Can I set which base station a device communicates to on an extended Airplay network?

Can I set which base station a device communicates to on an extended Airplay network?

No, unless you connect to the device using a wired Ethernet connection.

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  • Can't set-up base station

    I have a new mac mini and Powerbook G4. I plugged in Airport Graphite and tried to set up. Both computers recognize network, but cannot get to internet or see eachother. I went through Airport set-up and it recognizes network, but when I try to configure I get an error message saying it does not see base station. Tried resetting, swearing and thumping it. Any other suggestions?

    After establishing a wireless network connection, you need to manually configure the device with the Airport Admin Utility. The Airport Setup Assistant provided with MacOS 10.4 doesn't work with this old base station.

  • HT3486 My Airport 6.1 can't manage my base station. I need to use AirPort Utility 5.6 but i can't find the right. I've download several but it always give me the same message: Airport uti....can't be installed... The version of OS X on this version is not

    My Airport 6.1 can't manage my base station. I need to use AirPort Utility 5.6 but i can't find the right download. I've been downloading several but it always after havingf instal the first 3 steps the same message: Airport utility....can't be installed... The version of OS X on this version
    doesn't support this base station...
    I need help please to find the correcte download so i can my wii-fii work as soon as possible (because my wife is making me crazy, she can't go on Facebook!!!! )
    Thank's for your help,
    Mike

    Use AirPort Utility 5.6 which contains the features you need. It is compatible with Lion as well as Mountain Lion, however, the installer app will refuse to install it on Mountain Lion.
    This dilemma is easily solved though. You simply need to extract the app from the installer package using a package extractor like Pacifist.
    Download Pacifist here: http://www.charlessoft.com/
    Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
    If you happen to have an archived copy of the AU 5.6 app somewhere, such as a Time Machine backup or equivalent, you can simply restore it or drag the app to your Mountain Lion system's Utilities folder. It will run without complaint. It is only the package installer that is the problem.
    Mountain Lion will not allow you to delete its existing version of AirPort Utility. Just ignore it. It and the older version (which will bear the unique name "AirPort Utility 5.6") can peacefully coexist.
    Note: For those with Leopard or Snow Leopard systems you need AirPort Utility 5.6.1 (this is confusing - a later AirPort Utility version for an earlier OS X version - but it is correct).
    Download AirPort Utility 5.6.1 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1536

  • How to make sure I'm the only one who can manage my airport base station using airport utility?

    I know we have to use the Airport Utility application to manage the Airport base station in order to create a new network, creating the SSID and chosing the encryption mode and setting the password but how I could be sure I'm the only one who have access to those settings? A user of my network can install the Airport Utility application and change those settings. With other routers like D-Link, to have access to the settings you need to know the admin password to modify the settings. I can't figure out how we can do this with Airport Extreme base station. It's maybe obvious but I'm in the cloud for the moment.

    You can set a base station administrator password in order to limit who can administer the base station. With AirPort Utility v6.x, you can set this password on the Base Station tab.

  • Can the AirPort Extreme Base Station be plug-in to the power forever?

    Hi,
    sorry for my english but this is my question: Can the AirPort Extreme Base Station be plug-in to the power (electricity) forever? I mean, I don't have to un-plug the Base Station sometimes? Thanks
    Alvaro

    Sounds more like an issue with your router and
    network than a problem with AEBS.
    Which router?
    I certainly do not need to reboot my AEBS like that,
    I think I have rebooted it once in two years!
    I would start a new thread describing your network in
    more detail and the issues with the AEBS.
    Thank you, but my diagnosis is the result of many days
    of experiment with about hundreds of users. It's a bug,
    I know were it is. It was reported to Apple in september
    (2005).
    It isn't that easy to upgrade at the same time all the
    wireless (802.11b and 802.11g) that do have to interoperate
    smoothly within the same space.
    I don't think anyone need to waste more time on these
    bugged firmware versions (5.6 & 5.7) as I already explained
    it. They work smoothly just in a limited environment
    which they were conceived for: one Mac connected to one
    AEBS connected to one FAI.
    You can't recommand these version to colleagues who have
    to live in a real world with other wireless equipment
    (a Mac not updated, an ABS not updated,
    a Cisco wireless card emitting to 100 mW and smashing all
    the neibourhood, a pre 802.11g+ card using 2 channels at
    the same time...).
    dan

  • New MacBook Pro can't find the base station

    I just bought a new MacBook Pro and AirPort Extreme Base Station. My house is wired for Ethernet so I plugged the Airport Exteme into one of the Ethernet outlets and did the set-up using my old iMac G5 over the network. (I had to download the latest software for the AirPort Extreme to the iMac before this would work right.) I finally got to the point where I got a green light on the Base Station, but when I search with the AirPort Utility on the MacBook Pro it can't find it, even when it is physically only 3 feet away. I then plugged the MacBook Pro into the AirPort Extreme with an Ethernet cable and it saw it - no problem. I then downloaded all the software updates to the MacBook Pro, restarted, unplugged the Ethernet and tried again. The AirPort Utility still can't find the Base Station. I am running 10.4.10 on both machines. I have 10.5, but don't plan un updating until I get this to work. I spent about half an hour listening to Muzak while trying to get to support and finally gave up. Any suggestions?

    In another Mac OS X user account. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu and log into it. If you want to move them over, drag them to /Users/Shared/.
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  • Internet connection works but I can't see the base station

    My internet connection is OK (I'm able to surf and get e-mail) but I can't see my base station on just one of my computers. It shows up in the others, so I don't think it's a problem with the AEBS. I've tried re-installing the Airport Utility software, repairing permissions, etc. but it just keeps saying it can find a base station. Any ideas?

