Trying to set-up Cannon iP4500 on Airport Express. Not seeing it on scan.
Just got a used Airport Express and plugged my Cannon iP4500 into the USB connection and plugged the Airport Express into the power strip. When I opened up the Airport Utility, the initial scan didn't find the Airport Express. I'm using a 3rd party wireless internet router. I've never tried using Airport Express before so I'm completely lost.
In order for the AirPort Utility to have a chance to "find" the AIrPort Express Base Station (AX), you need to either connect to it directly using an Ethernet cable or connect to its wireless network ... which, by default, will have a Network Name of Apple Network NNNNNN, where the Ns are the last six digits of the AX's AirPort ID.
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Airport Express not visible to Windows XP laptops - works with MacBook Air
Frustration. I've been searching these Discussion boards and none of the proposed solutions seem to work for my problem.
I am trying to set up a brand new Airport Express to stream iTunes wirelessly to my home entertainment system. The majority of my music resides on a Dell laptop running Windows XP Pro(SP3). I have a home WPA2-PSK WiFi network using the modem provided my local internet provider (Qwest). I've been trying to set up the AEX as a client on my existing network. I have turned off my laptop's firewall and virus protection.
I used the Airport Utility to configure the AEX (setting the AEX name to something without spaces, setting a password, choosing join an existing network, selecting the correct network type (WPA/WPA2 Personal), entering my network's password, and enabling AirTunes). This seems to go well. After the restart, the orange light turns to a solid green light, but I get the familiar "Airport Utility was unable to find your Airport wireless device after restarting." I can get the Utility to retrieve the above group of configuration settings by entering the IP address and password via the Configure Other on the File pulldown. Despite the correct settings seemingly being saved to the AEX and the green light, the AEX is not available to my iTunes.
At this point, I'm about 8hrs into this setup process. I have been through all of the recommended permutations of AEX hard reset (paperclip in the AEX reset button while plugging it back in and waiting for the rapidly flashing orange light), laptop reboot, linking my laptop to AEX via ethernet cable for setup, hook AEX to wireless modem via ethernet cable for setup, hook AEX and wireless modem to laptop via ethernet cable for setup, etc. Each time, the AEX settles out to green, but it is not seen by Airport Utility on the Windows XP laptop. I've now tried with a second Dell Windows XP laptop (also shut off the firewall and virus protection) with precisely the same results.
Today I brought home my office MacBook Air. I reset the AEX and re-installed it as a client on my network and it was immediately recognized by the MacBook Air, and went on to stream iTunes wirelessly to my entertainment system (proof of concept). When I switch back to the Windows XP laptops, the AEX still cannot be found by the non-Mac laptops. They can find the AEX temporarily when I enter the IP address to the configure other, but cannot find the AEX after the reboot. The AEX is only available to the XP machines when the AEX is hardwired to either of the laptops via an ethernet cable.
I still just want to be able to stream iTunes wirelessly from my primary Windows XP Dell laptop to my entertainment system. Please help. Thank you.WPA2-PSK (AES) = Apple WPA2 Personal
WPA-PSK (TKIP) = Apple WPA/WPA2 Personal
See if you can change the setting on your wireless router to read WPA-PSK (TKIP). -
Trying to add usb printer to my airport express.
trying to add usb priinter to my airport express. Using airport utility on my iphone and it only list add wps printer. I see no add USB printer in utility.
Brad0416-
Search the iTunes App store to see if there is a free Brother printing App. Other Apps like Print n Share will work for non-AirPrint printers, but are not as convenient as using AirPrint. They generally require you to use their own text, mail, browser and photo programs, and do not work from within other iOS Apps. One exception is that some Apps have an "Open In" option, that allows you to open a document in the printing App and then print it.
Another alternative is to use one of the computers to share its printer as AirPrint over WiFi. Printopia on the Macintosh is one program that can do that. For a free solution, search the web for AirPrint Activator. There are versions for both PC and Mac computers. Of course the computer has to be turned on and awake anytime you want to print!
