Seeing Airport extreme an a self-assigned IP

I am running 10.5.3 on a powerbook G4. Recently I have been unable to connect to the network even though the airport can be accessed, but the airport is establishing a self-assigned IP address. Any ideas? The network has a wep transitional password.

I would try changing the wireless channel on the router and eliminating wireless security temporarily.
If that solves the problem, try enabling the wireless security again.

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Airport extreme 4th generation - self-assigned IP address

2 Airport extreme 4th generation with latest firmware. extented network in bridge mode.
After switching providers, I reset both my airports and set them up new accordingto manual.
Only some devices (less than 50!) at times can't get an IP address.
Error msg: Airport has a self-assigned IP address .......... and will not be able to connect to the internet.
My new provider told me it is an internal probem. Quote: This is an internal issue between your devices and your internal routers. we only gives an address to your router and it is your router that gives your devices an address.
My question is, which part of the manual settings in Airport Utility affect the distribution of internal IP addresses?
or how to change my set-up to avoid the problem I'm experiencing?
thanks a lot.

When in brigde mode your provider has to supply at least one IP address for each devices you want to connect.
Alt. turn bridge mode off in Airport Utilities and let your Base station distribute IP addresses. For that you have to enter two DNS addresses.
HTH.

Sharing Airport connection with Ethernet - Self Assigned IP

WHy is the ethernet port getting a self assigned IP Address. I want to share the wifi connection with the ethernet to run a cable to my ps3. Need to update trophies so i can wipe it. Wifi doesnt work on PS3 at this time(reason for wiping)

This is a major debacle with Apple. I contacted support and they informed me that they don't support this function.
After many hours of playing around and reading forums this is quite easy (once you know what to do)!
Setup internet sharing (airpor to ethernet)
Go to Network under system preferences
View the Ethernet icon (should be yellow as it self assigns the IP)
Click on TCP/IP and in the Configure IPv4 menu, select "Using DHCP with manual address"
Set the Ethernets IP address to 192.168.2.1
Set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 (255.255.0.0 is default on OSX 10.6)
On the NIC tring to use the shared connection (PS3/XBOX/Network DVD/PC), you should just be able to "Obtain IP and DNS Automatically". If not, enter the following:
IP Address(connecting device): 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
This has nothing to do with the IP of the airport connection or your router, this is the internal Ethernet port settings on the hardware (as far as I can tell).
My internal Airport IP is 10.0.1.4, with 10.0.1.1 for airport extreme, and the self assigned IP was 169.254.151.92 on my shared Ethernet port on the Mac when it wasn't configured properly.
Let me know if this works!!!

Airport Utility does not see Airport Extreme Base Station

Purchased Airport Extreme yesterday at Apple Store to replace old Netgear Router. Wanted wireless network to work with 2 identical HP Laptops running XP with SP3 and 2 iPod touches, and possible future purchases of iPad 2 and Apple TV. Installed Airport Utility software from CD on Dell Studio running Windows 7. Connected Airport Extreme to cable modem and Dell Studio. Ran Airport Utility software to configure Base Station but it did not recognize the Base Station. Base Station had blinking amber light. Did have internet connectivity on Dell Studio, and wireless internet connectivity on 2 iPod touches, and on one HP Laptop. No wireless internet on other HP Laptop. But wireless internet connection was unsecured and Airport Utility did not see Airport Extreme so could not configure it to make it secure. Contacted Apple Customer support. After 30-40 minutes of attempting several different possible fixes only able to use Airport Utility to configure Airport Extreme remotely, wirelessly, from one HP Laptop, not the Dell Studio that is directly connected to the base station. Now that the base station is configured the network is secure. However, second HP Laptop cannot connect to primary wireless network. I created password protected "Guest" network using Airport Utility, and laptop is able to connect to this Guest network. From reviewing forums am now able to configure Airport Extreme with Airport Utility by using "Configure other" on Dell computer. But utility cannot find device by scanning. Would like to find way to (1) have Airport Utility on Windows 7 Dell see Airport Extreme by scanning and not using "configure other," and (2) have 2nd HP Laptop connect to primary network and not "guest' network. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Bob - Thanks so much for your quick reply. I followed your suggestions and, to go into perhaps unnecessary detail, I'll write what I did. I completely disconnected the Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) from my computer. I disabled Windows Firewall, uninstalled my anti-virus program, and uninstalled Airport Utility and Bonjour, recycled by cable modem (took out the battery and unplugged it for about 20 seconds), then restarted my computer. After the computer booted up, I verified that windows firewall was disabled, reinstalled Airport Utility and Bonjour, then reconnected the cable connecting the AEBS to the computer (to one of the three ethernet ports, and I tried each of them in case one was faulty) but not to the cable modem as my firewall was disabled and had no anti-virus software. I also reconnected the AEBS power chord. I opened the newly reinstalled Airport Utility software and it did not find the base station. Only when I used "configure other" was I able to access the AEBS. I recycled the modem again, but that did not help. I turned on the firewall, installed anti-virus software, connected the AEBS to the modem, the light turned green, and I was able to access the internet on the primary computer and the wireless network gave me internet access on my laptops. But I was still not able to have my main computer, the one directly connected to the AEBS able to see it, and configure it, without utilizing "configure other."
Also, any idea why one of my laptops can only access the "guest" network? When it attempts to connect to the primary network it will stay on "acquiring network address" for what seems a few minutes, then switch to the "guest" network and connect immediately.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Computer-to-computer Airport network no dice - "self assigned IP address"

