'No Airport Networks in Range' on OS 10.1 PowerBook G4 550MHz

Hi there, I have searched these forums and checked the FAQs without any luck finding this problem. I am working on a PowerBook G4 550MHz that used to have OS 10.4.8 and when you would click on the wireless icon it would report 'No Airport Networks in Range' and it was greyed out. You could select 'Other' and try and manually enter the wireless settings with no luck. It doesn't matter how close you are to the base station, either, it will not pick up that there is a wireless network available. I have checked that the hardware is seated properly and it is. We even have a different Powerbook G4 800MHz that has the same airport card that works fine. I swapped the airport cards and still have the same problem. We have taken it to other wireless networks with the same problem. It will get on hard-wired networks fine.
Now, we threw in a new hard drive and loaded the original MAC OS 10.1 and got it updated to 10.1.5 but we still have the same problem, no wifi, it recognizes the hardware, it just won't see a wifi network and it will not connect manually, either, it's like the range is just terrible or something. Anyone have a clue what could be going on here? I didn't see any firmware updates though I could have missed something with that. Either way, it is very frustrating. Thanks.
BTW, The router works fine as you can get other PCs and Macs hooked directly to it without issue.

Most likely, the issue is the AirPort card or it's configuration on the G4.
To setup AirPort for High-Speed Cable Internet connectivity:
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that an AirPort option exists. If it does not, click "New" to create one. (Note: If you are unable to create an AirPort configuration, the AirPort card in your computer either doesn't exist or it is not recognized.)
- Verify that AirPort is "On" (checked)
- Verify that AirPort is at the top of the list. If it isn't, you can drag it to the top.
Systems Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
AirPort tab
- By default, join: Automatic
TCP/IP tab
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Proxies tab
- Configure Proxies: Manually
- Select a proxy server to configure: <All proxies should be unchecked unless you specifically require a proxy for Internet access.>
- Exclude simple hostnames (unchecked)
- Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains: <leave blank>
- Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) (checked)

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No airport network in range when there well is ...

A week ago my computer does not pick any airport network anymore, says 'No airport network in range'. Other macs and pcs in the room are picking it all right. The icon stays dimmed.
I tried to do 'Other' and typed in the name of the network next to the closed network name field an error msg comes up saying 'There was an error joining the selected airport network'.
iMac G4 800 MHz 512 MB Mac OS X (10.2.x) AEBS v 5.3

Most likely, the issue is the AirPort card or it's configuration on the G4.
To setup AirPort for High-Speed Cable Internet connectivity:
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that an AirPort option exists. If it does not, click "New" to create one. (Note: If you are unable to create an AirPort configuration, the AirPort card in your computer either doesn't exist or it is not recognized.)
- Verify that AirPort is "On" (checked)
- Verify that AirPort is at the top of the list. If it isn't, you can drag it to the top.
Systems Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
AirPort tab
- By default, join: Automatic
TCP/IP tab
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Proxies tab
- Configure Proxies: Manually
- Select a proxy server to configure: <All proxies should be unchecked unless you specifically require a proxy for Internet access.>
- Exclude simple hostnames (unchecked)
- Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains: <leave blank>
- Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) (checked)

How to extend an Airport network further than an Express' range?

Hi,
I'm trying to (massively) extend an Airport network, but there aren't electrical outlets close enough together on our property to string together a series of Airport Express "repeaters." Is there another product, eg. from a third party, that has a larger range?
Thanks,
Marv

My policy on answering questions is that I never answer one unless I've done it myself to verify.
In addition, you might want to refer to Apple's own Support Document linked below on extending....which anyone working at an Apple Store would have immediate access to with a few clicks at the computer:
Unfortunately, if someone at an Apple Store told you that the Time Capsule could not be used to "extend"......he was just wrong or too lazy to look up the answer, so he made one up. You might want to show him his own support document...and then talk to another sales guy there when you need product information.
Products Affected
AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Generation), AirPort Extreme 802.11n (1st Generation), AirPort Extreme 802.11n (3rd Generation), Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation), Time Capsule 802.11n (2nd Generation), Time Capsule 802.11n (3rd Generation)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
Good luck on your consensus building.

Airport Express is no longer able to extend my Airport network.

After the 7.6.1 upgrade, my Airport Express is no longer able to extend my Airport network. I didn't change any configuration, but as I was confirming the configuration options in Airport Utility, I noticed that the option for the Airport Extreme to "allow this network to be extended" is missing and that my Airport Express had been changed to client mode. I really need the capability of extending the range of my network, it worked before the firmware upgrade, so how can I get it back? The hardware are both less than a year old (I bought them in the summer of 2011).

