Can not connect to drive on airport extreme n after sleep

When I put my MacBook to sleep without disconecting HD I can not connect to it. I get a server not available message. I have to reboot airport extreme. Any suggestion?

There's at least three discussions on this. The problem is that when your computer goes to sleep, there is a possibility that your router will renew DHCP and your IP number will change. This causes the drive to disconnect in a bad way and it will not reconnect. The default setting on the router is only 4 hours so some people have tried setting the number really high to fix the problem however this is not totallly reliable.
Reliable Fix:
Assign static IP numbers for all computers that use the hard drive. You can either do this by going to the DHCP tab and entering MAC numbers for each machine under the "reserve IPs" option, or you can do it the old fashioned way by configuring each computer in network preferences with a static IP number.
For my network, I am configuring this on the computers for non portable hardware and using the "reserve" option on the router for portables.
If you use your air disc while away from home on a network where you do not have this sort of control over assigning IP numbers then don't let your computer sleep without first disconnecting the drive.

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Can i connect hard drive to airport extreme in bridge mode

I just bought a hard drive and want have it connected to my airport extreme which is in bridge mode so that I can use it with U verse. Will I be able to backup my files on my macbook without connecting the usb on the hard drive to the macbook itself?

Will I be able to backup my files on my macbook without connecting the usb on the hard drive to the macbook itself?
This all depends on what you mean by backup your files.
Apple does not support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, so if you are planning to use Time Machine, the better strategy would be to connect the drive directly to your Mac.
If you want to drag/drop or copy/paste regular data files to the hard drive, that should work OK
Remember that the drive should be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as most store bought drives will come pre-formatted for Windows NTFS.
The USB port at the AirPort Extreme is under powered, so you almost always have to use a powered USB hub with a hard drive here....even if the drive has its own power supply.

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CAn I connect my apple cd drive to the USB port on the airport extreme?

Unfortunately, if you try this, it will not work because the USB port on the Airport Extreme will only support a compatible printer and/or a hard drive.

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I can't connect my touch 2nd gen to my AE base station any more. Worked fine until the last update to AE (note to self: when wireless is working, DO NOT update, doesn't make things faster and often breaks things /note to self) but nothing now. Have several Macs connecting no prob.
I reset the Network Settings. I don't have any security on the Guest Network. I reset the passwords. I turned it on and off. It can "see" the networks. But it either just says "Cannot connect to Blah network" (one without password) or it says "Password incorrect" (one with password) - but it is.
If two Macs running 10.6.8 and one running 10.4.11 can connect with no issues, why can't the touch?
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Depending on how well the Cisco router and an Apple device work together, it might or might not be possible to extend your network wirelessly, but it should work to extend your network over an Ethernet connection.
An AirPort Extreme and an AirPort Express have different advantages. An Express can play music through an external amplifier and share a printer. It's also cheaper. However, it can't share disk drives. An Extreme can share printers and disk drives, but can't stream music. It's also more expensive.

Can't connect wireless device to airport extreme

I bought airport extreme router second hand and am connecting it to HP desktop windows 8. All software is installed properly and router is connected. I have a solid green light, and internet access on desktop, but cannot connect wireless devices to network (kindle, cell phone, etc.) All wireless devices show excellent network signal strength, allow me to put the password in, but all show connected and have not internet access.

This appears to be a simple modem, so assuming that you reset the modem completely before you connected it to the AirPort Extreme, the next step would be to check to insure that the AirPort is in router mode and not bridge mode.
Open up AirPort Utility, click on the AirPort Extreme, and then click Manual Setup
Click the Internet icon at the top of the window
Click the Internet Connection tab just below that
Make sure that the setting for Connection Sharing is set to Share a public IP address
Click Update to save any changes, and give the AirPort a full minute to restart
Check the network again to see if devices can connect now.

Can't connect to MacBook with Airport Extreme

I just swapped Airport Extreme base with new Airport Extreme 8012.N and now my Macbook can't connect to internet, keeps cutting out and dropping off. I have an iMac G5 connected via ethernet to Airport Extreme and Macbook in living room. It was working fine with old Airport Extreme router. I also have an Apple Express (not new 8012.N ) but it just blinks orange when plugged in. Any help would be appreciated.

You have to power down everything to start with. Make a clean slate so to speak.
I switched from an older Air Port Express to the new Extreme. Run the new software and when you power back up the new base station should show in the window. Follow the steps. It made me feel stupid the 1st time through and I had to do it again. You have to take your bent paperclip and reset.
After I got the new base station up and running I took the old Express and used it for Airtunes. At first it just blinked and wouldn't show up on the list of devices. I had to do the paperclip thing. And there it was! Green light! Follow the steps for Airtunes. Then I had to reconfigure my settings for my HP 3300 series wireless printer. That wasn't so bad, it all worked.
The machines all work well; we all just need pay close attention to the instructions.
I think that the Apple on line instructions could be a bit more clear. It all worked as it was supposed to but it was certainly a trial and error process.

