Dual Ethernet Airport

I have been able to configure the ABS dual ethernet using the LAN connection, but when I disconnect the ethernet cable the imac does not see the ABS. How do I get the imac to recognize the ABS or how do I connect to the ABS?
I am using airport admin utility for graphite and snow version 4.2.5. The admin utility does not show the ABS wirelessly, but will show it while connected using the ethernet cable.
I have tried doing a hard reset, but the original name remains and does not change and the soft reset does not do anything. the middle light blinks once every second and I have followed the manuals for hard and soft reset.
How do I get the computer to recognize the ABS?

If you're sure you've configured the airport to create a new network and its not showing up wirelessly, either the wireless functions of the airport or your computer are not working properly.
If you have several computers capable of wireless, check them all to see if the airport network shows up. If not, then the airport base station may be bad. (check out those new airport extremes, they're nice )
If your computer is unable to see any networks (at other locations or in your area), then the airport software/hardware on your computer could be bad. Try:
- make sure airport is turned on in OSX
- if you have an external antenna, make sure its plugged in properly
- if you have a switch on your computer that turns on/off wireless, make sure it is turned on

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I have a dual ethernet Airport base station connected to a cable modem. I started having connectivity problems between the airport and my three Macs (G5, G4 Powerbook 17-inch and older G4 Powerbook 15-inch) a couple of days ago. Today none of the Macs can access the internet.
I've tried everything: using Airport Admin to reconfigure, resetting the base station, working with the cable internet ISP folks, etc. The Internet Connect interface tells me the Airport is indeed connected to the internet, but none of the Macs seem to be able to connect with the Airport. Also, hardwiring the ethernet cable to the G5 works just fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

I too am having the same problems with the dual ethernet airport. This happened around 3/29 as well. I have called the cable co. for dsl modem advice, the tech says its a apple problem. the apple tech says all is hooked up ok. but when the air port is connected to the dsl modem all the lights are green except the internet. will not talk to the modem. I have done a hard reset and followed all the steps.
When dsl modem is directly connected to g4 cube... all is ok.
My house has been wireless for a long time..... Please does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
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Can I change my Dual Ethernet Airport from WEP to WPA?

I just read that WEP wireless networks aren't really secure, even when set up as "closed," but it appears that my Dual Ethernet Airport only allows WEP networks.
Can I change software or firmware to allow me to configure the Airport as a WPA network? My firmware is version 4.0.9 which appears to be the most current available.
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Also, I apologize for posting this on the Airport for Windows page, I'm using a Mac, actually several.
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WDS with Airport express and Dual ethernet Airport base

Can the airport express and dual ethernet airport base create a wds? I can't find the options on the airport base's software.

coloradoapple, Welcome to the discussion area!
The Dual Ethernet (snow) AirPort base station (ABS) does not support WDS.
Only the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) and AirPort Express (AX) support WDS.

Airport Dual Ethernet

I have added a Mac Mini to my network. It is connected via ethernet cable to my ABS Dual Ethernet Snow. I can connect each computer via the ABS.
The Mac Mini is one of the early models and has no Airport Extreme.
Is it possible to use the ABS to connect to my BT Home Hub router wirelessly?
Power PC 400 G4 AGP 10.2.8 Mac OS X (10.2.x) iMac G4 800 10.2.8; Mac Mini 1.42 10.3.6;Airport Dual Ethernet BS

Is it possible to use the ABS to connect to my BT Home Hub router wirelessly?
No. The Dual Ethernet AirPort base station (ABS) can not be used as a wireless client.

How Do I setup Dual Ethernet (Snow Saucer) base as "repeater" for Extreme

Just migrated from G4 iBook to an MBP. Currently still using my Snow Saucer (Dual Ethernet) airport base station (had to communicate with the Base using the iBook, and manually enter the MAC address of the MBP).
When I go to the trouble of setting up my Airport Extreme to become the base station to which my DSL line is connected, I also want to use the old Saucer as a "repeater" to get a better signal somewhere else.
Where are the instructions for doing this?
Also, I want to know if this may be a bad idea, because IIRC I read that if the Extreme detects a device using the "old" frequency, it will downgrade itself to that frequency, and I will lose the advantage of the Extreme for any devices which could make use of it.

