Base station died?

My airport express base station stopped working. The light no longer comes on. Is there anything to try or do they just die?
Ann

It's probably dead. Unless your circuit breaker has tripped.

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  • All 9 Apple AE Base Stations Dying and need restart

    Hiyall,
    I do tech work for a school and we have a problem with all 9 of our Airport Extreme base stations disappearing off the network. Its like they don't exist. The cannot be seen wirelessly or via ethernet using the Airport admin utility. They won't even respond to a ping. Its driving everyone nuts. I only work there a couple of hours a fortnight so I don't yet know if all the base stations die at once or one by one but when I was there last week they were all dead. If you restart them they seem to work fine for some random amount of time before requiring a restart. This goes on all day.
    The network was running fine and then recently we purchased 10 new ibooks and took the opportunity to upgrade all computers to 10.4.7. We immediately started having problems. We have about 30 iBooks and a few windows laptops. The problems occur even when only a few laptops are logged in. The base station firmware is currently 5.7 but we had the problem with 5.6.
    I cannot think of anything that could kill off all our base stations and I'm all out of ideas. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Cheers.

    After further investigation it would appear that the base station dies that is being used rather than just random drop offs. I guess after each unit dies the laptops are restarted and start using another base station and kill it and so on until they are all dead.
    Interesting when I did a test with a class yesterday that everything worked fine for the 30 mins we logged in. It wasn't until we logged out and shut down the laptops that the base station dropped off the network and required a restart. Can't see the logic in this.

  • Has anyone else's Airport base station died?

    My base station just went down...They are currently on back order everywhere...For some reason I cant get my airport express to connect at home, I have full bars, but it wont connect to the internet....any advice?
    (Ive used the express many times before while traveling, with no problems at all)
    thanks in advance.

    You didn't stipulate DSL or Cable, but try the following:
    AirPort Express Base Station Setup (AX) w/High-Speed Cable Modem
    Modem/Router Power ReCycling
    - Power-off the Cable modem, AX, & computer(s). (If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
    - Power-on the Cable modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
    - Power-on the AX; Wait at least 5 minutes.
    - Power-on the computer(s)
    Perform a "hard" reset of the AX
    - (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044)
    Setup the AX
    With the network components powered down, set up the AX, using the AirPort Admin Utility, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, 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)

  • Intermittent Weak Signal; is base station dying? (Graphite)

    I have a graphite base station running through a Netgear router and then a cable modem. For the past few months I've been experiencing an intermittent weak signal, which makes internet browsing extremely frustrating. There are 3 computers that use the internet through the base station - 2 running Jaguar, 1 with Panther. (Planning to update the Jaguars to Tiger very soon). The base station has been in the same location for years. This seems to be a dense wireless location, so I suspected interference. So, I tried several things including changing the channel several times, physically moving the station somewhat, changing multicast rate, changing password, etc. Though there are times when I do get a relatively normal speed internet transmission, I'm still experiencing the random periods of extreme slowness. The slowness seems to occur most often when I've been online for awhile or late in the day.
    Any opinions? Should I think about replacing the base station or is it possible that some interference problems are insurmountable? Other ideas? Thanks for suggestions.
    Jen

    No, there isn't any unusual LED behavior. The signal/transmission is just very very slow sometimes.
    The utility program connects and functions normally. Also, I checked the router via an ethernet cable. It is running normally, at normal speed. The problem appears to be occurring in the ABS (v 3.84).

  • Airport Express Base Station Died

    I have had the unit for 2 years and it worked flawlessly. Last Friday it stopped working. The Green Light is on showing connection, but none of my mac computers recieve internet when using safari or firefox. The Utility shows airport express on but not connected to internet. However my computers work fine when plugging the ethernet cable right into computers. Hard reset, soft reset, unplugging and moving to another wall and updating firmware have not worked. Are there any other options, or is it dead? If it is dead any suggestions on non apple routers that are mac compatible or are the apple routers best options for a novice like me?

    The symptoms you describe are not typical of a "dead" Airport Express.
    Do a proper factory default reset per:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
    ...and keep holding the reset button down until you see the four green flashes (10-15 seconds).
    Then cable the Airport Express ethernet port to your Mac. If the Airport Utility can "see" and allow you to configure the device, then its ethernet port is working - and the problem must be with the Airport Express being unable to obtain a connection from your ISP.

  • Airport Extreme Base station + Relay Inquiry

    My Airport Express Base station died on me so I replaced it with an Airport Extreme. I immediately noticed the lack of wds support and a simplified network setup option.
    So I updated all my other relay stations to the newer network(Airport Express btw).
    I found that the Ethernet connections weren't functioning anymore. Why?
    To make it clear, I'm trying to connect a non-wireless computer to my wireless network through a relay station.
    Is this still doable?

