In 10.7 my Airport Disks only connect once...

Here is my setup:
I have a MBP that used to run 10.6.x. I had an AExtBS and two satellite AExpBSes, one of which was hooked up to a very nice stereo. My iTunes library is very very large - several Ts of lossless audio. That library lives on a drive that is connected to a powered USB hub. There are actually two drives connected to that hub, one of which is my iTunes library and one of which is a backup drive. That hub is connected into the back of my AExtBS.
Under 10.6.x I used to two two things successfully. The first thing I used to do was backup to one of the drives connected via that powered hub to my AExtBS. I understand that this is controversial, and that the official line from Apple is that it's not supported (and then it is, and then it isn't again). But, the on-the-ground reality is that it worked wonderfully for years, and successfully data demonstrated no problems. Since I have upgraded to 10.7.x a couple of weeks ago, I have not tried to backup yet. However, more importantly, is problems with my audio.
Under 10.6.x I used to be able to click on my AExtBS, and after a few seconds the drives would appear. Then I would click on my music drive, and once I saw the confirming arrow, then I could choose the remote iTunes library and play music either through my computer or through one of my satellite AExpBSes. Since I have upgraded to 10.7.x, I am seeing an unusual behaviour. I can follow the same steps I just listed once successfully. But, if I close the computer, or go to another network and return, or anything of that sort, when I return the computer to my network I cannot get the AExtBS to respond as a device with remote drives. If I click on the drive, if attemtps to connect for a looooong time and then eventually refuses the connection. In fact, something unusual must be happening to the AExtBS itself, because I cannot even get the settings to open in either version of the Airport Utility. Restarting (unplugging and plugging back in) the AExtBS doesn't even work. The only way I can get the AExtBS to respond is if I walk down to it and depress the reset button - not for five second, but just for one tap. That does something, and once it goes green again I can get back into it via Airport Utility and I can access my msuci again... until my computer leaves the network or goes to sleep.
This never ever happened under 10.6.x, so my initial thought is that it is an OS issue - something about how the OS is interacting with the AExtBS as a file source is confusing to the router. Any thoughts?

So, I tried resetting the AEBS and that worked for a day. Then it went back to the error. I was booted and I still cannot connect to my Airdisk. Never had this problem in 10.6.x. Any thoughts?
This problem is just for connection to the directory, not for backing up.

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Okay, just got it working again. Here's what I did...
- Turned off the disk.
- Connected it directly to my PowerBook
- Turned it on and waited for it to mount (which it did fine)
- Launched Disk Utility
- Repaired it twice (even though "No problems were found.")
- Ejected it
- Turned it off
- Reconnected it to the base station
- Opened Airport utility
- Changed the access to allow Guests to read and write
- Updated the base station ( I heard it mount the drive on restart)
- Opened Air Disk utility and connected to the disk as a Guest (it worked)
- Re-launched the Airport utility
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Hi,
I did a little bit of investigation and this is really a Leopard thing. A bug I guess.
So under Shared in Finder I can see my network drive. But it only mounts the folder which has permission for all users. Interestingly enough location is determined as
afp://AEBSNAME.afpovertcp.tcp.local/DISKNAME
But on the other hand, I can access my private portion of network drive if I connect directly using:
afp://AEBSNAME.local./SHARENAME
Note: AEBSNAME is name of base station and SHARENAME is my username as specified in AEBS Utility.
Now I hope that fix is on the way...
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My AirPort will only connect to my MacBook. It won't let anything else connect

Just purchaed this AirPort 2 days ago. It will only let me connect my MacBook but I cannot connect my smart tv and iPhone to it. I've unplugged the modem. I've reset the modem. I've unplugged the AirPort. I've even reset my iPhone and still nothing. ***!!!!!! PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GRATELY APPRECIATED!!!!!

