HT3728 how do you switch airport base station controls from 1 computer to another?

I recently purchased a macbook air (love it!) and I'd like to change out the the airport base station control access to my new macbook air from the PC that I initially set it up with. Is this possible to do without having to do a factory reset on my airport base statsion?  My PC is on the verge of klonking out any day...

You can access your Airport from any device that has the Airport Utility installed as long as you are hardwired or in range of the network - I am not familiar with the new Macbook - it might already have Version 6 in utilities - this is the newest version and it is somewhat streamlined - if you want the same functionality that you are used to in the Windows version, then try and download 5.6 for your Mac - you can also use the mobile version by downloading the app to an Ipad or Iphone but is also a less functional version.

Similar Messages

  • HT3728 I cannot find the Airport base station

    I have lost the connection to the Airport Base station and do not know how to get it back. I have internet through another modem, but need to reset everything back to using the Airport Base station 1TB to connect to the internet and to see my backup files and all my media. I am using a MacBook Air 13" 2012 model. Please can someone assist.

    Do a reset on the base station. It will return to default settings and you will then be able to pick it up..
    If you had it setup to join a wireless network then it will disappear. Don't use it that way.. Run it bridge or in router mode.
    I have to suggest if you have nothing but the air.. do go and get the USB to ethernet dongle.. it is not that expensive.. IMHO access a wireless device by wireless to fix wireless settings, is like the cartoons where the person is sitting on the tree branch sawing it off. When you change the wireless settings you then lose connection.. it is much better using ethernet.

  • How to configure old AirPort Base Stations with current Mac

    Hi everyone,
    I noticed that you can't use the current AirPort Utility to configure old AirPort Base Stations. I'm talking about the pre-Extreme models that only had 802.11b (Graphite and Snow). It won't find them and even entering their IP manually won't let you enter the configuration.
    Copying over the older AirPort Admin Utility from a 10.3 system won't let you configure them either, the app itself runs fine though. You need to use an older PPC Mac with OS 9 or max OS X 10.3 if I recall correctly.
    Is there a way to do it directly from a current Intel Mac running Leopard?
    Thanks
    Björn

    *Airport Admin Utility* for Graphite and Snow
    <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/airportadminuti lityforgraphiteandsnow425.html>

  • How do you switch the v2 into standby from the Apple Remote?

    I can't seem to put the Apple TV V2 into Standby other than via the Sleep Now menu option - which can be a LOT of button presses from where you are. The V1 would go into standby if you held the play/pause button down for a reasonable period of time. Seems crazy this has been dropped from the V2.

    Make sure you're at the Main menu, then press and hold the middle select button on the remote for about 3 seconds.

  • How do you re-import music into itunes from computer

    I just bought a new laptop and have successfully moved all of my music... 10 gigs onto my new computer. I had a problem in the middle of transferring my music and only a fourth transferred before I installed itunes. I finally finished moving the rest of the music but cant get itunes to import by pointing to the main itunes music folder. when I choose to import.. it makes me go all the way to a song folder with individual music files before it allows me to impoert. Is there any way for itunes to SEARCH for new files???
    Seems like such a simple thing to do but it isnt so far.
    I am beginning to hate itunes. If it were not for the $300 in downloaded itunes purchased music, I would change to Windows media player.
    Can anyone please help?
    I have already uninstalled itunes and reinstalled... didnt help. even my playlist I had created were still there.

    another note... Itunes imported all of the first songs.. about 4 gigs into the new library. This was before I realized that all of the music did not move over to the new computer. I had A - H or something like that moved. Is there any way to make itunes search for new music?

  • Airport base station and U Verse

    Does anyone know how to get an Airport Base Station to connect wirelessly to an ATT U VERSE 2 WIRE modem?
    I've used Airport Utility to get the Base Station to join my network but it never finds the ATT network.
    Thank you,
    Charlie

    If your question is about configuring the AirPort Extreme to "extend" or "repeat" the wireless signal from the Uverse wireless router, this is not possible unless the AirPort Extreme is connected directly to the Uverse router using an Ethernet cable.
    The AirPort Base Stations can only "extend" or "repeat" the wireless signal when there is also another Apple router providing the signal to be "extended".
    Can you clarify how you are trying to configure the AirPort Extreme and what purpose it would provide on your network?

  • AirPort Base Station Agent

    AirPort Base Station Agent is in my login items in System Preferences. I have no idea what this is and how it got there. It's listed as an application but it's not in my Applications folder and wasn't found when I did a search. Does anyone know what this is and if I can delete it? Thank you.

    The AirPort Base Station Agent was installed either with OS X or by installing the AirPort utilities that came on the CDs with the AirPort base stations.
    This program basically checks the status of the AirPort and periodically goes online to check for updates.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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 tell if my computer (2x2.26 Quad Core Xeon MAC Pro) and my Airport Base station(Airport Extreme 1Tb Time Capsule) are Gigabit compatible?

    How can I tell if my computer (2x2.26 Quad Core Xeon
    c Pro) and my Airport Base station(Airport Extreme 1Tb Time Capsule) are Gigabit compatible?  I want to add a Cisco switch to the network.
    Thansk
    Tony Breuer

    All Mac Pro's ever made have shipped with gigabit ethernet.  The last non-gigabit tower desktop Apple made was the very first generation PowerMac G4's back in 1999.
    Similarly, all Time Capsules have been gigabit ethernet as well - never been one that was not.

Maybe you are looking for