can change later)
2. Under the "Internet" tab up top:
a. Under the "Internet Connection" sub-tab:
i.) Connect Using: AirPort (WDS) -- should be selected and gray'ed out.
ii.) Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
iii.) Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
iv.) Connection Sharing: Off (Bridge Mode)
3. Under the Music, Printers and Advanced tabs up top:
Nothing special needs to be configured there. You can worry about AirTunes settings later...
That should be it. I'd recommend setting up the AEBS first, then the relay (if applicable), then the remotes. Initially, you can bring each unit in the same room with you for configuring. After configured and restarted the AEX should blink then turn solid green. If it turns green you should be good to go.
HOPE THIS HELPS. As noted above, I did not config through AirPort Utility 5.3.1 so I haven't tested this procedure through that app. However, after getting my network to work I went back and transposed all settings into this post to help others. Please provide feedback on whether or not this is working, so we can collectively try to move towards a setup procedure that works for everyone....
Good luck!
Message was edited by: b.byrd

I'm not convinced that the problem lies in Airport Utility. This same thing was happening to me, nearly exactly as you describe it. The thing is that with me, the problems clearly started when I updated the firmware in my Airport Express (n). That's when all the wacky stuff started happening. Sometimes it would show up in AU, sometimes it didn't and even if it didn't, I could still access the internet through it.
But as you said, the problems got really bad when another Express (b/g) was put on the network with it. Even when it did work, the (b/g) would make it impossibly slow.
You know more about this than me, and clearly have more patience if you've restarted the network fifty times. I gave up at about ten.
In any case, your solution is more of a work around and if you're still having that slow connection problem, I'm not sure you've got it. But thanks for your reporting of this. At least I know I'm not crazy.

Is my airport broken? My wireless has stopped all of a sudden! No solution works!

hi, I need help please. After working fine for years my wireless connection on my desktop which is on snow leoperd 10.6.8 has stopped connecting all of a sudden. It works fine on my macbook pro and my iphone. When I turn it on I get none of your preffered networks available, I find my network and when I type in the password for my network I get connection timeout. In diagnostics I have.....
Airport failed
Airport settings failed
Network setting failed
It has connected a couple of times randomly but goes off when I try to load a page,
I have tried loads of solutions from forums like....
deleting networks and creating a new one
changing channels and even tried deleting the system preference files from the library but still no joy.
I just want to ask for any other solutions before I have to take it 50 miles to the nearest 'genius centre' to get it looked at.
Could my airport be broken?

Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
Also try this - Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
 Cheers, Tom

Solution for Poor signal in a wireless WDS network with two Airport Extreme

I have just bought my second Airport Extreme to create a wireless network with the best possible signal. I have one Airport Extreme in my office and the second one (supposedly the remote base) in the living room, two brick walls and 7 meters away. I have follow Apple instructions for the setup, main base "Create a Wifi Network" and Extend network option selected. The remote "join an existent network" and Allow wifi clients selected. According to Apple this is a WDS network between two Airport Extreme.
The network is working and the signal from my iMac is very good in my Office. In the living room the signal with my PC laptop is also very good.
Problem is that my iPod Touch OS 3.0 (I use it as a remote control in my living room with a twonky media server) gets now a very weak wifi signal in my living room, in many cases I lose the wifi sgnal although I sit two meters away from the remote Airport Extreme in the Living Room. If I go to my office with the iPod, then I get a good signal.
I think that only the first Airport Extreme in my Office (Main Base) is emitting a wifi signal and the second Airport Extreme (remote) is only receiving the wifi signal not making a repetition of the wifi signal. (Sorry for my explanation, I am not technical on this.)
I thought that, in a WDS configuration, the remote Airport Extreme WAS suppose to also replicate the wifi signal in my living room.
I have also tried a WDS manual setup with the two airport with the same results.
Is there a solution for this?. Do I have to connect the two Airport Extreme with a wire ethernet in order to be able to have a wifi signal strong enough in my living room for my iPod Touch?.
Thank you for your time.

Thank you Bob for your time.
I understand from your words that with a DHCP reservation I can force de Airport Extreme Main Base to assign an specific IP to a particular client in the network. Is that correct?. If that is the case, I will reserve the 10.0.1.3 to the Twonky Media Server (I need this to be fixed to this IP) and I will change the configuration of the remote Airport Extreme to DHCP automatic.
I will give it a try in a few days. I have spent so many hours with this set up that I am a bit terrified to start again today, to tired from work.
Just one last question. Setting up the remote Airport was very difficult with the Airport Utility. I had to reset and start many times as I always got two errors in the set up:
1.- Internet not connected.
After a minute or so, most of the time the problem was corrected automatically as the remote found the main base that is connected to the internet. I got a confirmation message for this.
2.- Second problem was that Airport Utility said that it could no connect the remote to the specified network. Sometimes (not always) the remote light turn green both in the Airport Extreme and in the Airport Utility, BUT I never got confirmation of a successful installation. Nevertheless, the connection was established because the wifi network exist.
Do I have to "disable the WAN port" during the installation of the remote Airport to avoid the problems?.
Best Regards,
Fernando

I want to use my airport time capsule as a network attached storage solution, is this possible or do I need to connect a separate hard drive?