Ok, thank you.
Be sure that you have a known good Ethernet cable going from the Ethernet port on the Motorola modem to the WAN (circle of dots) port on the Time Capsule. Also be sure that you do not have anything connected to the modem's USB port.
Even though I know that you tried a number of resets, please give the following a try:
I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
Power-up your computer(s).
If the above steps do not solve the problem, start over with step 1 above, but then perform the next steps between steps 1 & 2. above.
Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
After the base station resets, go ahead and power it back down.
Reconnect the AirPort base station to the Internet broadband modem. For the Extreme and Time Capsule, be sure to connect the cable to the base station's WAN (circle-of-dots) port.
Continue with step 2 in the first set of steps.
In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results.

New Airport Extreme only connected with N protocol

I just got a brand new Airport Extreme. I disabled wifi on my verizon fios router, plugged in the ethernet, and went through the Airport's setup. I'm connected on all my devices and the range is so much better, but it doesn't seem like my MBP has connected using AC. Below, I have included some information about my computer and the router. Could anyone advise me on how to connect using AC? Do I need to do anything other than the default setup? I noticed in advanced options on the router, that 5ghz is not enabled by default? Also, I'm sitting about 10 feet from the router with no obstructions.
My Computer:
Model Name: MacBook Pro, Late 2013
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
My Airport Extreme:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x134)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
Locale: FCC
Country Code: US
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
My Network:
Network Utility Link Speed: 217 MBit/sec
PHY Mode: 802.11n
Channel: 1
Country Code: US
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -41 dBm / -92 dBm
Transmit Rate: 156
MCS Index: 21

5ghz wireless is in fact working.. but the Mac is setup to connect to the strongest signal not the fastest.. so you have actually connected to 2.4ghz N wireless..
The way to fix this is simple.. change the wireless name for 5ghz in wireless options of airport utility.. ie.
Make the name short and sweet.. no spaces.. no apostrophe.. just simple.
Mine doesn't show as much because I refuse to buy the AC model..
But you can make sure your country is set correctly.. and all the rest can be left on auto.
Then in the laptop force the connection to AE5ghz or whatever you name it.

Airport Extreme only connects to one computer at a time

We just got a new modem and now we can no longer go online with more than one wireless computer at a time, although we have set up a network and it has always worked just fine with the previous modem.
The error message we are getting on a Mac trying to connect while another Mac is online is: (orange light) "Airport is connected to the network...does not have an IP address, cannot connect to the internet".
Another message says that the IP address is already in use by the other computer, so no access.
How do we get more than one Mac to go online at the same time, when there is this IP address problem?

The modem is a Zyxell/Zyzell/Zycell (spelling subject to change!) P600R-D1, our provider is Earthlink (formerly Mindspring). I honestly have no idea if it's a combination router/modem, I don't recall if I was the one who set it up or not as it's been several years.
Also, something I forgot to mention (as this problem has been intermittent for some time) is that occasionally our AirPort Base Station will "overload" for lack of a better word and simply drop all connections to one, several, or all of the computers. During these times the number of bars shown (if the computer was previously connected) drops to one below full, whereas computers who were not corrected cannot see the station at all. AirPort Admin Utility is unable to see them as well, the station simply seems to not exist anymore! Unplugging the power cord always fixes the issue, but this problem usually occurs when I'm intentionally using a lot of bandwidth (downloading large files from torrents, playing intensive multiplayer games on the internet) which is why I mention it here, as it might be important.
I'll try poking around the modem configuration page and see what I can find out about it, and I appreciate your help thus far! Hopefully I can get this resolved and cure this headache!

[Solved] pppd will only connect once

Hi,
I am running a fully updated Arch box as a router with a PPPoA connection. The ppp daemon starts up fine when the box first boots but any subsequent connection attempts (either by the persistent argument or using a bash script) cannot connect the ppp connection. My daemon.log shows the following when a second connection attempt is made:
Jul 29 18:47:40 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <#########>, name = "#########"] <--- real details removed
Jul 29 18:47:40 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <#########>, name = "#########"] <--- real details removed
Jul 29 18:47:40 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x44005010]
Jul 29 18:47:40 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1b <addr 78.150.192.1>]
Jul 29 18:47:40 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: discarding proto 0x8021 in phase 5
With the IPCP and discard line being repeated around 20 times.
I guess something is being sent out of order, but this only ever happens if I am trying to connect the pppd for a second time. A reboot cures the problem suggesting it is something to do with my box.
Any help would be great
Last edited by e1fjl (2009-07-30 21:37:06)

