Old airport base station quits working several times and week and won't let

me change the password.
I changed the password on my ibook and reset the airport base station but it still will not change the wpa2 password to the new one. I'm changing the password to rule out anyone having hacked into the network. Several times a week the whole network goes down and I have to turn off power to the base station to get it working again.
I have plugged it into a battery backup ups but that has not prevented it from crashing.

Pick, a quick Google search for "Airport Firmware 5.5.1" yielded the following link:
http://mac.sofotex.com/download-122643.html
I sense you're getting frustrated - I have a gift for such perceptiveness. Anyway, I wish I could explain your problems but I have no magic bullet for what you're experiencing. All I can offer is to suggest you download and install the above firmware. Hopefully the link works; I haven't tried it. There may be other ways of obtaining 5.5.1 but none was immediately apparent from Apple. Once installed, stick with firmware 5.5.1. As I noted I suffered major problems with 5.6 and have heard anecdotal reports of similar problems with 5.7 though apparently they're much rarer. My Extremes run literally forever without problems so I hope yours can too.
Next, disable all the encryption on your network for the duration of your troubleshooting. Simplify things as much as possible - remove all but one wireless client from your network. Perform a "hard reset" of your Extreme and reconfigure it from new. Run things like that for a while and see if anything changes.
Is it possible you're suffering from poor power quality e.g. dropouts, surges, sags, etc? Have you tried a UPS or at least a surge suppressor? I had a spell last summer when the utility would shut off power for a half second a day, literally, a half second, once a day, every day, for weeks. It drove me nuts. They immediately stopped this nonsense the moment I started running my Airport off a battery.

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I need to password protect the old Airport Base Station (dual ethernet). I have tried the support documents but it did not work. I have an express plugged in and my Airport Utility only sees that one. I have tried plugging the old base station into the iMac with an ethernet cable but then got stuck.
I'm using an iMac with OSX 10.5.4.
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Thanks.

Ok, the version you just downloaded should be compatible with both Tiger and Leopard. It's primary purpose is for administrating the old 802.11b AirPort Base Stations, both the Snow and the Graphite. The new AirPort Utility replaces both the AirPort Admin Utility and the AirPort Setup Assistant. So between the AirPort Utility and AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow, you should be able to administer any of the AirPorts.
Do you still happen to have the old AirPort Admin Utility or AirPort Setup Assistant installed on your Mac? If so, this might be the reason for the error message.

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Normally, AirPort Utility is not used or needed to set up Time Machine backups......unless a default setting on the Time Capsule to Enable File Sharing has been changed.
On the other hand, if you open AirPort Utility, a picture of the Time Capsule should be displayed. Are you saying here that the Time Capsule does not appear when you open AirPort Utility?

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I noticed that you can't use the current AirPort Utility to configure old AirPort Base Stations. I'm talking about the pre-Extreme models that only had 802.11b (Graphite and Snow). It won't find them and even entering their IP manually won't let you enter the configuration.
Copying over the older AirPort Admin Utility from a 10.3 system won't let you configure them either, the app itself runs fine though. You need to use an older PPC Mac with OS 9 or max OS X 10.3 if I recall correctly.
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<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/airportadminuti lityforgraphiteandsnow425.html>

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Bill,
Yes, the newer Airport Cards are backward compatible with the older 802.11b technology.
How are you trying to set this up?
Are you using Airport Setup Assistant?
Try using the Assistant to "Change settings on an existing Airport Base Station".
See if your computer will find the base station this way.
Make sure you allow the Assistant to set up your computer using DHCP and IPv6. You can always change them back manually when you are finished.
Let us know what happens.

Old AirPort Base Station

I am trying to set a password on my AirPort Base Station, but Airport Utilities doesn't recognize it. How can I fix this?

Hi - which password are you trying to change? - and did you attach a computer that has the Airport Utility on it directly to the Extreme with an ethernet cable and try see it that way?

How to configure correctly the Airport Base Station to work with windows PC?

Hi Friends...
I am having MacBook Air and Windows PCs with XP & Windows7.
In MacBook I can use the internet through Airport Extreme Base Station.
But In windows PCs I am unable to use. It is not getting the IP. And I am unable to configure DHCP also.
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If you temporarily disable wireless security on the AirPort, can both PCs now get their proper IP address information from the DHCP server in the base station?

