No computer to configure Airport Extreme

I dont have computer, so I use my parent's computer to setup airport extreme and now I'm back home with the router (with all the setting and passwords I choose) and when I connect airport extreme, my wireless toys (iPod, iPad, Apple Tv) can't use my network. They detected the airport extreme's network, but I can't use the network. To write this message I have to use my old router.
Anyone?
Thank you.

Did you follow the instructions that I already posted above?
You need to start over again with a Factory Default Reset
Then connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on your router to the WAN port (circle icon) on the AirPort Extreme
Then tap Settings on the iPad (home screen) and then tap Wi-Fi
Look for a notice to Set up an AirPort Base Station
Tap to allow AirPort Utility to (automatically) configure the AirPort Extreme

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Mac OS X Server can automatically configure AirPort Extreme to make services such as iChat, Mail, Web, and VPN accessible: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/networking-vpn.html
I presume this configuration generally takes place during a fresh installation of the server.
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That page talks about Snow Leopard's Networking abilities, not Leopards.
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HELP- I am trying ton configure Airport Extreme on a pc

Okay here is the story. My dsl modem went out. They sent me a new modem a Westell 6110 and they had to do something to my line to make the new modem work on my line. Well when I hooked my airport extreme back up, I could not get signal through it.
I have the modem ethernet cable into WAN port, ethernet cable from LAN port on airport to a windows computer. I could not get internet through it. So a friend told me that I needed to manually configure the modem with my ipconfig information so I did that and nothing so after clicking here and clicking there the system would not even recognize the aiport anymore, so I disconnected and hooked the dsl directly into the computer so I could start researching it.
Does anyone know what I can do? I am at the end of the rope and the other end is wrapped around this darn airport and I feel like slinging it.
Help!!!!!!!!!!anyone

Do you get Internet connectivity if you plug your PC directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the Westell modem? Does your DSL provider require PPPoE to be setup for connectivity to their service?
Assuming both are true, then we would need to check the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) settings...before doing so, you should perform a power recycle of the modem and AEBS to allow time for the modem to "recognize" the AEBS.
Modem/Router Power ReCycling
- Power-off the DSL modem & AEBS. (Wait at least 30 minutes. If possible, leave the modem off overnight.)
- Power-on the DSL modem; Wait at least 30 minutes.
- Power-on the AEBS; Wait at least 5 minutes.
Setup the AEBS
Connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the LAN port of the AEBS, and then, using the AirPort Admin Utility, check these settings:
AirPort tab
- Base Station Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
- AirPort Network Name: <whatever you wish or use the default>
- Create a closed network (unchecked)
- Wireless Security: Not enabled
- Channel: Automatic
- Mode: 802.11b/g Compatible
Internet tab
- Connect Using: PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
- Account Name: <ISP account name>
- Change password: <ISP password>
- Always stay connected (checked)
- WAN Ethernet Port: Automatic
Network tab
- Distribute IP addresses (checked)
- Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT) (enabled)

Macbook Pro cannot configure AirPort Extreme using AirPort Utility

Hi all,
I can't get my macbook pro's airport utility to connect to my airport extreme, and hard reset doesn't seem to work either. However, the airport extreme still functions properly... just doesn't allow me to reconfigure it.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Open AirPort Utility.
--> my AirPort Extreme router shows up with a green light (it's working).
--> Information displayed includes "AirPort Utility found an AirPort Extreme with 802.11n (Gigabit Ethernet)", with correct-looking gateway and IP information (version 7.2.1)
2. Click "Continue"
--> Screen shows "Reading base station configuration..." with a little spinning icon.
3. Wait 3 minutes.
--> During this wait, the green light stays lit on the router, my wireless connection does not drop, and the icon next to "Reading base station configuration..." continues to spin.
4. Popup dialog appears: "An error occurred while reading the configuration. Please make sure your AirPort base station is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-6753)". The AirPort extreme is sitting 2 feet from my MacBook Pro, connected only by wireless internet.
At this point, I wonder whether hooking it up with an ethernet cable would work better. So I did the following:
1. Turn off Macbook Pro Airport wireless card.
2. Connect an ethernet cable from the laptop to the 2nd port of the Airport Extreme
3. Wait 60 seconds for DHCP etc.
4. Close the Airport Utility (from the last test)
5. Open the Airport Utility again
6. My Airport Extreme router is again displayed, the same information is present as before.
7. Click Continue
--> "Reading base station configuration..." message with spinning icon appears again.
8. Wait 3 minutes. During this time, as before, the green light on the router stays lit, and nothing much seems to happen. I ran a "ping google.ca" from a terminal window just to verify that my internet stayed connected during this process, and the pings all responded fine.
9. Again, an error popup: "An error occurred while reading the configuration. Please make sure your AirPort base station is plugged in and in range of your computer or connected via Ethernet and try again. (-6753)"
At this point, I decided it might be a good idea to do a hard reset. I pressed and held down the tiny button on the back of the Airport Extreme for 6 seconds then released... no visible result. Green light still on. Then I tried for 11 seconds. Still no result, green light still on. I restarted the router, waited for the green light to come back on, and tried again with 6 seconds then 11 seconds again. STILL no result.
I can't think of anything else to try. Any suggestions?

