I put my password into my airport extreme and says wrong password what can I do thanks

If your password is incorrect, perform a "soft reset": momentarily depress its reset button, and launch AirPort Utility. A "soft reset" will lower the Extreme's shields for about five minutes, so that you can configure it with a new password.
AirPort Utility is in your Mac's Utilities folder.

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My Mac has only got 5.6.1 Airport loaded on it. Just bought AirPort Extreme and says need to have at least 6.1 or newer. Computer wont let me download 6.1 says its not compatible. Dose this mean i need to buy a new computer to use it?

Come on people you are the best!! pease help.

Download and install AirPort Utility for iOS on the iPhone
AirPort Utility on the App Store on iTunes
On the iPhone home screen, tap Settings (gear icon)
Tap WiFi
Look for the heading of Setup a New AirPort Base Station
Tap on AirPort Extreme
Follow the prompts

I have a MacBook, iPhone, Airport Extreme and external hdd. What is my best option to stream my music and movies to my hifi set and TV without having to turn on my MacBook?

I would very much like to store all my movies and music on my external HDD, which is connected to an Airport Extreme. Could for example Apple TV access this HDD and stream either music to my hifi system or video to my tv, without having to turn on my MacBook or iTunes? And use my iPhone to control everything?

About Wake on Demand and Bonjour Sleep Proxy
When a Mac computer is in sleep mode, it can continue sharing services, such as iTunes and iPhoto library sharing, printer sharing, file sharing, and screen sharing.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3774

I have airport extreme and have windows 2003 what program do i down load for airport utility

can any one help i tried one but was for windows 2007 no good need it for windows 2003 i have airport extreme just bought it today

Ok thanks for the info - I am only familiar with Windows so I am going to suggest a typical setup using your Toshiba laptop - you can then use the network with any device - tell me if this works for you.
Determine which version of Windows that your Toshiba uses.
Go to http://support.apple.com/downloads/#peripherals
You will be downloading Airport Utility
Download version 5.6.1 for Windows 7 or
Download version 5.5.3 for Windows XP or Vista
Once you have done this let me know if you will be using this Extreme as your primary router after your modem or is your modem also acting as a router or do you have another router anywhere in your network

How do I use time machine to backup to an external hard drive plugged into my airport extreme

How do I use time machine to backup to an external hard drive plugged into my airport extreme? I used to be able to but now time machine will not recognize my hard drive to select as a backup when plugged into my airport extreme. I'm not sure what happened or changed. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

First thing to do is go to the Pondini tips page, then follow the link to his full TM site for all the details.

Can you access an external HD plugged into the Airport Extreme from a remote location over the internet?

Can you access an external HD plugged into the Airport Extreme from a remote location over the internet?
Also can the content on the exteral HD plugged into the airport be accessed by the TV to stream content?

The first question answer is yes..
The question is asked continually.. please read the methods that Tesserax wrote up so well.
See remote access tip here.
AirPort
Also can the content on the exteral HD plugged into the airport be accessed by the TV to stream content?
Unlikely .. because your TV uses a system called DLNA.. and Apple do not support DLNA in any way shape or form.. because they are fully committed to iTunes.. Apple routers have no media extensions.. unlike most other decent brands now which mostly do support multimedia.
Having said that.. you can place your video files on the external hard disk.. and play them.. but you need a player.. a real player not an apple TV which is a streamer.. eg A WD Live TV can play video files.. because it is a media player.. unlike your TV or apple TV.

What Hard drives can unplug into my Airport Extreme?

Can I plug a normal flash stick into the AirPort Extreme or do only powered external hard drives work with it.

Make sure that USB flash drive is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or FAT 32 before you plug it into the USB port on the AirPort Extreme.

How do I access an external hard drive that is plugged into an AirPort Extreme

I have an external hard drive connected to my AirPort Extreme and I wanted to know how to access the photos and videos on it while using an iPhone or iPad while connected to the network. When I go to the airport utility app on my phone or iPad I can see the drive listed under file sharing and disks so I know it's connected. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You will need an App like Filebrowser to do what you want. More details here:
Stratospherix - FileBrowser - Overview

Airport extreme and external hd

I have a western digital hd connected to my airport extreme via usb hub. I can access it fine from my powerbook. However if I try to connect to it remotely no drives appear. I've looked at several posts in the forums and even a pdf guide, but nothing has seemed to work. I can't even gain guest access. Any insight?
Under Disks - I have the disk set up for file sharing with accounts, and guest access is set to read only. Share disks over ethernet WAN port is checked. Advertise disks globally using bonjour is checked.
Under Advanced - I have use wide-area host name checked under the bonjour settings. Hostname - not sure what to put here, or if it matters. I know something has to be here. Right now it's the same name as my external hd that I have given under the airport disk utility. Domain is the same as under internet. I didn't put anything under name and password because it didn't seem to matter. Is this supposed to reflect an existing name and password, if so which one?
I'll post any other settings that are requested. Thanks in advance!

