Base station, SBC dsl & printer

To get your Base Station to "talk" to your 2Wire wireless router, you will need to:
- connect to the Airport Base Station's wireless network, run the Airport Admin Utility, then (1) under the Airport tab, turn the transmitter power down all the way since you don't really need to have two base stations running, and (2) under the Network tab, uncheck the box to "Distribute IP addresses". Then update settings to the Base Station.
NOTE: Did all of this but:
Won’t let me update:
Get message: “Distribute IP addresses must be on for a modem (PPP) or PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection. Check your configuration and try again.”
Can anyone help?

No. I'll try to find what you're referring to and give that a try.
If it matters, I'm using OS 10.2.8
Thanks
Charlie

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Using a Airport Express Base Station for wireless printing.

Using a Airport Express Base Station for wireless printing. Got a new DSL router yesterday. Our old one we did not have password protected. The new one is. I can't figure out how to get the base station to connect with the new router.

thanks for the reply, I couldn't connect with the base station. The solution (thank you apple genius bar) was to do a soft rest of the unit which allowed and ethernet connectiont to be established. Took the genius bar gy about ten min (and 2 attempts) to get the base station reconfigured. Got home and it worked like a charm. Would have never known what he knew. Thank you genius bar. Thank you for taking time to respond.

Airport base station lets Mac print but stopped letting my PCs print, why?

The only thing I've done differently lately was download the new upgrade for OSX, which was yesterday. Up until now, my airport base station has been operating fine. I have it directly connected to my G4 and also use it for my Sony wireless laptop (new) and a Sony desktop (new). The desktop is located in another room and connects via Airport Express. The laptop is on my desk, next to my G4. The printer is by my G4 and laptop. And the Airport Extreme is on the wall above my monitor.
Anyway, yesterday, about halfway through an 11-page document, the printer stopped printing to my laptop. It will print, btw, if I unplug it from the Airport Extreme, reconfigure the port from an IP/TCP and plug it into my laptop. What would cause it to stop printing via Airport Extreme? My DSL Internet connection still works on all four computers.
My printer is an HP color laserjet 2550L. I called Hewlett Packard this morning and talked to customer support. I was informed that HP does not support network connections and could not help me because I was using a Mac product, the Airport Extreme. So I asked, what if I wasn't and directly connected the printer to my PC? So they explained how to configure the port for my printer, and it does print now, but it won't work on the Airport Extreme.
I also restored my PC to the way it was last month, just in case I had downloaded something that interfered, but that did not help the situation.
I also tried using emulation software that let me go to a Windows-based Web site through Citrex on my Mac, and I could access the Web site on my Mac, but I could not print. It prints otherwise from my Mac, though. This is just the weirdest thing.
Do you think my Airport Extreme is defective? It's pretty new. Maybe 2 or 3 months old and has worked fine up until now.
G4-466 and Sony PC Laptop Mac OS X (10.4.5) Also Windows XP

Have you upgraded the firmware in your airport extreme?
Also, you may want to consider installing Bonjour for windows on your windows machine and set up the printer via the Bonjour printer configuration.
The most recent firmware for the airport extreme can be found here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportexpressfirmwareupdate63formacosx.h tml

Trouble using Airport Express Base Station with DSL modem, Router and Hub

About 18 months ago, I had an Airport (802.11b) with WAN & LAN ports and modem hooked up to support two laptops, a Titanium Powerbook G4/600 and G3/400. The setup went from DSL modem -> Linksys router -> to Airport -> Hub (which had desktop and ethernet laser printer plugged in). The network worked fine.
Then, I got a G4 iBook to replace G3/400. Wanted to get 802.11g to support “g” Airport card in iBook. Got a Linksys 802.11g Wi-Fi with 4-port router for $50. Hooked it up directly with DSL modem. (Couldn’t get it to send out to hub). Hooked the desktop and ethernet laser printer into Linksys Wi-Fi/router. The only way I could use the printer was by having it be a shared printer from the desktop. This was often problematic.
Two months ago, I got a refurbished Airport Extreme Base Station. I can’t get the AEBS to interface directly with the DSL modem, so I hooked it up as follows:
DSL modem -> Linksys router -> to AEBS -> Hub. I plugged my Epson 820 (USB) into the AEBS and can see it to print to.
I have a static IP. That info is entered into Linksys router. Router set as Gateway, with DHCP enabled. AEBS is set to Connect using Ethernet, Configure using DHCP. Network setting: Distribute IP Addresses is unchecked.
Here’s my issue:
I can’t see the ethernet laser printer. It will occasionally flash available, but is gone in less than a minute. The printer is HP 2100 series.
Sometimes I can connect to the desktop G4 tower; most times I can’t.
I have checked and double-checked the cables.
Both the printer and desktop are connected to the Hub.
What can I do so that I can see the HP 2100 series printer and the G4 tower?