I have spent hours reading posts on this and other forums about this problem with Airport, but none of the fixes have connected me to the Internet. My new iMac has a DSL line coming into it and an Airport card. My eMac has an Airport card too. I am not using a base station. The eMac recognizes the network I created, it even allows file sharing, but in the TCP/IP prefs, I get the dreaded notice about how the computer is using a "self assigned IP address and may not connect to the Internet." So I took one user's advie and set it up to use DHTP manually and I typed in an IP address of 10.10.10.x and my "network status" finally went from the yellow dot of death to green, saying I was connected to the Internet. But my browsers sure don't think so. I turned firewall off. Still no help. Do I have to turn firewall off on the iMac, from which the eMac is getting its Airport signal? I need a firewall, right? "Firewall good," right?
The issue was the IP address until I entered a manual one. Now the issue has changed. I am connected to the network, and at least technically to the Internet, according to the computer's ability to gauge such things, but I'm still not online. I have done the "unplug the DSL modem" thing, and unplugged the computers, and turned Airport on and off, trashed Airport prefs from the Library and all the sensible things people have mentioned online. I am hoping some fresh eyes see this. Can it have to do with my iMac's settings, not the eMac I'm having trouble connecting with? I've spent about 12 hours on this with no luck. Thanks,
George

O.K., I tried to launch the specified site in Safari and it never loaded anything or gave me an error message. The blue filled up the address bar to cover up "http://" but it didn't progress further. The IP address it self-assigned is 169.254.60.164. My iMac which should be Internet-sharing is not sending it a proper IP address.
Both computers are up to date with updates. The iMac has OS 10.4.10, and the eMac has 10.3.9 because I still run Classic mode. I don't know enough about computers to know if those system differences would cause a problem in Airport. They both have Airport Extreme cards. Any idea which settings in the source iMac I'm sending out the Internet signal from could cause this problem? I have personal file sharing on, personal Web sharing, and printer sharing.
In my Network preferences, under my SBC DSL, the IP address looks normal, starting with a 75, but under Airport, it starts with 169.254 like the eMac's IP address setting. I don't really understand these technical issues, and I've never dealt with a wireless network before. I guess I can always pony up $180 and use a base station, and problem solved. I would think. But computer to computer Internet sharing is supposed to work, so now I am obsessed with it. Thanks again.

Airport Connects but has Self-Assigned IP address and no internet

All right Apple this is some Bull#@$% I own 3 Apple units One is a MacBook Pro, one is a Macbook and the other is a G5 Dual processor tower. The MacBook and Tower are using OS X 10.5.5 and the MacBook Pro has OS X 10.4.11. Ok here is my problem all of a sudden all 3 units that had been connecting to the same wireless router for the past year started saying (AirPort has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet) Apple Care suggested replacing the router well I did that and hello I have the same message. Its connecting but not going to the internet. Under network status I have green lights for Airport and Airport settings a yellow light for network settings and red lights for ISP, Internet and Server. I have this problem with both MacBooks both at the library, my friends house and my neighbors house thats 4 different wireless networks that do the same dang thing. I need help!!