DJszapi:
There's no problem with the first connection but it is to my ISP and occasionally they randomly disconnect me (usually early hours of the morning) I assume to cycle IPs or something.
Daf666:
The initial IP is obtained from the ISP via DHCP when initiating the ppp connection. The ppp config is set to obtain it on initiation of the ppp connection.
If it helps, after the 20 IPCP rejections the connection terminates like so:
Jul 29 18:48:10 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 magic=0x6b9e7a7f]
Jul 29 18:48:10 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 magic=0x44005010]
Jul 29 18:48:11 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1b <addr 78.150.192.1>]
Jul 29 18:48:11 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: discarding proto 0x8021 in phase 5
Jul 29 18:48:14 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x1c]
Jul 29 18:48:14 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: LCP terminated by peer
Jul 29 18:48:14 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x1c]
Jul 29 18:48:15 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x1]
Jul 29 18:48:15 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: sent [LCP TermAck id=0x1]
Jul 29 18:48:17 SERVERARCH pppd[3752]: Connection terminated.
To me that looks like my router is restarting the connection, receiving a conf-request but then discarding it as out of order...
Thanks

Airport Disk problems

There seem to be a lot of threads going on about connectivity problems regarding disks connected to Airport Extreme base stations. This http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1155412 is probably the biggest. Since this really is a large issue, I thought I'll post a report of my findings.
Today was the first time I encountered the fact that I couldn't connect from my iMac G5 to my Airport Disk anymore , Finder gave me the following message:
+*Connection failed*+
+The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again.+
I went to my MacBook pro (waking from sleep) and it gave me the same message.
Restarting the Airport Extreme brought my disk back on my Macs.
I simulated this scenario, to see where it was failing:
*Case 1: let macbook pro sleep*
1. Fresh reboot of Airport
2. Mount disk on all macs and one windows xp machine
3. Put MacBook Pro to sleep (disk still working on other mac)
4. Wake MacBook Pro
5. Everything still works on all machines
*Case 2: let imac sleep*
1. Fresh reboot of Airport
2. Mount disk on all macs
3. Put iMac G5 to sleep
4. Wake up iMac G5
5. Disk doesn't work on Macs (AFP), but still works on windows machine (SMB)
In last scenario it looks like the AFP service on the Airport Extreme Base Station crashed. You can manually check this by doing this in Finder menu: *Go -> Connect to server*.
And type this:
afp://ip.of.your.basestation/ (you can find the ip of your basestation via airport utility)
You will get an "Connection failed", that means the server is not responding. At this point you can still connect to the Airport Disk via the SMB protocol. In the Finder menu: *Go -> Connect to server*
And type this:
smb://ip.of.your.basestation/
Use your username and password and you'll be able to connect to the airport disk.
Another way to check if the AFP service is still running on the airport, is to use an portscanner. You can use the one provided by apple in Network Utility. I used nmap.
After a fresh restart the following ports were opened:
21/tcp open ftp
53/tcp open domain
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
*548/tcp open afpovertcp*
554/tcp open rtsp
7070/tcp open realserver
10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt
After waking the iMac from sleep the following ports were opened:
21/tcp open ftp
53/tcp open domain
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
554/tcp open rtsp
7070/tcp open realserver
10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt
You can see that there is no AFP server (afpovertcp) listening on the Airport anymore.
I have the following setup:
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2,33 Ghz
Mac OS X 10.5.1 (fresh install)
iMac G5 2,1Ghz
Mac OS X 10.5.1 (upgraded from 10.4.11)
Airport Extreme Basestation (fast ethernet)
- 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
- wpa2 personal
- file sharing with accounts
- no guest access allowed
Currently the only workaround I found, is by using the SMB protocol. (Finder -> Go -> Connect to server). This works on all machines, even after waking from sleep.
The problem as far as I can see is twofold:
1. AFP service on Airport Extreme Basestation is buggy, it justs crashes after it recieves info it doesn't expect.
2. Leopard sends stuff It shouldn't send.
Tiger never had this problem.