Fred -
Steady green light on A1084. Mac OS X 10.7.5. IMac. Verizon DSL Actiontec GT704-WGB modem. Airport Utility 5.6 says set up is complete. Airport Express base station does not appear in the menu bar, so I cannot select it and send a signal to airport express to play airtunes through my stereo amplifier. Is there a fix?
I plugged a model A1034 Airport Extreme Base Station into the Verizon DSL Actiontec GT704-WGB modem with an ethernet cable and now the AirPlay icon appears in the Itunes window immediately to the right of the volume control and I can select it and play Airtunes wirelessly through the A1038 Airport Express Base Station in another room connected to a stereo amplifier by a Monster mini-to-RCA left/right audio cable running from the output jack on the A1034 Airport Express Base Station into the CD jacks on the amp. The problem is that I have to select the Apple Network Airport Express Base Station as my network in order to select the Airport Express Base Station when I click the AirPlay icon, which means I have no Internet signal to the Imac. If I select the Airport Extreme Base Station or the Verzion modem as my network, then I have an Internet signal to the Imac, but the Airport Express Base Station is grayed out when I click on the AirPlay icon, so I cannot select the Airport Express Base Station and send tunes to the Airport Express. It would be nice to play Airtunes while simultaneously accessing the Internet. I don't understand your question about what program I am using for which I require AirPlay. I am not learned about computers in general, and even less so about Macs than PCs. I thought the program I was running was Itunes, and there was no separate program to run to use AirPlay for the purpose of sending a signal from the Itunes on the Imac to the A1084 Airport Express base station in a another room, and then out as described above to the stereo amplifier to listen to Itunes music remotely in the other room, without any kind of cable, wire, etc., connecting the Imac to the stereo amplifier. I would guess that the most common use for the A1084 is to play Itunes through a stereo in another room without the need to run wires from the computer to the stereo. I realize it would be easy simply to run a very long mini-to-RCA left/right audio cable across the floor connecting the Imac to the amp without the need to use AirTunes, Airplay or any kind of AirPort, but it would be both unsightly and a tripping hazard.
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I am trying to set up my voicemail but it will not let me use the letters..only numbers
I don't understand what you are setting up using numbers - or letters. If it's a passcode, then you can translate the letters into numbers as you would on a telephone keyboard - for example, an "S" would be a 7.
But that may not matter, as the process for setting up voicemail is strongly tied to your cellular carrier. If the above doesn't answer your issue, contact your cellular carrier for setup assistance. -
trying to add HP Photosmart C4280 via airport express. "Add Printer" correctly finds printer as Bonjour kind but "add Printer" cannot find printer software from Apple (although it says that the software is available from Apple)
Rfh723-
You are technically way ahead of me, so I can't argue with what you did.
How about an even simpler WiFi network consisting of only the AirPort connected by an Ethernet cable to the printer? If the iPad still can't find the printer when connected to this network, then something is broken!
(Also try a different Ethernet cable.)
Fred -
Is there any way to stop the delay between different sets of speakers when using airport express?
Is there any way to stop the delay between different sets of speakers when using airport express?
Unfortunately, I don't have either a Slingbox or iHome speakers so I won't be able to reproduce any of the issues you are having. With the fact that you live in large apartment complex would still lead me to believe that Wi-Fi interference may be the reason that you are having streaming issues.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like iStumbler, or AirRadar to determine potential areas of interference, and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them where possible. -
Why can't my AirPort Express (A1084) see my AirPort Extreme network?
I've done lots of searching and it seems that the answer is that it simply can't, but that doesn't make sense to me and I just want to make sure before I completely give up. Specifically, what I'm trying to do is get my old AirPort Express to join the network I have set up with my new AirPort Extreme (A1521) and then pass the signal via ethernet cable to my Xbox. When I try to set up the old Express in AirPort Utility (v5.6) and it asks me to choose a network to join, it doesn't see any (not even neighbors' linksys, etc). Am I doing something wrong? Is there a setting that I need to change in the way my Extreme is set up? I was hoping that since, according to Apple literature, the Extreme is compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n devices, that the old Express would see it and just run off the G signal and this would work, no?
