HT3728 remove an airport base station password

if i do not want to have my network password protected how do I remove the current password

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Airport icon, then click Edit
Click the Wireless tab
For Wireless Security, select None
Click Update

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Airport Base Station password

I've had my Airport Base station for years. Now I'm trying to add a wireless printer, and I don't remember the original WEP password assigned to my base station. Is there a way to find it, or can it be reset somehow?
Thanks
Bill

From Airport Utility Help using the search criteria "Reset Password"
If you forget your base station, Time Capsule, or network password
If you forget the password for your base station, Time Capsule, or network, you can reset the device and select a new password.
While the device is plugged in, use the tip of a pen to press and hold down the reset button for a few seconds. The device and network passwords are temporarily reset to “public.”
Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Mac OS X, and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a Windows computer.
Select the device you’ve reset, and then click Manual Setup. Enter the password if necessary. The default password is “public.”
Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then click Base Station.
Give the device a new password, and then click Update.
If you do not make your changes within five minutes after resetting, you must reset the device again.

HT3728 have an airport base station, and want to use now sonos speakers.

The following set up is done:
- airport basestation: powered up, connected to the internet, WORKING
- sonos bridge: powered up, connected to the airport base station
- sonos 1: powered up
status: no connection btw the bridge and the sonos speaker: message: cannot find sonos componets...
Anyone having any idea?
thx
Horst

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Airport icon, then click Edit
Click the Wireless tab
For Wireless Security, select None
Click Update

Airport Base Station - Password Not Known

I bought an used airport extreme base station in the internet. The station works, I can go to the internet but I can't make any changes by the airport administration programm. It always asks me for a password which I don't have. What can I do?

I don't have an "Airport Extreme" to say first hand, but perhaps you could try resetting it…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451

Can you reset the password for my airport base station?

I am trying to connect my Airport Extreme to my new modem and i need to open the Airport utility to see what the problem is however i do not have the password to the Airport base station. Apparently it is not the wireless password that i set previously set up.

If you have a Mac that can connect to your wireless network and you're using an Apple AirPort Base Station, then simply use AirPort Utility. From the Base Station menu, select Show Passwords...
If you don't have a Mac, reset your wireless network password by momentarily depressing the reset button on your AirPort Extreme, Express, or Time Capsule. Press the button for one full second, no more. Then, configure a new password using AirPort Utility.
If you can't connect to your wireless network, or you are not using an Apple AirPort Base Station, you can use the procedure that follows below to retrieve it from your Mac's Keychain.
Your wireless network password is stored in your Mac's Keychain.
You must first have an Administrator account on a Mac that you use with that AirPort Base Station, one that is used to connect to your AirPort network.
On that Mac, open the Utilities folder. Find Keychain Access and launch it.
In the search field at the upper right, type Airport. All the Keychain entries for your base station will appear there, as well as other entries.
Look at the column "Kind". The entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort network password" (not "AirPort base station password" or anything else).
If you are trying to recover the AirPort Base Station password then the entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort base station password" not "AirPort network password".
Double-click that, and in the window that appears check the box for "Show password".
You will get the following window:
In the Password field type your Mac's Administrator password - the same one you used to log in to that Mac.
Then, click Allow, and your wireless network password will appear in the "Show password" field:
Make note of it.
Close the window, then quit Keychain Access.

Change base station password

ipad network utility not recognising airport base station password, have changed airport base station password (4th Gen Airport Extreme) ( Mac OS X 10.6.8 )
Any help would be appreciated

Hello edex67
thankyou for resonding
I am using a Airport Extreme (4th Gen) Airport software 7.6.1
I have changed the password twice, I feel it was successful as I changed the length of password and you can only see the number of dots in the password they changed correctly,now when using the network utility on either the ipad or the destop mac, neither will recognise my password I am using 10.6.8

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

AirPort Base Station disk username and password not working

I got a new AirPort Base Station the other day and everything worked fine until I started to set up the networked disk. On my mac it works fine, it just pops up when I connect to the network ( woot for macs ). On my windows it asks for the username and password. After I enter it it comes up with "Unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator." I have tried to log into the disk on 2 other computers running windows xp with the same problem. What is wrong with it and how do I fix it?

Specifically, I had the typical problem connecting when using Windows Live OneCare, despite allowing AirPort Disk Agent in its firewall pop-up.
This is the procedure which unlocked access via AirPort Disk Agent:
Double Click Windows Live OneCare icon in system tray. Or use your own means to get its main window open.
Click the "Change OneCare Settings" topic listed along the left edge column. This will open a new dialog box.
Click the "Firewall" tab of this new dialog box.
Click the "Firewall connection tool" button shown right under the protection level slider. This will open yet another dialog box.
At the top of the list in this "Set up connections" dialog box will be a checkbox (probably unchecked) next to the words "Network Discovery: Browse your network to find printers, computers and other devices."
CHECK THAT BOX.
Close all the dialog boxes using an OK button where available, else the usual [X].
Left-click the AirPort Disk Agent icon in your system tray. From the menu that pops up, select the disk you were having trouble with. Enter its password (the one you know works from a Mac, if appropriate).
After a delay, your "My Computer" window should show a new drive. If you have window settings appropriate to this display, the drive should appear under the "Network Drives" category. In my case, it became drive Z:.