I have also encountered this problem and I have been researching it all over the internet all evening and trying everything I could find a suggestion for. Here's what I have: Two G4 Powerbooks, one is a 550MHz 15" Powerbook, the other is a 1.5 GHz 17" Powerbook, they are both running 10.4.11 with all the updates that Software Update has to offer, the 17" is connecting via built in Airport Extreme card, the 15" is connecting via Sonnets Aria Extreme PC card. I have AT&T DSL and I'm using the 2Wire modem/router they provided me with. Neither of the Powerbooks can connect wirelessly to the internet. Furthermore, they cannot even ping the wireless router. 4 days ago, both were connecting without any trouble (and had been able to reliably every day since the beginning of August when I hooked everything up). I have made no changes to my router's settings over the weekend. Nor had I made any changes to the Powerbooks' settings during that time. It just stopped working. If I wire one or both of them to the router with ethernet cables, connection works fine. My Desktop G4 which is normally wired into the router via ethernet, connects fine so I know my internet service is available.
So far, I've restarted both machines numerous times, restarted the router numerous times. Reset the WEP password. Changed the wireless security to WPA. Changed it back to WEP. Trashed the airport plist. deleted every wireless network entry in Keychain. Disabled DHCP and assigned IP numbers manually. Changed the wireless channel (I've tried 1, 6, and 11 with and without interference robustness).
I've been reading posts about this issue on half a dozen web forums (dating back to as early as June 2004). It appears to affect a variety of routers (2Wire, Netgear, Linksys), a variety of machines (Powerbooks, iBooks, MacBookPros, iMacs) a variety of OSes (10.3, 10.4, 10.5).
This thing is really getting me down. Anybody have any other ideas?

Airport Utility on Mac and iPad can't see Airport Extreme or AEs

Airport Utility on my Mac can't see my Extreme base station or two extending AEs. I thought this might be because I've yet to upgrade my Mac software, so tried using Airport Utility on my iPad--same story. The Mac lists the Airports but with yellow ! warnings; the iPad just keeps searching. Yet the Internet is OK (and shows up with a green light) and I can connect to everything on the network.
Possibly unrelated, but our two Macs have each gotten the "IP address assigned to another device" message. Click Ok and it goes away and everything works, no rebooting or lease renewing needed.
It's weird. Not critical, as everything works, but worrisome. Ideas?

I had the same problem. My AirPort utility in Windows would not detect the AirPort Extreme until I was already connected to the internet. I have two routers in my house. When I connected to my other router and was connected to the internet via that, then my AirPort Extreme showed up in my AirPort.

AirPort DHCP give me self-assigned IP

I've searched the discussions, but doing a restart in safe mode did not solve the issue:
Since upgrading to Leopard, when I try to connect via AirPort with DHCP I get a self-assigned IP (169.254.177.174 or something like that).
Has anybody solved this? The discussion threads seem to run open…
Where is Apple?

This is a user to user help site so you won't find any official Apple responses here. Though some Apple employees do pop in from time to time I don't know if it is part of their official duty or if, like the rest of us, they just like to help other Apple users. So, your computer is self assigning an IP. The problem is, for some reason, your computer isn't asking for an IP from the router.
Open the Network control panel, select Airport, click on the advanced button and then select the TCP/IP tab. There's a popup menu labeled IPv6 and it should be set to 'Automatic'. Try switching to 'Off' apply the changes and see if you can get online. If not, restart the computer and check your online status again.

Airport Utility fails to see Airport Extreme Only an Older Base Station no longer connected

Very weird what's happened... earlier this morning there was a power failure (none of my 2 computers were ON, and they are plugged in thru UPS with power surge/outage capabilities).
I turned my old Macbook Pro (2007) and everythign is fine. My Mac Pro (2008) is fine but it can't connect to the internet.
I've resetted both the modem and the Airport Extreme Base Station.
I've restarted and resetted the PRAM on my Mac Pro.
I've tried many times to diagnose it/change settings/create new network with Network and Airport Utility to no avail.
When I open Airport Utility on the Macbook Pro, it shows the Airport Extreme and it all looks fine... when I open Airport Utility on the Mac Pro, it only sees an old Snow/Graphite Base Station I haven't had plugged in in a log time. It doesn't see anything else.
I've tried trashing the Airport Utility preferences as well... but still nothing. The Wif Fi icon shows a '!'. When I click on it, the pull down menu shows an "Alert: No Internet Connection", but it still shows my network (and the neighbours' network) and it even has the check mark next to my network... ???
I'm running 10.8.5 and Airport Utility 6.3.1.
Please. Help.

