Emac G4 problems with joining Airport Extreme network

I have an Airport Extreme network with two Airport Express base stations. The Airport Extreme is connected to the internet via ethernet/cable modem. The imac and the base stations work fine and I have no problem with my internet access on the imac, but I can't get internet access via the emac. It appears that the emac is connected to the network, but I get an error message ("Can't find server") when I try to access the internet. What have I done wrong?
imac G5 isight Mac OS X (10.4.4) Other computer: emac G4, operating system 10.3.9

Is the eMac connected wirelessly to the network?
It may be a DNS issue, see KB 106798, Mac OS: Troubleshooting "A connection failure has occurred", "The specified server could not be found" or Similar Messages.

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Problems with Bonjour, Airport Extreme and OS 10.4.3

I have a networked, HP Photosmart 8450 printer. The printer was connected to both an iMac 20" and PowerBook G4 15" running OS 10.4.3. Yesterday, I lost the ability to print from the PowerBook. I have identified it as a problem with my Airport Extreme connection.
The iMac can see the printer just fine, and it shows up using Bonjour when I browse printers in the Printer Setup Utility. The PowerBook, however, cannot see the printer - that is, it does not show up in the browser, but only when I use the Airport connection. However, when I connect the printer to the PowerBook via USB, or when I plug a network cable in to the PowerBook, it sees the printer immediately using Bonjour.
It appears, then, the problem is with my Airport Extreme card. Has this issue been identified by anyone else/Apple? Perusing the discussion boards, it seems others have had this problem.
PowerBook G4/iMac Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Thanks for the response, however, my question remains: I'm wondering if anyone else with an Airport Extreme ("b" version) and OS 10.4.9 installed has a problem using Admin Utility 4.1.1 and/or Airport Setup Assistant 4.1.1? Specifically, the problem is, after resetting the Airport Extreme, I was able to set it up using the Setup Assistant (establish the network, set the password), but thereafter, it does not show up in the Admin Utility at all (but the Extreme's lights flash as it is being accessed) and in Setup Assistant, it shows up, but there are "errors" when trying to change settings. It is very odd.
When I was running 10.3.9, I had had no problems setting up/administering my Airport Extreme. Suspecting the Extreme itself, I even had an Apple Genius inspect it at the Apple store, but it was pronounced in working order. I might try to check the Airport card inside the G4 (by trying it in a friend's G4). If this communication problem is not shared by anyone else (ii.e., a software issue), it could be my Airport card.

Problem with my Airport Extreme Base Station (old model)

I have two computers connecting to the internet with an old AEBS via ethernet. One is a Powerbook G4 and the other is a MacBook Pro. Since performing a software update this morning, the older machine stopped being able to connect to the base station wirelessly (the MacBook is fine though). The error message I receive is "There was an error joining Airport network". I am able to connect to other unsecured networks in the area so I don't think there is a problem with my Airport card.
I connected my Powerbook directly to the base station with an ethernet cable. While doing so I was able to access the internet and Airport Setup Utility but once unplugged I was still not able to connect wirelessly.
I have tried restarting the base station both via the utility and by unplugging it. I have also restarted my Powerbook multiple times.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry, should have asked exactly how old your PowerBook is. Apparently the faster AirPort Extreme card didn't hit the market until early 2003. Find your PowerBook "Specifications" by clicking on that link above in the Apple website menu bar. Picking at random from the list, the 1GHz model released Nov 2002 didn't have an AirPort Extreme card, but only the AirPort card, which means the slower speed 802.11b wireless. The two PB models released in Jan 2003 both were AirPort Extreme models.
You'll be able to use the PB, just open AirPort Admin Utility and change your network "Mode:" selector (at the bottom of the panel) to "802.11b/g Compatible" from 802.11g Only.
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IPhone 5 unable to join airport extreme network, help!!!

I just bought an airpot extreme a week ago. After I configured it, my macbook pro can connect the wi-fi flawlessly. However, my iphone 5 was unable to join the airport extreme network. It sees the network, just can't join it. It doesn't say unable to join, I choose my network on my iphone, it shows it is trying to join, and never successfully joined. I've been trying miliion's way to fix this problem. I reset my iphone completely, reset my airport extreme, and reset the model, still never worked. Any idea?

