PB not recognizing Airport base station in airport utility

I have a PB G4 running 10.5.8. The Airport base station is plugged in to a linksys router which is plugged in to a dsl modem.
I unplugged my PB and put it away for 10 days. When I plugged it back in to use it, it would not go online. Nothing had been changed in any of my settings since putting it away 10 days earlier. The Airport utility will not find the airport, yet my network prefs show that I am connected to the airport base station.
In the network pref it says "airport has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet.
But I know the airport is working because I am typing this on a Dell netbook that is connected to the airport right now. And my iPhone is connecting as well.

You'll probably have to reenter the network settings manually. First, I'd remove the main battery and let the PB sit on the AC adaptor for 24-48 hours. If there is any life left in the backup battery (It's one of the few that is rechargeable), that may pump some life back in. However, for future short-term storage (days or a couple of weeks, not months), put it away with a full battery. Also make sure it''s really off and not sleeping.
You may need to ZAP the PRAM to get the system to accept the new settings and connect.

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I tried to add an older airport express to my network that I had not been using. It shows up in Airport Utility but Airport Utility says that this version of Airport Utility Dies not support this base station. I am running airport utility V6.3.4 on a mac mini running OS X 10.10. Not sure which airport express it is, nor how to check. I assume I need a firmware upgrade on the Airport Express, but not sure how to do this without Airport Utility. I tried to download an older version of Airport Utility, but could not install because it does not support OS X 10.10 Any ideas other than throwing a perfectly good airport express away?

Don't throw the AE away. It is still very useful as I have both the old & new each work well (sometimes the sound keeps dropping out but I think that has to do with the wirless settings!!!)
You need Airport Utility 5.6.1 which works in 10.10 - I managed to download a .dmg from the net but not sure how I could get it to you.
The new utility doesn't support the old AEs unfortunately which I have and Apple have no intention of allowing a utility that will cover all
AEs.
Try and get a version 5.6.1.

Airport Utility did not see the base station.

When I bought Airport Extreme I didn't succeed installing it. Airport Utility DID NOT see the base station.
With Apple assistance I first 'FOUND' the base connecting it to my Intel iMac through ethernet. Later I was able to finish the setup wireless through Airport utility. It works fine and I saved the configuration.
Now I wish to reinstall Leopard initializing the computer in order to make some major cleanup.
Shall I be able to reinstall Airport opening the saved configuration or might I found some of previous problems (base not found) again?
I would appreciate any meaning of yours.

I solved this with help from Apple Assistance

I can not install the Express after the Extreme tha AirPort tool is of no help. It does not display any base station.

I can not install the Express after the Extreme tha AirPort tool is of no help. It does not display any base station.

What is the exact model of the AirPort Express that you are trying to install? Which version of the AirPort Utility are you using? What is the operating system and version, and on what device, are you running the AirPort Utility on?

I can not open Airport utility on my iMac after updating to maverick 10.90.4

I can not open Airport utility on my iMac after updating to maverick 10.9.4 . Error Message:[You can’t use this version of the application “AirPort Utility.app” with this version of OS X. You have "Airport Utility.app"5.4.2] It also will not allow me to install "airport Utility 6.3. Does anybody has a fix for this?

Re-run Software Update and see if there is a newer version of Airport Utility. I suspect your router or iMac may be too old to use Airport Utility 6.3 . As a work- around if Software Update does not work then try reading this article and see if the suggested solution help you.
http://coreyjmahler.com/2013/10/24/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-9-mavericks/

Time Capsule not recognizing Airport Express Base

I'm trying to use AE base an extender in my TC network. I'm running 7.5.2 on the TC and have the wireless mode set as 'Participate in a WDS Network'. I did a factory reset on the AE and was finally able to have it come up and be recognized by the TC. I went through set up and added it to my network. Then it said it needed to restart but it never came back up as recognized by the TC and just flashes amber. It's like the AE doesn't like the TC network I have set up or is not able to join it and disappears. What am I doing wrong?

