Need advice about AIrport Extreme/ Bluetooth Upgrade!!!!

Okay, so when I bought my first Mac I didn't opt for wireless. Now I see I want it.
So I have a late model 2.0 Dual Core PowerPC G5.
There are two different cards I see. One, I cannot find ANYWHERE for less than $250.00.
Then I see there is another card out there, a different card. I am not sure which one I actually need. And the people at Apple can't seem to tell me either.
So please, check out these links, and if you know which one I need, please tell me.
Apple Mac Airport Extreme WiFi& BT Bluetooth Card A1126
http://www.welovemacs.com/6613692.html
APPLE MA252G/A Wireless Upgrade Kit for PowerMac G5
http://www.amazon.com/MA252G-Wireless-Upgrade-Kit-PowerMac/dp/B000DT935G/ref=wlitdp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1PTCL4BCN48KS&colid=GX0MI1BDF75M

Hi-
Not sure about the Amazon link (no stock anyways).
The We Love Macs link appears to be correct.
Note that you need the runway card, and the stand off card to install the combo card.
Might consider wireless/bluetooth USB adapters as an option. Much cheaper.......

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I have already bought a macbook pro in USA and I want to use it in Europe. What adapter I need for my Airport Extreme?

I have already bought a macbook pro in USA and I want to use it in Europe. What adapter I need for my Airport Extreme?

No power adaptor is needed as the power units are auto-switching. But you will need wall outlet adaptors such as you will find in Apple's World Travel Kit, at AAA stores, and other vendors.

Why am i needing to reset airport extreme almost daily?

why am i needing to reset airport extreme almost daily? Is it just too old?

Teresa,
You haven't provided any useful information so it's almost impossible to help you. If you are really running OS X 10.2.x as your profile states then you are posting in the wrong forum, this forum is for Intel based iMacs that began shipping with Tiger 10.4.x. Also you haven't stated what Airport Extreme you have, there have been many models over the years. Once you locate which AE you have I'd recommend posting in the appropriate AE forum and try to paint a clear picture of what is happening and also provide the verison of OS X you're using, the Mac model and ever the firmware version of the AE you have. You can find the firmware version by running Airport Utility.

Few questions about Airport Extreme/Express

I have a few questions about Airport extreme/express:
1 Can you access hard drive trough express?
2 I have cable NOT wireless modem. What would be the best option (speed-wise) to connect to internet- connect modem to Extreme and access internet wirelessly from it? To connect modem to Extreme and imac?
3 How fast is read/ write from hard drive connected to Extreme?
4 How many hard drives can you connect to Extreme (or Express if that is possible)?
5 Can you remotely sync Ipod nano/ shuffle using Extreme?
I really hate wire clutter around my desk. What I intend to do is to connect hard drives and printer to Airport Extreme and access them remotely. That would leave empty desk:).
Thanks

1. You cannot connect a hard drive to the Airport Express USB port.
2. The speed of wireless networking is faster than the speed of most cable internet services. Therefore, you won't notice any difference in your internet connection speed between (a) a cabled connection directly between Mac and modem or (b) a wireless connection between Mac and base station and modem.
3. Apple has not published any specs on the speed of hard drive access for the Airport Extreme N Base Station. Several people have posted their own measurements (do a search in this discussion forum), and generally those results are not very good.
4. Apple has not placed a limit on the number of drives you can attach to the Airport Extreme N Base Station (with use of a hub). How many do you want to connect?
5. You cannot remotely sync an iPod using the Extreme Base Station.

Set up advice needed and appreciated Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

Hi all - bear with me on this
I have an Airport Extreme attached to my modem in the living room - all is well
This is attached via the house electrical mains to a Time Capsule in the office - which I use as a back up drive - which is wired to my main computer (iMac).
All works well - but the range in the back - where the office is - isn't great (i struggle to go wireless in the garden) - would it be improved if I ticked the 'Allow this network to be extended' box?
I am not 100% certain what this means - what it does and whether i should tinker (by and large the two airports are set up and working as they came out of the box)
any help is appreciated
best
darren, lockerbie,uk

The second part puzzles me - excuse me (but i honestly don't know) do both units give off a wifi signal of roughly equal 'amounts'?
Yes. Since both are connected by "Ethernet" each base station is its own wireless network and you have a few options on how best to configure them.
One of those options is to give both wireless networks the same Network Name (or SSID) so that you can, for example, "walk" a laptop from one to the other and stay connected. This is known as a roaming network.
If this is something that you don't desire or have a requirement for, then leaving them as two separate wireless networks would work just as well.
So what i am asking - i guess - is can i increase the distance the wifi signal reaches of the second unit (the time capsule - that is wired to the airport extreme)
To extend the wireless range of the Time Capsule (TC) you would need another 802.11n AirPort, like the AirPort Express Base Station (AXn). This should get a stronger signal out to the garden. Of course, it would really depend on the distance from the TC to where you would like to place the AXn to get the best results.
Let me know if you need help configuring the base stations.