    Yep! I can understand that!
    Here are the basic setup steps for creating a WDS with a mixed (802.11n/g) base stations:
    AEBSn - WDS Setup
    (Note: To facilitate the WDS set up, place the base stations within near proximity of each other during the set up phase, and then relocate them to their desired locations when complete. Also, jot down the AirPort IDs (MAC addresses) for each of the base stations to be used in the WDS. The AirPort ID and is printed on the label on the bottom/side of the base station.)
    Main Base Station Setup
    o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the main base station.
    o Open AirPort Utility (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
    o Select the main base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base
    Station menu, or double-click the base station to open the configuration in a separate window.
    o Enter the base station password if necessary. If the base station is using the
    default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
    o Click Wireless in the toolbar, and then choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu.
    o Click WDS and then choose “WDS main” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
    o Select the “Allow wireless clients” checkbox if you want client computer to connect to this base station.
    o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the base station you want to connect to this base station.
    o Click Update to send the new settings to the base stations in the WDS.
    Remote Base Station Setup
    o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar and choose the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as a remote base station.
    o Open AirPort Utility (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
    o Select the remote base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
    o Enter the base station password, if necessary. If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
    o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
    o Click AirPort in the toolbar and click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
    o Click WDS and choose “WDS remote” from the pop-up menu.
    o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the WDS Main field.
    o Click Update to transfer the settings to the base station.
    Relay Base Station Setup
    o Click the AirPort status menu in the menu bar to join the wireless network created by the base station you want to set up as the relay base station.
    o Open AirPort Utility (in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh computer, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows).
    o Select the relay base station, and choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu.
    o If the base station is using the default password of public, you will not be prompted for a password.
    o Enter the same network password as the main base station, if necessary.
    o Click AirPort in the toolbar and click Wireless. Choose “Participate in a WDS network” from the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, and choose the same channel as the main base station from the Channel pop-up menu.
    o Click WDS and choose “WDS relay” from the WDS Mode pop-up menu.
    o Enter the AirPort ID of the main base station in the Main AirPort ID field.
    o Click the Add "+" button and enter the AirPort ID of the remote base station this relay base station will connect to.
    o Click Update to transfer the new WDS settings to the relay and remote base stations.
    (ref: Pages 42-46 of "Designing AirPort Networks.)

  • Do Base Stations eventually "peter out"?

    I am having symptoms with my base station that a lot of other people are reporting, but I'm not sure if it's for the same reason. After at least two or three years of strong, consistent signal strength, the last few months have been riddled with weak signal strength from as close as the next room, and the connection drops constantly... I can't watch more than ten minutes of video on my Apple TV without the "Uh, you're supposed to actually have a NETWORK in order to use Apple TV" screen popping up.
    I've seen a lot of others on the boards here talk about downgrading the firmware to 7.4.1, but the difference here is that I have an older "flying saucer" base station that predates 802.11n. (And it is running firmware 5.7, which I believe is the most current for that model.)
    As near as I can figure, there hasn't been any other configuration change that would have caused this, and there aren't any new wireless networks in my neighborhood that are causing interference.
    So, my question is this... is this just a case of my base station dying of old age? I have no problem buying a new router and sending this one to the Great WAN In The Sky, but I want to make sure that I've exhausted my options before doing so.
    Thanks!

    You could simply be suffering from RF interference. Try changing the channel used by the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) until you find a channel which works better or you run out of channels.

  • Testing a base station

    There are various diagnostic and repair tools available to us Mac users for our Powerbooks and desktop systems, i.e. DiskWarrior, Tech Tool, the Apple Hardware Test, etc.
    But is there anything available for testing an Airport Extreme base station? I've had one in regular use now for a couple of years, but recently my DSL performance has been as slow or even slower than dialup.
    I went off property yesterday to an Internet cafe and my Powerbook worked as expected, so to me that rules out a dying Airport card. I've also had my ISP troubleshoot from their end and by using traceroute and ping from Terminal we've determined that their delivery is up to par, although that was done while connected directly to their modem via ethernet.
    So I'll ask again: how does one troubleshoot an AEBS? Is there a software tool or Apple utility that anyone is familiar with? Incidentally, my wife uses a Dell notebook with Windows XP on this same network, but hasn't reported any decrease in performance. But she is only on the network for a few hours in the evening, when I'm generally doing other things around the house.

    Marko:
    were you intending to reply to another post? Your situation, while frustrating of course, doesn't apply to the question I posted.
    I add my rant / problem to the long list.
    My AEBS stopped working properly. It drops connection
    randomly and needs physical restart.
    Apple, do something about it.