My AEBS network, internet connection and Airport Disk are all (finally) holding connections. It's been about a day now, so I guess it's going to be ok next week.
Here's some of my story/thoughts in case this helps anyone else who is still struggling with the madness:
First, I bought a TC and connected a USB disk. This was a cacophony of dropped connections, followed by the messages Frodo posted, lost internet connections, etc. A lot of resets, channel changes, restarts, two reformatting of the Airport Disk (via hardwire connection to one of my computers and then reconnecting it to the AEBS), etc. etc. later, I returned the TC for an exchange and bought a simple AEBS and connected that to the Airport Disk.
Same sort of problems again, but this time I don't usually lose my internet or network connection. New problems enter - glacial speed on some/most computers and ok on others. The Airport Disk keeps disappearing and can't reconnect. More restarts.
This is what seems to be working now:
I have every single client computer set to never sleep and that includes turning off the "Put HD to sleep when possible" button. I also set my WPA2 Personal timeout to 500 days. The default is 1 hr. Also, I took the Airport Disk down and connected it to a computer and ran Disk Utility. Found a header problem and fixed it. Followed that with Disk Warrior. More problems, this time an assortment. DW fixed those. Then reconnected the Airport Disk to the AEBS. Now it all works.
I did a bit of reading on WPA2 on Wikipedia and it turns out this scheme sends out some sort of key to the client computers and does it dynamically as the network is up. (This might explain the "unexpected ACL" message I was getting in Disk Utility when checking client computers - there are 3 of them. I assume these are an Access Control List generated by my AEBS; I certainly didn't put them there). Anyway, I got to wondering if the AEBS is trying to generate a new key for the 'group' that hat connected to it and since one or more of the 'group' has nodded off, it is unable to do so and this results in the lost connection followed by 'not operational' message. Maybe it thinks it was being hacked?
Anyway, with both those settings my network is stable, internet is stable and the Airport Disk has been mounted on various desktops now since yesterday. I'll worry about faster speeds later. None o my computers will sleep until an update is released. They don't mind. I have no inclination to spend any more hours fighting with this thing.
FYI, I have eight 10.5.2 computers and three 10.4.11. They are all happy this morning - although for a time yesterday the 10.4.11 client computers were real slow. I shut those down for a while last evening and concurrently changed to Channel 9. I'm using the 802.11n (b/g compatible) setting and I know that is in the 2.4 frequency, which is pretty crowded these days. I think the higher channels are probably less crowded. Anyway, the 10.4.11 computers were ok when restarted last evening and are still ok this morning. All connections held. Ditto for the 10.5.2 clients.
I don't know where the faults came from with the Airport Disk (fixed as described above yesterday), but I do know I did not "Disconnect All Users" in Airport Utility before resetting/restarting the AEBS while the Airport Disk was connected and (perhaps) still shared despite the dropped connection messages. I'm not even sure that disconnect button was available since I never looked.
Wheew!
Not sure what I'm going to do when the replacement TC arrives. It's a heckuv'n idea and I hate to walk away without at least another trip into the twilight zone. I've lost files before and would have been SOOoooo happy to be able to fish back in time to find them.

