Did my old airport finally kick the bucket?

I have an old airport that when plugged in does not have any blinking lights. I think it died, but wondering if there is a way to reset?

If the indicator light fails to present it's usual green or amber light, that is pretty much a sure indication that the unit has died -- unless the ac outlet it is plugged into is not working. There is no reasonable way to repair this condition.
Wuz

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Did my router kick the bucket?

I have a wireless router, WRT54GS, and after several months of it working fine it just quit sending a wireless signal. I have one computer that is hooked up by cable to the 1 port on the back and that computer continues to get internet, which is strange because when I open the Linksys Easylink Advisor software, it says that I have an internet connection problem.
-I've tried the troubleshooting process numerous times (powering down, then powering back up the modem and router), but nothing.
-All the lights in front of the router are lit as they would be if the router was working (lit lights: power, WLAN, ethernet 1, and Internet...that one flickers instead of being on steady...i don't know if that makes a difference)
-I've done the firmware upgrade to the latest version, but that didn't make a difference.
-I've pinged the router from the command prompt, and the router pings back so I know it is at least capable of doing that.
-I've made sure the ip in the router wasn't at 0.0.0.0 (I have cable internet)
-I've reset the router (thats part of the upgrade process)
So now I'm out of ideas to try and I'm hoping someone on here can give me some pointers. Otherwise I have no other recourse but to assume that the router kicked the bucket.
Any ideas anyone??
thanks

Make sure that Modem is connected to the router on the internet port..Open the router setup page,Under the wireless tab,change the wireless channel to 11-2.462GHz,change the SSID to unique name...make sure that SSID broadcast is enable and click on save settings.
Now,under the wireless tab,click on Advanced Wireless Settings,Change the Beacon Interval to 50,Change the Fragmentation Threshold to 2304,Change the RTS Threshold to 2304 and Click on Save Settings...
Now see if you can locate your Wireless Network and attempt to connect...

I want to upgrade my old airport express to the new express. Can I just switch out the old for the new or must I delete the old network first and start from scratch with the new express?

I want to upgrade my old airport express to the new express. Can I just switch out the old for the new or must I delete the old network first and start from scratch with the new express?

It is not necessary to delete your old wireless networks first, but doing so may eliminate confusion. If you wish to do that, open System Preferences > Network, and select Wi-Fi from the left column. Click the Advanced... button, then select your old wireless networks and delete them with the "–" (minus) button. Make sure the "Remember networks this computer has joined" remains checked.
OK then Apply.
This prevents your Mac from searching for your previous network which will no longer exist.
A new Express creates an open wireless network that you must select before you can configure it. It appears in your Wi-Fi menu like this:
Select it. AirPort Utility will load and walk you through its configuration.
Edit: If you are really using OS X 10.5.1 as shown in your profile, the above screenshot is not applicable. Instead, select the network called "Apple network nnnnnn" and then launch AirPort Utility.

I have an old airport express, but the software on my computer does not accept it. I need to downgrade the software, but the older software will not install.

I have a old G4, I want to give to my son. It does not have a wireless card and because his room is on the second floor it is impossible to connect with a wire.
I wish to add an airport express to my airport extreme network and connect the computer and the airport express together with a cable. Is this possible?
second question:
software does not install.
I do have a network with a airport extreme and want to add the old airport express to it. I want to do this with airport software, however the software tells me the airport express is to old and i need to reinstall older software 5.6 to be precise. However installing fails, so I thought i just remove the airport software, but osx does not allow me to do that.

i managed to install the older airport utility and am trying to set up a connection with an existing network, but airport utility cannot find the airport extreme AFTER it starts up again. I then went and again restored it to its factory settings and did the whole procedure again with airport utility, but again after utility tells the airport express to restart it does not come back.

So my color iPod finallly kicked the bucket...? about iTunes + new iPod?

My iPod color finally passed on, so I managed to get my hands on a 5th generation video iPod,I was wondering if there was anyway I can sync my iTunes library to the new iPod without having to burn all my music on cd's, then remove the iTunes program and then reinstall everything to start up the new iPod, can someone help me out plz?

Zevoneer is correct!
I've hooked 4 iPods up to this PC, no problems. They have a built-in serial number that tells iTunes they are different.
Article on that:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432

8800GT kicked the bucket?

