How can I set up the airport extreme base station with windows computer

how can I set up the airport extreme base station with windows computer

Hi - you need Airport Utility version 5.6.1 for Windows 7 - go to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547  to download it to your computer - the setup depends on what kind of modem you have and if you have another router connected - post back with this info to proceed - thanks

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  • HT4259 How do I set up an Airport Extreme Base Station (v. 7.6.1) to allow wireless network extension?

    I have an Airport Extreme Base station (purchased in 2009) and an Airport Express base station (purchased in 2011 - the model that plugs directly into the electrical outlet) (both version 7.6.1 according to the Airport Utility info).  I want to use the Airport Express to extend my wireless network.  Using Airport utility setup I have a software option on the Airport Express to set it up to extend the network but I do not have an option on the Airport Extreme wireless setup screen that I can check to allow my wireless network to be extended. 
    All of the documentation I can find on Apple Support states that I should have an option I can check to allow the wireless network to be extended while in the wireles setup section for the Airport Extreme in Airport Utility; but, that check option isn't there.  Is this a case of my Airport Extreme base station being too old to offer that option?  Incidentally, when I try to select the extend wireless network option on the Airport Express from the Airport Utility wireless setup menu I get an error message (no details - just an error message).  The same Airport Express sets up fine if I select join a network (not what I want to do).  Am I just dealing with outdated equipment or does anyone have a suggestion?  Thanks.

    Close AirPort Utility if it is open.
    Temporarily, move the Express to the same general area as your AirPort Extreme and power it up and wait a minute.
    Hold in the reset button on the Express for 9-10 seconds and then release. Give the Express a full minute to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
    Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear
    Click on AirPort Express just below that and AirPort Utility will automatically open
    Wait a minute while AirPort Utility analyzes the network and announces that the Express will be configured to "Extend" the AirPort Extreme network.
    Enter a device name for the AirPort Express and click Next
    Wait another minute to allow the configuration to occur.
    When you see the Setup Complete message, click Done.
    Now move the Express to a location that is approximately half the distance from the AirPort Extreme and the general area that needs more wireless coverage
    Power up the Express and you are all set.  Trash those old instructions.

  • Can I use the Airport Extreme Base Station with my already existing D-Link router to increase signal strength?

    I already own a wireless router that I would like to keep. Could I use this Airport Extreme Base Station to improve that signal strangth to my room from the living room or to the basement? Would I have to hard-wire both the Base Station and my existing router? You probably have read this question more than once, and I have read some questions of this product too, but for some reason these Apple products I have some trouble with.

    Could I use this Airport Extreme Base Station to improve that signal strangth to my room from the living room or to the basement?
    Yes
    Would I have to hard-wire both the Base Station and my existing router?
    Yes

  • How do I set up an Airport Extreme Base Station ("Snow") for use as fax (on

    I'm on a PowerMac G4 Digital Audio version without a built-in modem. I already have a Linksys wireless network set up between my Mac and PC laptop. So... I don't want to use the wireless networking on the Airport...
    I just want to configure the Airport Base Station to use the built in 56K modem so that I can fax directly off the Mac. I did that on my old computer that had a built in modem, but I need to know how to configure this G4 and Base Station modem to perform this task.
    Please help me connect the right wires (does the G4 connect to the base station with USB?). Then the power cord, and an RJ11 line from the phone to the airport base...
    And what software (the used airport I bought doesn't have a software disc).
    Thanks for any help!

    Saxparilla, Welcome to the discussion area!
    Sorry but the modem inside the AirPort base station (ABS) has NO ability to FAX at all.

  • How can I manage an older airport express base station with Mountain Lion?

    This version of AirPort Utility doesn't support this base station. Use AirPort Utility 5.6 to configure or manage this base station. AirPort Utility 5.6 is available at AirPort Service and Support."
    I tried to install AirPort Utility 5.6 on my Mac OSX 10.8 Mac Book and it will not allow me to.  How do I manage my "older" airport?

    The 5.6 version can be installed but it does take an alternative route to do so. For example, you can use a utility like Pacifist to first extract the utility, and then, move it to the Utilities folder. Once "installed" by this method, it runs just fine on Mountain Lion.

  • Setting Up Comcast to Work with the AirPort Extreme Base Station

    I just set up Comcast high-speed internet through the cable modem and ethernet connection and it works fine. What I need is a step by step instruction on how to set up the connection through my AEBS. I've tried to configure using the Admin Utility, the AirPort Set-Up Assistant, the Network panel---all with no success. I'm not sure what to enter in the boxes or what to check. I've read the "Designing AirPort Networks" PDF and it wasn't much help.
    The AirPort Network was working fine with the dial-up connection I had before.