Don,
Thanks for the suggestions. Glutton for punishment that I am, I tried this again, “just for grins.“ The six other times I tried this, I couldn’t get the AEBS to “see” the Internet. And lo, this time it worked. Here’s the setup now:
DSL modem -> AEBS -> 4-port hub (which is connected to G4 tower and HP 2100 Ethernet printer). My USB Epson is connected to the AEBS, and I can print from the laptops. AEBS is set up: manual IP info, Network: distribute IP address; share a single IP using DHCP.
When I still couldn’t see the desktop G4 and the Ethernet HP 2100 connected via the hub (not), I got a flash. I had swapped out the cable a number of times to no avail. Then I realized, the hub is old and all the cables I was using are the new CAT5s. I dug out an old four-wire with RJ45 connectors that my husband made years ago (probably a cross-over cable). It was quite an effort as the cable is 30 ft. long and wrapped around the perimeter of the office behind desks and file cabinets, entwined with all the other wires. But I plugged it in and, Shazam! I am WORKING!
And, Don, thanks to you, I have eliminated the router from my gaggle of electronic boxes.

Airport Extreme Base Station and DSL modem, IP address Conflict issues

I recently set up DSL service in my apartment. I have ATT yahoo DSL modem, and an Airport extreme base station plugged into it. The network works fine with my Vista PC connected to it, but when I try to connect my macbook to the network I get errors telling me the IP address the macbook wants to use is already in use, and my PC gives me an IP address conflict error.
The internet is fine, and the modem is configured automatically, so I think it must be a problem with the way the network is set up or the network settings on my macbook...
any ideas?

All,
I recently posted what I believe to be a similar/identical issue. See my post here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1378849
I have not changed my AEBS to "Off (Bridge Mode)" yet, because everything currently 'works' but I continue to get the occasional "Double NAT" warning suggesting I switch the AEBS to bridge mode. When this happens, I lose connection to the internet and need to unplugged both the AEBS and my modem to re-establish a connection to the internet and the external HD I have connected to the AEBS.
My question for Jmiller1138, do you continue to get the "Double NAT" warning even when you changed your AEBS to "Off (Bridge Mode)"? I am hesitant to change my AEBS to bridge mode since I'm assuming I'll need to totally reconfigure my entire network (meaning both the AirPort Extremes, my wireless HP printer, and my firewalls on my PCs).
The ignoring of the warning (i.e. closing the AirPort Utility without updating the AEBS) is what triggers the need to reset my AEBS and modem. Not fun.
I guess I'll just need to bite the bullet and set the AEBS to bridge mode . . . yes?

Wireless connection airport extreme base station to dsl modem

Attempting to set up a home network through an old Airport Extreme Base Station. My old DSL modem (AT&T's 2 Wire Gateway) has one enthernet port that is taken up, and I want to know if there is a way to connect the DSL modem wirelessly to the AEBS. I have a laptop PC, my wife has a MacBook, and a Mac Mini is connected to the HDTV. Currently, the AEBS is only connected to a printer, and all computers can connect to it fine. Want to home netweork for back up files, and to share movies, music and vidoes. Just want to work with the equipment I have and not buy a new modem.

Sorry, but no. You will not be able to connect the AEBS by wireless to the DSL wireless gateway to get the results you are looking for. Instead, you could either connect it directly to the gateway's Ethernet port, and then, connect whatever was connected to the gateway to the AEBS instead, OR connect an Ethernet switch to the Gateway, and in turn, connect the AEBS to the switch.