Was one of the million ways that you tried.....changing the name of the wireless network on the AirPort Extreme and also changing the wireless network password?
If not.....
Keep the wireless network name simple
Use only letters and numbers.....no special characters (like an apostrophe or asterisk, etc)
Limit of 20 characters or less in the name....8-10 would be ideal.
No blank spaces
Same rules for the wireless network password
If that does not work, I can only conclude that the operating system on the iPhone has become corrupted....and this is an iPhone problem....not an AirPort Extreme problem.
Best to post in the iPhone support area to let the experts over there have a crack at things....but in general you will need to reset the iPhone back to its original default settings, then restore it again from your backup. If that does not work, the iPhone needs to be replaced.
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New to wireless Cant get airport express to join airport extreme network

So... I just got this MBP yesterday along with airport extreme and airport express. I got the base station set up i just cant get the express to connect for the life of me... help anybody? Everything is in range i know that for a fact. I just cant get it configured and i already looked on the airport express support page and followed the instructions and i still can't get it. :-/

Factory reset your Airport Express (AX).
Resetting AirPort Express
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
Connect to the Airport Extreme Network
Use the Airport Assistant to configure a new base station and configure the AX to join an existing wireless network (either use client mode, only extend your network if you need to do so).
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Problems with an Airport roaming network

I have an Airport Extreme Base Station, 4th Gen and I am trying to extend its wireless network by connecting an Airport Express (802.11n) via Ethernet to the AEBS. I have followed the directions here very carefully:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260
Everything seems to work correctly, in other words, I get a green light on the AX, Airport Utility says that it has an IP address out of the correct DHCP network being allocated by the AEBS, but when I try to connect to the AX, my MacBook Pro gets a self assigned IP (169.xxx.xxx.xxx). It seems that I cannot get to the AEBS DHCP server to get an IP assigned to my MBP. The signal strength indicator in the menu bar has an exclamation point in it. When I unplug the network cable from the AX, and plug my MBP in, I get an IP address. If I unplug the AX from power, my MBP connects to the AEBS just fine and gets an IP. I have tried three different AX's - two 802.11g's and one 802.11n.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution?
Thanks,
Greg

OK, thanks. I'm not familiar with your type of service at all, so not sure that I can help.
I cannot add anything more to what you have probably already done. Apple's settings are correct in the support document, but run through the settings below.
It is critically important that you perform a complete power cycle after you have configured the AirPort Expess and Updated the settings.
I assume that the AirPort Extreme is working correctly when the AirPort Express (AX) is not powered up.
Let's check your settings on the AirPort Express using Airport Utility Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons. Settings should look like this:
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network (Not Extend)
Wireless Network Name = Same name as the AirPort Extreme network
No check mark is needed next Allow this network to be extended
Radio Mode = 802.11n (802.11 b/g compatible) a good choice
Channel = Automatic
Wireless Security = Same setting as the AirPort Extreme
Wireless Passwrod = Same setting as the AirPort Extreme
Confirm Password
Click the Internet icon,then click the Internet Connection tab
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update and the Express should have a green light in about 40-45 seconds
Very Important......Power Cycle the entire network
Power off every device on your network....power down order is not important
Wait a minute or two
Start the modem and let it run by itself or a full minute
Start the AirPort Extreme the same way
Start the AirPort Express the same way
Continue starting devices one at time the same way until the network is back up

Internet problem with New Airport Extreme base and new Macbook Pro

So I bought a Airport Extreme base station with my new Macbook pro.
My desktop system uses a DSL modem which is connected to my computer via an ethernet cable. It works flawless. I can also unhook the hard ethernet connection from the desktop and connect it to the Macbook Pro with no problems.
I then connected the ethernet cable from the DSL router to the WAN port on the Airport Base.
I have no problem gettiing the Macbook pro to set itself up on the Airport Network. I can NOT, though, access the internet. I even tried to type in the IP address for the DSL modem while connected to Airport base and can not connect to modem. Does anyone have any advice? Is there a bridging function in the Airport Base that has to be activated?
Another question. If I replace my current DSL Router with a wireless router, do I even need the airport base if all I want to do it connect to the internet with the laptop?
Thanks,
Danny

I have no problem gettiing the Macbook pro to set itself up on the Airport Network. I can NOT, though, access the internet. I even tried to type in the IP address for the DSL modem while connected to Airport base and can not connect to modem. Does anyone have any advice? Is there a bridging function in the Airport Base that has to be activated?
Make sure you perform a complete power recycle when switching network components.
Modem/Router Power ReCycling
- Power-off the DSL modem & AEBS. (Wait at least 30 minutes. If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
- Power-on the DSL modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
- Power-on the AEBS; Wait at least 5 minutes.
If that doesn't resolve the problem, and your DSL ISP requires PPPoE for connectivity, you will need to set that up on your AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) as follows:
Connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the LAN port of the AEBS, and then, using the AirPort Admin Utility, check these settings:
Internet tab
- Connect Using: PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
- Account Name: <ISP account name>
- Change password: <ISP password>
- Always stay connected (checked)
- WAN Ethernet Port: Automatic
Another question. If I replace my current DSL Router with a wireless router, do I even need the airport base if all I want to do it connect to the internet with the laptop?
No, the AEBS will no longer be required.