    Voila! NOT!!!
    I'm having the same problem trying to set up a friend's "new" Macs, and I cannot get them connected to the internet. I've also followed the same steps. I tried the resetting trick (unpluging, waiting, repluging the modem first, then the Airport Extreme Base Station.)
    The DSL ISP is SBCGlobal. Their dsl modem is SpeedStream 5100. The AirportEBS is the about 4 year old white base station with the phone jack, and a WAN and a LAN ethernet ports. I'm trying to connect two iBooks and a MacMini.
    Everything did fine for the past year with the modem in "regular" mode and only ONE Mac connected. When the new Macs were recently acquired, SBC techs said that the modem needed to be put into PPPoE mode so that multiple Macs could be connected at the same time. This was done. [The techs said in regular moden the modem does the authentication; in PPPoE mode the modem acts as a bridge and the AirportEBS is the router and provides the authentication. I am assuming the techs are coreect, but I don't know for sure.] The CAT5 ethernet cable from the modem goes into the WAN port on the AEBS. The computers all see the local wireless network set up by the AEBS.
    However, when any of the Macs try to connect to the internet, the error message returns "No PPPoE server available." Resetting the modem and base station has not cured this. [n.b. Bypassing the AEBS completely by connecting the CAT5 cable from the modem directly to the Mac will provide internet connection.] Any other ideas? Sounds like both of us are having the same sort of problem.

  • I told my wireless network to forget two airport expresses so that I could rename them.  Now the network does not see them even when plugged in about 10 feet away from the airport extreme base station.  Does "forget" mean forever?  How to reset?

    I told my wireless network to forget two airport expresses 1 1st gen, 1 2nd gen so that I could rename them.  Now the network does not see them even when plugged in about 10 feet away from the airport extreme base station.  The network does recognize a totally new 2nd gen express.  Does "forget" mean forever?  How to reset?

    The network does recognize a totally new 2nd gen express.
    Then, it sounds like you have already reset the 2nd Gen Express, and now you need to set it up again, like you did the first time. Only, this time, assign the device name that you want to the AirPort Express.
    Do NOT use the name that Apple suggests.....which will be something goofy like........Sueswimsf's Red Apple AirPort Express
    Assign a simple name.....something like     2ndGenExpress

  • Can the AirPort Extreme Base Station be plug-in to the power forever?

    Hi,
    sorry for my english but this is my question: Can the AirPort Extreme Base Station be plug-in to the power (electricity) forever? I mean, I don't have to un-plug the Base Station sometimes? Thanks
    Alvaro

    Sounds more like an issue with your router and
    network than a problem with AEBS.
    Which router?
    I certainly do not need to reboot my AEBS like that,
    I think I have rebooted it once in two years!
    I would start a new thread describing your network in
    more detail and the issues with the AEBS.
    Thank you, but my diagnosis is the result of many days
    of experiment with about hundreds of users. It's a bug,
    I know were it is. It was reported to Apple in september
    (2005).
    It isn't that easy to upgrade at the same time all the
    wireless (802.11b and 802.11g) that do have to interoperate
    smoothly within the same space.
    I don't think anyone need to waste more time on these
    bugged firmware versions (5.6 & 5.7) as I already explained
    it. They work smoothly just in a limited environment
    which they were conceived for: one Mac connected to one
    AEBS connected to one FAI.
    You can't recommand these version to colleagues who have
    to live in a real world with other wireless equipment
    (a Mac not updated, an ABS not updated,
    a Cisco wireless card emitting to 100 mW and smashing all
    the neibourhood, a pre 802.11g+ card using 2 channels at
    the same time...).
    dan

  • Airport Extreme Base Station and Multiple Computer Access to the Internet

    I have my IMAC connected to the internet via the Airport Extreme Base Station. When I am able to connect, my son's MacBook cannot. If I preform network diagnostics and reset the base station so he can connect (which appears to be luck on my part), I can no longer connect. When I first set this up, I had it working with all computers in the house. I tried to expand the system to boost the signal in our house with the airport express units. I have since removed them and started over, but still cannot provide internet access to more than one computer.
    Help

    Try this first...
    Modem/Router Power ReCycling
    - Power-off the DSL/Cable modem, Internet Router, & computer(s). (Wait at least 30 minutes. If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
    - Power-on the DSL/Cable modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
    - Power-on the Internet Router; Wait at least 5 minutes.
    - Power-on the computer(s)

  • What's the most recent opinion about Time Machine backups to Hard Drives connected to the USB port on the Airport Extreme Base Station (5th generation)?