Adding password to old Airport Base Station.

I need to password protect the old Airport Base Station (dual ethernet). I have tried the support documents but it did not work. I have an express plugged in and my Airport Utility only sees that one. I have tried plugging the old base station into the iMac with an ethernet cable but then got stuck.
I'm using an iMac with OSX 10.5.4.
Any help?
Thanks.

Ok, the version you just downloaded should be compatible with both Tiger and Leopard. It's primary purpose is for administrating the old 802.11b AirPort Base Stations, both the Snow and the Graphite. The new AirPort Utility replaces both the AirPort Admin Utility and the AirPort Setup Assistant. So between the AirPort Utility and AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow, you should be able to administer any of the AirPorts.
Do you still happen to have the old AirPort Admin Utility or AirPort Setup Assistant installed on your Mac? If so, this might be the reason for the error message.

Hi, Some one hacked into my AirPort Base Station, which initially I had not secured with password. Now they took control by adding their own password. How can I regain ownership back?

Hi there,
I have an intruder into my AirPort Base Station wireless connection. The Station initially I did did not protect it with a Password, so the intruder branded it a name and put on a password. Is there any way I can deactivate the intruder's password and regain ownership?
Thanks for your answers in advance.

Some one hacked into my AirPort Base Station.....
No, they did not have to "hack" into your AirPort at all. Since the door to your wireless network was wide open, they simply walked right in.
Is there any way I can deactivate the intruder's password and regain ownership?
Hold the reset button on the back of the AirPort in for 9-10 seconds, and then release. Allow a full minute tor the AirPort to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
The AirPort is back to new, out of the box settings. You can can now reconfigure it again......hopefully this time with a password.

Setting Up Airport - Base Station Wants Password That Doesn't Exist

Trying to password protect my wireless Apple network connection with Airport.
Attempting to follow Apple's instructions (see below).
Step two says -- select your base station, and then choose Manual setup.
Can't get beyond choosing the base station, which opens a password window. There is no password. That is what I am trying to do.
See screenshot.
To password-protect your wireless network:
Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Mac OS X, and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows.
Select your base station, and then choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu. Enter the base station password if necessary.
Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then click Wireless.
Choose a password scheme from the Wireless Security pop-up menu.
Enter the password all users will need in order to join this wireless network.

Did you try just "password" (I think that is the default but am not sure if I am remembering right).
You should change it once you are logged in.

Can't remember my password for my airport base station

I am trying to add another device to extend the wifi but I can not remember my password to my airport base station what do I do?

Reset it.. or find the old password.
Plug the computer into the airport by ethernet.. or you can do this by wireless..
Press in reset button for just 1sec.. (means less than 10sec)..
This is called a soft reset.. all passwords go back to default.. public for the base station.. nothing for wireless..
You now have full access for 5min.. open the airport utility.. click on the airport.. go to passwords.
Lo and behold.. all your secret identity available to all and sundry.
Note.. all security on the airport routers is illusionary.. as long as anyone has physical access to it.. they can find out everything.. and what is more.. there is no record once the 5min expires.
Sure is great for domestic equipment though... stops support calls dead.

What kind of password (WEP, WAP, WAP2) to choose for Airport Base Station?

Hi,
I just got an Apple TV. I am using an Airport Base Station to connect to the Internet wireless with my iMac. So far without any password-protection (very neglectant, I know).
i want to password protect but I am getting confused on how to do this.
Can someone please explain in basic language, as I am not a computer-geek, how I should do this and what kind of password I should use. WEP, WAP, WAP2 - that's way to confusing for me. What should I use so that the ATV is functioning properly?

The tv uses all these types of security, WEP is the weakest and WPA2 is the strongest security. Each allows you to enter varying lengths of passwords, in theory the longer the password the more secure but I wouldn't always say that was true (i.e. '1W3e7' is likely to be more secure than 'password1').
I use WPA2 with an eight character password.

What password (WEP, WAP, WAP2) to choose for Airport Base Station?

Hi,
I just got an Airport Base Station and now I connect to the Internet wireless with my iMac.
However, I am getting confused how to password protect this wirelss connection so that my neighbors don't use it.
Can someone please explain in basic language, as i am not a computer-geek, how I should do this and what kind of password I should use. WEP, WAP, WAP2 - that's way to confusing for me.
Also I want to get an Apple TV later this month. I heard that the kind of security setting is important for the ATV to function without problems.

WPA2 - Absolute strongest when used with a non-dictionary password (don't use a word from the dictionary as your password). Unfortunately some older equipment may not be compatible with WPA2.
WPA - Nearly as strong as WPA2 when used with a non-dictionary password. Unfortunately some older equipment may not be compatible with WPA.
128 bit WEP - Relatively weak and only recommended if you are using equipment which is not compatible with WPA2 or WPA.
40/64 bit WEP - Extremely weak and only recommended if none of the others is compatible with your equipment.

HT4628 Airport Utility doesn't recognize base station password

Help! Airport Utility doesn't recognize base station password; keeps asking repeatedly after entering correct one. Do I have to reset password now?

Disregard previous. I've resolved the problem on my own.

HT3728 remove an airport base station password

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