How to improve wi fi signal in house  I have airport base station

how to improve wi fi signal in house  I have airport base station

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  • HT1331 I have windows  xp.  I 'm trying to download the airPort utility. how can I do this?  It is required for AirPort base station right?

    I have windows  xp.  I 'm trying to download the airPort utility. how can I do this?  It is required for AirPort base station right?

    Downloading the right file for XP?  Check to make sure that you are running XP SP3.
    AirPort Utility 5.5.3 for Windows
    AirPort Utility is required if you need to set up or change the settings on an Apple AirPort router.  It is not required if you are simply connecting to the wireless network from a PC.

  • How do I tell what the password is for my airport base station

    My computor and wireless ( airport extreme ) were isnstalled several years ago, how do I retrieve my password for the network?

    Go to this link:
    http://
    http://www.askdavetaylor.com/recover_wifi_password_mac_os_x_107_lion.html
    You are assuming that the user has a Mac. Even if he does, this is much more complicated than simply resetting and entering new passwords.
    You also have to know the main administrator password for the Mac
    If the user does not know his base station and wireless passwords, he probably doesn't know his admin password either  

  • How do I see what (cabled) link speed I have between base stations?

    Hi
    I do own one new Airport Extreme base station and one older Airport Extreme (flat one).
    Both are capable of 1 Gbit-speed via ethernet cable. I have the new base station as "master" and the old as extender (via cable). How can I ensure that the speed between them are using Gbit and not 100 Mbit?
    "use cable xxxx" is not an answer I will settle with, I want to se the numbers somehow, via Airport Utility or 3rd party.
    Is this possible?
    Very thankful for any help I might get.
    /Erik

    There is no info in the airport utility and there is no third party to get you in either..
    There is no easy way.. but a gigabit switch plugged in between the two devices would instantly show you the connection speed if it has LED indicators that show gigabit.
    Gigabit switches are not that much money to payout now. Particulary if you have some place you might use one.
    Otherwise simply do a throughput test.. plug a computer into the main unit by ethernet and plug another computer into the other end.. if you get a file copy speed say 15MB/s you have gigabit. You cannot pass files at greater than about 12MB/s on 100mbit.

  • How can I find out the IP address of my airport base station, model number A1143?

    I see an airport ID and an ethernet ID, but neither seems to be the IP address? How do I find that out? Thanks for your help!

    Open Airport Utility. You should find it in there under the Internet tab.

  • I moved to new house where I have wifi base station I made extension via TP-link power line adapter and connect my Airport utility 6.3.2, but I don't now how to set up as a second network with one IP address?Could you help me please?

    I moved to new house where I have wifi base station I made extension via TP-link power line adapter and connect my Airport utility 6.3.2, but I don't now how to set up as a second network with one IP address?Could you help me please?

    Urvergessen wrote:
    +You may have already done this, but do you have the first AirPort Express configured to "Allow this network to be extended"?+
    Could not find that setting anywhere.
    It's in AirPort Utility, AirPort panel, Wireless tab.
    When I'm within the range of the base station I connect normally, but further away the connection drops despite the fact that the other Airport is very close and light is green. Interestingly, my PB Pro has signal almost everywhere in the house, but my iPhone and Mac Mini don't. Most likely just a hardware difference?
    In AirPort Utility with the second Express, in the AirPort panel, Wireless tab, have you checked "Allow wireless clients"?
    The second AP does show an IP address: 10.0.1.3.
    With a "Configure IPv4" setting of "Using DHCP", that suggests that the second Express really is connecting to the first Express. In that case I have no other explanation of your your problem.

  • How can I monitor my monthly data usage for all 3 computers in my house? I have an Airport base station and it seems there should be software to monitor it from that point rather than monitoring the usage for each computer and then adding it up.

    How can I monitor my monthly data usage for all 3 computers in my house? I have an Airport base station and it seems there should be software to monitor it from that point rather than monitoring the usage for each computer and then adding it up.