Problem printing from Win 7 PC to AE Base Station connected Network Printer

Hi, i have an AE 802.11g version 5.7 software with an IP4800 canon printer attached via USB.
i can print perfecrtly to it from both my macs (G5 desktop and Intel laptop) running 10.5.8.
recently i connected my girl's Vaio laptop running Windows 7 and it works fine for connecting to the internet but i CANNOT for the life of me figure out how to get the network printing working. we installed the latest drivers for the canon on her PC and downloaded and installed Bonjour for WIndows version 2.02 (link here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL999) The printer is even "seen" on her PC, shows up with a green arrow and the base station is identified, but everytime we try and print we end up with a "error printing document" message after a minute or so.
i have gone into the prefs and we have enabled the UDP port "5353" just in case her MacAffee or the firewall was the issue. this has not worked either. i have tried the solution proposed by a user on this link (http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/177086-fixed-problems-wireless-printi ng-over-airport-extreme.html) and that has not worked either.
i have spent over 2 hours on this and am at an end to what else could work. Is there a solution? Can anyone help?
thx in advance for your feedback!
fj

I have follwed the instructions provided in the html link but I still can not get my Lexmark 5470 to print. I even tried to add a printer using CUPS but that is not working either. Printer works great on the Mac and it will print if directly connected to the PC. I can not get it to print over my wireless network. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Airport Extreme Base Station with HP Printer problems

I have a pretty old HP all-in-one (G55) printer/scanner/copier device. Plugging it into my AEBS seems to not let me print to it. I have the most recent driver from HP.
Do you think it's my setup, or is the AEBS somehow not compatible with the older HP devices?
Also, is it possible to fax, scan, etc through an all-in-one device plugged into an AEBS?

I have a pretty old HP all-in-one (G55) printer/scanner/copier device. Plugging it into my AEBS seems to not let me print to it. I have the most recent driver from HP.
Do you think it's my setup, or is the AEBS somehow not compatible with the older HP devices?
No the problem is with the HP driver.
Try using the HPIJS drivers.
For those with the older base station.
Use the process outlined here:
HP Printers (and others) not on compatibility list and Airport Extreme Printing
http://tech.ifelix.net/1300.html
Also, is it possible to fax, scan, etc through an all-in-one device plugged into an AEBS?
No, not via the USB port.
Can I scan using my all-in-one when it is connected to the USB port of an Airport Express or Airport Extreme Base Station?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=610763&#610763

Do I need a new printer to work on express base station. My printer at present works on wireless system.

I have epson printer, will this workwith the airport express base station. At present it works on a wireless set up from my windows pc.
Regards Graham

I maybe worded my question wrongly so I'll try again. I have an Epson Stylus SX525WD printer which at present works wireless through my router and windows pc. I also have an ipad which I cannot print with through present wireless set up.
If I was too purchase a apple airport express base station would I be able to print from ipad and pc on a wireless set up. Hope thats a bit clearer
Regards Graham

Problem w/ my Airport Extreme Base Station & Canon i250 Printer

Hi All...
Well, I'm at my wits end...before I call AppleCare, I thought I'd post on here to see if any of you had similar issues or problems with what I'm having, and maybe a resolution(?)...
First of all, I've been using this same setup for the past 1 1/2yrs, and never had a problem with it until lately.
I cannot print reliabily over wireless to the Canon, only through the Ethernet/LAN jack.
Here is my setup...
- Airport Extreme Base Station (w/ telephone jack) and Firmware 5.7
- Powerbook G4 12" w/ Mac OS X 10.4.5
- PC Notebook (HP Pavilion ZV6000) w/ Windows XP and Broadcom 802.11b/g/128 Pre-N
- Canon i250 Inkjet Printer (was originally a free printer..worked very well over the years)
Originally, everything was working very reliably and I never had problems... I'm "guessing" something has changed (firmware?) that has caused any print jobs sent from either the PC or Mac to pause half way through a page and hang the printer. The computer (usually the Mac) will say it is having difficulty "reaching the Canon i250".
I've one a Hard Reset on the AEBS and that has not fixed it. I've not tried Interference Robustness yet but am not sure it will work. I do not have any problems using Wireless otherwise--only with printing, and nothing has change in the setup since I first got the AEBS (except maybe firmware).
Does anyone have any suggestions or insight as to what exactly could be the problem?
Is this a bug in Firmware that I'm not able to find?
Thanks so much for your response(s).

