Unexpected error extendin network

I try to extend my network with a airport extreme from miy ios device, and when i go to the "extenc network" option, i get a option to save password, wathever i choose, i get a message with the text "unexpectet error". Can someone help me with this?

Try setting up the extended network by first placing all of the AirPort base stations in the same room as your iOS device. Use the AirPort Utility on the iOS device and go through the automated steps to configure the Extreme to extend the network.
However, this will only work if the wireless router you are extending is another AirPort (Express, Extreme, or Time Capsule). Is it?

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External hard drive networked via AirPort Extreme gives "The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)" roughly every two days

My lab has about 10 Mac computers. We all access a central hard drive by the way of wifi provided by AirPort. It's just a regular external hard drive (Seagate Desktop Drive) that I turned into our central storage space by plugging it into AirPort (USB). It works pretty well. We seem to be fine with viewing the file directories, opening files, saving, deleting etc., for a day or two. But then after a day or two, when when trying to modify files or move new files onto the central hard drive, we get the error message: "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)"
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Thanks for your reply. I agree about the communication issue. Let me explain my setup and what I am trying to do and perhaps you can answer my questions or make suggestions.
I have a MAC Mini with a Sony TV for the video monitor. The Mac Mini is hard wired to the AE (Airport Extreme). The AE has a 2 TB HD hooked up to the USB Port. I have a 17" Mac Book Pro on the WIFI Network.
I am trying to use the MAc Mini as a "Media Server" of sorts. Once I get iTunes running the way I plan I am goign to hook up my Apple TV (2nd Generation) to my television downstairs.
What I am trying to accomplish is have iTunes on all my computers look to the External HD on the AE for the files. This is why I am having my (-50 errors).
So far I have noticed that if I go and try to download from iTunes purchased videos that are not ont he computer (to the external HD) it will also occassionaly give me teh -50 error.
Is there a way to change where the files go when I download them? Say I want to download videos to the computer but not to the external HD? However I would want to still be able to move them to the External HD.

Windows 8 - Right Click Network Connection Properties - An unexpected error occurred

Hi,
I'm encountering an issue with a relatively new Windows 8 Pro x64 install (Been running about a week).
When attempting to right click on the Network Connection and select "Properties", I receive the following error:
"An unexpected error occurred"
The error also occurs when trying to disable the adapter. The network connection DOES work though. I have received an IP from my DHCP router and have network/internet access.
I have tried the Windows XP/7 "fix":
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\netshell.dll, and then click OK.
3. In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.
Test to see if you can open the properties of the network connection in the Network Connections folder.
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\ole32.dll, and then click OK.
3. In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.
4. Restart the computer.
Both did NOT work. I have also attempted uninstalling and reinstalling the Network Driver. I have also tried "SFC /scannow".
Neither of these worked either.
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Windows 8 Pro x64 with all current windows updates
Xeon W3520 CPU
8GB generic kingstom RAM
EVGA X50 SLI LE Motherboard (PN: 141-BL-E757)
Crucial M4 128GB SSD Primary OS Drive
Hitachi 500GB Secondary Storage Drive
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Note: C:\Users is remapped/linked to D: drive.
undo this and try again.
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An unexpected error occurred while configuring the Network Bridge

Windows XP Pro SP2, a new TP61 6460 6WG, all Win updates, all Lenovo updates.
Everything works fine except... when I'm trying to create a network bridge I always get the following: An unexpected error occurred while configuring the Network Bridge.
This is not the situation described in Microsoft's Knowledge Base KB309640 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309640/en-us). I have no ICS, no ICF.
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"An unexpected error occurred. Try again." Extreme/Express cannot connect to existing network