Jason,
Yes, extending the network with the older b/g Express isn't as easy as the newer "n" version.
You would need to use the WDS on that older AX...
Here is the Apple doc on how to setup a WDS network.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4262
The above document was just updated on January 25, 2011
I found this statement on their document very interesting:
WDS is designed for 802.11g, and shouldn’t be used for 802.11n devices. Wi-Fi base stations may include AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and AirPort Express (802.11g).
I got rid of all my older Airport Express units and went with the newer "n" version.
It is very simple to "Extend" the network with the newer AX and doesn't cut your network speed in half like the WDS setup does.
With the Time Capsule and a newer "n" version of the Express, all that is needed is to put a couple of checkmarks in the boxes and you have extended your network without loosing any noticeable speed.
The WDS can be difficult to setup and the local network speeds are cut in half.
Hope the above article helps.

Airport Utility will not display any base stations.

I just had a new hard drive installed in my two year old MAC, since the last one crashed and have Mavericks installed. I have tried to un-install the application so I can re-intall a new one but the system will not let me. I am running a 5th generation of Airport Extreme which by forcing the back methoed of pulling the airport and continualiy doing a hard factory reset on the device, we have determained that the application Airport Utility for Mavericks is defective but there is no patch or update available; how do i get the application to show my base station so I can monitor who is conected to my internet.

I'm not interested in ascribing blame either but waiting for Apple to fix something that isn't broken will only divert attention from seeking the problem's underlying cause. Assuming the AirPort Utility app on your Mac remains unaltered, it's exactly the same one everyone else is using. Should there be any doubt about that, reinstalling OS X will obviate any concern.
I suggest the following for you to consider as you deem appropriate.
Apple's Wireless Diagnostics may supply some additional helpful information.
To use it, hold an option key while you click your Mac's Wi-Fi icon, and choose Open Wireless Diagnostics...
The following authentication dialog will appear:
Authenticate with your Admin password, then click the Continue button in the following:
The network analysis and diagnostic tests will take several minutes to complete:
When it completes, if your wireless network is functioning properly the following will result:
If something is amiss, supposedly the results will be different and you will be presented with helpful information.
Assuming your connection is "working as expected" select Continue to summary and click Continue:
Ignore the pre-populated text field, which is provided as a place for you to type in additional information should Apple ask for it in the course of obtaining technical assistance from them. Apple has no way of knowing where your router is located in your home, and certainly doesn't know if you even have an upstairs bedroom closet.
Click Continue.
The next step will also take a few minutes:
When it finishes, you will be presented with a summary that may or may not be useful to you. Let me know if it is.
The WirelessDiagnostics-xxx.tar.gz file deposited on your Desktop can be dragged to the Trash, or you may wish expand it and examine its contents. It's up to you.

Airport V6 not supporting Express Base Station A1088

I am an apple fanboy - keep my software up to date - and have an Express Base station A1088
I recently updated my wireless network rounter - so now have a new wireless network
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I have an Airport Extreme as my wifi hub and an Airport Express to beam music. All of a sudden the Express stopped working and I get the error message "this version of Airport Utility does not support this base station". All my software is up to date and

I have a WiFi system in the house that uses the Airport Extreme for a hub and an older Express for sending music from my Mac to my sound system. Everything worked great till yesterday. When I go to Networks I see the Extreme and I see the Express but the Express is no longer connected and I get an error message "this version of AirPort Utility doesn't support this base station". Any ideas?

This sounds as if you have an older AirPort Express that is no longer supported by the newer Mavericks operating system.
To check and see if that might be the case, locate the model number on the side of the AirPort Express. It will start with an "A" followed by four numbers. Hard to see in the faint print.....so you may need reading glasses or a magnifying class to see the model number clearly.
Model numbers A1084 and A1088 of the AirPort Express are no longer supported by AirPort Utility in Mavericks.
You will need to use a Mac running Leopard, Snow Leopard, or a PC to be able to administer the older AirPort Express.

