Connecting TC to a 802.11g network

I have an internet connection already set up, and I want to connect my new TC to it. However, whenever I try to connect it wirelessly, it does not connect, and I have to restore the TC's factory defaults. I think this might be because the current network is only 'g' standard. Is this possibly correct, and if so, how can I change the TC settings to operate on 'g' standard (as it is compatible according to specs)?
Thanks!

Yes, you will want to run AirPort Utility and select Extend a Wireless Network as your wireless option and will run in the same wireless mode as the device it is extending (which I'm assuming is 802.11g from your information).

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I'm using a dualband Airport Express:
http://www.apple.com/airport-express/specs/
Recently, I've noticed that my wi-fi speeds vary alot. I went into About this Mac---> System info -----> system report and went to wi-fi. Turns out it says my current configuration is on the 802.11g network. Under other connections, it lists my identical wi-fi as 802.11n.
How can i make it connect to the 802.11n connection by default?
Much appreciated,

G-band networks generally will have a stronger signal than n-band.
Tell it to ignore the g network and only connect to the N-band network.
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Airport Express 802.11n joining existing Aiport Extreme 802.11g network

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I am concerned with the speed being reduced by half per node. Do you mean if I had three access points in a WDS network the speed would be half or does it reduce to one third?
Also, I want to point out in the latest manual, WDS does support 802.11n and mixed, including wide channel, which may over come being halfed but not further reductions.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Designing_AirPort_Networks10.5-Windows.pdf
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cards installed can join the network. If you want client computers using 802.11b or
802.11g wireless cards to join the network, set up the network using the 2.4 GHz
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“Choosing the Radio Mode” on page 21 for information about setting the frequency
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2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, so client computers using 802.11n wireless cards
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5 GHz) Network” on page 48.
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Why won't my iPad 2 connect to my 802.11g network?

Hello everyone,
Today I received an iPad 2 as a gift. It is the first Apple product I have ever owned. I spent about 3 hours this morning trying to get it to turn on -- it kept displaying an image of a USB cord so I connected it to my computer. Still the iPad would not display its desktop. Finally, I learned that the iPad had to be connected to a PC running Windows (instead of the Centos 5 Linux system that I use). Additionally iTunes had to be installed. I find it extremely bizaare to require the device to connect to a computer before being able to turn it on.
Now after getting the device to boot, I am attempting to connect to my home wireless network. Thus far it appears this is going to be Strike Two for me and the iPad 2. My wifi network is 802.11g using WPA2-AES and 128 bit key. The iPad 2 recognizes the presence of my network (the SSID appears in the listing when it prompts me to connect), however, when I supply the 128bit key to connect, the iPad 2 reports that it is unable to connect.
I went into the Network configuration in the General Settings and attempted to add the network manually (ensuring I could specify WPA2 as the encryption type). Same failure.
Any hints on getting this thing to connect to my network? I've already watered the security down to 128bit encryption (from 256bit). All the other devices in my home are able to connect without issue. The iPad 2 detects a strong signal from the router.
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I appreciate everyone that responded with the intent of helping me solve the issue. This forum is weird -- there are many users that try to help with iPad2 issues and then there are many that mock me and say I should just return it for expecting this very expensive device to just work.
After a late night of debugging with Wireshark, I finally tracked down the problem (Apple, feel free to send me a cheque for my services)
I will post the solution here for those who desire to use an 802.11x security protocol that has not yet been compromised (WPA2-AES).
When you attempt to join a wireless network, the iPad asks for the password. If this password contains any characters other than 0-9, A-F (hexadecimal), WPA states that Password Based Key Derivation Function 2 (RSA Security, PKCS #5) must be used to calculate the pre-shared key. If however, the password contains only hexadecimal characters, then that value *is* the key to be used (e.g. do not run the PBKDF2 function)
I specify my network keys in hex both in my router and my devices. This means the devices nor the router need to invoke PBKDF2.
The key I specified in my router was entered using upper case hexadecimal letters (e.g. A, B, C, D, E, F) whereas the key I entered on the iPad 2 was entered using lower case hexadecimal letters (e.g. a, b, c, d, e, f). Since I am specifying a key, the uppercase and lower case hexadecimal values have the same binary represention -- meaning they are identical. The iPad, however, does not treat them as identical and therefore attemps to connect using an invalid pre-shared key (my guess is it is running PBKDF2 when it shouldn't be -- but I don't care enough to troubleshoot it any further)
In summary, this issue will only affect those of us that specify our pre-shared keys explicitly (via hexadecimal) in the router. As a workaround, make sure you enter the hexadecimal key using only lower case letters (a-f) when you set the key in the router and use lower case letters (default) when entering the key on the iPad 2.
After doing so, iPad 2 can connect as can the other 20 devices I own that followed the WPA specification in the first place.
Josh

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My S8-50 table will only connect at 802.11g speeds to any wi-fi network. I tested this with multiple routers and the tablet will not connect at all if the router is set to 802.11n only mode. The wi-fi networks were using WPA2 AES/CCMP at the authentication method. The S8-50 wi-if adapter is listed as 802.11bgn so it should connect at 11n. Has anyone else run into this issue and is there a way to fix it?