Can't add hard drive to Airport Extreme

I wanted to add an external hard drive to Airport Extreme and I can't get it to show up in my net work. If I go to the configuration program for Airport Extreme, I can see that the base station has identified that hard drive (a Lacie 750 mb drive). Any suggestions?
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I have the exact same problem with one twist I tried adding an 8gb memory stick instead of a spinning hard drive. Airport utility recognizes it but it does not show up on any of the computers.

Can't connect to internet via AirPort Extreme with Laptop running Vista

I've seen a lot of posts on this topic, and maybe I'm just out of luck, but anyway...
My PC running XP can connect to the internet through the AirPort Extreme, but laptop will not. I load the AirPort Utility on the laptop. Should I be able to see the base when I run the Utility? It does not see it. I can see the wireless network with excellent strength, but all I can do.
If I can't get this to work, I'm going to just return it and to back to the wireless router. I was enticed by the ability to connect the printer and external hard drive to the base. I would like to get rid of the PC and just use my laptop for everything.

Looking over your original post again, I think I might have misunderstood you the first time. If I understand you correctly, your Vista laptop can see the wireless network and connect to it (so you have access to the Internet), but you cannot see the Airport Extreme Base Station when using Airport Utility.
If your Internet connectivity is not an issue and it's just that you can't see the base station in Airport Utility to configure it, try using an ethernet cable to connect your Vista laptop to one of the LAN ports and see if the base station shows up in Airport Utility then.

Can I connect remotely to my AirPort Extreme via the Internet?

I would like to connect to the AirPort Extreme at my home when I'm on the road via the Internet and access the USB drive attached to the Extreme. The Extreme is connected to my existing DSL modem, so I can't / don't want to use the PPP dial-up mode.
Any guidance from the community would be appreciated!

The following are the basic steps to configure access to an AirPort Disk from the Internet. Note: These instructions assume that the AirPort is the only router in your network configuration. That is, it is directly connected to the Internet modem and there are no routers upstream of it.
Start the AirPort Utility > Select the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn,) and then, note the IP address shown.
Select Manual Setup.
Verify that Connection Sharing = Share a public IP address is selected on the Internet > Internet Connection tab.
Select Disks, and then, select File Sharing.
Verify that both the "Enable file sharing" and "Share disks over WAN" options are enabled.
Verify that Secure Shared Disks = With a disk password. (Recommended)
Verify that AirPort Disks Guest Access = Not allowed. (Recommended)
Select Advanced, and then, select the Port Mapping tab.
Click the plus sign to add a new port mapping.
For Service, select the "Personal File Sharing" option. (Note: This option would only allow Mac clients to access the AirPort Disks. If you want both Macs and PCs to connect, you would need to leave this field at its default value and enter the appropriate SMB ports to the mix of ports to be opened.)
In the Public UDP Port(s) and Public TCP Port(s) boxes, type in a 4-digit port number (e.g., 8888) that you choose. In the Private IP Address box, type the internal IP address of your AEBSn that you wrote down in step 1. In the Private UDP Port(s) and Private TCP Port(s) boxes, type 548. Click Continue.
In the Description box, type a descriptive name like "AirPort Disk File Sharing," and then, click Done.
Click on Update.
To connect to the shared AirPort Disk from a remote location using a Mac:
From the Finder > Go > Connect to Server.
Enter the DynDNS-provided Domain Name or Pubic (WAN-side) IP address of the AEBSn, followed by a colon and the Public port number that you choose in step 11 of the previous procedure. For example: afp://www.mydyndnsdomain.com:8888 or afp://123.456.789.123:8888
Click Connect.
You should be prompted for your user name and password. The user name can be anything you like; the password should be the Disk password for the AEBSn that you created in step 6 previously.
Click Connect.

How can I access USB drive on AirPort Extreme with iPad

Good day. I recently purchased an AirPort Extreme, and am very pleased. I thought I would take advantage of the ability to store files and videos of my children on my USB drive on the router. Installation was flawless, however, i cannot access the USB drive with my IPad. I have seen several postings about this, am i correct in reading that this is not possible without a 3rd party app? If that is the case, could someone point me in the right direction?