Older iMac not recognizing AirPort card

I manually installed an AirPort Extreme card in my G4 iMac. I followed the instructions exactly. However, it's not showing up anywhere in the Network Preferences. It's like I never installed it. I think I did everything right, I even went back and did it again, still to no avail.
Is there something I'm missing here? Remove screws, plug in card, restart computer, right?
Part of what be my problem is I'm using a newer iMac that does have an AirPort card built-in as a base station, (or, at least, that's the plan- is nothing showing up because I don't have a real base station?). Maybe I'm totally wrong about all this, but I don't think that should stop my computer from not recognizing the card.
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Which G4 iMac did you install the card into? Does it have a clock speed of 1 GHz or faster? Click on the Apple menu and select "About this Mac".
Assuming the clock speed is 1 GHz or faster, run System Profiler and look in the "AirPort:" field. If the card is not recognized, the field will be blank.

400 mhz G4 PB not recognizing Airport card

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Thanks brody. That is the card I have. I was guessing at the OX I have as I bought this machine used and truly have no idea where to find half the stuff much less what it is. since I figured out where to find it, I'm running 10.4.11.
I appreciate everyone's help. I've had the hardest time figuring out just which model I have. i've yet to find a picture just like it. I'm not even sure it's a 12, since dummy me didn't realize they're like tv's and measured diagonally. I think it might actually be a 15 inch if that makes a difference. 2 hinges in the back, all the ports in the back under a cover (I must have looked rather comical until I figured that one out) card slot is on the left side, dvd drive in the front. I was told it was a titanium but honestly it didn't matter to me so I didnt' check to make sure. I just wanted something relatively cheap to see if I really liked a mac before i plunked down a couple of thousand on a new one. It wasn't until I had trouble with the card that I found out all these different ones existed.
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IBook not recognizing AirPort Card

i have an iBook G4 800mhz, which i determined would need an AirPort Extreme Card to work with my Extreme Base Station. i was able to order this from an online source, and downloaded instructions from here for the installation, which seemed simple enough. i have now installed the card three times, but when i restart the computer, and open the AirPort utility, it says that I do not have the correct hardware. it also seems like when i reinstall my keyboard, that it does not exactly lie flat. any suggestions?

Are you sure you have a working Airport card?
Have you tried a guide from here?
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/
If you have installed the airport card right, the keyboard should be exact the same as before. Otherwhise you did something wrong.

Time Capsule not recognizing Airport Express/Extreme

Time Capsule is set up and operating as desired, so the next step is to extend the range of the network by adding an Airport Extreme (that the Time Capsule is replacing as the main base station) and two Airport Expresses, one for wireless printing and one to extend the range of the network. In the previous network, the Airport Extreme was a main WDS and the two expresses were remotes/relays (I forget which). I'd like to recreate this using the Time Capsule as the main and the Extreme and the Expresses as the remotes/relays
Trouble is, Airport utility does not recognize any of these devices except the Time Capsule. All of the three older devices have be factory-reset, but they don't show up. However, if I turn off Time Capsule, they show up. Turn Time Capsule back on, however, and the other devices disappear.
Anyone have any ideas what is going on?

I had a similar problem. I wanted to set up three devices: Time Capsule as the main "n-only" network, an Airport Extreme wired by Ethernet to the TC to create a second, "n/b/g" network," and an Airport Express for Airtunes.
WOW WAS THIS A HEADACHE. It took hours -- but I did solve it. See below.
First a brief list of the problems, some of of which were weird. First of all, Airport Utility was constantly not seeing my three devices. Worse than that, it repeatedly confused the three devices in ways that suggest the Airport Utility has bugs in it when it's looking at multiple devices at once. (For instance, while configuring Airport Express, Airport Utility mistakenly applied my AE settings to the TC (yikes!). It tried to rename my TC as an Express, and locked me in a weird loop where it repeatedly told me that AirTunes settings aren't applicable to a TC, but didn't offer a way to fix the wrong setting. I had similar "stuck in an exitless room" problems with all three devices, again and again and again. For hours and hours.)
In my case the solution was:
(1) Do a hard reset of all three devices and disconnect them from power.
(2) Set up each one separately, one at a time. I started with TC since it's the one getting connected to the cable modem.
(3) After TC set up and running properly, I quit all the way out of Airport Utility. NOTE: This proved to be surprisingly important.
(4) Then I plugged in the Airport Extreme, relaunched Airport Utility and proceed to set up the Airport Extreme.
(5) Once the Extreme was running like I wanted, I again quit all the way out of Airport Utility.
(6) Lastly, I plugged in the Airport Express, restarted Airport Utility, and set up Airtunes.
Success!
Lessons: Quitting out of Airport Utility between each discrete setup was very, very important in my case.
It took me hours to figure it out. Hope it helps you.