I have a late 2007 8-core MacPro that came stock with ATI XT1900 graphics card. On April 2008 I purchased 8800 GT upgrade kit and was very happy with it. Then something odd happened today. I was browsing the web when the computer froze. Never happened before. I would occasionally get the spinning rainbow wheel but the computer was unresponsive. I manually power it down. Wait about a minute and start it back up. It starts ok, but slower than normal and freezes again after about 5 min of work. I power it down manually again, but this time, I will not fully boot. It would go to Apple logo, then would get stuck on it for a good 1-2 minutes, then I'd get periodically flickering light blue screen with my cursor in the upper left corner. Then it'd go to dark blue screen with a left top stuck cursor periodically turning into rotation spinning wheel. I waited for a good 5-10 minutes and tried booting from my "clean install" OSX HD. No go. Same thing. Then I tried booting from my OSX 10.5.6 DVD. Same thing. Single user command boot would work, but safe boot would not. When trying to safe boot it would get stuck in Apple logo -> black screen -> chime ->Apple logo... cycle.
I panic... A lot...
Then I decide to start eliminating all the peripherals and I swap in my old ATi XT1900 card. Everything boots fine. I try the 8800GT again and still no go.
Any idea what is going on? The card is just 2 weeks out of warranty and in all honesty I don't mind getting a new 8800GT as long as I know that my current one is 100% paperweight... How can I test it? Can it be installed together with the XT1900 for some experiments? I am overseas and there are no Apple stores here... So no genius' help for me.
Please advise me what I can do...

You still have 2 weeks left of warranty and Apple is saying your 8800GT warranty is nil? That's not right... Have you tried calling Nvidia to see if they could help you? If the price of sending your GPU to get it fixed or replaced is reasonable, perhaps you can follow that route. Otherwise, perhaps a new GPU is in order. Save the cable though, because those sell for ridiculous prices if bought alone, and you just might need it if you decide to get a GPU that requires dual power connections (that is if they aren't included in the box).

Yet another iPod kicks the bucket.

Well, my 4th generation 40GB click wheel has died.
The hard disk is littered with bad blocks which basically means physical failure, and the only option is to pay half the price again to get it repaired.
This is despite having never dropped it and it generally being in mint condition.
There seem to be an awful lot of posts about iPods failing roughly a year after they were bought. I work in product design, I know what planned obsolescence is, but this is ridiculous. I didn't expect it to last forever, but 14 months?
I realise this post has little point to it, no-one from apple will pay any attention, just felt like venting my anger.

As a fairly new "iPoder", I have to agree. The cost of repairing these things is astronomical! My daughter dropped her 20gig "Click Wheel" iPod (granted a "no-no"), breaking both the HD and display. The cost of repair...$190 plus shipping!!! The cost of a new 20 gig 'pod from Mac Mall...$198!!!
Gag....

I have an old Airport Express I want to use to extend WiFI (which is best Airport Express or Extreme) and to have a HD for storing Itunes connected to the old Airport as well. I would also like to have the new Airport hardwired to my Mac (desktop)

I am willing to buy a new Airport Express or Extreme so I can get at least one LAN port - but only if I can use that LAN port to connect to my MAC (desktop) so it doenst have to get internet via the WiFi- AND so I can set it up as its own hot spot. I think I saw that was possible?? That way my guest network would be separate from my home Network. Just trying to get the best layout. I have cable modem to old Airport now and USB from it to printer.
Maybe a new Airport - again USB to printer and LAN to MAC(?) then old Airport elsewhere in the house to extend the signal and use USB off it to hard drive to store Itunes? Would LOVE to have it there to use for Airplay etc- Is that possible- I have read many comments and still not sure if it is possible or not.
Baxically I need a simple solution to storing all my photos- music and movies (MAC only has 500GB) AND have a great back up; Currently have a 1TB drive as Time Machine - so could use that for back up- but running out of space on MAC for all the media I am saving. THANKS!!