Do i need a new airport extreme my current one is 8 years old?

my airport extreme is 8+ y.o. do i need a new one?

An AirPort Extreme from about 8 years ago would be an 802.11g (flying saucer) model. It would be capable of supporting both 802.11b or 802.11g clients with wireless security up to WPA2 Personal.
Whether or not, you need to replace it, would probably lend itself to the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, if performance is important to you and especially if you want to be able to support 802.11n wireless clients, then you may want to consider upgrading to the latest generation (currently the 5th) of the AirPort Extreme, the 4th generation Time Capsule or 2nd generation AirPort Express. Which will depend on your networking requirements.

Need help with Airport Extreme and my new Verizon Fios Internet connection

I just got the Fios install, and the tech and I couldn't figure out how to use my Airport Extreme as my wireless connection. I'm not real tech savvy (and I've only been a Mac guy for about 18 months). My current arrangement is the basic Verizon setup with the Airport out of the loop. How can I go about moving from here back to using my Airport Extreme? I need the range! Thanks in advance for your help.

Have you tried resetting and reconfiguring the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS)?
Are you using OS 10.5 or OS 10.4 or earlier?
Are you using the round 802.11b/g AEBS or the square 802.11b/g/n AEBS?
If you are using OS10.5 OR the square 802.11b/g/n AEBS you should refer to "Designing AirPort Networks Using AirPort Utility" (direct PDF link).
Otherwise you should refer to "Designing AirPort Extreme Networks" (direct PDF link).

In need of help: Airport extreme network w/2 expresses weak coverage. WDS?

I have an newish N airport extreme base station w/time capsule connected to earthlink 'super fast' dsl via ethernet.
I also have 2 new N airport expresses.
I've been disappointed w. connections, speed, range, etc.
The extreme is set to gbn compatible as partner has an iphone which cannot connect to N.
the network is extended - and the expresses are set to expand the network and airtunes - however, they don't seem to make any difference to the wifi speed.
My flat is rather long - and I've placed the expresses along the main 'throw' of the extreme.
I created a parabolic reflector to direct the signal along the hallway.
Should I set up a WDS network? or change channels or what?
This issue drives me to distraction.
I would appreciate any advice/suggestions.
Thanks,
JWW

WDS is an option. Be aware that to use WDS you would need to force your network to use the slower 802.11g. In addition each WDS link cuts the wireless bandwidth in half. Since you have 3 base stations you would have 3 WDS links which would mean that your bandwidth would be 1/8 (1/21/21/2) of what it is now. The range and signal strength would be better but the bandwidth might not.
Instead, you might try configuring your AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) to allow itself to be extended (an 802.11n feature). Configure the closest AirPort Express (AX) to "extend a wireless network". Hopefully this would push the wireless network far enough for use in the entire flat. This is only useful between two base stations, therefore you would need to configure the furthest AX to simply join the wireless network.