Windows vista not recognizing airport extreme

So I've set up the AirPort Extreme and have created a wireless network to access the internet from my windows vista pc, mac and other apple products (iPod touch, iPad, etc.) and need a little help:
1 - I have the ethernet cable connected from the AirPort Extreme to my pc. I am able to access the internet, but am not able to see the AirPort Extreme on my pc.
2 - My mac is connected to the AirPort Extreme wirelessly, however, I'm not able to see the AirPort Extreme Utility on the mac.
3 - I'd like to set up a file-sharing network between my pc and my mac. What is the best way to do this through the AirPort Extreme?
4 - I've also purchased Apple TV that I will be hooking up to my television to then be able to play home videos that currently reside on both the pc and the mac. Any tips in setting this up?
I'm not the most mac or tech savvy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

1 - I have the ethernet cable connected from the AirPort Extreme to my pc. I am able to access the internet, but am not able to see the AirPort Extreme on my pc.
To access the AirPort Extreme you would need to use AirPort Utility for Windows. For Windows Vista, you need to use version 5.5.3 of this utility.
2 - My mac is connected to the AirPort Extreme wirelessly, however, I'm not able to see the AirPort Extreme Utility on the mac.
The AirPort Utility is located in the \Applications\Utilities folder on your Mac.
3 - I'd like to set up a file-sharing network between my pc and my mac. What is the best way to do this through the AirPort Extreme?
Regardless of router manufacturer you would configure both the PC and the Mac for file sharing. For the Mac, check out the following Apple Support article. You may also find this Macworld article helpful. Although it was written for Windows XP, it should work just as well for Vista.
4 - I've also purchased Apple TV that I will be hooking up to my television to then be able to play home videos that currently reside on both the pc and the mac. Any tips in setting this up?
The Apple TV works best when streaming from the Internet. However, it does support some streaming from a local network device. Primarily you would stream from iTunes.
As far as set up, the Apple TV is relatively simple. Basically just plug it into power and connect it to your TV using an HDMI cable. The Apple TV is a minicomputer with built-in network connectivity (both wired and wireless). You configure the Apple TV through its menu interface that will be displayed on your TV set.

Vista Not Finding Airport Utility

I have a PC running windows vista and this computer was perfectly managing the time capsule. Everything worked, backup drive, wireless printing, etc.
Then without explanation, when i open the airport utility, i am not managing to see the time capsule. this also is preventing me from using the TC as a backup drive and to print wirelessly.
I am able to see and manage the devise with another PC - so it is not the time capsule. And i have also done a complete hard reset wiping everything and it is still a problem.
The pc in question is also not recognising our airport extreme at home - thus i can conclude it is the PC. So I uninstalled the airpot utility software, reinstalled it etc - and still nothing.
Please help - it is sooooooo frustrating.

Hello John Heil. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I have a 2Wire Gateway wireless modem. I do NOT have an Airport Extreme Base Station-do I need one? I thought I only needed the Airport Express.
You are correct, you do not need the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) in order to stream iTunes, only the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) would be required. Since you already have a wireless modem/router, you just need to configure the AX as a wireless client.
I have an ethernet cord going directly from the Modem to the Airport Express.
I have the digital optical connector going staight from the Airport Express to my stereo.
What am I missing?
You do not need to attach the AX to the 2Wire Gateway. Instead you can place it near your stereo. You can stream iTunes directly to the AX from your computer that is hosting iTunes.

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