Help required for set up of new Airport Extreme!

I bought a new Airport Extreme and was assured the set up was super easy compared to the Linksys wireless router I had previously. With my luck, it isn't!
I basically never get to the first step of the airport utility because either the wireless connection can't be found, or the Airport Express can't be found by my computer (I get either of the two error messages). I am able to see the airport xxxxxxx network, but get the error messages even when the computer's airport eventually connects to it. Can someone help and tell me what I am doing wrong? I have tried resetting my internet modem and the Airport Extreme to no avail, I always get the yellow amber flashing light.
Thank you

SEE MY ANSWERS BELOW:
System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
o Your network should show up in the list under Preferred Networks with Security = None CHECK
o Remember any network this computer has joined (checked)
System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > TCP/IP tab
o Configure IPv4 = Using DHCP CHECK - CHANGED IT
o Configure IPv6 Automatically CHECK - CHANGED IT
System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > DNS tab
o DNS Servers = (your ISP's DNS server(s) IP address(es) should be displayed here) If this is blank, may be the reason that you are not able to access the Internet when connected wirelessly ... and may indicate a problem with the AirPort card in your iBook I CAN SEE 3 SERIES OF CODES
Following this, I can still find my network, connect to it (although I got a timeout the first couple of times) but still have no internet access. The airport has been working fine when I was using the Linksys in the past.
Can we try anything else?

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I've been told I need to unhide the AE so the printer can see it.
Advice likes this sounds good.....IF.....you previously enabled the option to "hide" your network. Chances are, you would know if you did do this, but if you are not sure, you can check to see if the network really is "hidden".
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort Extreme icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click the Wireless tab at the top of the next window
Click Wireless Options at the bottom of the window
If the network is hidden, you will see a check mark in the box next to Create Hidden Network. If the box is not checked, then your network is not hidden...so there is no way to "unhide" a network that is not hidden in the first place.....and you might want to contact Canon support for help on how to set up your printer.
If you do see that the box is checked, then remove the check mark to "unhide" your network, click Save, then click Update and allow a full minutre for the AirPort Extreme to restart.

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Greetings,
Here is some background information. Currently my wife and I have two PC running XP and are networked with a Linksys Wireless G 2.4 GHz router. On the network we share files and a printer.
For Christmas I received a MacBook Pro. Yeah! (My last Mac was a PowerMac G3) When I set up my MacBook Pro it connected to our current network and I can use the printer. The MacBook Pro set everything up effortlessly.
Here is my new situation. My wife liked my MacBook Pro so much that she has ordered an iMac. Also, we have received a new AirPort Extreme. We are going to switch to all Macs for our computers.
We want to replace the Linksys with the AirPort Extreme and have it network our printer (HP OfficeJet Pro 7580 all-in-one, the iMac and my MacBook Pro.
I have been studying the Setup Guide to connect the AirPort Extreme.
Finally here is my Question.
The set up guide instructs to plug in the printer with the USB port into the AirPort Extreme. It is not wireless. However, the guide does not specify if the printer needs to be powered on when it is plugged into the AirPort Extreme's USB port.
Should all of the devices I want plugged into the AirPort Extreme be powered on before I plug them in?
The end result will be having the AirPort Extreme network our two Macs, the HP printer and our two PC until we can make a complete change over to all Macs.
Thanks in advance for your help and support,
Leigh

Sounds like you got it down, how to do it...
The answer to your question can be simple or somewhat complex. So I'll make it really, really simple.
You can plug the printer in with it on or off, but it'll work better and more consistently if you first power-on the printer, let it go through it's own self test then plug it into the Airport Extreme.

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Re: Airport Extreme IP Address Issue
After hours of trying everything else, this worked!!!
From: Comcast Networking/Router/Wifi Gateway:
Re: Airport Extreme IP Address Issue
11-20-2012 07:11 PM
MyComputerGuyJo:
I just wanted to add what Apple Support walked me through. Worked perfectly. Similar to some of the posts here. This assumes you have finished the setup of the Airport using DHCP to obtain the IP automatically from Comcast and it says the IP is invalid.
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Freyfisher: I had the same problem whenn I switched to the Airport Extreme yesterday. Here is what I did:
1: uplugged modem for 30 sec. and detached all ethernet cables. Plugged back in and reattached airport extreme cable after all lights were solid on the modem. Then, I went into Airport Utility and selected, "Base Station"> "restore default settings". Then" Base Station"> Restart. Then go through setup assistant again. If no luck, try setting IPv4 to 10.0.1.2, subnet to 255.255.255.0, router to 10.0.1.1. IPv6 set to OFF if having trouble. DNS adresses: 75.75.75.75, 75.75.76.76, search domain hsd1.ST.comcast.net where "ST" is your two-letter State abbrev. Hope this helps someone....

