Firewall or proxy misconfigured in Airport Extreme-based wifi network

When I navigate with my MBP 2.2 GHz or my imac 2.6 GHz using Firefox I receive the following message very often:
"Failed to Connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at my.yahoo.com.
Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection."
I can't find the problem. If I connect my mac directly to the modem of my ISP, I can navigate without this issue.
Can anybody help?
Thanks
Adrian Hernandez

Hello dri22. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
do i really need an airport extreme if i just want to sit on the couch about 10 feet away and just play with my iphone, or will the airport express be fine for now ,, until at some point when i do buy a new laptop and want to expand?
You'll need the Extreme, or any other wireless router with a built-in Ethernet switch, if you want to connect your PowerBook G4 with Ethernet for Internet access. Otherwise, if you only have a need to support wireless devices, the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) should do just fine.

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    Hi All,
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    Ping has started…
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    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=8.471 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=2.605 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=2.419 ms
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    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=3.030 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=1.914 ms
    Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
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    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=128 time=2.220 ms
    64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=128 time=12.246 ms
    --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
    10 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 10.0% packet loss
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    Just to recap. The ADSL(Internet) Router is giving DCHP address via the LAN network to the Airport Extreme. The Airport is connected to the LAN via the WAN port.
    Any advise will be great!!

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              BSSID                    : b8:8d:12:63:32:8d
              Country                    : TH
              RSSI                    : -51 dBm
              Noise                    : -89 dBm
              Rate                    : 130 Mbps
              Channel                    : 8
              Channel Width                    : 20MHz
    # --- Bluetooth
              Power State                    : On
              Paired Devices                    : 0
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              5 GHz Networks                    : 2
              Current Channel Networks          : 2
              Recommended 2.4GHz Channels          : [ 11 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 12 13 ] 8
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              IPv4 Router                    : 192.168.0.1
              Primary IPv6 Interface          : None
              IPv6 Address                    : None
              IPv6 Router                    : None
              DNS Servers                    : 192.168.0.1
                                              8.8.8.8
                                              8.8.4.4
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    Hi there!
    Were any software install and restore discs included with the computer to support
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    Not sure where to begin in resolve the connection issues you have presented,
    since I am almost under siege in my offline life with problems others foist on me.
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    choose the AirPort as a viable Network choice in the System Preferences, with
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    correctly chosen, the available wireless Airport won't work. And the status of
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    • Mac OS X: Troubleshooting a cable modem, DSL, or LAN internet connection:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1317
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    OS X, you can boot the computer in SafeBoot (shift key held on startup until a
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    may be able to later click on the hard drive icon of the Brand of the HDD as
    seen in the same sidebar where the Macintosh HD was located, and choose to
    'verify' the hard disk drive from the choice in the Disk Utility panel then available.
    When done with these items in Disk Utility, quit it; then restart the Mac normally.
    {For other levels of Disk Utility repair on the hard disk drive, you need to boot the
    computer from the OS X Installer's disc#1 and choose Disk Utility from its menu
    bar prior to actually running that Installer. The drop down menu bar has options
    and select them carefully; since you can do quite a bit to the computer's drive if
    the wrong item is chosen out of turn or when not needed. A booted disk utility is
    in a position to act more thoroughly on a hard disk drive that is then unmounted.}
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    repairs, etc the main issue would be in the choice of settings to access the internet
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  • What are the best settings to use for the newest AirPort Extreme (AC wifi) with my optimum online service provider?

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    Here's my question. We have a cable television wire that comes into the house in our bedroom, which is next to her office. I had this idea that I could split that signal and find some kind of unit that outputs to an port, hook the Extreme we are not using now into the port and maybe have that find our house network as a way of boosting the signal.
    Could that work? Or is there an easier way of boosting the signal?
    Thanks for any info,
    jeff

    i realize there is a missing word, I meant to write outputs to an ethernet port. I don't know if such a device, other than another cable modem, actually exists.

  • Is it possible to make airport extreme a WEP network and keep my other router as WPA?

    Not really sure how to ask this but here goes.
    I have a bt router as my main router in my house which I want to continue using. It is WPA protected and I want to keep it that way. However I have some devices that will only connect with WEP. So I was wondering if there is a way to setup my airport extreme to be a WEP protected network so I can use this only for the WEP devices and use my other router for my other devices and connections as it is more secure.
    If this is possible, could you please explain to me the setup for the airport extreme as I don't know if it needs setting up as a seperate network or in bridge mode? I don't really understand the setup options on the airport and what is needed to do what.
    I hope I've explained this clear enough but if not feel free to ask me for more details.
    Thanks for any help in advance.

    Whatever you choose for the WiFi network name.
    Step by step as you requested:
    Open up AirPort Utility.
    Go to the AirPort tab and select Wireless:
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    Select Internet.
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