Who's connected to my Airport Network?

Hi! I have a home network with WPA security, I would like to know if there is a way to know if someone else but the cumputers at home are connected to it? Just in case... I understand that WPA is quite good. Thanks.

If you are using WPA you should be OK. You don't say if you are using an AEBS or just a AE card connected to a wireless router. On my router, a Belkin, there is an option to view DHCP client list. That, I think, will tell you if anyone outside your network is connected. I don't know if the AEBS gives you that information...
...or how to access it if it does, sorry.
Have fun!

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I want to see if people are stealing my internet, is there anyway I can find out how many specific users are connected to my airport express?
Thanks very much.

Open Airport Utility and log into your base station.
Then on the Summary window, click on "Wireless Clients".
This will tell you how many people are connected and what ID's they have.
Joseph Kriz

System Doesn't Automatically Connect To My Airport Network

My MacBook Pro (10.4.10) no longer automatically connects to my airport network (snow model). Airport Admin Util v. 4.2.3.
My wife's iMac also needs to manually find the network. This wasn't the case until recently.
Any suggestions?

Do you use AirPort's "Preferred Networks" setting when connecting to the base station?
If so, try the following:
1. Delete Preferred Network(s)
o System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
o In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
o Delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list
2. Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
o Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
o Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
o Restart, or log out then back in.
3. Add Preferred Network(s)
o System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
o In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
o Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
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My iphone will not connect to the airport network since I added a security password. The ipad connected immediately. Is there a setting on the phone that I need to change?

My iphone will not connect to the airport network since I added a security password. The ipad connected immediately. Is there a setting on the phone that I need to change?

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How do I find out who is connected to my airport extreme?