A PC user's questions about Airport Extreme & Airport Express

Hi all,
I have a few questions regarding both the Airport Extreme AC and the Airport Express.
I am a PC user who is currently looking at replacing my Cisco Linksys EA4500(primary router) and my Linksys E2500(bridge router) due to the lack of regular firmware updates that Linksys fails to provide for their routers and the fact that I simply find Linksys products to be buggy.. Based on my research, Apple's Airport Extreme N and the AC versions have received excellent reviews on Amazon and I am considering purchasing both the Airport Extreme AC(to replace my Linksys EA4500) and the Airport Express(to replace my Linksys E2500).
Before I get to my questions, let me be frank in saying that I do not have a Mac(but intend to after my desktop dies) at this time but in my house we have two iPhone 4s's and one iPad 2 as far as Apple products are concerned. My computer network consists of my HP Windows 7 based desktop and HP Windows 7 laptop and I have a home ethernet in every room in the house . In addition, my den's ethernet connection is connected as Ethernet wall jack in which the connections include---->Ethernet switch------>Tivo---->Playstation 3/Xbox 360/Nintendo Wii/----->Samsung Smart TV---->Linksys E2500.
My questions are as follows:
1. Initial/Out of the box set up: Based on what I have read here, it is possible for a PC user to setup the Airport Extreme by downloading the Airport Extreme utility software from Apple. However I have been confused based on what I have read on Amazon in that some users report that the initial setup can only be done using a Mac. Would someone from this forum kindly clairify this for me? Can I set up the Airport Extreme with my network assuming that I have previously downloaded an installed Apple's Airport Extreme Utility for the PC?
2. Using the Airport Express as a wireless bridge: Currently my Linksys E2500 serves as my secondary router in my den in bridge mode. Can I set up an Airport Express as a wireless bridge assuming I was sucessfully in setting up my Airport Extreme? On Linksys products this is done by setting the router in bridge mode and assigning it a specific IP address within the bridge router's settings. So for example, my Linksys E2500 has a 192.168.1.1X IP address, can I do this with the Airport Extreme? Note the the intention here for the extra router in my den to provide additional wireless coverage due to the size of my home. I do not need it to provide me with the same wireless network name as my primary router, I only want to provide the back of my house with additional wireless coverage that a primary router will not provide.
3. Router Security and reliability: I would like the router that I purchase to include regular firmware updates beyond that of one year. Especially now that most modern routers have some sort of cloud set up, I wouldn't want to purchase a router today, only to find out that I wouldn't be able to update its firmware one year from now. With respect to Apple's routers, how often does Apple release firmware and typically speaking; how long will Apple support additional firmware releases for its products?
Thanks to anyone who reads and responds to my long post!

The one problem is Apple using their own automatic port opening system.. NAT-PMP which is fine for apple clients but will not work with almost anything else made which depends on UPNP ..
There are lots of hassles with PS3 and XBox live and anything that depends on standard automatic port opening for interactive internet connection.
Manually opening ports is possible but a pain.
eg
AirPort Extreme and xbox 360
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5385065?tstart=0
I do agree with John Galt that the Apple products are well made and generally great.. they did have a bad capacitor failure issue in the Gen1 and Gen2 TC which he may have forgotten about.. I have repaired about 200 of the bludgers. And there was a dedicated site to pressure apple to fix them.. with 2500 recorded dead TC.
See http://timecapsuledead.org/
See
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair
And some ongoing issues.. even post getting that fixed up.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/new-issue-with-a1355-gen-3-tc
But the AEBS had external power supply so didn't add to the heat of built in HDD and power supply in a case too small without cooling. New ones seem to have learnt the lessons of the past in that the power supply is internal but they use a fan system to keep it cool.
See http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule for internal construction.. TC and AEBS are now identical except for the hard disk.
An option worth considering is using a router with third party source firmware.
You are then never cut off from great updated firmware.. and you can do amazingly more with the fuller setup that includes Telnet cli and extensive interface on the GUI.
Eg Gargoyle on a Netgear WNDR3800 or even cheaper TP-Link WDR3600 or WDR4300.
These offer full QoS, not in Apple products.
Full throttling controls, not in Apple products.
Quota, not in any other products in domestic market at all.
NAT-PMP and UPNP, not in Apple products.
VPN, not in Apple products.
Multiple VLAN, Multiple IP addressing, not in Apple producs.
SMTP, which Apple removed from all their new products.. no reason why.
Log access, which Apple removed from the new airport utility.. no reason why.
etc.
If for some reason that firmware doesn't suit.. you can flash over to DD-WRT, or OPENWRT.. etc. in other words you are never again beholden to the manufacturer who after the product is EOL is also end of support.

Reconfirmation about Airport Extreme device capacity

So if I read the current Airport Extreme specs correctly it can support 50 wireless and 150 wired devices simultaneously.
Would it apply to a setup of 2 Switches and 1 Mac Mini directly connected to it? The first switch would have 6 IP cameras, 1 NAS with Link Aggregation (2 ports), 1 Mac Pro, 1 Apple TV. The second switch would connect 2 Game Consoles, 1 Apple TV, 1 HTPC. That would be 13 devices total (or 14 if you count the two ports from the NAS).
I just want advice if it's recommended to do it.