I have a similar problem. I have a relatively small external HD I am using to experiment with TimeMachine. Connected to the iMac is works OK so far. Connecting it to the USB port on the Extreme shows the device in Airport Utility but no where else. Not even in the Airport Disk Utility. I went to a store and spoke to a "genius" who told me the to downgrade my firmware in the Airport Extreme to 7.1.1 as there is a known issue with 7.2.1 which is what my Airport is running. You can do this by going into Airport utility selecting the preference and when clicking the update firmware option also hold down the OPTION key. This will present you with a menu of firmwares to install. I have tried this but at the moment it is only allowing me to select 7.2 or 7.2.1 the 7.1.1 remains illusive. I've been on the Apple web site to see if I could manually download the 7.1.1 but I can't seem to see it yet. Doing a search for airport gives you a lot of product and advertising information, and little actual support.

Airport Extreme and USB Hard Disk

I did the following
1. Plugged the Maxtor Basics 3200 into my MacbookPro USB port
2. Formatted it FAT32
3. Unplugged it.
4. Plugged it into AEBS USB port, put around 50g of files on it.
Now, from my MacbookPro I can see the drive, but not the files.
If I plug back into the MacbookPro USB I can see everything.
Any ideas???
I tried with firmware 7.1 and 7.11, no difference

You might make sure that you eject the disk from your MacBook before putting in back in your Airport Extreme.
I had three issues specifically because of not dismounting:
Couldn't write below the root directory if I didn't dismount
Couldn't connect to the drive if the network name changed
Passwords were not accepted when I attempted to remount the drive
I'm using a Maxtor 500GB Personal Storage 3200.
Good luck!
Chris
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Using an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule at the same time

Guys I have had an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule running together for nearly a year now and over the last few days the TC has been behaving badly. I changed its settings and now I'm in a mess. No, I can't remember the previous settings
Does anyone have a definitive list of the settings I need please? I have an ethernet cable modem, and the Airport Extreme is plugged into that as the main router. Two computers and the Time Capsule are plugged into the Airport Extreme using ethernet. The Time Capsule at the moment is just used as a network drive for Time Machine, but at some point I want to move it, with a long ethernet cable, and use it for extending the wifi in the house.
1. Should I connect the TC using its WAN port or one of the other ethernet ports? At present it's one of the other ones.
2. What TC settings should I use to have it function purely as a hard drive? At the moment there's some kind of conflict and my internet connection drops every 30 minutes.
3. Then later, what settings will I need to get the ethernet connected TC to extend the range of my wifi?
I read the Apple doc about WDS and tried setting the TC up that way. Then I discovered there is no WDS option in the AE Wireless settings. Only "Create a wireless network" or "extend a wireless network". The same setting on the TC has these options: "Create a wireless network" "Participate in a WDS network" or "extend a wireless network". Both devices have firmware 7.5.2. It didn't work with only the TC set for WDS, of course, but after that I can't get it back the way it was - which wasn't reliable anyway
Any help in exactly what the Wireless and Internet settings should be would be massively useful. Thanks!

If you use the extreme as a router then the tc should be connected via its wan port to one of the lan ports on the extreme. Tc should be set up in bridge mode. Basically you could set it up to create another wireless network beside the one created by the extreme. There is no need to use WDS or extend the other network.
Use the same SSID and password for both machines. Computers will connect to the strongest signal.

Help With Airport Extreme and External Hard Drive

I just purchased the Airport Extreme and I couldn't have been happier. I have attached my western digital external hard drive, but I have run into a slight problem/dilemma which I'm hoping someone who is apple savvy can help me out.
I live in a house with a couple of other guys and so I put all of my movies and media onto the hard drive so we can stream it throughout the house, but how do I make sure that someone won't accidently delete the files (The copies on the hard drive are the only ones I have)? I have tried to right click "get info" and change the sharing & permissions properties on the folders that I don't want deleted, but it doesn't save the changes or even allow me to select another option other than Read & Write. I formated the hard drive with the disk utility before I connected it to the AirPort so I know that it has nothing to do with the format of the drive. I also tried to create different user accounts for each roomate so that they could view the files (Read Only) but I get an error message explaining that if I continue, the contents of the hard drive will not be accessible. I'm sure its something simple but I'm obviously missing it.
Thanks!

Airport Utility under Disks/File Sharing has guest access rights.