    The following example was one of dozens that showed up on a simple Google search of.....
    monitor Internet data use on a Mac
    Watch your Internet usage with NetUse Monitor | Macworld
    Most service providers have an application for their users as well.

  • I lost my connection with my AirPort Base Station when I upgraded to the OS Maverick.  How can I get my system to recognize the base station again?

    I lost my connection with my AirPort Base Station when I upgraded to the OS Maverick.  I can still see the Internet, but the Time Machine cannot backup now because it cannot locate the AirPort base station.  How can I resolve this issue?
    Steps already taken with zero success:
    1. Restarted the AirPort Base Station multiple times.
    2. Restarted the Mac Pro multiple times.
    3. Looked online for AirPort update for 6.3.2 version.
    Other Apple products in my house can still see the AirPort Base Station, however my Mac Pro and Mac Book Pro cannot.
    Please advise.

    That information helps. If you want to use one of the SmartStor's disks as a repository for sharing your iTunes Library, then do not configure that disk as a RAID. Format it with Disk Utility using the Erase tab. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is the correct choice.
    Connect it to your Time Capsule, then use AirPort Utility to configure access requirements for sharing it on your network. It should appear as a shared volume in the Finder, available to all your Macs as you thought it should.
    I also thought maybe the extra HD space would be added to the existing Airport Disk.  It isn't.
    Correct. There is no way to do that. The only way to increase the capacity of a Time Capsule's hard disk is to replace the Time Capsule (or its disk, if you are amenable to disassembling it) with a larger capacity model.
    If you also want to use the SmartStor as a RAID, that is another story, and you should probably attack that problem separately.

  • How can I make my iPhone wifi forget my neighbor's Airport Base Station?

    I do know how to make my iPhone's wifi "forget" a Network (like, say, a neighbor's wireless router).
    However, my iPhone keeps defaulting to a neighbor's "Airport Extreme" Airport Base Station. When it does this, of course I have no connectivity. Then, I have to go in and manually choose my own apartment's wireless router. It's a pain.
    I cannot find any way to make my iPhone forget or ignore this neighbor's Airport Base Station. Is there a way?
    iPhone 4S.
    Thanks very much for any replies,
    Brooke

    That seems to have done it, adviser. Thanks.
    I reset the network settings, and also made sure that "ask to join networks" is set to "On."
    When it started up, I turned on the iPhone's wifi, and chose my own apartment router (and entered its password).
    I then went to the farthest corner of the apartment away from our own router, where the signal is weakest, and turned wireless off and then on again. Even though my own router's signal was very weak, the iPhone still chose that router by default.
    If the problem comes up again, I'll submit the question again with the information that I have tried this step. For now, though, it looks good. Thanks!

  • HT3728 I have forgotten my password. How do I reset for a new password to update my airport base station.

    My Airport Base Station needs to be updated & asks for my password. I did not set it up & can't remember the password. How do I reset my password for my Airport Base Station? This is causing me problems.

    Please see this User Tip:
                     AirPort - Regain Access from Forgotten Passwords

  • How do I share my DS4600 USB on Airport Base Station?

    It's true I'm not the most Mac savvy, but everything I've read seems to indicates this is plug & play, but so far not for me. 
    I have a SmartStor DS4600 (by Promise Technologies).  It's set for RAID 0, just recently formatted with "Journaled HFS+".
    So, it's definitely an Apple partition. 
    I plug it into the USB port on the back of the Airport Base Station (2nd Generation)(running version 7.6.3).
    According to documentation, I should just see the volume for the DAS show up in my Finder, but I don't.  Only if I plug it in to a USB port on the actual computer.  (MacBook Pro, OS 10.8.3)
    I do see my Airport in Finder, and I do have a volume called "Data" that I can access... but no other disks.  I also thought maybe the extra HD space would be added to the existing Airport Disk.  It isn't. 
    Sort of at a loss, and I can't find any documentation that explains how to troubleshoot. 
    The ultimate goal is to use the DS4600 to hold my iTunes library.  I doubt that information helps, but it couldn't hurt. 