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PLEASE how can i connect my old airport 802.11 with an airport utility that doesn't support it.
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Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2 and the Apple support website link isn't working. Does anyone have it?

Hi,
I have a Win7 Premium and a Time Capsule bought around 2009. I'm using airport utility 5.5.3 and the TC has the 7.6.1 firmware. I can both wirelessly and using the ethernet cabl connect to the network but not to the hard drive (I get the netbios error lthough netbios is enabled). I have pretty much tried ALL the solutions that have worked for many people... too many to mention... the only thing that many people have claimed worked for the (albeit the posts are a bit old) is to revert to the 7.3.2 firmware which I cannot find.
http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=305301 brings me to the default support page for apple products, so no joy there. this is causing my hair to go prematurely gray.
I am willing to try almost any solution you guys may suggest, but in addition: does anyone know where the 7.3.2 firmware can be found?
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Model# A1302
When I do the "firmware update" I have no options except:
other
as a former IT, I have exhausted all options I think except for rolling back the firmware.
The apple site isn't down but the page: http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=305301
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You can't switch from local to network backups. See the blue box in #E2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
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Now.....
Airport Utility doesn't even pick up the Airport Express. Not only that, it doesn't pick up the Airport base station, which we use for our internet connection (and I'm using right now). Both are old - Airport base station is the round small anthill looking one (probably about 6 or 7 years old) and airport express is about 5 years old. Never had a problem with either. Airport Utility is 5.4.2.
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Welcome to the discussions!
Not sure what to suggest that you may have not already tried. I would recommend that you start with the base station first to see if you can access the settings in AirPort Utility.
Have you tried connecting an ethernet cable from your computer directly to one of the LAN ports on your base station to see if that will help? Power down your base station and computer before you hook up the ethernet cable. If no luck at first, leave the ethernet cable connected as sometimes the base station will simply "appear" after a few minutes.
If still no luck after several tries, your only alternative is to hard reset the router back to factory defaults and try to reconfigure it.
Once you get the base station back, you can use the same procedure on the Express to see if you can reconfigure it.

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Hi, I've been trying to get an Airport Base Station set up for a few weeks. There is currently a problem getting wireless connectivity. The computer recognizes the base station, but does not see the server. I'm not sure how to get a wireless connection from the current location of this base station. The base station is inside of a classroom with reinforced steel walls and a steel door. I believe that this is causing a major issue with getting wireless connection. Is there anything that I can do to try and get connection? I tried hooking up an antenna, but that did not work. The only thing that I can think of is to get a few base stations and just hook them up going up the stairs to this classroom. I'm really pressing for the school to get an Ethernet connection so that we would not have to worry about wireless for this part of the building. This is the only part of the building that is really bad for reception. If there is anything else that I can try to get connection please let me know.

If you could run a length of proper antenna cable to a QuickerTek unit,
a "powered external antenna" could at least get the signal past the steel
and concrete signal barriers. Ethernet into the classrooms and then go
wireless is even better; and depending on class size and expected other
features (such as wireless printing, etc) the options vary in what wi-fi
base you use.
The AEBS seems a bit more durable and has a few more features than
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But, without a source for a signal, you may be facing headaches.
What about one of those devices that uses electrical outlets for a data
or internet connection? There may be alot of interference in the wiring
in a school or commercial building; but there may be a chance you can
get some kind of device for the ethernet data to flow over AC power wire.
A few, in an older article about data over phone lines, include
adapters from a few companies in this link:
http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-482.html
The "Farallon HomeLINE network" was promising in some
cases; if there is something that can send DSL over house
hold or AC wires, then decode it, you may get internet into
a building that has no ethernet and can't get wireless.
Someone probably knows of a newer technology or a way
to work around your isolation issues in a steel/concrete bldg.
PS: Isn't there any technology grants with the phone or ISP
companies in your area from such places as the Gates Found
ation or other networking grants for schools that could have
the phone or internet providers do that wiring upgrade?

AirPort Utility 6.3.2 doesn't see older AirPort Base Station

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Does anybody know how to configure an old APBS like this from 10.9.4?
Not in any way that Apple would support, or that we could discuss on this forum.
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It is always best to start fresh when changing out networking hardware.
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