BUG FOUND!! in Airport Disk programming

I'm betting this is having a bigger issue then most poeple realize as it effects reconnecting to the Airport disk.
Ok after lots of testing I've figured out a major bug in the Airport Disk Programming for Security.
This has only been verified with the following settings:
1. Airport Disk is configured with Accounts for access
2. Formatted with HFS+ USB drive.
Discription:
1. When connecting to the Airport Disk you get the error:
"Connection Failed
Unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator."
2. You retype the password and user name and it still says the same thing over and over and over.
The Cause of problem:
You connect to your Airport Disk the first time with no problem using your login and password. If you cause your connection to be interrupted for a small amount of time and you get that Warning about server disconnect and it shows your airport disk and personal disk with the disconnect button, and they disconnect!! Then you cannot reconnect to the Airport Disk till you reset the Airport Extreme.
To get this Disconnect dialog, it can be caused by a number of common uses, here are a few of the common ones:
1. you VPN into work (with Airport Disk shares mounted)
2. you change from wireless to Hardwired connection (with Airport Disk shares mounted)
3. You let your computer go to sleep when its on a wireless connection but are connected through another wireless access point hardwired to the network (with Airport Disk shares mounted)
When getting your Airport Disk volumes disconnected in this way, The Airport Extreme I'm guessing is deactivating the account and not properly disconnecting the connection. So at this point you have to Reboot the Airport Extreme to let you use your account again on the Airport Disk.
I hope some poeple from Apple actually read these. I've had to reset my Airport extreme about 24 times a day between my wife's 15" MBP and my 17" SR MBP getting this disconnect problem.
And for those poeple out there who keep having Airport Disk connection problems, Lets make sure your not having this problem. To test, simply reboot the airport extreme router & see if you can connect to your Airport Disk Volumes, then once your volumes are mounted turn off your Airport wireless (on your MAC) or unplug your Hardwire till you get the disconnect message. Then try to reconnect to your Airport Volumes after restoring your network connection.
This issue needs to be fixed ASAP!!!!
Please reply to this message with your nominations to try and get this issues raised to a P1 or lvl 1 priority so it's in the next firmware upgrade as it's not an issue with OS x programming side, as a rebot of the computer still doesn't restore the connectivity with the AirPort Disk.

HERES A SOLUTION I POSTED IN ANOTHER THREAD!
Hi,
I've been trying to work out the Hard Drive problems with the Airport Extreme for a few days and have had some success, so I'll share the info if its any use!
First of all, your printer and both hard drives all run off their own power supply, therefore, you don't need to have a powered usb hub, or just take the plug out and keep using the hub, save yourself a plug!
More importantly, I have had the same thing with the hard drive appearing in the Airport Utility yet whenever I try to connect, it comes up with an error and can't mount, although when I go to network and connect it appears but then goes wrong at the last part mounting, this is what I found...
the first time I plugged hard drive in all worked nicely, however, any time I have unplugged the power to the Aiport Extreme and connected again it'll show but never connect. When I went to make a few partitions I realised that if you unplug the router and repower, whatever HD name its seen before doesn't work until the HD name was changed again. For example....
I called my first HD to connect 'wifiHD', was working fine, next time i unplugged router was still showing in network but I couldn't mount it, I then plugged it to the mac and renamed it 'wifiDISK' for example and plugged it back into the router and it worked fine! Its very strange cos when I needed to unplug it last time I then had the same trouble and just renamed it back to 'wifiHD' it worked fine! Its a little flaw which is a right bugger to find so the bottom line is...
RENAME THE HARD DRIVE EVERY TIME YOU UNPLUG THE ROUTER AND YOU CAN MOUNT IT AGAIN
Another tip is format your HD in 'Mas OSX Extended' as it can be read by both mac and PC over the network. Then as windows isn't the best when you go to 'My Network Places' and 'Add Network Place' if you can't find the HD or even the router then enter
\\routername\\hardrivename\
in this format into the box, it'll take a mo but it'll then ask for the password! I personally have my hard drive guest access read + write so I entered
user: guest
password: base station password (or disk password as selected in airport utility)
and it all worked!
Sorry for the long explanation, hope this has helped!

Connect to airport disk when through internet

Hello,
I have a mac book running 10.6.8 At home I have an apple "airport extreme" router with a WD external hard drive connected via USB, the disk works fine at home. I know it is possible to connect to the external hard drive(airport disk) via the internet when I'm not at home. But I can't seem to find any guidance to my situation. I also have a mobileme account and I thought I should be able to do it with "back to my mac" but I can't get either method to work.
Any help, advice or links would be appreciated!!

