Only one device will connect to wifi via my airport Extreme
The power went off at our house recently. Since then I have been unable to connect more than one device via my airport extreme. I have tried unplugging and resetting both modem and router repeatedly. It would switch between laptops, allowing one to be connected while saying the other had no connection and to reset the router/modem. I have tried reconfiguring the airport express (a couple of times). I have tried resetting the network settings on my iphone5. I have restored the factory settings on my iphone5... On my iphone5 the Airport Utility cannot locate the Airport Extreme. It says no base stations have been found.
My husbands android mobile also cannot connect to wifi (which it previously could).
Help please!
So it seems a night of rest has done everything a world of good! I just turned on the second lap top, it connected to the wifi. Then with bated breath tried the iphone5 and it connected too. So, seems that the resets I did yesterday did do the trick, just things needed to be shut down and restarted again. Yay!
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Or
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