Just a quick update, spent 90 minutes on the phone with apple support today. If I boot the mac in safe mode, the airport utility can see the base station.
In the course of trouble shooting, a test account was created, but the airport utility had the same issue. It proved that there isn't anything wrong with any of the hardware at the very least, and points to user level configuration problems (unfortunately, I was not able to sort that out with support).
Regards,
Seth

How do I get windows 8 to see airport extreme

I have a mixed network at home with 2 macs and 2 windows 8 PC's. I am trying to set up backup disks. I have one disk that I use for time capsules, and another disk entirely that I want to use for the PC backups. I can connect both to the airport extreme using a USB hub. the time capsule works fine. I formatted the Win8 backup disk to FAT (NTFA and ExFAT being the only other options offered by DiskUtility) and copied files over to it by direct connection to the Win8 (so I know that Win8 can access the disk). When I attach the FAT disk to the time capsule, Airport utility can see the disk. When I go back to Win8, and select network places, nothing shows up. I know the computer can access the Airport, since I have internet access through it, but there are no network connections shown.
I assume my problem is in getting the Win8 and airport (and other Mac components for that matter) onto the same network, but am clueless as to how to do it.

You are formatting the disk wrongly.
Disk Utility might be able to format the disk NTFS or ExFat but the AE cannot read them. It only reads FAT32 (not suitable for large disks) and HFS+ ie Mac OS extend journaled.
Please format your disk for the windows computer exactly the same as your mac one.. ie HFS+.
Remember this is network.. network access to a hard disk is based on network protocols, NOT DISK FORMAT.
So windows can write and read to HFS+ disks perfectly well as long as it is on a network that provides SMB (standard windows network protocol).
To the windows computer the disk will appear NT server format.. and you may still have large file problems. That is purely a windows issue. So make sure files are no larger than 4GB.
Mounting the disk in windows, you simply type the address of the AE into the windows explorer. If you have issues it does help to have the airport utility for windows loaded. This loads bonjour for windows which helps windows discover Apple network resources.

Linksys WIP330 does not even see Airport Extreme

Strange thing:
every device (even some cheap siemens sl75 wlan phones) does see my new airport extreme wlan.
except the new voip linksys wip330. this device does not even see the network.
SSID ist visible, tried different modes, setting channel manually etc.
any hints? it's really strange. linksys support isn't able to help.

Make sure the Extreme is using a wireless name that is SMB compliant.. ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Start with no security on the Extreme.. can the linksys adapter see the wireless now.. this is a brief test..
No luck test on fixed wireless channels.. 2.4ghz .. try channel, 11, 9, 6.
Still no luck it is not compatible.. it is often a driver issue so download the latest available.. make sure XP is sp3 and fully updated.
No luck.. well it is end game.. there is nothing else you can do to fix it. Not all wireless works with all other wireless.
Get an express.. and use it as a wireless bridge for the XP computer so all it needs to cope with is ethernet.. !!
If it works at any stage.. immediately put security back but WPA & WPA2 is probably the best you can do.. do not use WPA2 personal..
Make sure any password is pure alphanumeric mix of case and numbers.

Can't see Airport Extreme after Snow Leopard Update

I'm running 10.6.2 with every update, and while I have no trouble connecting to my wifi network on the Airport Extreme (about 2 years old), I can't see it in the Airport Utility program (5.4.2) in order to administrate the hardware. I can see the Express that is also joined to the network set up on the Extreme and administrate that device fine.
Any ideas?
thanks,
-c

Welcome to the discussions!
I think you meant to say that you can't "see" an AirPort Express. (The AirPort Extreme has no audio jacks to connect to a stereo system).
Try temporarily connecting an ethernet cable from your computer to the AirPort Express (AX) and open AirPort Utility to see if that helps locate the AX so you can check the configuration settings on the device. Once you have it adjusted and updated, you can disconnect the ethernet cable.
If the ethernet hookup is not successful after a few tries, you will need to reset the AX back to factory defaults and then reconfigure it again. To do this:
Power down the AirPort Express for a few moments
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it in as you plug the AX back in to power
Release the reset button after 8-10 seconds
If you want to use wireless to reconfigure the AX, AirPort Utility should "see" it when you open the application. If no luck that way, then try the ethernet cable method.