Problems with new airport extreme

i'm a network admin who has dealt with seemingly every network problem imaginable over the last 15 years, but this one has me stumped. really hoping someone can help me see the forest for the trees on this one.
the problem started last week when i decided to upgrade to the latest airport extreme - replacing my MB763LL/A. In my previous setup I also had an Airport Express on the network that I was using for the 18th stereo jack connected to a stero. the airport express has been unplugged and while it'd be nice to have it working again, i'm not terribly concerned about it at this point.
the extreme has two devices plugged directly into it - an iMac and a sony blu-ray and they both work great.
the wireless is where the problem exists. i thought originally this was the same old 2.4ghz/5.0ghz issue with 802.11n and iPhones, but that doesn't seem to be the case - or i am just really missing something in regards to it.
currently the airport extreme is setup as follows:
- create wireless network
- allow this network to be extrended is NOT checked
- radio mode: 802.11n only (5ghz) - 802.11b/g
- wireless security: WPA2 Personal
- seperate 5Ghz network name is specified under wireless network options.
- currently i have a guest network setup with no security (more to come on this later)
i have an iPad that connects to the 5Ghz wifi and works great and likewise an older dell laptop and a wireless security camera (both 802.11g) work great.
the problem is my wife's iphone (3gs) and mine (iphone4). if i connect them to the unsecured guest network they work great. unfortunately this is a bit of a pain as we use airplay and some other pieces regularly. when i connect to the WPA2 network it will connect, work fine for a couple minutes and then i start receiving timeouts to both the internet as well as anything else on my network. one interesting thing i've noticed is in the airport utility you can see them connect in the wireless client screen, but over the few minutes the rate will fall from 54 down to 1.
i've gone as far as completely restoring the phones to factory original state and reconfigured them manually - skipping the option to restore previous backups.
i've tried various options for the radio mode and this problem persists. my understanding is that in the current mode the iphones won't see the 802.11n since it's a separate 5Ghz SSID and therefore connect via 802.11g. I've tried WPA/WPA2 for the security and that doesn't seem to matter either.
is it possible this airport extreme is a dud? any other suggetions? please let me know if i ommited and details.
any help is REALLY appreciate.

I seem to have the same problem you had. iPad, MacBook Air, and iTouch all connect to my airport extreme without an issue all the time. But my wife's iPhone 4s and now my Kindle Fire can't connect except once in a blue moon. Sometimes they see the network, sometimes they don't even if I am right beside the base station. I did the upgrade and things worked for about a day but now the same issue. Am configured like you but found disabling security doesn't guarantee reliable connections either. Very frustrated!!

PROBLEM with new Airport Extreme

i just bought the new airport extreme and what was supposed to be a simple setup process has taken longer than 10 hours!
please help!
i have 3 computers.
2 are macs, they will be using wireless. 1 is a PC, which will be wired to the airport extreme.
the airport extreme is connected to a VOIP router, which is then connected to the DSL router.
i have always used my old airport extreme without issues, but because i want to connect the PC as well, i must ditch the airport express in favour for one with LAN ports. hence, the troublesome airport extreme.
it doesn't work.
none of my computers can recognize the new network. (even though i've established one, with passwords and everything)
the router flashes amber - internet works, but not wireless.
the router periodically flashes green - ironically, nothing works then!!!!
please help!!!
EDIT: DIAGRAM
1. WHEN IT WORKED:
INTERNET --> PROVIDER ROUTER --> VOIP ROUTER --> AIRPORT EXPRESS --> MAC 1, MAC 2 (WIRELESS)
2. WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK:
INTERNET --> PROVIDER ROUTER --> VOIP ROUTER --> AIRPORT EXTREME --> MAC 1, MAC 2 (WIRELESS), PC (WIRED)