    OK, thanks for the clarification.
    If you haven't already tried this, connecting an ethernet cable from your computer directly to one of the LAN ports on the base station will usually allow AirPort Utility to "see" the device.
    You may need to restart the Extreme and your computer as part of the sequence.
    And sometimes, the device will just "appear" after 10-15 minutes or so after a restart. I have no idea why this is.

  • Can an airport extreme base station attached to another airport extreme base station as an extender transmit a different network name and have it's own security?

    Can an airport extreme base station attached to another airport extreme base station set up as an extender transmit a different network name and have it's own security?

    No. The AirPort cannot extend another AirPort's wireless network and simultaneously broadcast its own wireless network.
    It can however, be connected to another router (including another AirPort) by Ethernet, and then, be configured to broadcast a wireless network with another Network Name and Security Type.

  • Which Base Station?

    HOWDY! Would someone kindly let me know which base station(s) will work, best, with my TiBook? I currently have an original Airport card installed and use a dial-up. For what it's worth, I may change to some form of DSL in the not too distant future but, for now, dial-up it is.
    Thanks, in advance for any insight shared... I am anxious to roam @ home!

    HowlinStLou, Welcome to the discussion area!
    If you use dial-up and want to go wireless, your only solution is one of Apple's base stations [the graphite AirPort base station (ABS), snow ABS, or AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS)]. Most of Apple's base stations include a built-in 56k modem, see AirPort base station differences.
    If you switch to DSL or Cable modem (something with an Ethernet interface) you can use any 802.11b or 802.11g compliant base station.

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    How can you set up more than one device on iTunes? I have an iPad, iPod, itouch and iPhone. I don't want the same on all devices. I have all my music/videos on iTunes on my mac book pro. Can you set up separate folders for each device and drop in what ever music/videos from the main iTunes library?

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  • Can i upgrade my base station with airport in mountain 10.8.5

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    Please check on the side or bottom of the AirPort Express to locate the model number. It will start with an "A" followed by four numbers.
    If you have A1084 or A1088, you will not be able to administer these older versions using the iMac running OS X (10.8.5).
    If you have model number A1264 or A1392, you can check to see if there are any available updates as follows:
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click on the AirPort Express icon
    Click on the Version number that appears in the small window
    You will be notified if an update exists for your AirPort Express

  • How can I change the base station my airport express connects to?

    I just added a new AirportExpress to my wireless network and am using it to extend the range of the network and for AirPlay. When setting it up I selected the main base station that provides the wireless network when asked to select a device for it to connect to. However, now when I view it in Airport Utility, it's the only device on the network that has only Good signal strength rather than Excellent. There is another AirportExpress conencted which has Excellent signal strength that is the closest access point to this new AirportExpress.
    How can I change the setup using Airport Utility so that that's the device that it's using to connect to the network?

    With a Mac using the Airport Utility.
    With a PC using the Airport Utility you can install on your PC with the install disc included.

  • HT4259 How do I set up an Airport Extreme Base Station (v. 7.6.1) to allow wireless network extension?

    I have an Airport Extreme Base station (purchased in 2009) and an Airport Express base station (purchased in 2011 - the model that plugs directly into the electrical outlet) (both version 7.6.1 according to the Airport Utility info).  I want to use the Airport Express to extend my wireless network.  Using Airport utility setup I have a software option on the Airport Express to set it up to extend the network but I do not have an option on the Airport Extreme wireless setup screen that I can check to allow my wireless network to be extended. 
    All of the documentation I can find on Apple Support states that I should have an option I can check to allow the wireless network to be extended while in the wireles setup section for the Airport Extreme in Airport Utility; but, that check option isn't there.  Is this a case of my Airport Extreme base station being too old to offer that option?  Incidentally, when I try to select the extend wireless network option on the Airport Express from the Airport Utility wireless setup menu I get an error message (no details - just an error message).  The same Airport Express sets up fine if I select join a network (not what I want to do).  Am I just dealing with outdated equipment or does anyone have a suggestion?  Thanks.

    Close AirPort Utility if it is open.
    Temporarily, move the Express to the same general area as your AirPort Extreme and power it up and wait a minute.
    Hold in the reset button on the Express for 9-10 seconds and then release. Give the Express a full minute to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
    Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear
    Click on AirPort Express just below that and AirPort Utility will automatically open
    Wait a minute while AirPort Utility analyzes the network and announces that the Express will be configured to "Extend" the AirPort Extreme network.
    Enter a device name for the AirPort Express and click Next
    Wait another minute to allow the configuration to occur.
    When you see the Setup Complete message, click Done.
    Now move the Express to a location that is approximately half the distance from the AirPort Extreme and the general area that needs more wireless coverage
    Power up the Express and you are all set.  Trash those old instructions.

  • Can't read the base station configuration

    I just set up my AirPort Express using the Airport Utility, connected to Comcast high-speed Internet service. for some strange reason, the base station still has the "amber light blinking," while I seem to have no trouble with Internet connection (I'm on right now). but when I opened the utility again to set up Airtunes, I get the message, "reading base station configuration" then it fails. clearly, the base station is plugged in, connected to the Ethernet, and the signal's working... so what is going on? can somebody help?

    Perhaps you configured your Airport Express into "bridge mode" by disabling its ability to distribute IP addresses. That would explain most of the symptoms you describe.
    I suggest:
    1. do a hard reset of the Airport Express by following the instructions found at:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
    2. with the Airport Express cabled to the cable modem, pull power to both devices. Wait at least five minutes - longer if you are patient. Then plug power into the modem and wait a minute. Then plug the Airport Express into power and wait for it to restart. Unless your Airport Express gets a solid green status light at this point, you really cannot proceed further - so try this step over again but waiting longer than you did previously before plugging the cable modem back into power.

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