Recently my Speedstar wired modem died. So I had a relatively unused NETGEAR DG834GT wireless modem. Had no idea the old AirPort Extreme Base Station with modem was giving me crappy Wi-Fi speeds. I am enjoying speeds almost 6 x faster now. However I had to reset my entire Wi-Fi network and create a new one. I have an ethernet cable connected from the NETGEAR to the AirPort Extreme. I just want to extend my new Wi-Fi network so I have AirPlay back up and running on my three separate surround sound systems.
SPECS
OSX 10.9.4 (both MacBook Air and Mac Mini)
AirPort Utility 6.3.2
AirPort Extreme (2nd generation)
AirPort Express (1st and 2nd generation)
NETGEAR DG834GT (Mode g & b, WPA-PSK Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)
AirPort Utility initially displayed all three Airport devices, but with the exclamation mark. I assume it was because I had set up an new Wi-Fi network with a new wireless modem so I had to "Forget" network and start over again.
I've reseted each and every AirPort device to factory setting. AirPort Utility recognised each "new" device, and I selected "Join existing network." After several tries, AirPort Utility continually tells me that "An unexpected error occurred. Try again." This happens every time.
I followed Apple's Support advice: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4597 "AirPort base station not seen or "An unexpected error occurred" appears in AirPort Utility 6.3" to no avail (configuring it to Link-Local).
What can I do so both my MacBook Air and Mac Mini can talk to each other (instead of opening AirDrop all the time) and for AirPlay to work on my three surround sound systems? One would assume that all AirPort devices should be able to readily and easily join an existing network. Is it due to my NETGEAR not playing nice with Apple AirPort devices due to it's wireless capabilities? I even entered through the NETEAR setup wizard and checked if any devices had connected via MAC, but it had none listed.
What should I do?

Reset the express to factory settings.
Place it in the same room as the TC..
If you are going to extend wireless do not connect ethernet.. just go through the setup from the airport utility.. if it fails.. welcome to Yosemite. The worst piece of network for ages..
Do you have ipad.. even an iphone .. load the airport utility on and run the setup from there.. it is much more reliable.

Federated Portal Network - Unexpected Error - Unable to get IView

Hallo.
I have this problem: I have two portal federated.
When I create an iView BI7.0 from the consumer portal , that points to the producer portal , when I execute it I obtain the error :
500 Internal Server Error
BEx Web Application
Failed to process request; contact your system administrator
Error Summary
Exception occured while processing the current request; this exception cannot be handled by the application or framework
If the information on this page does not help you locate and correct the cause of the problem, contact your system administrator
To facilitate analysis of the problem, keep a copy of this error page Hint: Most Web browsers allow you to select all content, and copy and paste it into an empty document (such as in an email or simple text file)
Root Cause
The initial exception that caused the request to fail was:
Unexpected error - Unable to get IView: fpn:consumer_ABC/pcd:portal_content/com.abc.AbcFolder/zcitbi70/worksetBI70/Prova/sottoprova/BI7ReportProgetti:lQ9fUQ0dfID4PPyUU4cpZg%3D%3D:1:
Note that I am able to see the iview, role etc from consumer to producer, so the Federated Portal Network seems to work.
What could I do ?
Thanks for your help
Mario

Hi Experts,
I am getting below error in logs. Some of the reports working and some of the are not working. I can see below error in BW system logs. Any inputs to solve this issue is much appreciated.
java.io.IOException: Cannot establish connection with any of the profiles.
ID 011006:Rmi_P4 Dispatcher: Can't open socket
Error while processing the request in a BI application; see SAP Notes 937697 and 948490
Exception caught: com.sapportals.portal.prt.runtime.PortalRuntimeException: Unexpected error - Unable to get IView: fpn:PP2_IS_CONSUMER_FOR_PB1/pcd:portal_content/com.sw1.intranet.staff/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.roles/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.roles.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.srm.worksets.reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.parentws.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.ws.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.iviews.headcount:hNsfu%2FSQ7LTdTmfpBwd7qQ%3D%3D:1:
com.sapportals.portal.prt.runtime.PortalRuntimeException: Unexpected error - Unable to get IView: fpn:PP2_IS_CONSUMER_FOR_PB1/pcd:portal_content/com.sw1.intranet.staff/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.roles/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.roles.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.srm.worksets.reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.parentws.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.ws.headcount_reports/com.sw1.intranet.staff.bi.hr.iviews.headcount:hNsfu%2FSQ7LTdTmfpBwd7qQ%3D%3D:1:
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Federated Portal Network - Error-"Unexpected Error - Unable to get IView

Hi,
I have configured FPN with EP and BI, both are on same SP level.The connection and the producer registration is successful.
The producer contents can be navigated in Consumer and I can able to copy and paste the producer content in the consumer.
But when I see the preview the content it shows error "
500 Internal Server Error
BEx Web Application
Faile to process request; contact your system administrator
Error Summary
Exception occured while processing the current request; this exception cannot be handled by the application or framework
If the information on this page does not help you locate and correct the cause of the problem, contact your system administrator
To facilitate analysis of the problem, keep a copy of this error page Hint: Most Web browsers allow you to select all content, and copy and paste it into an empty document (such as in an email or simple text file)
Root Cause
The initial exception that caused the request to fail was:
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I have checked the following thread, but I'm not able to find out solution,
Federated Portal Network - Unexpected Error - Unable to get IView
what could be the reason,
Really appriciated for your reply.
Regards,
Mahee.