Specifically, what I'm trying to do is get my old AirPort Express to join the network I have set up with my new AirPort Extreme (A1521) and then pass the signal via ethernet cable to my Xbox
The A1084 (and A1088) versions of the AirPort Express do NOT have this type of capability.
You need a feature called ProxySTA which was added to the A1264 Express, when Apple introduced the product in 2008.
The current A1392 version also incorporates this feature.
See this article for more information on ProxySTA, a special feature on the 802.11"n" version of the Express devices:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1132754/express11n.html -
Airport express not working since today's itunes update
Since updating iTunes today, Airport Express not working. More specifically, the Airport software will recognise the device exists, but iTunes cannot connect to it, just getting error message.
Ray Dio wrote:
Since updating iTunes today, Airport Express not working.
try this:
go system preferences > network > airport > advanced > TCP/IP and set *configure IPv6* to off. click on apply.
now have iTunes connect to the remote speaker again.
JGG -
Airport Express (not n) with ethernet hub and as wireless base
Will Airport Express do this?
I've got a cable modem. It connects by ethernet to a hub. Airport Express (not n) connects to the hub by ethernet. My laptops (MacBook and HP 69xx WinXP Pro) connect to AX and internet just fine.
In that same hub, I want to connect a D-Link DNS323, which I wish to be made accessible to the wireless network provided by AX. Here's a sort-of diagram:
cable ethernet
modem ---> hub <--- Airport Express <--- laptops, AppleTV, etc. by wireless
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D-Link
DNS 323
Can AX (old style, not n version) use its ethernet connector to both communicate with my cable modem and with other wired ethernet devices through my hub?
Thanks for helping. I tried searching for similar posts, but I failed to find an answer.With only the hub, the NAS, and the express, you can't access both the internet and the NAS wirelessly at the same time. Here's why:
The AirPort Express has only one Ethernet port. That port can either act as a WAN port or a LAN port, but not both at the same time.
You need the Express to be connected to the internet. Unless you have another wireless router (Apple or otherwise), it will have to be connected through its Ethernet port. Therefore, the Ethernet port must act as a WAN port.
The NAS, on the other hand, is part of your network. For it to be connected, the port must act as a LAN port.
This means that the NAS can't be connected to the Express via Ethernet because then the port would need to act both as a LAN port and a WAN port, which it can't do.
This means you'll need an additional wireless router if you want to access both the internet and the NAS at the same time.
If you have another wireless router (it doesn't have to be an AirPort), I can help you configure it to work with your current network so that you can access the NAS.
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Airport Express Not Showing Up After Repeated Restarts
Have a first Gen Airport Express and still using the same Macbook we always have, but the Airport is just not working properly any more. Here are the things I have tried:
- Hard restart, and properly configured the airport express to join my wireless network. My internet router says it is connected and the light is green on the airport but will not show up in iTunes or through the airport utility. The only way I can get the airport utility to read it is when I do the hard restart, but once it restarts, no airport...
- I have made sure the passwords and security types are correct
It was working fine for YEARS and now it just won't show up at all!
Any helps would be appreciated!Welcome to the discussions forum jmpstar.
If you disabled wireless, Airport Utility will have no way to find it, wirelessly. You'll have to reset it by holding in the reset button until the LED flashes rapidly. You'll then be able to configure it again using Airport Utility.
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Airport Express not showing name given
Hello Community,
I have the latest Airport Extreme and Airport Express. I am also using the latest Airport Utility, 6.0.