I suggest downloading Airport Utility 5.6
It was released the sameday as 6.0 but it doesn't have the features you used to have as you just found out.
Airport Utility 5.6
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482

Add a pc to my Airport network

I have my Airport Extreme set-up with my Powerbook. I have an IBM Thinkpad for work and would like to set it up on my Airport. The computer detects my network, I enter my password but then it says that it cannot connect to the network, it might be out of range, etc. Any thoughts? Please help. Thanks.

The reason for turning off WEP was to confirm it is a WEP issue, you should turn it back on.
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Having said that, this will only work if they use an algorithm, some don't and in these cases you must use the HEX key regardless of the length of the plain text password.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP2)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1011.html
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP1)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1010.html
Also confirm that you are not using MAC Address access control.

Connecting to my Airport network

Has anyone else experienced this issue.
I use my G4iBook at school and at home. I have two "locations" because at school I have to use a proxy server to connect to the internet at work.
When I get home, my iBook wants to connect with every wireless network in the neighborhood (most are not secure), except my Airport network - AEBS.
This issue started when I changed the password on my secure Airport network.
It's not a big problem, but it's annoying to have to choose my own Airport network every time I come home from work.

If you use your computer in several locations and you switch Networks then you will have to select your network at home.
Airport technology will pick up any Network that it is in range of, your computer will be able connect to any that are not protected. Same as when you get home you have been using it at work and when you get home, lets say you are in range of 4 different Networks how does it know which one to connect to. Remember you have been at work all day using a different network. It sees them all but doesn't know which one to use.
Don

After time change, airport "out of range"

Since my 12" powerbook underwent the daylight savings time change, its connection with my airport extreme is failing. It will establish a connection but will drop the connection after a few minutes and report that the airport is out of range (though my laptop is well within range). I have tried resetting both my DSL modem and airport along with all of my settings through the airport admin utility but continue to experience the problem. To re-establish the connection, I can turn the airport off in the internet connect application and turn it back on and it will find my airport network and show that the PPoE connection has been active. I can connect via ethernet without experiencing the connection failure and can also maintain a connection on my neighbor's wireless.

The daylight savings time change should not have affected anything.
To help, could you reply with your operating system version, AEBS firmware version, and Airport software version numbers?

"There was an error joining the airport network" details included

im running a linksys wireless router with mac filtering, no password. network works well, filters other people fine, allows me to connect...usually. both mac id's for the PB are in there, ethernet and airport. I can connect wirelessly sometimes and hold the connection for varying lengths of time. hardwired is always perfect. I've searched extensively for answers before bothering all you wonderful people and apparently its an issue related to the computer going to sleep. upon waking up it sees all the networks in range (townhomes, so there are about 6 networks at max) including mine. i try to connect and it gives me the "error joining network" message. I've tried turning airport on and off, restarting computer, and router. nothing seems to do the trick every time, it just randomly will work again. router reset works the best overall but ireally dont want to keep having to do that all the time. Is there any way to fix this issue? thanks in advance for all the help
linksys router with mac filtering, dhcp
all other things connect and stay connected just fine

Silly question first ... do you have a 2.4 Ghz phone or does your neighbor have a teenager with one? Maybe try changing the channel on the linksys.
I used to live with my sister whose phone would knock out my signal on a regular basis and that's the message I would get.

Some help needed setting up NAT in 2x Airport network

I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice on how to get port forwarding to work on my network.
DSL comes into the house downstairs and from the DSL modem it goes right into an Airport Express. I am on the second floor though, and the Airport's signal isn't strong enough for my G5's antenna to pick up. That's why I have another Airport Express on the first floor, expanding the Airport network.
The two Airport Express units are in a "WDS".
I would like to run a home server, so I have to open up port 21 and forward it to my G5, which gets its internet from the 2nd Airport Express unit.
How do I do this? The Airport's have IP's in the 10.0.0.x range. The G5 is in the 192.168.2.x range because it also connects to a wired router. Do they both have to be in the same range?
Port Forwarding seems disabled on the Airports because I use WDS. I can check the Distribute IP checkbox in the Network tab, but then I get a warning it shouldn't be enabled with WDS on.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Maarten