Hi Shanti,
Thank for reply.
I have checked with same user in both consumer & producer portals, In that case its working fine.
If you checked with other consumer users its asking password.
For this I have tried usermapping with producer id under goto personolize -->remote iviews --> select default alias -->enter id/pwd and save for other consumer id.
How we manage for all consumer users, is there any option to mapping to all users at time.
really appriciate your inputs.
Regards,
Mahee.

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Hi guys. Our school just purchased some new 1.83 Intel Mac minis, and I'm trying to image them using our Powermac (running server 10.4.9). The minis won't boot from the net install image though, the spinning wheel just spins under the grey apple icon.
If I boot in verbose mode I get this error:
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I'm getting the same error in verbose mode. I've made an image from an Intel iMac. My server, though, an Xserve, is running 10.4.8. I think the only difference (and I've gotten past images to work fine) is that I updated the Intel iMac to 10.4.9 in the new image.
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Help? I keep getting "Unexpected Error" everytime I try to use my new Airport Express to extend my network from my 500GB Time Capsule.

I am trying to extend my network from my 500GB Time Capsule using the new Airport Express I just bought, but no matter what I try I keep getting "Unexpected Error. Try again". The Express is still flashing Amber. I cannot get it to turn green. What am I doing wrong here? Please help me.

Locate the AirPort Express in the same room as the Time Capsule for the setup.
Power off and restart the Time Capsule
Shut down and restart the Mac. Turn on the wireless on the Mac and temporarily disconnect the Ethernet cable from the Mac to the AirPort Express. In other words, you want to set up the AirPort Express using wireless, since that is the way that it will be used.
Hold in the reset button on the AirPort Express for 9-10 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the Express to restart.
Click the AirPort icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for a listing of New AirPort Base Station to appear. Just below that, click directly on AirPort Express.
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Enter a device name that you want to use and click Next
Wait a minute while AirPort Setup configures everything, and hopefully announces a message of Setup Complete. Click Done.
Now move the AirPort Express to a location that is about half way between the Time Capsule and the area that needs more wireless coverage. Avoid obstructions in the signal path between the Time Capsule and AirPort Express as much as possible.
Walls, ceilings, mirrors, heavy furniture, etc. just kill the wireless signal quality. Keep any cordless phones as far away from either router as possible.
It would be much better if you could plan to connect the Time Capsule and AirPort Express using an Ethernet cable, as best case.....you will be losing about half of the network speed trying to use wireless to extend.

An unexpected error occurs when extending my network

I am trying to extend my Time Capsule with my Airport Extreme via a network cable between both units. However, when the Airport Utility finds the Airport Extreme and tried to extend the network (from the TS to include the AE), then I get the same error each time "an unexpected error occured".
Can anyone assist and help me find out what I am doing wrong? Thank you.

You do not extend the network if you are using ethernet between them..
Do not tick the extend network on the TC.. Do not use extend a network on the AEBS.
Do as follows.
1. Set the AEBS to bridge.
2. Set the wireless in the AEBS to create a network.
3. Set the wireless name and security.. here you have two choices.. but most likely you want roaming. So set them exactly the same as the TC.
4. Lock channels on both TC and the AEBS to different values. This is not 100% required but I think will help stability. The auto setting should be able to keep them from interferring.
If you actually want to use extend the network.. disconnect the ethernet.. you are repeating over wireless.

Windows 8 64 bit Home - Network properties: An unexpected error occurred. How to solve this???

Hi all,
Does anybody know how to fix this problem:
When clicking for my network properties, I receive "an unexpected error has occured" message. Network works fine, however this problem is annoying
my OS: Windows 8 64 bit Home
Have already tried some stuff to fix this but nothing seems to help:
reregister the Netshell.dll file & Ole32.dll
Anybody?

Hi,
Regarding current situation, I suggest we follow these steps to check the issue:
Since you got 64 bit Windows 8, we need to register files in SysWOW64 by pressing Windows key + R and type below command line one by one:
regsvr32 %windir%\SysWOW64\netshell.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\SysWOW64\ole32.dll
If we cannot get this issue fixed, please run System file checker to repair DLL files:
Please open command prompt by right-clicking the CMD and choosing Run as administrator. Type following command line:
SFC /SCANNOW
If any error message appear after the scan is finished, please post here or try to manually replace the corrupted system files from installation or recovery DVD.
In addition, if SFC fail to solve the issue, please test the issue in Clean boot mode and let me know the results:
How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
If the issue doesn’t appear, you can determine which one can be the cause by using dichotomy in MSconfig. Checking on half of Non-Microsoft service and restart, determining which half of the services cause the issue and repeating to check
half of the problematic half services.
Look forward to your response.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Unexpected Error When Creating Network

Running 10.9.1 and getting "Unexpected Error" When Creating a new network. Need help getting started.
Thanks for the support!