So if I read the current Airport Extreme specs correctly it can support 50 wireless and 150 wired devices simultaneously.
The Extreme could actually be configured to have up to 50 wireless and about 200 Ethernet clients, but out of the box, in router mode, it is setup to handle 50/150.
Once you get much above about 20 wireless devices, things are really going to slow down unless you have a very fast Internet connection. Remember....all devices will share the same Internet connection bandwidth, so if you have 20 devices to connect and a 20 Mbps Internet connection, each device is only going to get about 1 Mbps.
This assumes that you have AirPort Extreme configured to act as the main router on your network.
That means that it must connect to a simple modem......not a modem/router or gateway type of device that is often furnished to customers by Internet Service Providers.
So, before we go further, let's clarify on what modem you will be using. Make and model number?

Airport extreme g upgrade to N

Hi,
I bought my macbook black 2 years ago and it comes with airport g. I will like to upgrade to Airport N as i heard it is quicker and moreover virgin will be offering 50mb soon but they say it wont work with g. How can i upgrade to airport n? is is expensive? do i need to buy anything? internal card? do i need to download a software? help!!!

Your MacBook, if it has the Core 2 Duo processor, would be eligible for the "n" enabler which would upgrade the current AirPort Extreme built in for 802.11n. You can get the enabler from here: AirPort Extreme 802.11n* Enabler for Mac. (Note: The enabler is also available on the 802.11n AirPorts' installation CD.)

Airport Extreme Card Upgrade?

Can I do this upgrade myself relatively easily? Also, will it pick up a normal "G" signal or do I need to buy an Airport base station. THANKS!

Adam,
You can do this install very easily following the instructions here. Your AirPort Extreme card will work with any 802.11g signal, so no you don't need to buy an AirPort Extreme Base Station if you already have or prefer to use another 802.11g wireless router.
Let us know if you run into any problems!
Brian

Airport Extreme Firmware Upgrade

Hi there.
I had an Airport Extreme that I wasn't using so I brought it to my father's house to set it up as a wireless network for his house.
I plugged it into the DSL modem then into the Airport Extreme. The computer can see it. ( iMac Mid-2014 )
I can't seem to figure out a way to configure it, when I plug it in it asks for me to upgrade to firmware version 7.31, but when I go to the page it suggests there are no download links, only instructions to upgrade the firmware through the Airport Utility which won't let me do anything because I need to upgrade to 7.31.
Any ideas how I could get the firmware upgrade? I have tried to navigate around the Apple Downloads page but there are no downloads that I have found.
This is for an Airport Extreme 802.11n ( Model No. A1142 ) if that is any help.
Let me know if anyone has any idea.
Thanks.
JK

The bottom line here is that you are going to need an older version of AirPort Utility 5.x to be able to upgrade the original firmware on the AirPort Extreme.
AirPort Utility 6.x in Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite will not work with the older version of firmware that is installed on the AirPort at this time.
However, when you update the AirPort to firmware 7.5.2, 7.6.1, etc.......then.....AirPort Utility 6.x can be used to administer the AirPort Extreme.
So, to get started on updating the firmware on the AirPort Extreme......you will need....or be able to borrow for 10-15 minutes......a Mac running Leopard (10.5.x), Snow Leopard (10.6.x), or a PC that has AirPort Utility installed on the device.

Need advice on airport set up (home network)