  • Airport Extreme 802.11g base station loses internet connection often

    I just installed an Airport Extreme base station (802.11g version Apple Base Station V5.7) last week. And it keeps dropping my internet connection at least once a day.
    I simply replaced an old SMC Barricade wireless router that died (and was a POS). But I only had to reset the SMC about once every 2 months. Nothing else has changed in my setup. Only the router/base station is different.
    The wireless part is fine. Even when the internet connection gets dropped the hard wired AND wireless clients can still access the local network. Reseting the DSL modem has no effect. The only solution is to power cycle (unplug and plug back in) the AEBS OR restart it from Airport Admin utility.
    But you can't do that from offsite. When the AEBS drops the internet connection I can't access my office network from home!
    Is there a place in Airport Admin Utility which tells you the status of your internet connection like most generic wireless routers with web-based software do?
    Any ideas on resolving this?
    Thanks

    "Any ideas on resolving this?"
    Looter,
    Based on your description, open AirPort Admin Utility and check the configuration of your main base station on the "Internet" pane. If you're using ethernet cable from the modem to the base station, the top selector [Connect Using:] should show "Ethernet" and the second selector [Configure:] should show "Using DHCP"
    Also, check your iMac's System Preferences>Network at "Show: AirPort" and check the PPPoE pane which should show no entries (unless your isp requires its use), and the TCP/IP pane which should show "Configure IPv4:" as being "Using DHCP" - while all other info is filled in automatically.
    "Is there a place in Airport Admin Utility which tells you the status of your internet connection like most generic wireless routers with web-based software do?"
    No, the AirPort Admin Utility is not web-based, only located on your computer with the information available to it necessary to operate the AirPort system. It does not actually administer the signal. I think that is done only by System Preferences>Network.
    "I'm actually referring to the Airport Express base station not my MacBook Pro's wireless connection. Is there anywhere in the Airport Admin Utility software that tells you the status of the AEBS' internet connection NOT the wireless connection."
    No, that info is not available in that utility. The information you seek is at System Preferences>Network, but only after the system scans for it. Click the "Assist me..." button and then, on the "Do you need assistance setting up a new network connection or solving a network problem?" panel that opens, click the "Diagnostics..." button. A "Network Diagnostics" panel will then open and if its scan shows there is no internet the lights to the left of "Internet" and "Server" will be yellow instead of green. Meanwhile, it continues scanning for the connection until it is re-established. I determined this by pulling my cable from the phone jack, later reinserting it.
    Further information that may be helpful to you can undoubtedly be found in threads such as this other one:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=884049&tstart=0
    edit-
    In re-reading, I may not have given you what you need. It sounds as if you may be "timing out" somehow on your connection. You might want to check around at some of your log-on settings to see if there is that possibility connected to one of them, even though the only thing I can think of is the "Renew DHCP Lease" button which is unknown to me, as I've never used it.
    Message was edited by: myhighway

  • 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.
    Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated if anyone has any ideas
    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.

  • Graphite base station not working with my Intel Based Mac Mini and iPhone.

    My Airport Express died after 2 years of use. I had to resort to plugging in my old but still functioning Graphite Airport base station. Since the set up assisant on my Mac mini does not work with the older base station, I used my G4 400 tower to set it up. I got it working and tested the connection. On to testing my iPhone. It sees the new network. Password is entered and the wifi icon shows full signal strength, but does not connect to the web. Next I try my Mac mini out on the new network and it too sees the network, but does not connect to the web. I double check the older G4 and the connection is still strong and fast. I shut the G4 down thinking that maybe the Graphite can only support one computer at a time, and the Mac mini and iPhone still can't connect to the web. I'm not sure what to do with this one. Is there a setting that I need to use? As far as security goes, the Graphite base station was set up with a WEP password. Any help would be great
    Message was edited by: Soriano

    I suggest using AirPort Admin Utility (version 4.2) to check the base station settings and change them, if necessary. (AirPort Admin Utility should be able to configure a Graphite base station from a computer running Mac OS X 10.4, even though AirPort Setup Assistant can't.)
    In the Network pane of AirPort Admin Utility, please make sure that "Distribute IP addresses" and "Share a single IP address (using DHCP and NAT)" are checked, and that everything else is unchecked. I am assuming that the Graphite is the only router in your local network and that there are no computers connected via Ethernet.
    The Access Control pane of AirPort Admin Utility should list either all of the relevant AirPort ID's or nothing. You can find the AirPort ID of an OS X computer by looking at System Preferences>Network>Show:AirPort>AirPort.
    The Internet pane of AirPort Admin Utility should be set in accordance with your Internet provider's requirements. Most likely, it should be set to Connect Using:Ethernet and Configure:Using DHCP.
    After verifying the settings, power down the computers, base station and cable or DSL modem for a few minutes, then start them up sequentially, leaving time for each to get fully up and running: first the modem, then the base station, and finally the computers.
    The network preferences on the Mac Mini and the iPhone are also relevant. I assume that the preferences are unchanged from those that worked with the AirPort Express.
    I hope this helps.