You have at least two routes to be able to access the AirPort Disk from the Internet: 1) Back to My Mac (BTMM) / MobileMe (easiest), or 2) Configure the AirPort for Port Mapping.
I suggest trying the BTMM method first.
As you already know BTMM is tied to an individual's MobileMe account.
Let's go over your BTMM setup, just to make sure something wasn't missed.
BTMM - General Requirements
OS X Leopard 10.5.4+
Active MobileMe account. Each Mac & the AirPort router, that will be relying on BTMM, needs to be configured with the same account.
A publicly reachable IP address for your AirPort router.
A router that supports either NAT-PMP or UPnP. Note: All AirPorts supports NAT-PMP.
BTMM - Basic Communication Flow
For a computer connected to the Internet via a router, BTMM "asks" the router for its configuration information. For a router, like your AirPort, that uses NAT-PMP, BTMM will ask the router to assign arbitrary public ports. In turn, the router will provide these port assignments (& the router's Public IP address) back to BTMM.
BTMM then sends this information to the MobileMe account. In background MobileMe updates a special set of DNS entries to be used by BTMM. These entries are then made available to all BTMM clients using your MobileMe account. When a computer, with BTMM enabled, uses your MobileMe credentials, it automatically retrieves a list of all other computers/routers that are registered with the same account. All these devices should then appear under the SHARED section of the Finder.
When attempting to connect to a remote computer (or router), BTMM creates a secure connection to that remote device using the information from the MobleMe account.
Once the connection is established, the devices can then communicate with each other.
For a router, the key is that if the ISP doesn't offer you a publicly reachable IP address then BTMM won't work. You will then have to look for an alternative solution, like BackToMyPC or LogmeIn.
On both routers (Apple Only)
Using the AirPort Utility, verify the following:
AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort > Manual Setup > Internet > NAT
Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol (enabled)
AirPort Utility > Select the AirPort > Manual Setup > Advanced > MobileMe
Click the plus button to add your MobileMe account information. Any HDDs attached to the AirPort (or both the Time Capsule's internal HDD and attached USB HDD) will now appear in the SHARED section of the Finder on BTMM-enabled computers using the same MobileMe account.

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...Called it a roaming network. Wireless mode is create a wireless network. I have checked allow this network to be extended. Probably need to uncheck that?
Yes, that option should be deselected as it only pertains to when both routers are interconnected by wireless. Since you have a roaming network, they of course, would be interconnected by Ethernet.
The other important settings for a roaming network are:
Each router must have a unique station name. For the AirPort, this would be called its Base Station Name. I believe the default station name for Linksys routers is: linksys
Each router must broadcast a wireless network with an identical Network Name. For the Linksys, Network Name is the same as its SSID.
Each router wireless network must use the same Wireless Security type and password. The Linksys WRT-54G is capable of up to WPA2 Personal. If you have it set to this level of security, the AirPort should be at the same setting.
Make sure that each router is not on the same Radio Channel for the 2.4 GHz radio. In the US, there are basically only three non-overlapping channels: 1, 6, or 11. Set each so that they don't use the same channel but use of those three choices.

External HD connected to Airport Extreme only seen by one network computer

I've connected a MyBook external HD ("HD") to an Airport Extreme base station and configured it using Airport Utility ("AU") from my new MacBook Pro ("Pro"). The Pro sees the HD but my other two networked computers do not. I've run AU on one of the other computers to again configure the HD and the result is that again only the Pro can see the HD.
Other networked computers are an Intel iMac (Core Duo) and Intel MacBook (Core Duo).
Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Yes, this is as you indicated earlier and all of these settings are so designated. I have been to the Apple Store and the Genius enabled one of the two computers (I did not bring the other to the store). This was done by (1) repairing disk permissions and (2) installing a clean copy of Airport Disk Utility onto the computer directly from CD. Unfortunately, these two steps did not work on the computer that I did not bring to the store. I'm running DiskWarrior to be certain this is not a permissions problem, but it seems highly unlikely that the permissions are the issue. A possible solution is to install Airport Disk Utility only via disk and not via drag and drop.

Partitioned Airport Disk - Connection Failed. Why?