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1. download "AirPort Base Station Update 2007-002 for Windows" from Apple's web site
2. use a Winzip utility to extract the contents of the file you downloaded (called Airport521update.exe) to another folder.
3. the contents of that folder should include four files - applesoftwareupdate.msi, apsetup.msi, apsetupadmin.exe, and bonjour.msi
4. go to All Programs -> Accessories. Right click on the "Command Prompt", select to "run as administrator", and click continue when Windows asks for your permission to run this command.
5. in the command prompt window, type and execute the command
msiexec /i pathto_folder_of_files_youdownloaded\apsetup.msi /qb ap50isinstalled=1
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This procedure also installs Bonjour for Windows, which will simplify the task of configuring on the PC any printer connected to the Base Station.

Why wont my computer discover my airport extreme?

I replaced a 1st gen airport express with a 5th gen airport extreme and it was working fine until i tried to set up the express in another room to extend my network. Now my computer will not find either airport when i open the utility. Why? Please help!

my macbook does find it when i have it plugged in via ethernet port but it works more like a pass-thru to give me internet access. It does allow me to configure the extreme and everything looks like its set up properly but when i unplug the cable it goes away. i did not try a factory reset because my old aiport express is doing the same thing so i figured it may be a problem with the utility. ???

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I have seen now a You Tube video explaining the possibility to install Airport Extreme and configuring it by replacing with an old router configuration. This will be my case because I have now a 3Com wireless router but Im waiting for a new Airport Extreme. What I would like to know is how to do that and what connections needed. If I understand well the explanations from YouTube, Airport Extreme must be connected to the internet through the ADSL modem but at the same time the old router must be turned on. It this correct?

What manual is that? Is it one that is available on Apple's website? I'm going to do a search for it.
You won't believe what happened. I just came up to check my email, and the Airport Utility just opened by itself and said it had found my AXn (which it had before also when I tried to configure it like you said to do). I went through the screens again and clicked Update yet again (like I had before) and instead of blinking yellow, the **** thing is solid green. I think I have a ghost in my house!!!
Well, thank you for all of your help! Do you have any insight into my other question about the AEBSn giving out a solid signal to my MBP, but when I click on Safari, it says that I'm not connected to the internet? I'm wondering if when I was setting up the AEBSn, the internet connection went to my computer instead of the AEBSn. I know I'm not describing this right, but it's like when I got my new iMac and tried to plug in the ethernet from the cable modem, it wouldn't recognize my iMac, but if I plugged it into my MBP it would. I had to reset the cable modem and then plug it in. The signal must have bypassed the AEBSn at some point and gone straight to my iMac (it's hardwired via ethernet cord from back of the AEBSn). It was broadcasting the internet signal at one point after my wife got it set up the first time because I was able to surf wirelessly on my MBP in the basement.
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How to configure Airport Extreme AFP disk sharing to host multiple users' home-directories (Lion, using autofs)