Airport Utility cannot see Airport Extreme Device even though connected to wireless network

I'm trying to set up a Macbook Air for my wife. I have a home network of four Airport Extremes that were configured in bridge mode with an authenticated SSID and one that is open for guests. On my PC my airport Utility sees all of the base stations and can configure them fine. On the Macbook air the utility cannot see any of the base stations no matter how many times I scan. The strange thing is that it can see both wireless networks. A fact that may be related to the problem is that the Macbook Air cannot authenticate into the secured SSID. The password is correct. Other machines (PC/Mac) all have no problem. Apple TV 2's, iPad's, and iPhone's all have no problem. I'm stumped.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

As usual in recent years, Apple creates and ships a problem (latest MacBook Air + Airport Extreme N + Airport Utility 6.1), and when multiple users encounter the problem, and post about it, nary an Apple supoort person to take ownership, so threads just die, like this one did. I'm having the same problem, and as a committed Apple customer, I just want to find any oither company to do business with.
(I'm sure connecting by wired Ethernet would work, but THE AIR DOESN'T HAVE AN ETHERNET JACK!!)
Love this community. Have had it with Apple.
Sincerely,
Marc

Can't get XP PC's to see airport extreme

I recently purchased an airport extreme. When I first connected it both my apple laptops and XP desktops could see and connect wireless to the internet. I then went into enable security and configure the base station. Now none of the XP machines can see the new base station or network. They see the factory default network name that no longer is functional. I cannot get my XP machines to see the AE. If i reconnect to my linksys router, all machines work fine. Any ideas?

Final Conclusion, AE does NOT work with XP PC's trying to connect wireless using USB Linksys adapters. If you have a mixed enviornment, Mac and XP and want to connect XP desktops via USB adapters, DON'T use Airport Extreme!! I have had 5 conversations with Apple Tech Support and no luck in this group although there are great and knowledgable people in this forum. Thank you all for your help!! I currently have my Linksys router connected via ethernet port directly to my AE so that all the computers in my home have wireless access. With that said, TIME TO SEND AE BACK TO APPLE. Why spend $179 and have a nonfunctional network with AE when my previous Linksys router worked with both Apple and XP products just fine. Oh yeah, you know I had no prayer of getting my printer to work with AE. HAHA, not even up for that battle.

Windows XP cannot see Airport Extreme SSID

I just bought a new Airport Extreme Base Station and connected it to my home router. My iMc was connected in minutes. But I am having a lot of trouble connecting my wife's Dell PC (XP SP2) using a Dell 1450 Wireless USB adapter (a/b/g). I have tried no encryption, WEP, and WPA, but in all cases I cannot even see the broadcasted SSID from the base station. I have also tried a number of different channels 1,6,8,11, but in all cases I never see the station in the list of available wireless networks.
To see if this was a windows issue, I brought home my work laptop (also XP SP2), and it had no problem seeing the SSID, and also connecting in all the above cases. Whats even more perplexing is that all the computers are right next to each other, and my wife's computer can see about 10 of meighbor's access points, but not the new base station!
Needless to say, it has been very frustrating, and I am considering returning the airport if I can't get the wife's XP connected.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mark
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I can see a couple of possibilities.
* It is possible to set up AirPort (or any wireless network) so that the SSID doesn't show up - ever. In such cases, it's necessary to manually type in the SSID to connect. (Usually, it's only the first time - most devices can remember the SSID name, and it's not a problem). Unfortunately for you, I don't use Wintendo that much, and don't have the steps needed to connect to a hidden network memorized - I'm actually more familiar with the process to do it with an Xbox than I am with a Windows PC.
* To see if this is the case, use the AirPort utility, manual config. Find the "Wireless" tab, and then choose "wireless options" There should be a checkbox named "create a closed network" If it is checked, then the SSID is in fact hidden, and that's why you aren't finding the SSID.
I realize that you were able to see the SSID from another machine, and that is puzzling that your wife's PC can't see it.
You've already eliminated the possibility that the radio is simply turned off on your wife's PC, as you can see your neighbor's wireless SSID(s).
I'd suggest trying a different encryption, as some older devices can't use the newer methods - but you've covered that base too.
To be honest, I've got a couple of issues of my own with the 802.11n base station... the latest firmware 'update' seems to have been a step backwards...
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