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Not sure if this has been posted before but I would suggest that windows users or mixed use users (windows/mac) that want to use the airport extreme basestation should uninstall any security software (antivirus/firewall) that is on their windows computers before setting up the Airport Extreme Basestation.
I was having a lot of trouble getting my windows computers to see each other (or any other computers for that matter) despite them being able to connect to the internet and the fact that they were both on the same workgroup.
I figured out that by uninstalling the norton software and then replugging them into the basestation that miraculously I could then see the other computers on the network ("view computers in my workgroup"). Then reinstall the security software and you should be good to go.
Hope that helps someone and prevents hours of frustration.
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There is another way to use the AE.. that might help your problem.
The first thing though is to use static IP .. even in bridge that might fix it.
You would need to use DHCP Reservation in the main router to set the IP of the Airport. This can be called different names in different devices but it is usually there.
Then in the computer using finder, Go, Connect to server. Type in the actual IP address of the Airport.
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AFP://10.0.1.100 (for example, replace with the actual IP).
You will have a request for the disk password.. once the computer finds the network resource. Type in the password and store it in the keychain so it is not forgotten.
I do find it interesting that apple can acknowledge that networking is that poor.. and do nothing about it.

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Setting up a Apple Airport Extreme to work on the Telecom New Zealand Broadband network?

Has anyone had any success in setting up their airport extreme to work on the Telecom New Zealand broadband network without having to connect it to the modem which NZ Telecom supply?
Any advice and tips would be welcomed!

1. Since a "router" is needed next to the cable modem and before the ethernet switch, should we put the new Extreme in that basement location? Or, should we instead put the new Extreme somewhere on the main floor of the house (connected by ethernet) and leave the old one where it is?
Assuming the older Extreme is no older than Gen3 or Gen4 it is a perfectly adequate router for the speeds that cable will generally give you.
And therefore it is best to bridge the new AC extreme and use it upstairs via ethernet. That will then give you the best wireless in the most suitable area of the house.
2. Should we somehow bridge the two Airport Extremes (the old one and the new one) into one wireless network?
Yes, what is called roaming network. Both units create a wireless network.
You simply setup same name and same security/password on all the devices for wireless. The wireless channels are the differentiator.. and you can either leave that on auto or take some control over it and set manually. I would be inclined to do it manually just because the AC wireless needs the 149 channel for high speed AC.. so you do not want the old Extreme in the basement using that. Force that one to channel 36 or 40. However it is likely to work itself out ok on auto.. but I recommend you check it.
The apple docos on roaming are rather ancient..
Here is a post with newer info.
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3. Should we go a further step and also bridge in one or both of the old Airport Express units, perhaps on the top floor of the house for example?
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I own an imac 2011 running osx 10.6.8. I want to the new airport extreme. but it says in the system requirements that it needs osx lion 1.7.5 or later. would it work with my older osx 10.6.8?

i own an imac 2011 running osx 10.6.8. I want to buy the new airport extreme but it says in the system requirements that it needs osx lion 10.7.5 or later. would it work with my older osx 10.6.8?