hi all,
i am just wondering what the best set up would be for my home network, listed below are what i have set up, and what i think could be the best setup
i have an office upstairs which contains:
-ADSL2 modem
-iMac 802.11n
-PC wired
-printer
-750GB LaCie HDD
i have my lounge room which is downstairs and almost below the office. (in case it matters) the office is above my garage – which is next to my lounge room. so the airport will be going through the floor & my brick garage wall.
in my lounge i have:
-macbook 802.11n
-iphone x 2 802.11g
-xbox 360 (currently have wireless adapter but i think ill sell it due to speed/depending on the setup i go with)
i am concerned because i need to have the network G for my iphones and depending on how i set up my 360.
i want to stream HD media to my 360 from my imac (through connect 360) and i have not been able to watch it yet as i lag every 30-40 seconds watching lost in HD. (that was using the faulty netgear DG834N modem/router which i have just sent back to netgear/supplier for a refund).
now after discovering i can use an apple airport extreme and express together i figured i could do either one of two things:
-have an extreme wired to the 360 downstairs( utilizing really only 1 port), have the HDD connected to the extreme (i figure if its connected via ethernet to the extreme, even though the imac is wireless, being connected to the source (extreme + hdd) i shouldn't get lag watching HD or using the 360 online.
Then the express is upstairs in the office where the modem plugs into the express and the express shares the network to the extreme.
now with this method i figure i can have an 802.11n (b/g compatible) network and all my devices can run off it. (don't need pure N as the 360 is connected via ethernet)
because the printer is in the office i would set the printer up to be shared via the imac and the laptop could just use the shared printer (i don't print too often). id prolly have to buy a wireless adapter for the dell but i could also share the network via ethernet to from the imac.
the 2nd:
- the extreme is upstairs with the modem connecting to the imac, PC, HDD and printer wired.
the airport express is downstairs with the xbox 360 (im assuming the ethernet port can send info and not just receive packets). this way the modems are linked up and (i hope) the network is running at 5Ghz so its fastest possible for streaming HD/SD media.
running this method i would need to set the imac up to host a G network for the iphones as they don't support N.
the laptop can connect wirelessly.
now i have only just discovered you can make a WDS using an extreme and express. so im sorry if ive gotten anything wrong, i have been using my netgear router and to date it has SUCKED!
a couple of questions:
is the express slower than the extreme, does it have gigabit ethernet and is the express going to lag being rougly 2 walls, 8-10 metres (in a direct line) from the express?
if i were just to keep my current xbox 360 wireless device, would it suffice for streaming SD/HD media?
now i am looking in the future at getting another hard drive (500-750GB) would i be best to get a time capsule or just sticking with the extreme? can the time capsule rout/network as good as the extreme?
and now, for my final question, i have a friend 10 townhouses, 5-6 real houses down (if i had to guess he'd be 100 metres from my place). if he were to get an extreme, could he use my internet/connect to my network?
i appreciate anyone helping me, i know its a long read but i just don't want to overdo it, also i don't want to be lagged if i feel like playing some multiplayer halo3/GTA IV or want to watch HD/SD media.
thanks guys

-have an extreme wired to the 360 downstairs( utilizing really only 1 port), have the HDD connected to the extreme (i figure if its connected via ethernet to the extreme, even though the imac is wireless, being connected to the source (extreme + hdd) i shouldn't get lag watching HD or using the 360 online.
Then the express is upstairs in the office where the modem plugs into the express and the express shares the network to the extreme.
now with this method i figure i can have an 802.11n (b/g compatible) network and all my devices can run off it. (don't need pure N as the 360 is connected via ethernet)
because the printer is in the office i would set the printer up to be shared via the imac and the laptop could just use the shared printer (i don't print too often). id prolly have to buy a wireless adapter for the dell but i could also share the network via ethernet to from the imac.
That is a possibility. However you may find that the wireless signal can not penetrate the 2 walls and still be usable. You will only know by trying it.
the 2nd:
* the extreme is upstairs with the modem connecting to the imac, PC, HDD and printer wired.
the airport express is downstairs with the xbox 360 (im assuming the ethernet port can send info and not just receive packets). this way the modems are linked up and (i hope) the network is running at 5Ghz so its fastest possible for streaming HD/SD media.
running this method i would need to set the imac up to host a G network for the iphones as they don't support N.
the laptop can connect wirelessly.
The iMac would NOT be able to host a G network of the iPhone. The iMac would need to be connected wirelessly to the signal provided by the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). It can't connect to a wireless network as a client AND host a wireless network at the same time.

Need to reset Airport Extreme password, but the instructions provided by Apple and the support community do not match with what I get in my computer.

I have followed the directions given on the Apple support pages and the ones provided in this community, but they do not match with what I get from the Airport Utility. According to the dorections, after starting a soft restart on the Airport Extreme, I should select the network from the menu bar item (which I suppose is the symbol for wi fi). Then it says to open the Airport Utility and select the Airport Base Station, ok up to now. But the instructions say that after selecting the base station to "click Continue". In my Airport Utility, which is the latest version, there is no Contimue. When I select the Base Station I get a bubble with information on the base and an "Edit" button. By clicking on this button, I am able to get a new window with info on the Base, inlcuding password, but I never get the window which says that the device has been reset. I need help, as I have bought a second Apple computer and need the password to set the wifi preferences, and I forgot the password for the Airport Extreme.

You're doing everything right. The problem is that the Apple Knowledge Base article is outdated and the screenshots do not correspond to the new version of AirPort Utility.
If all you need to do is find the password for the Extreme, you can do that by following this procedure. Use the Mac that is already configured to connect to your Extreme's network.
You can retrieve your existing wireless network password from a Mac you normally use on that network. 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.

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