Hi Henry,
I managed to get it working. I thought port fowarding was greyed out on both Airport units, but it only was on the relay one. Not on the main one. Also, I first accidently forwarded port 21 to the G5's wired IP address instead of its wireless (Airport) IP address.
The setup is exactly as you described (your 2nd paragraph). The wired router is only there to connect 4 PC's to the G5. They don't need internet (I don't want Windows to have internet), they just need just data transfer with the G5 (MIDI data and VNC control). It's on a different IP range than the Airport network.
One issue I am still experiencing is that when Airport is turned on on the G5, the router network (the 4 PC's) don't appear in Finder > Network. When I turn off Airport, the router network appears within a second. So there is a file sharing conflict or something there.
Thanks for your help,
Maarten

Laptop can't find my airport network

I have two windows XP SP2 laptops (both relatively new with internal wireless cards), but only one of them sees the aiport network. Both used to work fine, and I previously had this problem, and back then a reset did the trick. Now it's happened again (same laptop) and resetting isn't fixing it. I can't tell what the problem is, since after resetting, there's no longer a password or any settings that could be wrong. I also disabled all firewalls etc to make sure nothing else is interfering. The strange thing is that both laptops see the same number of networks in range, apart from the airport which only shows up on one laptop. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks.

If it helps anyone, I had the same trouble yesterday after an automatic update of the firmware for my airport extreme on my Mac Pro desktop. I brought in my laptop and spent several hours re-setting the modem and router, scanning through these discussion pages for answers, and tried every reset imaginable, soft and hard and everything in between, and nothing would help the airport device to show up in airport utility on either computer.
I finally gave up last night and unplugged the modem and router. This morning I decided to get back into the fight and plugged in the modem, then plugged in the router and turned on the laptop. I went into Airport Utility and, God only knows why, but there was my airport extreme listed as an Apple Base Station on the left side of the window, just as I had been trying to get it to do all day yesterday. I followed the instructions to set it up and created the new network and everything is back to normal again.
Go figure.

Help - Airport network not working - confused!!

Hello, I wonder if anyone out there can help. I have got a problem with my airport network that doesn't make any sense and I havent seen another post with the same problems.
I have an imac G5 with 10.3.9. I have a wireless network set up, with an airport wireless card and two ax boxes (the second was bought later to boost the signal when we moved the Mac to another room). Initially it set up fine and worked for about 8-9 months. Then I noticed the second ax started behaving strangely. It would occasionally turn from 'green' to flashing amber for no reason - often after it had been on for a while. Turning it off and on did not change anything. Usually though it would work again the next day after being off all night. This continued to happen randomly until a couple of months later it switched to flashing amber continually.
I thought it had 'lost' the network so I tried using the airport set up assistant to reconnect it. However the set up assistant does not recognise ax number 2 any more, so I am not able to reconnect it. At the moment I am running off a faint signal from ax number 1.
I also tried setting up a completely new network from scratch. Again the new network is fine from the base ax bx but ax number 2 is still not recognised by my mac.
I also have a wireless printer connected to the network which does not work any more. This is where things became more confusing. The printer needs a boost signal to operate so when my booster ax went wrong the printer would not work. So I moved the printer and mac nearer ax number 1 to ensure it would pick up the network. However it still didn't work. So I attempted to set up the printer as wireless again, thinking it had become 'disconnected' somehow. However during installation you have to select the network to connect to. The computer would not pick up the apple network at all from ax number 1, yet it easily recognises our neighbours network from the flat above us. Strangely when I tried turning on the faulty ax box, the printer set up program picked up the faulty ax and not the original ax. But obviously I can't use the printer from the faulty ax box because it doesnt connect to the rest of the network.
So now I am confused. I am not sure what has gone wrong and what I need to replace. Originally I thought it was the second ax box that had gone wrong. But as the printer software can identify the second ax box I am not sure that this is the problem. Could there be something wrong with the airport card? I have checked that the card is properly connected and there is nothing visibly wrong there.
If anyone can help - please reply as I am going crazy here with things not working and don't know what to do next.
Thanks, Wrenster