    That information helps. If you want to use one of the SmartStor's disks as a repository for sharing your iTunes Library, then do not configure that disk as a RAID. Format it with Disk Utility using the Erase tab. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is the correct choice.
    Connect it to your Time Capsule, then use AirPort Utility to configure access requirements for sharing it on your network. It should appear as a shared volume in the Finder, available to all your Macs as you thought it should.
    I also thought maybe the extra HD space would be added to the existing Airport Disk.  It isn't.
    Correct. There is no way to do that. The only way to increase the capacity of a Time Capsule's hard disk is to replace the Time Capsule (or its disk, if you are amenable to disassembling it) with a larger capacity model.
    If you also want to use the SmartStor as a RAID, that is another story, and you should probably attack that problem separately.

  • How To use MacBook Pro as airport base station?

    I am trying to set up my MacBook Pro as an airport base station to share my Internet connection. I am running OSX 10.7.2. I have checked Internet Sharing, and checked "Share your connection using "Internet" to computers using: ______________." There are five options, but "Airport" is not one of them. Has this panel changed in Lion? So how do I share the connection?

    palenoue wrote:
    Got an iPad, got a macbook pro running 10.6.4, got an ethernet cable running to my cable box.
    Now how do I set up my laptop to be a wifi base station so I can access the net with my iPad?
    Tried searching for a how-to here on Apple's site, got around 500 hits that had nothing to do with setting up a powerbook as a wifi base station. Seriously, Apple, this is worse than worthless, it's highly frustrating. You need to fix your support search.
    And after you follow the directions in the link provided by JimHdk, you can get yourself a wireless router. Using a wireless router will eliminate the need to have your Macbook pro present and powered up every time you want to connect your iPad to the Internet via wifi. Just because your Macbook Pro can act as a router does not mean it should or that you have to use it as such. A router is specifically designed to do what you want to do.

  • Just got a used airport base station. Set it up and getting wif signal. when I try to hook up on a computer it asks for a security key. where can I locate key?

    just got a used airport base station. Set it up and getting wif signal. when I try to hook up on a computer it asks for a security key. where can I locate key?

    If you mean the hexidecimal equivalent of the alphanumeric password, then you can find this via the AirPort Utility, as follows:
    AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort > Manual Setup
    On the AirPort Utility's menubar select Base Station > Equivalent Network Password

  • How can i use an airport base station and multiple airport expresses with U-verse and still use wireless tv boxes?

    I just got uverse, and when I put my Airport Base Station in Bridge mode I lose access to the 4 airport express stations I have. Can anyone tell me how to turn off the u-verse wireless, set up a network with all the apple stations and still have wireless u-verse tv boxes work? Thanks!

    Can I relocate the airport base station to downstairs and connect it to the Sawtooth there for receiving wireless from the Verizon router and broadcast further to its wireless network?
    Sorry but no the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) will not wirelessly connect to the network provided by the Verizon FiOS router.
    What you could do is get another AEBS, an AX, or a Time Capsule and place that downstairs. Then use that device to wirelessly connect to the wireless network provided by your current AEBS. If your current AEBS is not 802.11n capable then you would need to use WDS to make this happen. One bad thing about WDS is that each WDS link cuts your affective wireless bandwidth in half.

  • How to make sure I'm the only one who can manage my airport base station using airport utility?

    I know we have to use the Airport Utility application to manage the Airport base station in order to create a new network, creating the SSID and chosing the encryption mode and setting the password but how I could be sure I'm the only one who have access to those settings? A user of my network can install the Airport Utility application and change those settings. With other routers like D-Link, to have access to the settings you need to know the admin password to modify the settings. I can't figure out how we can do this with Airport Extreme base station. It's maybe obvious but I'm in the cloud for the moment.

    You can set a base station administrator password in order to limit who can administer the base station. With AirPort Utility v6.x, you can set this password on the Base Station tab.

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