You are asking several different questions. If you need to store your photos, music, and movies on an external volume, you certainly can. Any externally connected hard disk drive will work, connected either directly to your Mac or to your Time Capsule as a shared volume.
You should not rely upon using that as a backup device though. Although you certainly may use it for both purposes, it is a better idea to have dedicated backup devices for a variety of reasons not limited to redundancy. You would not want to simultaneously lose all your pictures as well as your backup. If they are all on the same device, that could happen. Furthermore, a backup cannot back up the volume on which it is running.
As for adding an Extreme or Express, using its LAN port for your iMac, and then enable Internet sharing so you can effectively use the iMac as a "hotspot", you can do that too, but I am unclear on what benefit you believe this arrangement would convey for you.
An Extreme's Guest network is separate from its Main network; that is the reason for having it.

Is Wi Fi speed limited by old iMac and old Airport Express?

I got my sister an Apple TV for Christmas. Download times for movies or TV rentals is really slow.
She has Time Warner Road Runner Cable modem at their standard speed (not upgraded to "Turbo". My question is whether a new Airport Express or Extreme running at 802.11n would either speed up downloads or transfers from her newer MacBook to the Apple TV.
I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad. When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations? Not sure if the slow main computer is part of the problem.
Sorry I don't have more details on the internet speed or specifics on the system.

I guess my question is whether the desktop - an old Power PC and it's old Airport Card hinder the performance of either the rental or purchase downloads or connectivity between her MacBook, Apple TV & iPad.
Yes, the do. When you have non-"n" wireless clients on an "n" network, there will be bandwidth performance degradation anytime those non-"n" clients are active on the network. Typically, "n" clients only get around 70% of maximum bandwidth when non-"n" clients (computers, printers, Internet-ready TVs, or routers) are connected.
When I visit, I also get a pretty weak signal from the den in the back of the house to the family room up front. Could the "n" upgrade improve on any of these limitations?
Possibly. The newer "n" AirPorts do provide better range than the older models. Regardless, this will would only have minimum improvement over download speed. It should; however, improve streaming speed between the MacBook/iPad and the Apple TV.

Old Airport Express Ethernet Port Usage

hi there
i have an older airport express (Model No A1264) bought some years back, it has only 1 ethernet port on it instead of 2 on the current model.
i understand the new model has 1 ethernet WAN port for modem, and the other LAN port for ethernet printer or computer.
my question is, the ethernet port on my old airport express is both WAN and LAN? or is it just a WAN port?
because i intend to get an airport extreme to hook up a optical fiber modem which will be located downstairs in my house.
and use my old airport express on the 2nd storey to hook up my etherenet printer, but not sure whether that ethernet port will work? or do i need to purchase the new model?
many thanks in advance

It no longer works.
Unplug the Express, let it rest a minute or two and plug it back it in.
Try a different Ethernet cable.
If still no luck, test the connection by temporarily connecting a laptop to the Ethernet port on the Express using an Ethernet cable that you know is working. Turn off the wirelss on lthe laptop for the "test" and see if you can get a good Internet connection that way.
If you can, you know that the Ethernet port is working, and you will need to focus your troubleshooting on the printer.
If you still cannot get a good connection during the "test", this indicates that the Ethernet port on the Express is no longer working, and the Express will likely need to be replaced.

How can i change my old airport express password with mavericks

I just bought a new TV and I am trying to connect to my wi-fi, which runs via an old Airport Express. The TV manufacturer says that I should try changing my password from a WEP to WPA - but it seems that I can't even access my Airport Express because it's not supported by Mavericks. Is there a work-around, or do I need to upgrade my Airport Express? It's running fine otherwise - supports multiple laptops and iPhone.

Hi green jean
Try this > http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/printing.html
but also see > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305293
Dennis

My new airport express does not connect my printer to my computer? My old airport did! then I updated to OS 10.9.2. How do I get it connected?

My new airport express does not connect my printer to my computer. The old airport did. I recently updated to OS 10.9.2. I have since bought a new
HP 6700 all in one wireless printer, got the latest Comcast router. None of which connect to my computer wirelessly. Which do I throw away the printer, router, or Mac? Help

Contact HP for support.
Explain that you are using a Mac, anticipate the inevitable groan, and wait patiently for their resident Mac expert to return from vacation.
Until then download and install its driver here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=5058338&cc=us&dlc=en &lc=en
Otherwise return the printer and purchase one from a company that visibly supports OS X. HP isn't on that list.