Hello Wrenster,
I understand why you are confused, I was too while reading your post. However I have the solution for you. I believe you are a victim of environmental interference. Someone in your neighborhood just moved in with a another network, someone had a baby and is using a baby monitor, or maybe a local ham radio operator just got his license. Who knows!
This is what you need to do. Get all the devices in the same room and preform a hard restart on each one them per http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044. Remember to preform a hard restart! After performing a hard restart on all three devices check the wireless networks available. You should have 3 ( one main and 2 airport expresses) ( or two depending on how many airports you own, I am not sure from your post). If you don't have the correct amount you may a bum base station and it may need to be replaced. But if you have the correct number of wireless networks ( Apple network XXXXXXX), use the airport admin utility ( inside of the utility folder ) to locate the main base station and configure it.
You will know when you are on the configuration page when you can read Name, Contact and Location.
First change the name to the location of the main base station, ie; it is the den so name should read DEN. leave the contact and location alone. On the bottom half of the page is where you create your network, so under network name change it to your desired network name ie; when others come over to my house I have them select COWSWEAT from the network list.
Second click on the change wireless security and set the security to WEP 128 BIT and make your password. Once you have configured a successful password be sure to click on the lock on the main configuration page ( the one with password under it) to get the HEX password for your PC friends.
Third ( we are almost done ) Select the WDS tab at the top and enable this base station as a main station. Select allow other wireless client on this base station as well. Now on that empty list box below click the plus sign to the right to add other base stations to this WDS network. From here you should be able to select the other 2 base station that we have not configure yet ( but preformed a hard restart on). After you have added them ( be sure the check box for auto configure is selected) they should read in the list that was empty on the WDS page.
Now update this should start the update process and may take 5-10 mins, it should provide a summery pop-up when with each station is done.
( Also you may get a message that there is update for the base station, please preform the updates for the selected base stations)
Now when it is completed check to see how many networks you have available ( it should only be one ). Select the network and confirm that all of your base stations appear under the select a base station in Airport admin utility, then move them back to their homes around the house. Giving them 45 secs to restart they should turn green if not , they could out of range of each other or the environmental interference could be affecting them. So you my need to rearrange them until they all green.
Good Luck,
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Airport card won't auto select my AirPort network at boot up

I have two AirPort express routers in the house, configured together (to increase range) on one network, "Aspen". Its the only network I have. When I first set up my Mac several years ago I used the AirPort wizard. After initial config, my Mac would always automatically select the wireless network "Aspen" at every boot up. Over time, I started to see my neighbor's various networks listed too, but, the AirPort card always auto selected and connected to my network.
Somewhere along the way (with various network reconfigs happening to add the second router, reset a password so someone's WIndows machine could use the network, etc..) somehow my config got munged and for the last year or so my AirPort card would not auto connect. I'd have to manually select "Aspen". In the last few months, auto select has begun working again, but, it always, always selects my neighbors network, and I have to manually switch it over to mine.
I've used the Help docs below. I've got it set up exactly as they're saying. "Aspen" is the ONLY network on my AirPort list. When I boot, it says, "I can't find your network. Would you like to connect to "neighbors network"? What can I do to reconfigure this to work correctly?
Thanks so much!
Choosing preferred AirPort networks
By default, AirPort attempts to join the wireless network your computer was most recently connected to.
If you are in an environment with multiple wireless networks, you can set up your computer to join a preferred network when you start your computer, wake it from sleep, or turn AirPort on.
AirPort keeps track of the wireless networks your computer has connected to, and lists them in the Network pane of System Preferences.
To choose a preferred AirPort network using Mac OS X 10.4:
Open Network preferences, choose AirPort from the Show pop-up menu, and click AirPort.
Choose "Preferred networks" from the "By default, join" pop-up menu, and select a network from the list.
You can add wireless networks to the list by clicking the Add button, and clicking on the Network Name pop-up menu. Choose a network and enter a password for the network if necessary. Use the Delete button to remove a network from the list.
To give a network the highest priority, drag the name of the network to the top of the list. This is the network AirPort will attempt to join first.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, choose "A specific network" from the "By default, join" pop-up menu, and either type the name of the network in the Network field, or click the Network pop-up menu to display the available networks, choose one and then enter your password for the network.
You can set additional options to control the way your computer joins available networks. Click Options and choose an option from the "If no preferred networks are found" pop-up menu.
If you choose "Ask before joining an open network," you will be prompted when an open network becomes available. If you choose "Automatically join an open network," you will not be promoted, and will automatically join an open network when it becomes available. If you choose "Keep looking for recent networks," AirPort will continue looking for networks you have already joined, and automatically join the network when one is found.