  • Windoze Ad-hoc networks killing Airport Extreme Base Station

    After having a horrible experience with an Orinoco base station sometime ago at his coffee shop, a client of mine asked me to install a new Wi-Fi access point to replace it. Since I'd never had a problem with my graphite Airport Base Station, I selected recommended that he try the Airport Extreme. Everything was been fine for over a year and half, with only the occasional interference problem, and even that easily fixed by a restart on the base station. Lately that has changed. We're in Baton Rouge, and since Hurricane Katrina, our population in our city has doubled (that's not an exaggeration), and the number of customers using the network in his coffee shop has increased as well - although it's still well below the maximum. The problem is that there are is large number of students from Loyola, UNO and Tulane who are now attending LSU, right across the street. And a significant fraction of those have ad-hoc networks set up on their Windoze notebooks, apparently unintentionally. When they come into the coffee shop their ad-hoc networks seems to cause the Airport Extreme to die, and not recover, until it is reset. This happens many times per day, sometimes more than once in an hour.
    It had been configured to automatically select a channel, but I re-configured to use a specific channel (and have been experimenting with the particular channel). It seems to reduce the problem for a time, but then we'll have the problem back in force within a few days.
    I have verified (using iStumbler) that there are no other "managed" networks near-by, and I have noticed that the problem ALWAYS happens when there is are ad-hoc networks, and after politely asking customers if I can check their settings, (it's scary how many people will let you poke around on their computer, if you seem like you know what you're doing) I've also seen compelling evidence that it is Windoze users, not Mac users, who tend to cause the problem. Incidentally at this particular coffee shop the Windoze:Mac ration is something like 60:40. What can I say, it attracts discerning customers. Since some of them have "lsuwireless" set up as an ad-hoc network (and as I said, LSU is across the street), my guess is that somehow these get set up, not on purpose, but accidentally, while trying to connect to the university's wireless network. Apparently the process is not so straight forward for Windoze users as for Mac users.
    I have upgraded the Airport Base Station software to the latest available as of last week. Though I don't have that version number available at the moment.
    So I have several questions:
    1) Is this really the same radio interference problem that I've read about elsewhere on this discussion board?
    2) Would an external antenna on the base station help? How about a powered one?
    3) Aside from "Use Interference Robustness" and trying different channels, is there some configuration setting that I might be missing that could enhance the base station's reliability?
    4) Does anyone have a suggestion for a permanent fix - preferably without switching to a different access point, although at this point, that's a viable alternative. After a year and a half of stable operation though, we're loathe to switch again unless it can't be avoided, because the Orinoco access point we used before had behaved exactly like this, but even worse, and without necessarily having ad-hoc networks being present to cause the problem.
    5) Failing any other good solution, can anyone suggest a way to determine which computers are causing the problem without having to interrupt each customer to poke around on his computer?

    I have an Intel based iMac and a MacBook Pro. Both
    are (well until tonight) connected to the internet
    wirelessly through the Airport Extreme Base station.
    I've had no trouble up until now. Tonight for some
    odd reason the MacBook Pro Airport card fails to
    detect the Airport Extreme Base Station. It detects
    OTHER wireless networks around the building, just
    not the one it's supposed to connect to. Opening up
    Airport Utility doesn't even show the Airport
    Extreme Base Station being present. I know the Base
    Station is not at fault - it works fine with the
    iMac. Tried setting the Sharing mode on but that
    didn't help either (not that I changed any of the
    settings to begin with).
    Can anyone help? I'm really at a loss here.
    Any one? Any suggestions?

