Securing AirPort Extreme without access to password

I inherited a used AirPort Extreme from a friend who bought it from a stranger on Craigslist 3 years ago. I was in the process of trying to secure it, when I carelessly clicked on "restore default settings." Now it is asking me for a password. I have no idea what the password is, nor how to contact the original owner to obtain it. Do I have any options for changing the password and successfully securing my AirPort?

... I have no idea what the password is
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Open the Network browser by double-clicking Network on the Windows Desktop.
The AirPort Extreme base station name should appear in the browswer.
Double-click the name and you should get a login prompt.
Now depending on how you set up disk access:
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Select the volume(s) you want to mount, and then, click OK.

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Hi - you have will have to change the device passwords on all the base stations and then don't give them to anyone except the administrators and tell them not to save them on their computers that use the older versions of the Airport Utility - for the newer versions like the mobile apps, as soon as you enter the pasword it is saved and is visible in the advanced pane along with the network password - so if anyone gets a hold of your iPad or iPhone, they can edit the whole network - I have this same issue with my networks in the office and it is inconvenient but doable - I hope this helps

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Test by simplifying the name for the wireless and set names for the two bands..
eg AE24ghz and AE5ghz.
Then use no security.. does the MBA and iphone then join..
If so put back security.. wpa2 with simple password, no spaces pure alphanumeric mixed case and numbers.
If no connection test with fixed channels .. say 11, 9, 6 in that order for 2.4ghz.
Don't worry about 5ghz for now.. if it still won't join it is somehow incompatible.. you need to reset the Japanese devices but I am not sure how.

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Your other option is to use the Access Control option (within the AirPort Utility) to set specific times that their computers can connect to the AirPort. This way you won't have to enable/disable the wireless radios at all.

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Can I connect an external hard drive to one of the ethernet port of the airport extreme and access it from my Mac or PC?

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If your password is incorrect, perform a "soft reset": momentarily depress its reset button, and launch AirPort Utility. A "soft reset" will lower the Extreme's shields for about five minutes, so that you can configure it with a new password.
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How do I restrict wireless network access to specific devices/computers, using an Airport Extreme, when the WPA2 password is able to be found by other devices?

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SidMed wrote:
We need 18-20 devices to access, all wirelessly.
You can keep using your Apple routers as AP devices.. but get a router running a secure OS as the actual router that controls the network..
If you have 18-20 teens on the network.. then setting quota and restrictions on bandwidth is far more important than time..
Gargoyle on a cheap router can do it.. eg WNDR3800 or the newer W1024ND v2.
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To setup port mapping on an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the LAN port of the AEBSn, and then use the AirPort Utility, in Manual Setup, to make these settings:
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Internet > DHCP tab
o On the DHCP tab, click the "+" (Add) button to enter DHCP Reservations.
o Description: <enter the desired description of the host device>
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You will need to think in reverse here.
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I have spent an entire week of my time between apple, apple consultants and networking experts trying to get a access remotely to a simple database program inside an wireless network. I have read the discussions on remote access thru the AEBS and port mapping.
I'm hoping an user here can help me with a foolproof solution that the 'apple experts' can seem to design?
All that is required to get this program up and running remotely is the ip address of my computer inside my wireless network. I have set that this computer to a static address but since my dsl provider uses dynamic IP's this doesn't seem to work (or it does for about 12 hours until the IP address of my AEBS is changed). Will port mapping work for me or is my only solution an up-charged static IP?
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If your ISP is refreshing the dynamic host configuration of the public ip address assigned to the ISP provided router you will need to request a static ip address from your service provider.
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Since you said that it works for 12 hours you must have the basics set up correctly. All you need now is to get a static ip address assigned to you from your ISP or use a service such as http://www.dyndns.com/
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The only way I know that this would have been that "seamless" would be via Back to My Mac (BtMM). BtMM would have required that you had either a MobileMe or iCloud account. Does this sound familar?

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Was hoping someone might be able to enlighten me. I recently purchased a WD ShareSpace. It has the ability to setup FTP access to it. I am currently using an Airport Extreme and I seem to be having trouble finding information on how to setup my AE to allow my WD be accessed outside my router. I have looked at the settings for port mapping and assume I need to setup a Service in there for FTP Access, but regarding all the UTP ports and addresses, I am a little lost.
I cant seem to find a simple site that kind of goes into details on more or less what is what, how this and that work. I do well with networking but a lot of this port mapping and forwarding stuff is somewhat new to me.
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The WD ShareSpace has a bunch of ways (it seems) to connect to it remotely, but I know that I would still need to open access up through the router.
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apple doesnt sell hard drives. Look on newegg.com or macsales.com. Any 2.5" that is 9.5 mm or less in height will fit. Here are installation instructions: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Unibody+Late+2011+Hard+Drive+Rep lacement/7513

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