You might try the steps in this Knowledge Base article;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482
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Same IP addresses on AirPort Network

A few weeks ago, we changed our office's WiFi network by installing an AirPort Extreme base station and two AirPort Express stations that extend the WiFi network.
I've configured the nwetwork so that our entire fleet of computers have fixed IP addresses (using DHCP reservations) for Ethernet and WiFi access. Furthermore, I've enabled Timed Access Control for anyone not having a fixed IP address so that the network is unavailable between 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM on weekdays and none at all during weekends (we've tried Guest Networking, but it wasn't a workable solution in the end for us and we dropped it).
Everything worked fine for a while until some of us began receiving the following address:
“Another device on the network is using your computer's IP address (X.X.X.X).”
It seems to happen at random, although I noticed it happens often when we use AirDrop (which requires a WiFi connection). That seems to have no noticeable effect on the network usage (albeit maybe some difficulties using AirDrop between users), but the simple fact of receiving this alert is a bit annoying… and not so reassuring.
Considering the fact that I've made DHCP reservations on the AirPort network, that I've checked that computers have the IP addresses they have been allocated, and that I've checked every MAC address to make sure there's no mistake, what is causing this odd behaviour from our network?
Should I setup manual IP addresses on every computer and device in the office (from the Network's System Preferences' pane)?
Thanks for your input and solutions!

I had that similar issue in the past but it wasn't with an Airport extreme but with a soho cisco wireless router. The only thing is that I didn't have a timed access on anything. Every now and then I couldn't access a computer and when I looked into the router I noticed that one of the computers would be offline and it would have the IP conflict message. I would check logs and noticed that a wireless device or any newly connected device would end up booting one off. I thought it was rather strange myself. But I did want to segment the devices that were accessing the network via wirelessly and via ethernet so I can distinquish between and I also had an ACL so I can remotely access to the ethernet devices. So I set up a scope with the range being .15 -.30 for ethernet devices and I actually statically set these up on the computers as well. And I set another range .45 - .80 for all Wi-Fi devices and it has been working correctly ever since then.

How to connect a Sony Bravia TV to the internet through your Airport network

Since it took me a lot of time to figure out how to connect my Sony Bravia TV to the internet through my Airport network, I better share how to do it. Hopefully saving others a lot of time.
My 32EX600 Sony Bravia TV is Ethernet connected to my Mac Mini, which is part of my Airport network, together with another Mac, an Airport Extreme Base Station and an ADSL modem/router. Moreover, the Mac Mini is connected to the TV by HDMI.
Whatever I tried in the TV’s Wired Network Set-up (Auto, or Manual with manual IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS IPs), I couldn’t get it right. Cable Connection and Local Access were mostly OK, Internet Access always Failed.
The solution lies in the Sharing panel of the System Preferences of the Mac Mini. In the Internet Sharing item of that panel, you should choose to “share your internet connection from WiFi to computers (the TV in this case) using Ethernet“, and NOT (as I had chosen before and seemed so obvious) “share your internet connection from Airport to computers using Ethernet“. After that change, the Bravia Network Set-up, using the Wired and Auto options, flawlessly connected to the internet. No expensive (Sony) WiFi USB dongle needed.

I have now had a detailed reply from Sony Europe and the way to do this is to:
1.       Press Home on the TV Setup
2.       Use the right and left arrow to select Setting.
3.       Use the up and down to select Network, press Enter.
4.       Select Network Setup.
5.       Select Wireless setup.
6.       Select Scan
7.       Select your network
8.       A new screen will appear asking for entering the security key.
9.       Enter your WPA2 key.
10.   Select Enter.
11.   It will take you back to the same screen asking for entering the
security key.
12.   Press the right arrow.
13.   Select Auto.
14.   Press the right arrow.
15.   Select Save and connect.
These instructions are not the same as shown on the TV but they worked fine for me so they may help others with a similar problem.

XP Pro on MacBook Pro Cannot Connect to AirPort Network

I just installed Windows XP using the Boot Camp set up utility. After I installed Windows, I went to set up a wireless network and went through the full process of setting it up. Since I've done that several times, XP Pro on my MacBook will not connect to my AirPort network. I have an airport network on one end of the house and on the other end, I have an airport express to increase the signal.
Any ideas?

I feel your pain! I can tell you how to get into a protected net ... just not how to STAY connected for any appreciable time! Haven't figured that one out!
Go to your wireless connection icon ... bottom rhs of tool bar (XP)
- 2x click that icon ... that'll bring up your connection
- Highlight your connection
- Select the "Change Advanced settings"... lower lhs of screen
- When the next window pops-up, select the "Wireless Networks " tab
- The next window should display your connection ... if not highlight it
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