    I have been searching the Apple communities and Internet for a final answer.  I just bought an Airport Extreme Base Station (5th generation) and LaCie d2 quadra 1TB external drive as a replacement for TWO failed Time Capsules, neither of which Apple would replace due to failed power supplies.  I formatted the 1TB drive using Disk Utility (Mac OS extended (journaled)) from my MacBook Pro, and then plugged into the Airport Extreme Base Station USB port.  The Airport Extreme Base Station see the Hard Drive, and my MacBook Pro sees the Hard Drive in my finder under shared resources.  Time Machine, however, does not see the drive.  Is there a solution for this problem?  If Time Machine will not work, is there another software product out there that will work, like Carbon Copy.  Having to plug the backup drive into the USB port of your laptop every evening kind of defeats the purpose of having a laptop.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

    Keeping in mind that this is not supported by Apple, I have been successful at doing the following:
    1) Format the entire drive (1 Partition) as Mac Extended (Journaled). You must click in Options and set it as a GUID Partition Table (first option)
    2) Plug drive via USB to AEBS
    3) Using Airport Utility, use Manual Setup, then under Disks, select the new Disk and click File Sharing, then Enable File Sharing and Secured Shared Disks (recommended, of course). Other settings are up to you.
    4) IMPORTANT: you will NOT see this Disk in Time Machine until you open Finder and double-click on it. You will not need to do this again (hopefully).
    5) Now it should appear in Time Machine. Remember to exclude any large files like Virtual Machines, since they will be re-backed-up (is that a word?) every time it changes in any way.
    6) Remember that the first backup (over WiFi) is the longest. Leave the computer alone during this period.
    Good luck, and let us all know how it went for you!

  • HT1218 After a recent iTunes update attempt iTunes no longer functions and the airport extreme base station is not accessable on our computer.  We still have wifi but cannot access the base station software.

    After a recent iTunes update attempt iTunes no longer functions and the airport extreme base station is not accessable on our computer.  We still have wifi but cannot access the base station software.

    Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the response. I tried that approach this evening and it didn't work for me. (Technically it worked for me, when I was hardwired into my base station, but would not work for me wirelessly, which is my main issue.)
    Again, using the approach you recommended works only if I have my ethernet cable attached to the LAN port so my computer is communicating directly to the base station through the hard wire. I am able to scan for my base station and make setting adjustments normally this way too.
    As soon as I disconnect from the LAN port and try to go wireless is where I run into problems. The Base Station's wireless network I created is available to choose in the top right corner of the monitor with all of the other available wireless devices/networks -- but the network I created does not have access to the internet. I am also unable to configure my Base Station wirelessly. When my Airport Utility tries to scan for the Base Station and Network, it cannot find any Apple Wireless Device. It's like the Wireless Network in my base station is not sending out a signal.
    Is there a way to resolve this issue?

  • Using the WAN port as a "LAN" port on the Airport Extreme Base Station...

    Hi everyone,
    I'm re-building my home wireless network and I'm doing so in preparation for the Slingbox AV I ordered last week. Here's my current setup:
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    My question: Will I be able to simply use the WAN port as a "LAN" port since the Airport Extreme Base Station is being used as a WDS? It'd be awesome if the WAN port would become, essentially, a LAN port since it isn't being used.
    Thanks in advance for your advice and insight!

    slugoo wrote:
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    I'd be surprised if that worked. The operation of an AirPort base station depends on keeping the WAN port and the LAN port(s) separate, as those normally are on two different networks.
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  • Airport can't connect to my Airport Extreme Base Station

    Hi all,
    Just had this nagging problem for a couple of days. I can connect and see my aebs in airport utility but can't connect it to network in the airport menu. The network is fine and is working on my macbook, but the macbook pro can't see it. Both laptops are using 10.5.4 any suggestions?
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    Chris

    Hello paisleymum. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
    You shouldn't have had to reconfigure the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) just because you have a new MacBook. Was there a particular reason that you needed to?

  • Importing Snow Configuration to the Airport Extreme Base station

    Is it possible to import the Snow's airport saved 'base config' and 'access control list' files to the Airport Extreme Base Station when setting up the extreme? I'm considering upgrading my wireless system. I have 4 XPs and 4 Macs and would prefer not to have to re-enter any of this data or loose any downtime reconfiguring all my computers.

    As far as I am aware this is not possible.
    However if you configure the Airport Extreme BEFORE you turn off the Snow the downtime should be minimal.
    From a security perspective, unless you have Macs running 10.2 or earlier and/or your PC wireless adapters don't support it, all you really need to do is implement WPA for a secure wireless network.
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  • I have a MacBook ProDo I have to have the Airport Extreme Base Station for my Airport Express to work?

    I cannot get the darn Airport Express to work!  It just keeps blinking Amber.  I know it must be something silly I am over looking.  And I do not have the Airport Extreme Base Station.
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    Elizabeth

    Thanks,
    This is the rear of your modem/router:
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