It appears to me that you may possibly have sever conflict issues as well as maybe not having the Network confiqured correctly.
I have a 3 story OLD VICTORIAN and I am using the Old Airport Extreme Base and have expierianced NO PROBLEMS at all.
If I may suggest a different approach.
Try to start from scratch.
SHUT EVERYTHING OFF.
Run an ethernet cable from your Internet Service Providers MODEM to the WAN port of the Airport Extreme Base
Set it up DHCP and you want the Airport to distribute IP's
use the Airport setup assistant and Airport Admin Utility.
Using 2 Routers in the mix unless you have ony one the main to distribute the IP's, IF you have 2 Routers and they are both set up to distribute the IP's there is your problem.
The New Airport Extreme Base is far better then the older model and you shouldn't need another router in the mix at all to get the coverage of your entire house.
Take the Netgear clear out and use the Airport Extreme and the Expresses as you had them before. There is a very good possibility that you will need to do evrything one at a time and step by step.
Do not just plug everything in, and turn everything on and expect it to work. Do everthing step by step with all security disabled to begin with.
Be sure when you do your system reset that you start by powering up the MODEM 1st and wait for it to acquire the signal before you power up the Airport Extreme and again you must wait for it to acquire the signal. You can use the LAN Ports for anyyhing you need HARDWIRED. If you don't wait and do things in the proper order you will have problems, I can't stress enough that it must be done in the proper sequence. Have a look at the Paperwork of either the Netgear's Yellow Phamplet or the Booklet that came with the Extreme to bear out what I explained on the sequence.
Don

Please help me resolve the many problems with my airport extreme

Dear Community,
My Apple Airport Extreme has never worked properly out of the box and I do not understand why. I must be doing something wrong. It is replacing a series of Linksys products which integrated with several Linux and Windows machines, and they worked flawlessly.
Problem (1):
Extreme crashes/reboots every now and then, especially when I try to send a lot of data from one machine to another. I assume that I am sending too much data then, and would like to know how I can slow down my data transmission so as to not hurt the Extreme.
Problem (2):
Airport Extreme when restarting either on its own or through the software refuses to let previously connected clients reconnect. The problem is probably because of of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux. This causes major networking issues as each individual machine must have its network layer restarted or be rebooted. So I would like to know what I can do to work around these problems in the operating systems.
Problem (3):
Airport Utility after a spontaneous dropping of all connections by the Extreme is unable to find "any base stations within range" (it is connected to the base station by Ethernet). Base station and computer were both power cycled, problem remains. Perhaps my ethernet cable is too long and this has made the base station "out of range?"
Problem (4):
Apple claimed that I would be able to use a USB 2.0 disk on the Extreme to do backups. When I plug in the USB disk as advertised, the transfer rate is 12% of its transfer rate when plugged into any other hardware. Please let me know which configuration options I need to set on the disk in order to obtain full data transfer rates that will allow me to back up several networked machines in a reasonable timeframe (i.e. less than 3 days).
Problem (5):
Please describe to me how to connect to the router with a web browser. Every other router I have worked with allows me to connect with a web browser, and since the Apple software refuses to connect to the base station I am no longer able to configure it as I do not own a shorter ethernet cable that will bring the base station within range of the computer. Since the apple software does not take any obvious arguments that allow me to specify the IP address of the base station, my only conclusion is that I am supposed to use a web browser which will take an IP address to connect. However, when I do this, I get a "page load error." I am confused, because I was told this is an extreme unit, so I thought it had at least industry standard features, therefore I must be the one doing something wrong.
Your assistance is much appreciated.

Problems 1 through 4 are the topic of many (often long) past discussions in this forum. Though I hate to say it, I have yet to see anything that comes close to a "solution" for the problems you describe. Sometimes, Problem #3 results from radio interference which might be alleviated by changing the default channel the base station transmits on.
Unlike every non-Apple router on the market, Apple's Airport Base Station must be configured using Apple's own "Airport Utility" software application. It is not possible to configure an Airport Base Station using a web browser.
Regrettably, in your case it sounds like you would be better off continuing to use your previous Linksys wireless router.

Urgent Problems with my Airport Extreme

I purchased a latest airport extreme recently. Works perfect for several weeks.
Suddenly, from yesterday, the Internet speed where slightly distant from Airport becomes very slow which usually do very well. I just had to get to very close to the Airport to get the Internet speed. So I decided to factory reset the Airport. Works well until last step. The airport utility shows unexpected error when I finished configuration.
Right now, the airport shows green light but I cannot find it on any device or any airport utility!!!
Need help!!!