I have this working, but only by completely bypassing access control, using guest access with read+write permissions.
Do I need to buy Lion Server, to do this. All my past unix/linux experience says Lion Server should _not_ be necessary.
This seems like a simple & obvious setup objective, but it is proving to be harder than I would imagine.
Setup:
multiple users, sharing two mac mini's running OSX Lion
connected to an Airport Extreme (4th gen) with a USB disk shared (either via disk password, AEBS password, or using AEBS user's passwords).
After much experimentation and web research, I finally have managed to get the mini's to auto mount the Airport Extreme's AFP shared USB disk. Well almost... It only works if, on the Airport, I set the guest access permissions to read+write and select the "Secure Shared Disks" method to "With disk password" or "with Airport Extreme password". In other words, it only works if I essentially bypass/disable access control by using the guest authentication mechanism to the AFP shared disk.
On the Lion side of this, I am automounting the users directories via "autofs". The config files for this are
/etc/auto_master:
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+auto_master            # Use directory service
/net                    -hosts          -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home                   auto_home       -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers        -fstab
/-                      -static
/-                      auto_afp
/etc/auto_afp:
# Automounter AFP master map
# https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3336384?start=0&tstart=0
/afp/users -fstype=afp afp://;AUTH=No%20User%[email protected]/Users/
Then, after rebooting and verifying read+write access to the /afp/users directories, I change each user's home directory: In System Preferences > System > Users & Groups, I right-click over the users to access the Advanced Options, changing the Home directory field to point at the AFP-mounted /afp/users/Users/* home directories.
I experimented with alternate UAM specifications, as well as both OSX and AESB users & passwords. Using guest access is the only thing that has worked.
Any pointers would be appreciated...

Based on lots more experimentation which confirms the information in a parallel discussion (cf. Automount share as non ROOT or SYSTEM user! https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3221944), I have concluded that the Lion 10.7.2 implementation of AutoFS mechanism is broken. I submitted a bug report via apple.com/feedback.
Work arounds..?
Earlier I wondered if installing Lion OSX Server was necessary. The more I contemplate this, the more I am convinced it _should_not_ be necessary. The client-server architecture is clear: my mac's are the file-server client's and the Airport Extreme is supposed to act as the file server. The only thing instaling Lion Server would do (besides enriching Apple.com) is enable me to configure one of the mac's as the file server. This would require it to be "always on" (thus enriching my electric utility as wel). Okay, an additional benefit would be configuring software RAID disks attached to the Lion server, but Time Machine has worked fine for me in the past, backing up to disks mounted on the Airport Extreme.
One solution is to create a disk partition for each user and instruct each user to connect / authenticate to the Airport Extreme AFP share at login. The multiplicity of partitions is necessary since the first user to mount the AFP share, takes ownership of it, blocking other users from accessing that disk partition. A user can "steal" ownership by reconnecting, but this will leave the other user's applications & open files dangling.
This disfunctional situation really *****. Before instaling Lion, I put a 64 GB SSD (solid state disk) in each of our mac's. I did this expecting to easily configure the /Users/* data on external networked storage. I'm having a dejavu "Bill Gates"-ware moment; problems like this were why I abandoned Windoz.
I will make a few more experiments using the depreciated /etc/fstab mechanism. Maybe that will bypass the broken-ness of AutoFS...? Alternately, I guess I could also try to run Kerberos authentication to bypass whatever is broken in AutoFS, but that would require a running a Kerberos daemon somewhere. Possibly I could configure a Kerberos service to run on both my mac's (without installing Apple's Lion Server)...?
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Problem to configuring Airport Extreme

Hi, first of all I'm sorry for my bad english.
Well, I've a problem with my Airport Extreme: I bought last month an iPod touch, really beautiful.
I wanted to connect to my Airport Extreme, but It is configured with the following settings: 802.11n (5 GHz). Now, to connect my ipod, the Airpot Extreme base must be set to 502.11g / b, but if I change the settings my iMac Core 2 duo (MacOSX 10.5.1) does not see the Airport Extrem base.
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Someone can help me?
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Sorry - ambiguous choice of words on my part.
What I meant to say is - the problems you are having seem to be isolated to this iMac, so any attempt to fix the problem needs to be focused on the iMac rather than the base station or your other computers. Unfortunately, I can't help you much with figuring out what the problem with your iMac is - which may not be fixable by simply "reconfiguring" something on the iMac.

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Hi there,
after updating my ax with utility software 5.3.1 and firmware 7.3.1. The software didn't allow the dhcp configuration to stay at IP range from 192.168.0.40 to 192.168.0.200
The message said that this is not a valid IP.
The configuration was working before without any problem.
After several tries I changed to 192.168.1.40 and 192.168.1.200. Now I was able to save the changes. And the airport is working well.
But I can't go back to 192.168.0
But I need to use 192.168.0 for a tunnel to connect to my wifes company.
Configuration:
Seperate Modem with DSL.
Connecting over PPPoE
Activeted WLan
Connected computers over Lan and Wlan
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by-feet, Welcome to the discussion area!
AFAIK the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) has always forced the 3rd digit to be a 1 (one), as in x.y.1.z.
Could it be that you previously had the AEBS to operate as a bridge and your "modem" was actually suppling the IP addresses?