Have you tried this? (And is the Airport new enough that you can call Apple?)
*Manually mounting Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes*
*From the Finder's Go menu choose Connect to Server.*
*Enter the AirPort Extreme Base Station's LAN IP address (by default 10.0.1.1).*
*Enter the username and password required to access the AirPort Disk(s).*
*Select the desired AirPort Disk(s) from the available Volumes.*
*Manually mounting FAT16/FAT32 volumes*
*From the Finder's Go menu choose Connect to Server.*
*Enter the AirPort Extreme Base Station's LAN IP address preceded by smb:// (for example, smb://10.0.1.1 )*
*Enter the username and password required to access the AirPort Disk(s). Leave the Workgroup field empty unless you have assigned one in AirPort Utility.*
*Select the desired AirPort Disk from the available CIFS (Common Internet File System) volumes*

Windows 7 will not recognize network drive on airport extreme

Good day. I created a network drive using a WD my book 1tb hard drive. I formatted it to fat32. Windows 7 does not see the hard drive, but the WD software can find it and the apple extreme router can also see the hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi 2pfspiff,
To verify if you can connect to the drive at all, you may want to try to manually mount it from the Windows machine. The following article has some generall steps for mounting an Airport Extreme USB hard drive under XP and Vista, but the steps should be similar under Windows 7.
AirPort: How to mount an AirPort Extreme USB hard disk volume in Mac OS X and Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1331
Cheers,
- Brenden

Can't connect to iDisk via AirPort Extreme

I can't connect to iDisk if I have an Extreme in my network path.
Connection that will work:
Motorola cable modem -> Netgear Hub -> iMac -> iDisk
or
Motorola cable modem -> iMac -> iDisk
Connection that doesn't work:
Motorla Cable modem -> Airport Extreme -> Netgar Hub -> Mac -> iDisk
or
Motorla Cable modem -> Airport Extreme -> iMac
or
Motorla Cable modem -> Airport Extreme -> Dell D610
Oddly enough this will work:
Motorla Cable modem -> Airport Extreme ->Dell D610 -> VPN to Work network connection -> iDisk
This problem holds through with or without WEP Security.
Software: iMac 10.4.7 and Extreme V5.7 and it is setup as a WDS base station I need to extend my network to an Express.
Any thoughts? I have not found any problem like this on these pages. (As best as I could see anyway.)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Looking over your original post again, I think I might have misunderstood you the first time. If I understand you correctly, your Vista laptop can see the wireless network and connect to it (so you have access to the Internet), but you cannot see the Airport Extreme Base Station when using Airport Utility.
If your Internet connectivity is not an issue and it's just that you can't see the base station in Airport Utility to configure it, try using an ethernet cable to connect your Vista laptop to one of the LAN ports and see if the base station shows up in Airport Utility then.

Can't connect to internet through airport extreme but have full signal

I've seen a lot of posts but I still can't connect wirelessly via airport extreme.
Using a Powerbook running 10.6.4, I have updated the airport extreme's firmware and have a full signal strength, but I can't connect to the internet.
I get an error message that it can't find the server.
I can get online if I connect the internet cable directly to my computer.
so..
Airport is working
Internet is working
Wireless is not working
suggestions?

Robin Berman wrote:
I still can't connect wirelessly via airport extreme.
Using a Powerbook running 10.6.4
That's not possible. Do you mean "MacBook"?
I ... have a full signal strength, but I can't connect to the internet.
First try resetting your connection settings using the steps listed in this message:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10695921&start=1
They're not guaranteed to solve the problem, but they'll only take a minute or so to try.
If that doesn't help, connect to your wireless network, then open the Network panel of System Preferences. Select the AirPort connection item, click on the "Advanced" button, then on the "TCP/IP" tab. What do you see for the three values below "Configure IPv4"? Now click on the "DNS" tab. What do you see for "DNS Servers"?
Finally, type this URL in the address bar of your browser:
http://74.125.157.99/
and press "return". Does that take you to Google? If so, there's something wrong with the way your computer or router is handling DNS lookups.

Can't connect windows xp using airport extreme to internet

Hi i just purchased my airport extreme base station. I tried connecting it to my windows xp for internet and so i can have wireless connection to my macbook.
Im using timewarner cable as my ISP connected through ethernet. I choose DHCP in the configuration to detect IP address provided but I couldn't connect and it tells me invalid IP address.. (i followed the instruction from the manual)... I tried to do it manually then I typed my IP address,but it asks for
1. Subnet Mask- not sure so I just went by whats default which is 255.255.0.0
2. router address- I dont know where to get this.. tried 10.0.1.1, 10.0.1.2, 192.168... no clue where to get this...
The light was on amber when I used DHCP (automatic)- which gives me error of wrong IP address
After I did it manually with my IP address its now green still no internet connection (problem is probably subnet mask and router address)
can anybody help please?
HP 1240n Windows XP Macbook
HP 1240n Windows XP Macbook

Ace83, Welcome to the discussion area!
I tried connecting it to my windows xp for internet...
The cable modem should be powered off and connected to the WAN port on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). The PC should be connected to one of the AEBS's LAN ports.
Configure the AEBS to use the same settings as the PC was using to connect to the Internet. The PC should now be configured to use DHCP and Ethernet to get on the Internet.

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dannabee, Welcome to the discussion area!
What Mac do you have?
Do you have iMac G5 or a Power Mac G5?
Did you install the AirPort Extreme card yourself?

Can not connect to drive on airport extreme n after sleep

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