I am using the Airport Express to extend my network. However, under my Wi-Fi icon (upper right icon), I can not see the name given to my Airport Express. Therefore I can not manually select it. I can see it's name in iTunes, if I want to remotely play music and under "Network>Advanced" I can see it has the "same" name as my Extreme, but with an "AE" after the Extreme's name. Im sure that means Airport Express. Also, of course I can see the AE and the name given to it using Airport Utility.
Question, why is the name given to the Airport Express not showing up under my Wi-Fi ? I could have sworn when I first configured it, it showed up under the Wi-Fi drop down menu under "Other Devices", I believe it read.
I am running Lion, 10.7.3
Any help please ? Thank you in advance !By the way, I set up the Airport Express wirelessly. Should I have connected it with an Ethernet to my Extreme to set the Express as an Extended network device ? Thanks !
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Airport Express not seen in Airport Utility! PleaseHelp!
Airport Express not seen in Airport Utility! PleaseHelp!
Changing Utility version did not help.
I have successfully used my Airport Express 802.11n A1264 (1st gen.) to stream my iTunes music wireless to my living room stereo. Lately my Airport Express looses connection after every restart and does not show in the Airport Utility.
I run 10.6.8 on a Quad core Mac Pro. up to date on al software updates per 10.6.8 I use a 3rd gen. Airport Extreme 802.11n.
W.W.I actually did this by myself not into the computer but a secondary Ethernet port on myTripple play Fios modem.
The Express showed up right away. I did the reset and set it up in the utilities to join my existing wireless network. I don't remember all steps but at some point it asked me to put in internet info, I did not, and then it asked me if I wanted the amber flashing stoped so I could use it to stream music. I clicked yes and the set-up finished with a green light. After I disconected the Ethernet cable, plugged in the Express in my living room stereo wireless, it has been working normal since. I restarted a few times, green came right back.
James since you had the right idea I gave you the 10 points. Thank you for being helpful.
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just did firm ware update on time capsule an now my airport express not connected do to air port utilities doesn't support base station ?
mickair wrote:
I have been experiencing some networking problems
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
I have the latest Time Capsule ("TC"), an old Airport Extreme Base Station ("AEBS") bought in 2007 and 2 Airport Expresses, one bought in 3 months ago ("AE-Alpha") and the other bought back in 2007 ("AE-Beta"). All of them have been updated with the latest firmware.
Based on those dates, the AirPort Extreme is probably flat (as opposed to dome-shaped), making it 802.11n-capable. The Newer AirPort Express is probably an 802.11n-capable model A1264, while the older one is probably a model A1084 or A1088.
I use {the TC's} DHCP function ... to avoid unauthorized use.
This a discussion for another thread, but that's not what DHCP is for.
The wireless setting for it is to participate as WDS Main, but after reading various posts, it seems WDS is a bad idea
With that older AirPort Express you're stuck with WDS unless you decide to replace it with a newer model.
The AEBS is currently setup as being a WDS Relay at the moment
Why a relay? That's only needed if there's another base station "beyond" it that is configured to depend on it.
Since the AEBS is connected to the TC via Ethernet, you should probably configure it as a "roaming network":
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2273124
{The AE-Alpha} connects fine as WDS remote at the moment
I don't have any experience with mixed WDS and non-WDS networks, but since it's 802.11n-capable, you may be able to configure it to "extend" the network of the TC rather than as WDS. Look for a setting on the TC to "Allow this network to be extended".
Physical location:
AEBS in one end, TC and AE-Alpha in the middle while AE-Beta on the other end.
A device such as "AE-Beta" that's supposed to extend a network shouldn't be "at the end" but should be half way between the central base station and the clients that need an extended network. -
Help! In iphoto my photos do not appear just a blank dated square. Somehow I messed up when trying to send a photo via email.I cannot not see any but 4 photos.I tried all of the solutions that Apple suggested. Somehow I think that i am trying to send ALL my photos in an email.How do i unhide all of my photos?
Did you launch iPhoto with the Option(Alt) and Commnad keys held down like Terence suggested? If you did it properly you will get this window:
The second option is the one you want to run.
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