Setting up bt home hub with airport extreme and timecapsule

Hi I am running BT Broadband direct into a BT Home Hub (Black version) then ethernet into an airport extreme.
Timecapsule then extending the apple network and an iMac ethernet into the timecapsule
Various other macbooks, iPhones,iPads, iPods and apple tv wirelessly linked in. (and an hp multifunction printer)
The network seems very slow and unstable - any suggestions on how to tune it?
Thanks
Nigel

Introducing wireless repeater or bridge causes double hopping wireless. It greatly reduces speed and efficiency of wireless. I am not 100% sure I understand your arrangement. But there are limited wireless channels and the result of many wireless devices fighting each other is bad.
1. Do you have wireless turned off in the Home Hub? Please do unless it is providing important connections.
2. What mode is the AEBS running in? Because with BT you must use the home hub as a router, you should have the AEBS bridged. Is that the case?
3. Wireless extending networking adds issues as stated. Get rid of this. The best method is to link the TC and AEBS by alternative.. ie ethernet is the best by huge margin. If you cannot do this in your house then use EOP adapters. They are not foolproof but if they work, they keep working with reliability and stabilty and speed that wireless cannot match. You can then run the AEBS and TC as roaming WAP, by using different channels but same SSID (wireless name), and security settings and passwords.

Anyone having problems with airport extreme and a BT homehub?

i have a BT homehub broadcasting wirelessly connected into a airport extreme unit.
the wireless connection keeps on dropping off, i run diagnostics and sometimes i have to re-enter the network password and other times it reports airport is working fine.
i am sure the problem is with the homehub. i wonder if i turned the homehub's wireless of the connection might be better!
any thoughts?
many thanks

Yes, that might help reduce the likelihood that these two wireless routers are interfering with each other's wireless network, resulting in the symptoms you have described.
The other thing you could do is configure the AEBSn for "n only" wireless transmission. You could then use the HomeHub for slower b/g connections, and the AEBSn for faster n-only connections.

Airport Extreme and Airport Express conflict and failure

I spent 2.5 hours on the phone with Apple and still could not get my Airport Extreme and Airport Express to function. My Apple TV failed as well:
* Connected AEX through Airport Utility to internet. Airport Utility replaced my old configuration on my LinkSystem router. Green light.
* Checked Apple TV. No connection available. Unplugged cable modem, waited 1 minute and tried again. Apple TV connected. No problem.
* Flashing amber light on Airport Express for Airtunes. Does not show up in wireless device list. I call Apple.
* Reset Express. Still no signal. Connect via Ethernet cable. Reconfigure. Green Light. Music works.
* Check internet connection, in order. Apple TV fails. No connection to server.
* Apple TV reset. No connection. No wireless network found.
* Reset Airport Express. Reconfigure channel specifications. No connection with ATV or Airport Express.
* Disconnect Airport Express. Reconfigure. With ATV disconnected I get Airport Express back. Green light but this time no music. Remote speakers appear on itunes, but no music is transmitted.
* Did a total wireless reset on Extreme, and now both Express and ATV are not working.
Frustrated and dissapointed I disconnected everything put back my 5 year old Linksys router and within 15 seconds both ATV and Airport Express worked flawlessly.
How can this happen? What is wrong with this device? It is my second one in a week. The first one made no wireless connection to my Mac at all.
After sulking for hours I tried again, this time leaving the Express out of the equation and reconfiguring the ATV to take over airtunes. After a reset it did fine. Now I have a pure n signal running at 5hz. ATV works again. So does internet.
Any suggestions? Is there something I did not try?
I tried the Firewall trick, the accept all incoming connections trick, the disabling of the iv6 trick, the join a wireless connection trick, and everything else Apple Care could think of.

Maybe I was not clear enough on my post and configurations,
I had a Linksys before I purchased the airport extreme. My airport express joined the Linksys network for the purpose of airtunes. This worked flawlessly from day one.
Airport Extreme asked in the utility to take over an existing network or replace a router. If you chose this option it adopts all passwords, wpa/2 configurations for security and such.
I chose this option thinking that since it is an apple product it would take over everything and work. My airport express had origianlly been set to join my old Linksys network. Since the airport extreme took over this configuration it should work.
Apple stated many times that there seemed to be a conflict and kept asking me about the placement of my airport extreme.
My Linksys was never part of a bridge or a network within a network. It was removed before the Extreme was ever turned on.
After all the problems and hours of trying with Apple, i find it funny that all I had to do to restore eveything was plug my old Linksys back in and conect all the cables, and bam....it worked.
So what is wrong with the airport extreme, or is there something wrong with itunes 8 and its interface with the express? For whatever reason the extreme cannot make the express and my ATV work at the same time.

I put my password into my airport extreme and says wrong password what can I do thanks

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