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Hi -- I come from a mostly "not mac" background and am having difficulty diagnosing a slow internet connection -- and can't tell if I'm trying to use the right tool for the job. (I am using MAC OS X 10.4.11)
My home network uses a Linksys WRT54G wireless router and I've got 3 computers that connect using the router (including the iMac) -- the other two are Windows-based machines. We've got a 2-story house and I've been moving the router and computers around the house a bit trying to come up with the best configuration for a good wireless connection (I'm going to be ordering a supplemental antenna, but don't have it yet).
The two Windows machines (one using a relatively old PCI wireless card) get strong signals. I'm not even sure how strong a signal the iMac gets as I am not sure which utility allows me to see this. I do know that it has a painfully slow connection speed (at least web pages load at a crawl...).
I've got an Airport Extreme Card (0x14E4, 0x89). Firmware: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.9).
I went to Apple's support downloads, and attempted to install firmware updates, but I am getting a message that indicates that these updates are not applicable to my card. I updated the Airport Utility software, but as far as I can tell that utility is looking for an Airport Extreme base that I don't have. Other than that I haven't seen any applicable information using that utility.
I was hoping to reach a configuration area that would allow me to specify 802.11b or g, and allow me to specify the channel -- but other than in the internet sharing section I don't see a place that allows me to do this. (I've currently got our home network on a 802.11g network on channel 8.) We're using WPA personal encryption -- which does appear to be recognized by the Airport Extreme card.
Am I missing something? I've got 3 "Airport" utilities but none of them seem to allow me to specifically configure the internal card. I've gone to "network" under System Preferences, and although I can see a "configure" button when I click on "Airport," it's pretty basic and doesn't allow me to set the channel or anything other than encryption & a password.
I would appreciate any help you can give me. Is this card so outdated that I should invest in a newer one? Am I limited by my outdated OS? (I hesistate to upgrade OS's when things are working -- in the Windows environment at least newer isn't always better...) Thanks. mcaren

Thank you Duane for your response.
I have only noticed a huge difference in the connection speeds of my iMac and our other computers in the last 6 mos. to a year. I did notice an improvement in speed when using a Rosewill USB wireless adapter -- I had a good wireless signal but would intermittently lose connectivity (and their user support was basically nil...).
I can't tell if I'm actually seeing an improvement in our other machines' connection (perhaps from the tweaking I'm able to do) or if in fact the iMac is slowing significantly. I think it's the latter. I've actually swapped out machines in the same position to see if location is at fault -- and I get no improvement in connection speed. I've had the iMac connected with ethernet to our router when possible because it has had such a slow wireless connection, but I needed to move the router recently and would like the iMac to stay in another room.
I've also read a lot about connection speed issues with Airport, but these reports are usually blamed on Leopard updates (there might be similar Tiger issues, but I don't read about them...).
Oh well. I'm hoping someone out there has some tricks up their sleeve as to how I can improve my wireless connection speed. Thanks for the help! mcaren

Cannot configure Airport Extreme ...

Hi,
I have purchased a Mac Mini together with an Airport Extreme (AE). I am still using a wireless router from D-Link and want to switch to the AE. It was possible to configure everything very easily with D-Link by using a browser and the IP http://192.168.0.1.
Q1: Is there such an IP for AE? (This seems to be kind of standard with other brands!)
Towards Internet I have to simulate a specific MAC (hardware) address. Otherwise I don't get an IP from my Internet provider. I found nowhere in the AE Utility where I could set that value.
Q2: Is it possible for AE to simulate another MAC address than its own? How? (This also seems to be a standard with all other brands, so I hope Apple supports this feature!)
Somehow I cannot get the wireless functionality of AE to work. My WinNT Dell notebook cannot find the wireless network that is established by AE.
Q3: Is this problem because AE has not access to the Internet yet due to my Q2 question?
I have my Apple products since 2 days now. Isn't it possible to talk to an Apple technician on the phone? I tried it today (sunday) but no one was available. Maybe it's because of the sunday but there was no information regarding that on Apple's support page!
Thanks
ge

global_escape, welcome to the user to user discussions!
"Q1: Is there such an IP for AE? (This seems to be kind of standard with other brands!)"
No, the Airport Extreme is configured using AirPort Utility.
"Q2: Is it possible for AE to simulate another MAC address than its own?"
No.
"Q3: Is this problem because AE has not access to the Internet yet due to my Q2 question?"
No, AE does not need to be hooked up to the Internet to create a wireless network.
"Somehow I cannot get the wireless functionality of AE to work. My WinNT Dell notebook cannot find the wireless network that is established by AE."
Have you used AirPort Utility to "create a wireless network" for the AE? If you have already done this, check your settings. They would normally look something like this:
Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: The name of your wireless network
Radio Mode: 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
Wireless Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
Wireless Password: Your password
Confirm Password: Your password
Please post back on your progress.