I want to use my airport time capsule as a network attached storage solution, is this possible or do I need to connect it to a separate hard drive?

The Time Capsule is by default a network hard drive, but it has no "brains" of it's own. So, it cannot function as a stand alone media server if that is what you are asking.
If you are also using the Time Capsule hard drive for Time Machine backups of your Mac(s), then there may be struggle for available space on the drive since it is not possible to partition the Time Capsule drive in a traditional manner.
If space is getting tight on the Time Capsule, it might be a good idea to connect a drive to the USB port on the Time Capsule and use that drive for your network storage needs.

Time Capsule has limited range - Airport Extreme worked fine. Solutions???

I have used Airport Express with my 2 Macs - Mac Pro (near the AE and modem, and MacBook Pro, normally used about 25 feet away, in another room. No problems. UNTIL I added Time Capsule. My access to the internet on the laptop is very, very slow. So bad, in fact, that I unplugged the TC, and am now using the AE once again. I really need to have everything backed up, which is why I bought the 2TB Time Capsule. Does anyone have solutions for this?

Duane:
I'm getting closer, but still have a problem.
AE has only one channel to work with, and it's set on Channel 1.
However, Time Capsule has two radio channel selections. The 2.4 GHz channel can be set on Channel 1, which I have done. But the 5 GHz channel 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161
I'm going through trial and error with the higher number channels, but have had no success when I move the laptop away from the Time Capsule unit.

Airport extreme and Printing : a solution that works for me

I post a new topic in order to avoid people going throught various topics.
_Explanation of the problem I had :_
When I plugged directly my printer (xerox 6110) to the usb of my PowerBook it worked fine. When I connected the same printer with the same cable to the usb port of my airport extreme (square model), I was Apple to install it throught bonjour on my laptop and my IMac. But I was only able to print trhourght textedit, and not throught word, excel, safari, etc. When printing from this application, after a while I had a page print with a timeout problem.
Solution (thanks to the following post : http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1201663&tstart=0 )
After trying drivers, and lot of other things, I tried what suggested in the topice above : I changed my USB cable that was connecting my AE to my printer : and now IT WORKS.
It is strange because I was able to print directly throught USB using the same cable, but not using my AE.
But anyway It work now !! This is the most important ! a lot of thanks for your help.
Hope it will help some of you

Ohhhh, Silly, silly moi. Ok, got it. Now I see "Partition". Thanks! Will try again. Downloading Windows support software as I type.
Thank you.
One more thing - while attempting installation the first time (before I stumbled on this thread) - I looked up YouTube re how to create a USB bootable ISO (which included editing the info.plist file in Boot Camp Assistant).
When I tried installing 8.1 from the ISO, the installation aborted saying "cannot find resources" (something like that) - this occured after the first stage, i.e. while "preparing files to install Windows".
Assuming I get this again (I hope not!), is it because of a corrupted ISO?

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I'm using Airport Express to stream ALE audio to a Chime DAC, via the Toslink optical connector. Every time iTunes stops playing for more than about 5 seconds, a huge click is sent to the digital output, which is... you can imagine. Very annoying.
I don't understand how digital silence (a series of consecutive 0's whose equivalent is 0 volts) flipping to actual 0 Volts (as in... the bloody circuit is off) would produce a click in any properly designed product! Hi-Fi amps have built in ramp functions on the power rails to avoid that on the speaker outputs since the 50's !!!
Is there a way to configure Airport Express (I've looked in Airport Utility) so that it keeps the interface active - in other words, sending digital black whenever audio from iTunes is not present at the input? The thing is plugged into a wall socket anyway! I don't see any conservation of energy in switching it off, if it's done in such a rude and annoying way.
Any ideas?
Any Apple techs ever read these forum entries?
The headphone output of all Macs since the switch to Intel is flawed, and I have yet to see ONE reaction from them to the thousands of posts on this forum about that subject.
Just thought I'd waste a bit more of my time here again.
But I'd love to hear from anyone with a decent solution.

I apologize for my subject topic not ending with a question mark. I could swear I typed one in. So again, sorry if you got here thinking I had found a solution to this.

Airport Extreme and Printing : is there a solution

HI all,
I have gone through many topics on printing with airport extreme and I have seen a lot of people like me having the same problem : the printer plugged to the usb port of the Airport Extreme is visible but can not print.
People tried to change firmware, plug unplug the printer, etc... But it seems that there is no solution
Is there really any solution ?
It is the first time I see an Apple Product which such problems ... Is there anyone from Apple who can answer this problem ?
Thanks in advance

I HAVE THE SOLUTION (AT LEAST IT WORKS FOR ME !!)
Thanks to another post (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1201663&tstart=0) :
I changed the USB Cable, and now it works perfectly.(souns so simple ... but it worked) (it is strange, because I was able to print through usb with my old cable ..)
Many thanks for this help

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