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Setup and Administration
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later and AirPort Utility 1.3
Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.5 or later and AirPort Utility 6.3
would it work with my older osx 10.6.8?
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Been fighting with this for hours...about ready to take the new Airport Extreme back ...Here's the deal:
I currently have a very wired and wireless 2story home professinally set up with 2 Linksys devices as the primary network and a couple previous generation airport expresses as extenders.   Due to video, audio and other systems the primary router for the network/WAN closet out in the garage needs to remain on the primary Linksys (non wifi) router. I want to replace the Linksys Wifi router (see below) that is puposely set up and has worked for several years as a double NAT config with the new Airport Extreme but i have tried duplicatiing the exact configs from the Linksys router and all the various ways you can use the Airport Express in DHCP/NAT and even in Bridge mode and it still wont work! I've never considered Linksys software easier (and definately more flexible and informative) to use than Apple until this experience! Very frustrating.... I'm being very explicit and using the typical Linksys config profiles below so as to hopefully help you translate this into specific configs i can wrangle into the Airport Extreme to make it work like the
Current Primary Network:
Current WAN Router / + 24 Port Switched LAN Network (for wired ethernet access ports used throughout house) > Linksys BEFSX41 + Linksys 24 port Switch locted in a custom built data /video / audio closet in garage
WAN IP: DHCP
LAN IP: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Current WiFI Network > Linksys WRT160Nv2 (currently conected to the 24port switch via a hardwired ethernet wall port upstairs in my office)
Internet Connection Type: Static IP
WAN IP: 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
LAN IP: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Per config notes from the network engineer who i worked with to build this network when i built the house
"this allows the 192.168.0.x wifi device to successfully route to the 192.168.1.x wired router (and vice versa)"
My goal is to replace the Linksys WRT160Nv2 with the new Airport Extreme (whose range and ability to reach both upsatirs and outside to the beach is MUCH better) and locate it DOWNSTAIRS and connect it in the same way as the Linksys (via an ethernet port in the living room) to the same switch / router in the data closet.
I have tried to set up the new Airport Extreme to replicate this config several different ways both bridged and not bridged (including telling it to ignore the double NAT warning) with the latest.   I am pretty sure non-bridged is the right way to do it but i seem to lack a config parameter to tell the Airport Extreme to replicate the equivalent of the WRT160Nv2 settings despite trating all the submenues and options on the airport extreme set up / Airport Utility App. Do i have to telnet directly into the Airport Extreme config files to do this natively? Help!
PS - no i cannot / will not put the Airport Extreme in to replace the primary Linksys router in the data closet - there is no way it will fit or that its wifi could penetrate the EMI and insulation of all the other electronics in the data closet out in the garage and get a good connection into the house

The trick on the airport extreme is to change the DHCP .. when you change the DHCP it changes the actual IP of the AE..
So go to the setup and open the dhcp, in the network options and you can select by arrow the first two octets and replace the third.
I just posted info on this in another post..
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5134560?tstart=30
Does this answer your question, as I am a bit unclear otherwise??
I have to say I do not like using double NAT.. it is becoming worse and worse as the amount of material on the internet that requires interactive connection increases.. you block so much by doing this.. double NAT is an issue .. not just ignore the warning.
There is no reason why you need double NAT.. you should have a single flat network. If you need to keep some things isolated from others the correct way to do it is vlan.. but you will need a better router than the old linksys to do it. And possibly a managed switch. Nowadays a managed 24 port gigabit switch is not a bad price at all.

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I cant seem to get Open DNS to work with a new airport extreme. The status says I am not using Open DNS and its not filtering anything. I have followed the exact steps for set up listed on their website, checked the dns settings, cleared both caches and restarted the computer, modem and router with no success. I set the airport up in bridged mode, although I tried the other option under setup, but not sure what I was doing? I picked up this router because I wanted easy set up and the apple store assured me it would work with Open DNS. Oh, and I also downloaded the latest firmware update on the router. Can anyone help me with the settings or what else I need to check?

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If you want to be able to configure the AirPort Extreme as the main router on your network, and instruct it to use the DNS information that you want, you will need to refer to the section under the heading of Bridged Ethernet Mode ( separate router present).
Please note that the first item under this heading specifies that "This is the preferred configuration when using a separate external router..." (which would be the AirPort Extreme in your case)
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The AirPort Extreme would not be configured in Bridge Mode for this....it would be configured to "Share a public IP address".
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I want to stress that this is how I would try to configure the Westell and AirPort Extreme. But, as I said, have not used a Westell device, so I cannot say that this will work correctly for you.
It might be an excellent idea to contact Bell South or AT&T Support to ask for their opinion on this before you decide to change the configuration of the Westel device and the AirPort Extreme.
This type of thing can be intimidating for users, so you might elect to use the services of someone like the Geek Squad at Best Buy, or a similar service from a local computer firm. Perhaps the Apple store could help as well.
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