However, extreme and express base stations can be configured to to act as relays and receivers for Graphite and Snow base stations.
With no setting or availability of WDS capability on the dual ethernet device, I fail to see how this would be possible.
Setting this up is fiddly because you have to configure the bridges to connect to an ABS via a MAC address.
And, the ABS must also be configured with the MAC address of the other devices in the WDS, but there are no provisions to do this.
If you want, I'll send you a link for MacTracker, which lists all models and specifications.
It might be possible to run ethernet from one of the other AirPorts, configure the dual ethernet version in "bridge mode" (if possible) and then have it create a wireless network. To be part of the "same" wireless network, it would need to be setup to use the same wireless network name, security and password as the "main" network.
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Is Duel Ethernet Airport Base compatible with Airport Extreme Card?

I am about to upgrade to the new Macbook Pro 15" from my Titanium G4. I currenty have the original Airport card and the dual ethernet Airport Station.
Question - will the new Pro with the Airport Extreme card be compatible with the old base station?
If it will, what would be the advantages of upgrading to a new Extreme Basestation?
maginme
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magicnme, Welcome to the discussion area!
Question - will the new Pro with the Airport Extreme card be compatible with the old base station?
Yes, the MacBook Pro can connect to a 802.11b base station like the Dual Ethernet (aka snow) AirPort base station (ABS).
If it will, what would be the advantages of upgrading to a new Extreme Basestation?
The AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) offers a USB printer port for wireless printing.
The AEBS offers WPA and WPA2 wireless encryption.
Also if you have other computers on your local network, large file transfers between your computers will be faster.

Changing nat settings to open on basestation (dual ethernet) for xbox 360

i have a airport basestation (dual ethernet) and i have my xbox 360 plugged into the back using a ethernet cable and i have tried everything i know to open the nat(network address translation)
settings and i tried everything i know to open a port but i am appearantly doing something wrong.... can anyone help?? please... my xbox connects to xbox live but i can play with very few people because of the nat setting.... suggestions?

jfinley1, Welcome to the discussion area!
This "open NAT" is a relatively new thing not supported by the dual Ethernet AirPort base station (ABS).
How have you tried to map/forward/open a port?

Airport Dual Ethernet connecting to DSL.

My normal system is a Windows XP PC connected to 2wire dsl router from SBC. My wife has an iBook(the white one)that we are trying to get connected to the internet using an Airport Dual ethernet. THe iBook has a wireless card installed and before I moved all I did was plug the airport into the DSL router and all was well. Now what is happening is that as soon as I plug the airport into the router it I lose my PC internet connection, even more frustrating is that I still can't access the interent via the iBook.
I am totally unfamiliar with the Mac OS so this just adds to my frustration. Are there any resources/guidance/books that would help a new wireless Mac user on configuring the airport to connect to the same router as a windows PC without screwing it all up?
Any help would be awesome.
Jamie
PC Windows XP Pro Airport Dual Ethernet

Hello, I'm new to Mac's as well, but I hope I can help narrow down the source of the problem a little.
You said "and before I moved all I did was". I take that to mean you moved from one home to another. Does that mean that you also have a new DSL service provider (which means they provided you with the DSL router you are using. A couple things to try to semi isolate the problem, or at least try to narrow it down to one device having issues.
Try to connect to the internet with each computer individually using the DSL router, one at a time. Do they both work that way?
Try connecting the airport only, then connecting to the internet with each computer individually (the other should be powered down so it doesn't try to connect when wireless becomes available {hopefully}). Do they work this way?
If they work, or one does but not the other you have provided yourself wirh a wealth of information to offer the experts (no that's not me), I'm afraid I won't be much help beyond this. The reason for this method is that you may discover that something has happened to your system(s) (hopefully not) during your move(?), or your service provider (new) may have provided you with a faulty router (just a couple of possibilities).
Another thing, have you installed any new software, or updates recently, like just before the connection stopped working.
Hope this helps.

Power for dual ethernet/snow airport

I have an old AirPort dual ethernet which I would like to lend to a friend who just got a MacBook but is currently using dial-up internet. The problem is that in it getting down off the shelf, I found three different power bricks, one 5V and two 12V. One of the two 12V power bricks has a light grey wire, which would be a better color match than the others. That is the only hint as none say "Apple."
What are the power requirements of this old AirPort?