You need to use the alternatives under options..
It will never pick this option itself.. so click Other Options.
and use replace an existing device.
Or simply remove the existing setup and start over..
Reset to factory every time you start a setup.. and create a new network.. then reset the older units once this is working and use them to extend the network.
Personally I prefer to replace and start afresh as it just leads to less issues.
As far as range is concerned the new AC models are variously reported as excellent to worse than existing old models.. wireless is simply another form of voodoo only in white plastic instead of black.. which sort of suits the black arts better.

Time capsule flashes amber before setup, when I input the network info it keeps saying "an unexpected error occured, please try again". Already tried 10 times, even resetting, same thing keeps happening... What to do?

When I open my airport utility it detects the time capsule, but when I set everything up (name, choose the internet connection, etc) it takes a minutes, says waiting for time capsule... And then "an unexpected error occured, please try again". I tried 10 times, the same thing keeps happening... On top of that the orange light keeps blinking as soon as i turn it on. Tried to reset it also. Doesn't change a thing...

Sorry you have had such a bad first impression..
Is the ipv6 turned on? This was an after thought as they seem to have released both firmware and utility and woken up after the event to the fact they actually needed ipv6 on to manage it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4597
Otherwise I don't see what you are using to connect to the TC from the iMac.. is it wired or wireless??
Can I suggest you do the setup again.
This time use ethernet to the TC.. in full isolation from the network. And do the setup manually.
You may need to factory reset again.. sorry about that .. and start over.. only the Mac plugged into the TC.. nothing else.
You may need further help just post where you get up to and we can sort out what is happening from there.
This often works easier at the start from the airport utility in iphone or ipad if you have one.

I'm trying to add my airport express to my network. The airport utility shows a message that its gathering info about my network then suddenly an unexpected error message appears. Why is that?

i'm trying to add my airport express to my network. The airport utility shows a message that its gathering info about my network then suddenly an unexpected error message appears. Why is that?

Until Bob Timmons gets back to you, first decide what you would like the Express to do. I understand you want it for AirPlay remote speakers, which you can certainly do.
I am assuming that you are not using an Apple AirPort router; if that's not the case stop here and let me know.
If your existing router is not an Apple AirPort Base Station, the Express:
can "join" an existing wireless network as a client, for the sole purpose of streaming music. If that's what you want to do, do not connect it to your router with an Ethernet cable.
can "extend" an existing wired network to serve as an additional wireless access point, which can also stream music. If that's what you want to do, connect its WAN port to an available LAN port on your router using an Ethernet cable.
Then, "hard reset" the Express according to the instructions below, and configure it. The prompts should be self-explanatory. If you run into trouble, describe which of the above two configurations you decided upon, and the point at which you're getting the "unexpected problem".
To "hard reset" an AirPort Base Station: make sure it's powered up, then gently press and hold its tiny reset button. Don't apply any more force than required to feel a tactile click. Keep it depressed for five to ten seconds, long enough for its LED to flash amber rapidly. Release the reset button. Then, the LED will glow amber steadily for about a minute. Then, it will flash amber, slowly, about once every second or two, waiting for you to configure it with AirPort Utility.

Airport Express won't connect to network, blinking amber light, and "unexpected error occurred."

I have two aiport expresses - both have the problem. Both continue to have a blinking amber light, when I go through all the setup activities, after completing the factory reset multiple times, I simply get "An unexpected error occurred."
In fact after I do this, my laptop has issues connecting to the network. I have Verizon Fios, not sure if that means anything.
Haven't seen this covered in any of the troubleshooting materials; they just keep going to factory reset to solve all problems, which I've done several times with each device to the same end.
Any ideas?

Hi - You can install 5.6 on Mountain Lion but it is tricky - here are instructions from a post by guru Bob Timmons -
The workaround is to use a utility like Pacifist to manually extract the application and then manually install it in the Utilities folder - see this link:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html
Another workaround....if you have Time Machine backups.....is to back in time to locate AirPort Utility 5.6 and restore it to the desktop. Then drag it into the Utilities folder.

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