I have a motorola WPS870G wireless printserver that has an old HP LJ4 attached via parallel. I had a netgear router and all was good. I had it set up so that the router always assigned the same IP address to the print-server, and then I had my G4 set up to print to that IP address - then shared the printer to my MBP along with the other two printers attached to the G4 which is really now just a server in the closet. Anyway, when I switched over, I can't figure out how to find what IP address is being assigned to the printserver now nor how to make sure it's fixed. I've logged onto the printserver and set it to ask for the same IP address every time from the extreme and it does show that it's connected (based on the lights that are lit). I should also share that I first had to change the network SSID and the WEP pw to match the new network. I first tested to make sure it disconnected from the old network, then made sure the lights came back on for the new network. But now I cant figure out what IP address it's connected to. Ultimately, I need to be able to hard code that into the shared printer on the G4 to get everything back in working order. Any suggestions on how to get this printer working?
Thanks.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but you can find out who's connected by using something like Airport Monitor Utility (3rd party software) or you can use Apple's Airport Utility. Apple's Utility will also let you change settings if you don't like what you find, so we'll use that for this little example.. Please read through this whole thing before you attempt it so you know what to expect at each part and how it relates to later information. Note this will only work if the parallel print-server is connected directly to the AirPort router by wireless or wired connections. If there are any in-between routers, these directions may fail to help you and you should consider reconnecting the print-server directly to the AirPort base station.
First, write down the MAC address of the print server (or ANY other device) you need to configure for a "static" address. In this case, I mean static address not by the sense that we are not using DHCP to assign it, but in the sense that ultimately it doesn't change so your Macs and other computers/devices can always find it on the network.
* If you can't find the MAC address of the print-server or other device in question, then the only other way to go about assigning it a non-changing address will require that you can access that devices internal network setup configurations (some helpful directions on that at the bottom of this text) and set the device's DHCP Client ID to something that you will set the Airport to look for later when it assigns the print-server its connection address. MAC Address is probably easiest to use because you may be able to find the MAC Address of the device on a sticker on its case. If you can't see a MAC Address listed on the device or it has been altered through settings and you can't access the device's setup configuration pages over the network to find its current Mac Address, you may still be able to figure it's MAC Address out by following the monitoring directions immediately below.
Using Airport Utility v5.3.2, here are directions for monitoring and assigning addresses, etc:
* How to see who's connected....
1. Open Airport Utility.app
2. Select the appropriate Airport base station.
3. Click "Manual Setup" at the bottom.
It will read settings for a moment, then you should see info on the station itself. If not, click the Airport logo on the left side of the top bar of icons to take you back to this top menu page and click the "Summary" sub-tab on the left below it.
NOTE: A lot of people don't realize the fact that this "info" is actually a menu with hidden shortcuts that lead to a lot of advanced useful features that otherwise you might take a while to hunt down navigating icons and tabs above. You have to actually mouse over each line to figure that out.
4. To find out who's connected, mouse-over the entry that says Wireless Clients until it has a right-pointing arrow in a circle appear to alert you that it's now a link. Clicking "Wireless Clients" will be a shortcut that saves you a lot of time and clicking that would equate to clicking the obvious controls above in the order: icon "Advanced", then tab "Logging", then page link "Logs and Statistics" then tab "Wireless Clients".
Note: This info is not a static display, but an active charting of who's connected, at what speeds, with what signal to noise ratios. It updates very quickly.
5. From here, you can click the "DHCP Clients" tab to see all the devices connected to this basestation by either wireless or wired connections and their relevant MAC addresses, etc. This page unfortunately has no direct quickly like its neighboring tab for Wireless clients, but at least you have a shortcut now to get you to this pages nearest neighboring tab which does save some time.
Note: This info will be helpful to figure out what's going on with your print-server or other routers/devices if you know their MAC addresses. You can find the MAC address on most devices on a sticker somewhere on the bottom or back side of the device if you can't pull up a configuration page on it to tell you. Some devices can have their MAC addresses reprogrammed through their configuration pages. Be aware of that possibility if you can't find the expected MAC address connected in this list. If you can't figure out which MAC address is your print-server, disconnect it from AirPort and see that a device disappears from the list. Then reconnect it and the device that is added to the list again is the MAC address you are looking for. Write this down for the next section. If it doesn't appear in this list, then we have a real problem with the connection like possibly the print-server device's internal networking settings are messed up and need to be reset to defaults. There is some info on how to go about that at the bottom of this text.
Now, on to forcing a DHCP device connected to AirPort routers to always use a particular address:
Once you have an idea what the MAC address is of the device you want to force to use a static address, you can go about it two ways. Either you assign it an address permanently in its own configuration page (if accessible) after turning off its DHCP setting to static, or you can use its DHCP setting to set the address with the Airport Router automatically to the same address every time it reconnects to the network or is turned back on, etc. The steps with Airport need to start the same way in either case.
1. Same as before, if you haven't already, open Airport Utility, select router, click "Manual setup"