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Any help to guide me thru this??

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Almost all home based wireless services will require both an EESID and WEP KEY. It's a way to have a relatively secure connection to the internet using wireless. The EESID is sometmes known as the Serial Number of the Wireless Router. In fact, your can find the EESID and WEP KEY (aka Password) right on the router itself. Look on your router for these 2 items. You might also have to configure router through the internet to work with your current modem. You Should have gotten insturctions.
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I have a customer with whom we are replacing all their existing 1242G/4400 series network which uses version 6.0 code and replacing it with CleanAir APs (2600 APs/5508 WLCs) across multiple floors but they want to get it done without interupting their existing network or without the clients noticing any diffence as their network run almost 24hours.
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You could deploy the 2600/5508 first with only the 5Ghz radios turned up so you can migrate the voice over. Making sure all of the controllers, new and old, are in the same mobility/rf group. Also setting the 7925 preferably to 802.11a only but depending on the deployment you may need auto-a, so the phones could drop back to 2.4 Ghz if necessary. Doing 5Ghz first as there is plenty of channels to use.
To minimize client impact, you can manually disable the 2.4 radios on each AP seperately and then go section by section turning off the old and on the new.
Or have a few minutes downtime and switch them all off on the old wlc and on the new wlc. Either way it will take some time for RRM to evenly distribute the channels and power settings for the new APs.
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Will Airport Express 802.11g network with a new Dual Band Airport Extreme?

Bob Timmons I need your help. I have a older Airport Express, can I use it to extend my wireless network to the far reaches of my house by linking it to my new Airport Extreme 802.11n?
There must be an article on this somewhere.
Thanks!

Welcome back!
If by "older" AirPort Express, you mean it is a "b/g" version, you'll have to use the WDS setup options on both the new AirPort Extreme"n" and the AirPort Express.
Unfortunately, two negative things will occur when you setup WDS:
1) Because WDS is a "g" technology thing, the entire wireless network will drop down to "g" wireless levels. So, you lose any advantages of "n" speeds with your new router.
2) The bandwidth on the entire wireless network will be cut 50%.
Bottom line, you will have a "g" wireless network operating at half of it's capability. That's a tremendous loss of performance for a bit more wireless coverage, but you may disagree.
WDS is difficult for most users to set up because it is very easy to make a mistake. Look over this post to get an idea of what is involved with this. There is also a link to Apple's instructions in this post, but the step by step by expert user Tesserax is easier to follow.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2287950&tstart=0
I do not recommend WDS, but it's your call.

HT5022 I just upgraded and lost my ability to configure my working 802.11g network via my older Airport Extreme!

I upgraded to Mavericks, so this comment may be out of place in this support community, but please understand that the above mentioned 5.6 version of the utility's support is dropped in Mavericks. I now need to purchase wireless networking gear in case my network needs to change at ALL. Otherwise, my Airport extreme is providing great service under its former, unchangable settings now.
I have no Macs running previous OSs, and no Windows machines here.

also have no Macs running any previous OSs and no Windows machines.
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If that is not possible, then you are probably stuck if the Express needs some attention.

Symptoms of Airport Parameter Corruption witn 802.11g WPA: ping times

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Airport Drives Me CRAZY! New 802.11n Network Slower Than Old 802.11g/b