Hello,
I have a Toshiba 1TB USB disk that I have partitioned in two. It works perfectly both as a direct connection to my MacBook Pro, as well as through a Belkin network USB hub that plugs into my router. Since the network USB hub requires me to run its software if I want to access the disks, I figured I'd take all that out of the equation and plug the disk directly into the Airport Extreme I bought not too long ago. However, it seems that the connection is flaky. Initially I see the Airport under "Shared" and it seems as I can click on it and mount it and see both drives, but invariably, as I click either one, it thinks about it for a while and returns a "Connection Failed". The "Connect As" button doesn't do anything. Occasionally it even causes issues to the AE itself, to where I need to restart it, or unplug the USB cable to clear the amber light. So...I'm really confused at which part of my USB disk my AE doesn't like. It's formatted for a Mac and it works perfectly in every other configuration other than Airport disk....thoughts? Oh, have the latest firmware for everything.

I get this too, but it fails to remember my password. I have removed all the keychain passwords pertaining to the AEBS, as well as the plist for for the utility, but no luck.
It's not a big problem, only my airport disk is an iomega one that has an auto-shutdown facility if it's not used for 5 minutes, and it won't shutdown until I have connected to it at least once.
I'm on 10.5.4, but it's not showing up on the OS list yet

Error while connecting to the AirPort Disk on Windows

good morning to everyone.
i am sure this question has been done several times, but i am italian and don't know the correct translation of the message i receive when i try to connect to my airport and so i cannot find the post concerning.
i have a 500Gb airport disk. i have both ethernet and usb cables connected.
airport options have been set:
enable share documents
shared disks with password
guest with WRITE/READ permissions
disks shared via WAN
workgroup name WORKGROUP, set as the same in windows control panel.
THOUGH
when i start the pc or try to access the "Time Capsule of Lyllo" it keeps me asking the password AND if i use the password i have set in the AirPOrt Utility, it gives me an error:
user not recognized, login not available.
(forgive me, but i do not knwo the english translation of this warning message)
can you help me?
i am trying to connect the airport since days but if i succeded once for few days, now i cannot connect anymore
thank you.

i have the same issue.
Was working fine a few days ago and now I can't access the airport configuration through the windows utility.
Had version 5.4.1 installed, then tried 5.4.2
Still no go

Airport is always connected yet internet is only working sporadically

Sup!
I need help! I'm calling upon all MacLovers, Macinado's and Jedi MACsters!
So the stupid airport is connected yet the internet is only working when it wants to. I know right! ahhh! It's working then it's not then it's working bah stupid jerk. I have an iphone that is connecting just fine plus there's another mac user living here with me and they're having no problems. No problems! Just me! Why? WHY!!??
I used to be one of those pc people(you may have heard of them) but about 6 months ago my parents bought me a MacBook Pro and my whole life changed. cue tv smile. I have had no problems and i'm lovin' my MacBook Pro(though I just want to say my Mac sleeps on one side of the bed and I on the other).
Enter the pesky internet connectivity problem and just between you and me it's ruining my faith in Macintosh. It's like i don't even want to bad touch it anymore.
So what can I do? I have all updates and couldn't find anybody else with the same problem. Please help me restore my faith in Mac's oh noble JediMacsters, you're my only hope.
Thanks
Soggy

Only started happening in the last 2 weeks, the comp is only 6 months old. I don't disconnect, the internet completely stops working. Airport is still connected yet all the devices that use the internet stop working as if it's disconnected. Skype will suddenly struggle to reconnect. Firefox will say 'looking for website'. Gmail notifer will say there's no internet activity.
All this happens yet according to the airport it's on and working fine. The signal is full black bars when it's working and when it's not working. No change there. There is no pattern either. Sometimes it will stop working for a few minutes other times maybe 10 or 15 minutes. It stops working often and at random times.
I haven't had the opportunity to connect to other networks to se how it performs but considering my iphone and my friends Macbook is connecting without a hitch i'm guessing the problem is my Macbook Pro.

In 10.7 my Airport Disks only connect once...

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