Unable to Read Configuration (Airport Extreme w. OS 10.2.8/G4)

I purchased an Airport Extreme Base Station. I am unable to configure it through the Airport Setup Assistant v 3.1. I get the following error when I click on the [Configure] icon "The Airport Admin Utility was unable to read the configuration of the selecetd base station". Airport works fine with my G4, but I cannot configure it so it will work with my PC laptop. Futher details:
Mac OS 10.2.8
Airport Setup Assisitant v3.1
Apple Base Station v 5.7
Mac G4 400 MHz w/ MacWireless 11g PCI Card
G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

I get an authentication error. My PC can see the Airport, but get past it. Do you have any tips on why I cannot access the configuration function of Airport Admin Utility? I see a lot of postings re this error but no real solutions yet.
Thanks for your reply!

How to configure Airport Extreme SubNet?

My landlord has Internet access for his wired and wireless devices using an Airport Extreme with a wireless password he won't give me. He wants to keep his network private but said I could wire my own Airport Extreme to one of his Extreme's LAN ports if I could show him that I can't see his devices and he can't see mine.
His Extreme is configured to Share A Public IP Address. I'm worried that if I configure my Extreme like his that we'll have a DHCP or NAT conflict but I don't know how else to do it even though I read through Apple's document called Apple Airport Networks.
Can you help? Remember, we don't want to be able to see each other's devices. Thanks

Connect the Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the landlord's Airport to the WAN port on your Airport Extreme.
You must setup your AirPort Extreme to "Share a public IP address" as well and then assign a different DHCP range for your AirPort.
That will place your AirPort on a separate subnet, so you will not be able to "see" his network devices and he will not be able to "see" yours. This is not really "security" at all, but if both of you are willing, it can work.
Unfortunately, this will create what is known as a Double NAT error on your portion of the network. This is usually not too serious of an error on a simple network, but it will slow down your network communications and browsing a bit. You may...or may not...notice this.
However, Double NAT will cause some serious issues if you plan to use any kind of online gaming console. You will not be able to play interactively on the Internet when it is configured this way.
Setup is relatively straightforward for this, but you must use a Manual Setup option to configure your AirPort Extreme. AirPort Utility in Lion 10.7.3 will not work. You will need to download additional software to configure your Airport to work the way that you want.
Post back if you need a few more tips on getting this set up.

How to configure Airport Extreme to connect switch?

Hi,
I have an Airport Extreme (3rd generation) on firmware 7.4.2 and it is connected to the WAN to a Time Warner (Motorola) cable modem. I am able to establish a wireless LAN for the home. However, I also have wall ports (ethernet) throughout the home that are connected to a Linksys SD2008 switch. I am hoping to also connect the wall ports through the AEB so that wired computers can get onto the LAN and the Internet. I have checked that I get an IP from the Ethernet ports from the AEB but when I connect that to the switch, however, I do not seem to be able to get an IP on the ports on the switch itself (i.e. the wall ports do not assign any IP, just a self assigned IP address.)
Does anyone know if it is possible to connect a Linksys SD2008 switch directly to AEB (acting as a router)? Thanks.

Suggest that you do some simple "tests" before trying to configure the entire setup.
First, connect a laptop using a short, spare Ethernet cable to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme and make sure that you can get an Internet connection this way. If you can, you know that the LAN port on the AirPort is working correctly.
Then, connect the same short Ethernet cable to the switch and connect another spare Ethernet cable to the laptop. Make sure that you can get an Internet connection that way.
If you can, then you know that the switch is functioning correctly and you can start to troubleshoot the wiring around the house. If you cannot get an Internet connection, that obviously means that the switch is not functioning correctly.
Having wired many networks, I can say that the problems are almost always in the wiring...a bad cable or a bad Ethernet plug on either end. Take it one step at a time working out from the AirPort Extreme and test each connection, then add another device or cable and test, and then another, etc.

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