  • Airport Extreme base station vs. Linksys router

    Hi all -- I have a tech choice to make and I'm soliciting advice and war stories from those who have been in my place.
    I have a DSL connection, G5 Mac and a Windows laptop. I've been connecting to the Internet via a Linksys WRT54G router -- the Mac is connected to the router via Ethernet, and the Windows machine connects wirelessly -- and I've been happy with this setup. I have it on good authority that I'll be getting an Airport Express in my stocking this year; I had done a little research and found that it is possible to make the WRT54G and the Airport Express work together, and was planning on doing some hacking and fiddling to make that happen in the new year.
    However, last night my WRT54G seems to have died a horrible death -- all its lights started blinking at once, the Internet connection went away, then all the lights went out except for the "diagnostic" light, and now no lights come on at all. No idea what happened, but it seems pretty kaput.
    So! I'm in need of a new wireless base station. I could get an Airport Extreme base station, or I could get another Linksys (or another off-the-shelf 802.11 router, but we'll just use "Linksys" as the catch-all phrase here to mean "not an Airport Extreme base station"). The most obvious difference is price -- the Airport Extreme station is $200, while the Linksys is more like $65. Another thing that irks me about the AE station is that it only has one LAN port. I do like being able to plug in my laptop to the wired network to do some diagnostics once in a while and it'd be a pain to have to disconnect my Mac to do so. And then there's nagging worries that the AE base station might not work as well with my Windows laptop.
    On the other hand, I'm sure that setting up the Airport Express would be much, much easier with the AE base station. And I do like the idea of the base station being able to dial up if my DSL goes down (as it does from time to time). Basically, I am tempted by the AE base station feature-wise, but I'm kind of balking at paying three times the price and not getting even a second LAN port. Any advice, particularly from people who have used both types of routers in a mixed network, would be appreciated.

    Replace your Linksys with another WRT54G. Then you can hook up your anticipated AX as either a client (connected like a computer), a wireless access point (connected using ethernet with DHCP disabled on the AX), or using WDS:
    http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=607414

  • Apple Base Station Connection/Recognition Problem

    I have just purchased a Airport base station to use as a replacement for another router which has died. I have gone through the set-up routine, double and triple checked my connections and despite it all, I cannot connect to the Internet nor can I reestablish a wireless network within my home. All the lights on the base station are appropriately lit as per the manual. When I connect my internet connection directly to my iMac I have no problem accessing the Net.
    My iMac does not appear to recognize the base station. Can anyone give me any troubleshooting tips as to how I can reestablish my wireless network and also connect my iMac directly to the Net. It should not be so much trouble to do so with all Apple equipment.
    Thank-you.
    iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

    Gary as you say it shouldn't be this much of a problem with all Apple equipment.
    However sometimes after doing one thing or another you will need to do a system reset to make it work.
    Normally you simply connect from the Modem they furnised you to the WAN port on an Airport Extreme Base station that is the port with the circle of dots, and the port with the 2 arrows pointing away from one another is for plugging in a hardwired computer.
    It should be set up for the Airport to DHCP and it should assign IP's
    Most of us that use the Airport Extreme or Express Base Stations use the Airport Set-up Assistant and Airport Admin Utility Software that comes with your Mac with Airport technology.
    Often times if your confiquration is correct, and if you have a Power blip or you loose the connection there is a correct way to reset your system when about all else fails, and that is first turn off your computer.
    Next pull the Power adapter from the back of both your Modem and the Airport Base.
    Next is normally the hardest part because when this happens we are normally mad enough to throw it all out the window from jacking with it for an hour or 2.
    You have to wait at least 5 minutes.
    After your wait.
    Plug in the power adapter to the Modem and wait until it reaquires the signal and depending on the modem they furnished you want 3 lights from left to right.
    After you get this far and all looks ok you can plug in the Power Adapter to the Airport Base and again you must wait for the lights and signal, this will also take about a minute. NOTE: If you get in to big a hurry and don't let the equipment do it's work you will have to repeat to get it to work properly.
    Now that you have both of these up and running you can restart your computer. This is the recommended reset by almost all Modem and Router Manufactures.
    You should be good to go.

  • Which Airport Admin utility for White Base Station

    I would like to know which version I need for a Windows XP machine and where I can get this version.
    I've spent the last hour online trying to find out and am losing the will to live....
    I have an old white base station simply called Airport Base Station (there are 4 sockets on the back of it 1. Phone line 2. WAN ethernet 3. LAN ethernet 4. power supply)
    I want to configure it using my Windows machine as my old MAC has died.
    Hope someone can help.
    Thanks
    Geoff

    Geoff, welcome to the discussions area.
    A model number of the AirPort Extreme would really help us help you here and minimize the chances of providing the wrong information to you.
    It's usually on the back or on the bottom of the device. Something like A1034 maybe?
    If you can't find the model number, you could take a chance with AirPort Utility 7.4.2 for Windows. No guarantees here, I'm afraid, but it won't take long to try.
    Both the Windows Firewall and/or anti-virus software on a PC may try to block the connection from AirPort Utility to your device, so you may need to go into the applications to "allow" the connection or temporarily disable the applications until you can configure the AirPort Extreme.
    Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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