I've been using Macs since 1988 and consider myself an advanced user. However, every time I setup a new Airport wireless network or re-configure an existing one, I feel like a helpless newbie trying to figure out how to open a folder on my desktop. No matter how many times I read the manual or the help files or these forums, I can never grasp what seems like it should be a simple path from A to B to C.
Anyway, here's my current situation: I've been successfully (I think) running a 6 year old AP Extreme Base Station [AE] (in my home office addition) and 2 Airport Expresses [AX] (one AX roughly 15 feet from the base station--through sheetrock, and the second AX roughly 30 feet from the first AX--through sheetrock and some wooden stairs. (so roughly 45 feet from AE to 2nd AX). It wasn't the speediest thing going but it did the trick with older Macs.
I recently bought a MacBook Pro which supports 802.11n. I most often use this laptop at the point in the house furthest away from the AE (Base Station) The AE (Base Station) is in my home office connected to my MacPro desktop (see #1 below). In addition, the family iMac is also in that room furthest from the AE. Using the new MacBook Pro with the old 802.11/g/b network turned out to be painfully slow. I was experiencing the same slow network connection my family has complained about for years with their older Macs and 802.11g/b.
I decided it was time to upgrade the whole network, if only to speed up my MacBook Pro connection. Bought new 802.11n Airport Extreme (MC340LL/A) and 2 new 802.11n Airport Expresses (MB321LL/A). Setup did not go smoothly. Again, my normally competent Mac persona was reduced to a babbling three-year-old. Had three different Apple techs on the phone trying to help me through it. Got different, contradictory instructions from the last two. Finally got all three units working, only to find that not only does my MacBook Pro seem even more sluggish than when connected to the old 802.11g/b network, but my wife tells me web pages are taking at least twice as long to load as with the old network.
As concisely as I can lay this out:
*1. Airport Extreme (Base Station)*
Connected via Ethernet from its WAN port to my Comcast cable modem. One Ethernet (LAN) port on that AE is then connected via Ethernet to my Netgear 8-port Ethernet switch. Ethernet from switch to Ethernet port 1 on my MacPro. (MacPro does NOT have an Airport card because I forgot to order one. Also I confirmed that this setup was functional by connecting to the AE wirelessly with my MacBook Pro showing the name I'd given the new network prior to adding the two AX's to the mix).
Some Airport Extreme settings of note (all accessed via "Manual Setup" button):
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.5.1
Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
Channel: 149 (Automatic), 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 3
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over WAN: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Allow this network to be extended: Checked
Airport Tab > Guest Network:
Nothing checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect Using: Ethernet
Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address [Think this one is probably wrong]
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Internet Tab > DHCP:
Shows Beginning & Ending Address
Internet Tab > NAT:
Enable default host at: Unchecked and blank field
Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol: Checked
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
*2. Airport Express #1: Living Room Express (Closest to AE (Base Station)*
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.4.2
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Connect using: Wireless Network
Channel: 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 1
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over the Internet using Bonjour: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Allow wireless clients: checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect using: Greyed-out, not selectable
Connection sharing: Greyed-out, not selectable
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Shows IP Address
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
*3. Airport Express #2: Dining Room Express (Furthest from AE (Base Station)*
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.4.2
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Connect using: Wireless Network
Channel: 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 2
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over the Internet using Bonjour: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Allow wireless clients: checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect using: Greyed-out, not selectable
Connection sharing: Greyed-out, not selectable
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Shows IP Address
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
SETUP/GOALS:
With Airport Extreme (Base Station) as the starting point, have the two Airport Express units with the strongest, fastest signal possible, provide Internet access (and file sharing, iTunes speakers capability) to three Macs (one older iMac, one older PowerBook and my new MacBookPro). Again, I believe my new MacBook Pro is the only one with 802.11n support, so I don't expect the other Macs to take advantage of the speed boost offered by the three new 802.11n devices.
+Any and all help with this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!+

{quote}With the AirPort Extreme, in the AirPort panel, Wireless tab, click on the button for "Wireless Network Options", check the box for "5 GHz Network Name", and enter a different network name. (That can be trivially different, such as the name of the main network suffixed with an underscore and the digit 5.) Once configured that way, connect your "N" gear to each network in turn to see if one is any better than the other. (If you're wondering what effect this would have, it allows segregating your "N" gear from the older gear to prevent the older gear from slowing down your network. However, distance and interference from things like walls may negate any advantage.){quote}
William: I was gone most of yesterday, but had a chance to implement your recommendations today. I added the 5 GHz network as you suggested, but in order to connect to that at all with my 802.n11 MacBokk Pro, I need to be within a few feet of the AE (base station). If I try to access that network even from the next room (well within reach of both the AE and the livingroom AX, I get one bar and "failure to connect" messages just trying to logon to that network.
However, I did some experimenting that (as of right now, anyway) resulted in much faster network access, not only from my MacBook, but also from the older iMac which is the furthest Mac from the AE. According to my wife, that iMac is "loading web pages faster than I've ever seen them!"
Here's what I did:
1. Moved all three units to places where it seemed they would have the least amount of interference with the clearest path from unit to unit, also raising the height of both AXs from about 2-3 feet from the floor to about 5-6 feet from the floor.
2. Changed one setting on the AE (base station): Wireless Tab > Wireless Network Options > Multicast Rate ---> Changed this from Low to High.
I have a feeling the location shifts made the real difference, but I will try changing the multicast rate back to "Low" just to see what happens.
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I'm thinking about putting my movies on an external Firewire hard drive connected to my iMac Intel Core 2 Duo.
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2. The movies on an external USB 2 hard drive connected to my Mac?
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Ok, I'm not going to kill myself, but christ will someone help me out here?
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Subnet- 255.255.255.0
Router/Gateway/Whatever- 10.0.1.1
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Subnet- 255.255.255.0
Gateway- 10.0.1.1
DNS- 10.0.1.1
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Network type- Infrastructure Channel 1
Security WEP.
I hate life.
This is not working. I have called my genius bloody uncle, and even he seemed stunned at the matter. This is ridiculous... I hate it so much. Hours I've wasted for nothing. Someone, anyone, if youre reading this and you think you can help, please, please...

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