Delete your printer using Printer Setup Utility and
add it back. Does the performance improve?
No it didn't... I deleted, re-installed twice and still nothing new...
However, if I'm printing directly from my tower (WinXP Tower) over LAN, it works fine...but does not work at all through wireless.
For a year or so, I've never had a problem and nothing has changed in this setup. I think the culprit might be the last AEBS firmware update.
I've troubleshot everything I can think of and still having issues printing...

Base Station to DSL Modem

Hi All,
How can I connect my base station directly to dsl modem. right now, it's going through a router and i don't need it any more. and i just want to connect the base station to the modem. what configuration do i need to do?
thanks for reading,
tom

Connect your DSL modem to the WAN port on your AirPort base station (ABS).
If your ISP requires PPPoE, then you need to enable PPPoE in AirPort Admin Utility.
Otherwise, you would configure the ABS to use DHCP to get an IP address.

Recognizing a printer attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station

I have attached a printer to the usb port of my airport extreme base station. The printer is recognized by two of my MacBook Pros running Mac OS X version 10.4.11. However, it is not recognized by my latest MacBook Pro running 10.5.2. Is this a problem with the new system, or is there another reason? I have, of course, made sure that the printer drivers are installed, and the printer attached to the Airport works with the new MacBook Pro when connected directly through a usb port on the laptop. Any help will be gratefully received!!

samandlily wrote:
I have something related to this topic going on. I have an Epson printer on my Airport Extreme via a USB. Just recently when I try to print from my iMac, I get a message saying that "the Airport Network is busy, and it will try again in 10-20 seconds". Then nothing happens and the document will not print. Any ideas what is going on?
Please do not pollute the OP's thread by posting here. You are clearly experiencing a different problem - different symptoms, different version of OS X, different printer - and will get much better help if you start your own thread because your problem will get lots more attention that way.
- cfr

Printing wirelessly to MacBook Pro with Airport Extreme Base Station

I have an Airport Extreme Base Station that I used to use wirelessly until I got Verizon Fios. The Fios technicians said the base station couldn't be used and so it's been sitting unused for a few months. However, I really, really miss printing wirelessly, and was wondering if it was possible to use the Airport Extreme Base Station ONLY to print wirelessly, and not connect it any way to my internet (I don't want to mess with any of the fios stuff at all).
If it's not possible, is there any other way to print wirelessly without purchasing another product or special printer. I have a HP c4480 printer.
Thanks!

If your printer has a USB cable the easy way to go about this in my opinion is to plug that USB cable into your Extreme base station. I have the Extreme ABS that looks like a flying saucer. I plug the usb cable into the port that has the symbol that doe NOT look like this <--> rather it looks like a Saguaro cactus.
My computer then sends print documents to the Extreme via WiFi and then Extreme sends them to the printer via the USB cable.
If your Airport status is not showing in the Mac's menubar go to system Prefs/Network/Airport and check a little box so it will show up in the menu bar.
Now if your Extreme is plugged in the wall and powered up your Mac should be able to find it. Click on that menubar item for Airport and scroll down and select your Airport Extreme. I don't know for sure what its name will be. It should still be the same as it used to be when you used it last.
Now try printing a simple document. In the print dialog window you should be able to select what printer you want to use. If your new Extreme printer is listed select it. You may need to click on Print & Fax and figure out how to select it from there, and choose it to be the new default printer.
I think this info will do the job. Whenever you want to print you have to go to the Airport icon in the menubar and change your airport connection from your Verizon stuff to your Extreme. Then of course you have to change back when you are done. That is why it would be great to toss the Verizon WiFi radio out the window and just plug your Verizon modem into your Extreme WiFi radio transceiver (router). But I understand you cannot deal with that at this time.
If this does not do the job, if I have missed something, I will bet you 5 bucks that you can still figure it out if you just look at any error messages and/or look at the Print&Fax prefs and the Print dialog windows etc. and see what I may have missed. Maybe you have to go to SystemPrefs/Sharing and allow your printer to be shared. I don't think so. The way I figure any of this stuff out is to just look at stuff and think and try things and see what happens.
Your Verizon setup should be something like this.... a cable comes into your house and goes to a 'modem'. From there and ethernet cable (CAT-5 cable) goes from that modem to your Verizon router (WiFi radio transceiver).
As for getting rid of the Verizon router, when you are ready to give it a go, simply unplug the ethernet cable (it has a plug on the end that looks like the kind of plug that telephones use to plug into the wall, except it is a bit wider, but still has that same kind of snap-lock tab) that comes from the Verizon modem (the modem has the heavy round cable and probably many blinking lights) and plug it into the Extreme. Mine has an icon on the Extreme that is many dots in a circular pattern.
At this point you may have to unplug the Verizon modem form the wall AC power and the Extreme also. Then plug them back in, wait a minute, go to your Airport icon on your Mac menubar, Select Extreme and start surfing the web.
It really is that simple with a Mac. Maybe Verizon has found a way to make things difficult but my guess is no. Any password should be taken care of in your Airport Setup Utility program. It should be the same password(s) as you used before when you used your Extreme.