I will assume that you have already tried different Ethernet patch cables and tried this on all of your 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station's (AEBSn) LAN ports and the problem continued ... correct?
If so, the problem may be the MTU setting on both of your Macs. The AEBSn, with Gigabit Ethernet, uses a Broadcom controller chip that supports Jumbo Frames. By default, both of your Macs should sense the type of Ethernet connection they have, but typically default the MTU to a "safe" 1500 byte value. Any value above this would be considered "Jumbo" and the controller chip in the AEBSn can support Jumbo Frames up to 9728 bytes.
I would recommend that you try changing the MTU value on both Macs to "Jumbo (9000)" to see if this will help.
To do so:
System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced > Ethernet tab
Configure: Manually
Speed: 1000baseT
Duplex: full-duplex, flow-control
MTU: Jumbo (9000)
Be sure to do this on both Macs, and then, try to copy at least a single 1 GB file between them, either direction. To quickly create this file, just use the Disk Utility to create a 1 GB disk image.
Please post back your results.

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I have a Dell desktop computer at home with a cisco cable modem connected to Comcast. I am trying to setup a new wireless network using new AirPort extreme so that new iPad can use wireless.
Connections seem to work but when running the AirPort Utility, it doesn't find my base station. The Dell doesn't have wireless. Does the Airport Utility only work via wireless? Or can it work across the ethernet connection?
I'd appreciate anyone's help.
Thanks.

Hello VL Crew. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Does the Airport Utility only work via wireless?
No, the AirPort Utility will work whether your computer is connected to the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) by wire or wireless.

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Hi,
I just bought the latest Airport Extreme, and am using it as my router directly from my internet provider, a hole in the wall, with a normal cable between.
If I hook the cable right to my computer I get between 500-800 Mbit speed, all the time, rock solid, so my internet connection is very good!
Now, when I hook it up to my new AE, it works fine most of the time, or let's say 70% of the time. The other 30% the speed drops down to roughly 20-50 Mbit from the normal 250-400 speed when using the AE. Itäs not only that the speed drops, all my streaming devices stop working. I have three wireless speakers and an Apple TV. Normally it all works fine... but suddenly they all stop working, and that is when the router (AE) drops in speed.
Sometimes I have to plugg the plug on the AE, to restart it, and it works fine agaian, but sometimes ther's nothing to do.
It feels very strange that you one minute can have 400+ Mbit and then sudenly down to 20, and then back again...without doing anything at all in your apartment with your devices. I run on the 7.7.2 firmware...
Any clues?

I've got a similar sounding issue except when it happens to mine, it stays super slow until I reboot the AE. Not just changes some settings and let it update/refresh, I have to power cycle it. My internet connection isn't quite as fast as yours but it still should be a lot faster than what it is when this starts.
I have a 30Mbit connection. After power cycling the AE, it runs fine for several days. Then at some point, it gets extremely slow. Trying to load any web page takes roughly 30-45 seconds sometimes before it really seems like it starts getting a response from the server and starts downloading the page. I've tried a few pings and the requests continually time out for a while and then it will finally pick up and work.
I'm not real sure what to do about it. I'm wondering if the newest firmware upgrade has anything to do with it. I didn't see this issue until after updating to 7.7.2. May be completely unrelated but thats the only thing I can think of that has changed lately.

Airport Express stopped working with my Airport Extreme Network

Hi. I have an airport extreme as my base station and I have an express that is used to extend the network and plug into my stereo to allow for streaming music from iTunes. The system has worked great for months and now suddenly the extreme dropped. The light used to be solid green but now its yellow. I've reset the express to factory settings and now its blinking yellow. I can't figure out how to get it back online. Any help would be appreciated. It seems like an airport utility program could do this but I can't seem to find it on my Macbook Pro.
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Sorry...I meant to say that the express dropped. The extreme still works fine and gives me good internet connectivity.

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I need to bring an old iMac back into our family network. I erased the HD and installed 10.3. The airport card in the iMac sees our network and knows the password (I also reset the base station tonight so I know the password is correct and works with 2 laptops in the house.). However, each time I enter the password for the AirPort network, I get, "There was an error joining the selected AirPort network." Does this have anything to do with the type of password (WEP, etc?). When the iMac requests the password for joining the network, it simply requests, "Password."
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If you temporarily set the security on your main router to "none", can the iMac connect that way?
If yes, what base station are you using?

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