12V
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Setup Dual Ethernet (Snow) using Windows XP

Is it possible to configure a Dual Ethernet (Snow) Airport base station using only a pc running Windows XP? If so, which version of the admin utility should I use and what's the exact process in order to get things setup?
We've performed a hard-reset but it will not allow us to update the base station using 4.2 for Windows, because there's an error connecting to it via ethernet.
Thanks!

Thanks. That has helped point us in the right direction. In addition, I found this info particularly helpful in order to set the TCP/IP settings in the Network control panel:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106685
After changing those settings, we were able to configure and update the base station.
However, after putting the TCP/IP settings back the way they were (obtain IP automatically instead of manually), the PC connected via the LAN port and the wireless can't connect to the internet at all. The base settings reveal that it's using an IP address starting with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx which tells me it can't get a real IP from the cable modem. Unplugging the cable modem, base station, restarting, etc. aren't doing the trick. Oh so close. I'll keep you posted unless you have any further suggestions.

Adding Wireless-N-ONLY Time Capsule to Dual-Band Airport Extreme Network?

I have a dual-band airport extreme which I have configured to create both a wireless-a/b/g/n SSID on my network, as well as a second SSID which is Wireless-N-ONLY (meant to be used with my Time Capsule so that all backups to the Time Capsule via Time Machine are only ever done via Wireless-N).
My Airport Extreme is already configured, and now I just have to configure my Time Capsule on my network...
Can someone briefly run through the "assist me" steps in the Airport Utility that I'd want to follow to configure my Time Capsule so that it's available on my dual-band base station's wireless-N-ONLY network and so that it's not transmitting or receiving any other wireless protocol other than wireless-N?
Thanks!

Hi Bob,
Thanks for your earlier feedback. I now have a dual band TC and the previous dual band EABS and I'm tearing my hair out trying to get these things to play nice! Maybe you can provide some assistance:
1) The TC upstairs is connected to the comcast modem and is the main 'router' in my network. In addition, I'm using the "create wireless network" option on this router to set up both a 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz wireless environment.
2) The AEBS downstairs on the opposite end of the house is connected by ethernet - whole house is wired so I'm feeding from the TC upstairs through a switch in the disti box down to an outlet where I have the AEBS. The cat-5 cable is connected to a LAN port on the back of the AEBS.
3) I have the AEBS set up to extend the wireless network. When I do this it only gives me the ability to select one wireless network (I have the TC configured to call the 5 GHz network something different) - In essence doesn't appear to want to let me extend both bands of the wireless network.
The problem seems to be that once I get all the configurations set I have no connectivity and if I try to open the configuration via Airport Utility, its just a spinning gear and will never open to show the settings. This happens to with both the TC and the AEBS. It's like it's in a loop or something.
I immediately disconnect the AEBS from the network and suddenly all is well again.
I know this seems like a rant, but this has been kicking my a** for two days!! I've just about had it with the constant 'hard reset' of the routers and starting over with configuration. If you have any specific things I should do, or settings that are key to set up both devices to extend my wireless network throughout the house I would be so thankful!!
Thanks,
Don

ABS Dual Ethernet -- Error writing configuration during hard reset mode

This has been a full day of troubleshooting this one. After downloading the Airport Admin Utility 4.2.5, I was finally able to see the old ABS Dual Ethernet via ethernet cable plugged into the LAN port from a Macbook running 10.5.2. We don't know the password to login into the base station and a soft reset hasn't stripped the password from the base station.
So.. I got ABS into hard reset mode with the middle LED blinking once every second as described in the Apple documentation, and was able to seethe ABS from the Airport Admin Utility. HOWEVER, when I try to configure the ABS, I enter my Admin username and password, am prompted to temporarily change TCP/IP settings for this computer and then "Writing configuration..." comes up.. but a few seconds later I get an error message "An error occurred while writing the configuration."
That's it. No other explanation.
No idea where to go from here.
My network settings are set in Manual mode to the following:
IP: 192.42.249.15
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.42.249.13
Any ideas with this one?