Airport base station usb printer not working

I have a hp 5150 printer that is connected to an Airport base station. I have been using this connection for over a year without a problem. I used the printer this morning from my laptop after changing an ink cartridge. Everything seemed to be working fine. Printed some maps from the internet.
When I got home from work I tried to print some more maps and directions and I just get the red exclamation mark on the printer icon and a message that asks about the print que. The job gets stopped. I don't get it. How can it work fine in the morning and then just stop working. No one has access to change anything except me and I wasn't home. The printer will not print from my Imac or powerbook. I have deleted the job. Restarted the Imac. Checked the usb connection on both the Airport Base Station and the printer.
Imac G4 20 screen Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Figured it out myself

Help - Kodak 5300 printer doesn't work w/ Airport Extreme Base Station

Hi All,
Running a MacBook on OS 10.4.11 (airport extreme card) and an I-Book on 10.3.9 (airport card) - just bought an airport extreme base station and a Kodak 5300 all-in-one printer. Base station works fantastic with internet and both CPUs. Kodak printer works great when directly connected to laptops by USB. When printer connected to USB port on Base station it recognizes printer but wont print. Set-up printer with Bonjour settings - but printer won't print with WiFi. "Printer not responding" window appears. Have phoned Kodak support. They tell me the printer should work on Wi-fi but I should contact Apple. Have phoned Apple support - they're stumped. Kodak website recommends using a Silex wireless router with this printer and claims it is compatible - so it can handle wireless set-ups.
Has anyone out there had success with the Kodak 5300 and the Airport Extreme Base Station? It's a great printer that uses very little ink (inexpensive cartridge replacement). I really don't want to fall back on my old Epson.
Thanks for any thoughts/solutions.

Hi Ron! Thanks for checking inside Kodak. I agree as a first printer from kodak it's a good one, and I certainly appreciate the attempt to buck the industry-standard of milking the customers on ink.
However, I'm not willing to go buy a silex device, when I already HAVE a device: the apple airport. I also got a reply from kodak support indicating that they didn't want to comment on future products, etc etc. Maybe I'm misreading this by assuming product == hardware, but I'm certainly not willing to ditch my current printer for a newer model for what I consider to be a DRIVER issue (I could be wrong of course). Maybe a firmware issue, but certainly not a hardware issue.
What I expect from Kodak is a new driver and/or firmware that would make this work with the apple airport. On the one hand I can understand not wanting to divulge company secrets and upcoming "products", but for a newer driver, I would expect to hear a "we're aware of the problem and are working on a fix". That would go MILES towards making me more patient and less irritated with Kodak. Telling me to wait for newer "products" or go buy a silex is a good way to loose customers.
So if you have any internal clout (or a message board), be sure to raise cain there for them to do the right thing.
jan
P.S. At the current time of writing, the silex website is not operational ("This site is temporarily unavailable. Please notify the System Administrator"). Way to go silex!

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