I recently (Jan 2012) acquired a MacBook Pro (MBP) running 10.7.4 and an AirPort Express. I also have an old PPC G4 tower (Digital Audio model) running 10.4.11. The OS software on both machines is totally up to date. AirPort Utility on the G4 is 5.4.2

I recently (Jan 2012) acquired a MacBook Pro (MBP) running 10.7.4 and an AirPort Express. I also have an old PPC G4 tower (Digital Audio model) running 10.4.11. The OS software on both machines is totally up to date. AirPort Utility on the G4 is 5.4.2 and on 6.0 on the MBP. I bought a used AirPort card for the G4, I believe it is 802.11b compatible, and the wireless data rate is specified at 11 Mbps. Being a newbie to wireless, it took me many days to get these two machines to link up. This network is not connected to the internet, and there no other networks in the vicinity.
My last problem to solve is the very slow file transfer speeds between the two machines. The transfer time seems to vary depending on which machine I use to initiate the transfer, and which direction the transfer is going. For example: If I initiate the transfer from the G4 and send a 5.4MB file to the MBP it takes 1:32 (min:sec), while the same file going from the MBP to the G4 takes 27 seconds. On the other hand if the transfer is initiated on the MBP, going from the MBP to the G4 takes 2:56, while going from the G4 to the MBP takes 1:59. I realize that these times are not actual wireless transfer times but includes the entire transfer process.
Both machines and the AirPort Express are within a 4-foot radius. Both machines are set to radio channel 2. The AirPort Express is set for 802.11n(802.11b/g compatible) with WPA/WPA2 Personal wireless security.
Any help would be appreciated.
CEU2

BDAqua,
Thanks for the response.
Apple has used the term "Digital Audio" to identify this machine. System Profiler has the following information:
Machine Name:          Power Mac G4
Machine Model:          PowerMac3,5
CPU Type:          PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs:          1
CPU Speed:          800 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          256 KB
Memory:          768 MB
Bus Speed:          133 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          4.3.3f2
Serial Number:          XBxxxxxMK9
Sales Order Number:
Yes, I could connect them by ethernet if all I wanted to do was transfer files, but I would like to network them so I could use wireless internet. The machines are not always so close together, I did that to simplify the testing. With the very slow transfer speeds I am reluctant to move ahead with the internet step.
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Did they sell me an old Airport Extreme?

I was at the local Apple Store last Sunday and purchased a new Airport Extreme to replace the D-Link that I've been using. I asked the gentleman twice if he was sure that this was the newest model with the gigabit ports as I didn't see anything on the box referencing this. He informed me that they had removed all of the old ones from the store when the new model came out and and assured me that this was the gigabit model. However, today was the first day that I had done any large transfers across the wired network and they seemed to be going much slower than usual (my previous D-Link was a gigabit model). Upon further inspection I see that all of my machines are showing a connection speed of 100 Mbps. Also, when I go into the Airport Utility and go to Internet - Internet Connection and click on the Ethernet WAN Port options I get the following (see image below). Did he sell me one of the old models and try to pass it off as a new gigabit model? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Kirk

It says it has 1 gigabit wan port and 3 gigabit ethernet ports on the bottom of the box next to the serial number. The part number should be MB053LL/A
Mine shows 1000 MBps as an option at the bottom of the screen you're showing.
Best of luck.
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How does one sync the new time capsule with the old airport extreme and airport express in order to extend range?

How does one sync the new time capsule with the old airport extreme and airport express in order to extend range?

Thanks for the additional information.
Unfortunately, the AirPort Utility application in the Lion and Mountain Lion operating systems, which is used to configure the new Time Capsule does not support the older versions of the products that you have.
Even if it did, there are no settings on the older AirPorts to "Extend a wireless network", so they are not compatible with the new Time Capsule if you intend to extend the network only using wireless connections.
If you have the ability to connect each AirPort to the Time Capsule using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection, it might be possible to use a complicated workaround to install an older version of AirPort Utility to configure the older AirPorts to work with the new Time Capsule.
If you have another Mac there that is using the Leopard or Snow Leoapard operating system, things would likely be simpler. I have not done this type of procedure to mix a new Time Capsule with older AirPorts, so I would not be able to say whether this would work or not.

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