Setting up the AirPort Extreme on a Windows Vista (HP)...?

Hello,
I have an HP Pavilion desktop (Windows Vista) computer and am [attempting] to use/connect the AirPort Extreme for WiFi. I can't find the original soft/firmware that came with the AirPort, is there any way I can download the software from the Apple site that will be compatible with my desktop? The Airport is connected to my internet connection (I have Cox Cable and use an internet modem: SB5100 SURFboard Cable Modem) and the amber light constantly flashes. Any help is deeply appreciated. Thank you.

Here is the page with the Airport Utility:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/airportutility54 1windows.html

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Here's the deal. Being abroad for a couple of months, my employer has fixed me a free dial-up internet connection for my temporary home. At work (abroad, that is), I have a broadband connection, so the home dial-up connection is only for very sporadic use, as most of what I'm doing over the internet can be done during the working day, at broadband speed.
It would be neat though, to be able to connect wirelessly on my Dell WinXP laptop over this dial-up connection at home, the few times I'm going to use it. So I thought eBaying one of those nice "old" hockey puck Airport Extremes with built-in 56k modem.
From what I understood, the AE doesn't have a web-based configuration interface, like most broadband routers have, but one needs to configure it installing a software utility, right? Being in a Windows only environment, will I be able to configure my Airport Extreme-to-be using the Windows software on <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75422>? Does anyone of you have any experience with this? If so, could you reassure me that this is actually a feasible idea?
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It would be neat though, to be able to connect
wirelessly on my Dell WinXP laptop over this dial-up
connection at home, the few times I'm going to use
it. So I thought eBaying one of those nice "old"
hockey puck Airport Extremes with built-in 56k
modem.
That should work.
From what I understood, the AE doesn't have a
web-based configuration interface, like most
broadband routers have, but one needs to configure it
installing a software utility, right?
Correct
Being in a
Windows only environment, will I be able to configure
my Airport Extreme-to-be using the Windows software
on
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75422>
Yes.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airport42forwindows.html
? Does anyone of you have any experience with this?
Yes
If so, could you reassure me that this is actually a
feasible idea?
Yes if does work.
Does the AE dial-in automatically whenever you're
generating traffic, by the way, or do you still have
to establish the connection manually?
You can configure it that way, but it is easier to use Jon Sevy's Java utility.
Jon Sevy has a Java Utility for this purpose.
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I know you have already did a power recycle, but maybe you didn't allot enough time for the modem to "forget" the Linksys, and then, "recognize" the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn).
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o Power-on the AEBSn; Wait at least 5 minutes.
o Power-on the computer(s)
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I have a Mac Mini from 2013 with OSX10.7.5 and a MBP from 2009 with OSX 10.6.8.
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The mac are not showing up on either one of the computers.
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Uptil one week ago I used to connect with wifi on my MBP and before this I was able to see the MBP in the finder under shared computers. The only difference is that I now connect with only ethernet cables.
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aksello wrote:
I have a Mac Mini from 2013 with OSX10.7.5 and a MBP from 2009 with OSX 10.6.8.
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Set the Airport Extreme to not broadcast the SSID

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"Hiding" the SSID will do nothing to protect you from hackers.....and anyone else who wants to see your network, since there a numerous free utilities on the Internet that will reveal your network in seconds.
On the other hand, it might keep a few honest neighbors from seeing the name of your wireless network.
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Your call on this.
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