If I understand your post correctly, "when I try to configure the ABS" in the second paragraph refers to clicking the Configure button while trying to reload base station software (i.e., step 16 in Apple's document titled AirPort Base Station (Dual Ethernet) : How to reload software from Mac OS X).
I suggest that in order to reload the base station software, you make sure that AirPort is inactive on your computer and that the manual network settings you described are in the "Show: Built-in Ethernet" part of Network preferences.
Beyond that, I'd recommend re-doing the hard reset, possibly multiple times if it doesn't succeed the first time.
On the other hand, if you successfully reloaded the base station software and are indeed trying to configure the base station's settings, then quit AirPort Admin Utility, restore the computer's Network Ethernet settings to Using DHCP, and reopen AirPort Admin Utility (steps 18-20 of Apple's document).

Dual Ethernet will not connect if set to share Single IP address

The subject says it all. My trusty old Dual Ethernet will not connect if set to share Single IP address.
I cannot get anything but a self assigned IP address with it set to share a single IP address.
Before about Tuesday of last week I had connected to it a Mac mini, iMac, Dell Desktop, Dell Laptop, and PS3 all working fine. I think Comcast or Apple updated their system or Airport software and now the old dual Ethernet will not share a single IP address.

So far as I know, there has been no recent change in Apple's software affecting the Snow (a/k/a Dual Ethernet) base station. About 2-1/2 weeks ago, Apple distributed an update to AirPort software for Intel Macs running Tiger, but it would not have affected the base station.
Your topic implies that when the Snow is not set to share a single IP address (i.e., presumably, when "Distribute IP addresses" is unchecked in the Network pane of AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow), one of the computers is connecting to the Internet through the base station. I also imagine that the self assigned IP address you mention is the IP address of that computer, rather than of the base station, and that that computer obtains an IP address from Comcast when the Snow is not distributing IP addresses.
Assuming that that computer is connecting wirelessly, then whatever settings that computer is using for TCP/IP and PPPoE in the AirPort part of System Preferences, while the computer connects to the Internet, should be the ones used for the base station, in the Internet pane of AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow. (Most likely, it is simply "Using DHCP.") The IP address obtained from Comcast should be received by the base station, when it is set to distribute IP addresses in the Network pane, and the IP address should show up in the Internet pane. (When the Snow is distributing IP addresses, it has two IP addresses itself, a WAN IP address obtained from Comcast and a LAN IP address, 10.0.1.1, visible only to devices in your network.)
Even when the settings are correct, the Snow might not be able to obtain an IP address if your cable modem remembers the computer, which had been receiving the IP address previously. You'll probably need to shut down the computers and unplug power to the base station and cable modem. After waiting 5 minutes, restore power to the modem, then after another 5 minutes, restore power to the base station, then after another 5 minutes, start up a computer.

Streaming DVD movies over Dual Band Airport Extreme Airdisk

Hello,
This is my first post in the discussion forums. I have been a long time reading of the discussion forums. I recently bought a late 2009 dual band Airport Extreme base station. I have been trying to stream DVD movies (TS_VIDEO) using the Airdisk feature. What I did, as an experiment, was to hook up the dual band Airport Extreme to my 2009 Mac-Mini using an ethernet cable from the base station to the Mac-Mini. I enabled file sharing on the Airport extreme base station. I hooked an external hard drive to the base station via a USB port on the base station. I mounted the Airdisk on the Mac-MIni. When I play the ripped DVD movies (TS_VIDEO) from the Airdisk I get a lot of stuttering using Front-Row. According to the Apple customer service reps, this is normal behavior. Can anybody comment on if this is normal behavior.

An uncompressed DVD should have a maximum data rate of around 6 or 7 Mbps and so be well within the nominal 300 Mbps of an 802.11n network - even allowing for the slower actual speeds attained due to networking overheads and weak signals. However, given that you have the latest Airport Extreme it sounds like you may be suffering from the common fault many are reporting in these forums, in which disk transfer rates are very, very slow over the 5GHz 802.11n connection. Look at some of the other threads here. It is clearly a fault in the current design (not a fault with your particular unit) and something that Apple are apparently aware of. Most are hoping it will be resolved in an updated firmware at some point in the future.
Edit: I just re-read your post and notice that you said you used a physical connection between the Airport and the Mac Mini. Thus no wireless involved. Nevertheless, others have reported poor data rates with disks connected to the unit, and so this may still be the issue. Check out some of the other threads here.
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