2. Click the "Internet" icon at the top. Then click the DHCP subtab.
3. To keep other devices from "Stepping on" your address that you want to assign permanently to the printer or other device, make sure the static address you choose is outside of the range of DHCP addresses setup on this page. If not, other devices could take the address away from time to time and it will cause you headaches.
Once that's set so you have an address protected from other devices getting assigned to via DHCP by limiting the DHCP address range not to include it, here's where you must choose which route to use to assign the address. You can either assign it in the printer's web-reachable configuration page (if you can figure out how to get to it and have the passwords, etc to do it, and its configuration is capable of accepting static addressing etc.. ) OR you can assign it directly from Airport's configuration (recommended). This is how to do it in Airport Utility from the DHCP controls we just opened:
1. Under the "DHCP Reservations" section, we want to click the add "+" button to set up your printer or other device for a static (but assigned) address that won't change..
2. Enter a description like "printer" or "print server" or what have you.
3. Select reservation by "MAC Address", then click "OK".
NOTE: You can use the reservation by "DHCP Client ID" to set this up as well, IF the device has a unique Client ID set in its configuration settings. I don't recommend doing so for two reasons. MAC Addresses are more hardware based, and thus, a more stable method of identification that isn't likely to change and cause you grief later. DHCP Client IDs are software-set and more subject to get wiped out if the device is reset than its MAC address as well there is the potential for two devices to be set to the same DHCP Client ID if one isn't careful, which would also cause confusion for AirPort. Most networking devices won't let you "fake" their MAC address using software settings, so MAC address can be considered the most stable and desirable method of identifying a non-computer on your network. Computers are the most likely culprits for spoofing different MAC addresses through software, so likely you don't have to worry about that with your print-server, although it's dependent on the manufacturer and what they gave it the capability to do.
4. Now here you enter the MAC address (or DHCP Client ID if so directed) of the print-server or other device you want to permanently assign the address you've chosen.
5. Lastly, enter the static IP address you want it to take on each time it is reset and requests and address again from AirPort and click done. This address will always be held available and assigned every time by Airport each time the device with the MAC address you gave it asks for a DHCP address assignment. Thus, while the device thinks its being assigned dynamic addresses, its just using the DHCP process to be assigned the same address every time by AirPort..
6. Save the changes you just made to your Airport configurations for DHCP assignments and reservations and then after Airport restarts, power-cycle your printer or other device you just setup by matching MAC address in Airport Utility and it should be assigned the new address you just specified.
7. AIRPORT TEST: Go back to the first directions in this piece to check the DHCP device connections. You should see the Mac address of the printer show up with the correctly assigned "static" IP address now in this list. If you don't, then perhaps the printer or other device assigned isn't set up for accepting an address by DHCP in its own settings. Usually this is a default behavior for any device connected to a network. If you can't open the configuration settings, at your option, you may find a pin-hole reset switch on the device you can use to reboot it with original hardware configuration settings that probably are set to DHCP.
8. Don't forget to go change your print-server settings in System Preferences of all Macs connected (and printer settings of any PCs). Your Mac needs to know the print-server's new 'permanently' assigned address in order to find it.. Be sure to save the changes..
** Be careful that you know what you are doing if you have a device that doesn't want to cooperate the way you think it should with your AirPort router. If you can't access the devices internal configuration settings in your web browser by typing its current IP address in the URL format http://.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, you should lookup the device manufacturer's website and search it for their support info on the device for its setup, default user-name/password and default network configuration and IP address settings to understand why you are still having trouble before you resort to resetting it by hardware reset switch. Hardware resets can sometimes have very bad results. Avoid this until the software configuration route can't be achieved by any method you try.
If you have any PCs that need to find the print-server and that setup proves to be too difficult, sometimes it helps to install Apple's Bonjour software for PCs (running Windows 2000, XP, or Vista only).... It will try to automatically locate any printers or print-servers on your network, but also makes the set-up a lot easier in general in most cases...
I hope that helps.

Who is connected to my Airport Express?

I have downloaded the Airport Admin Utility, and was wondering how I could find out which computers are connected to my Airport. I know this is easy with a regular router, where the MAC-adresses of every computer is shown. Is this possible with Airport? And if not, why the **** not?!

K3vin, Welcome to the discussion area!
See the thread "Who's on my network".

Finding out who is connected to my AirPort Express

I have downloaded the Airport Admin Utility, and was wondering how I could find out which computers are connected to my Airport. I know this is easy with a regular router, where the MAC-adresses of every computer is shown. Is this possible with Airport? And if not, why the **** not?!

K3vin, Welcome to the discussion area!
See the thread "Who's on my network".

I'm connected to my airport network but can't get online

2 days ago, i was online and everything was working fine.
Yesterday, i tried going online and i was told that i was not connected to the internet even though i had full signal bars from my airport. I've restarted my computer a dozen times, checked all my internet connection settings, but nothing worked, i'm still being told that i'm not connected to the internet although internet connect says i am. contrarily, network diagnostics says i am not connected.
this happened to me once before over the summer. i gave up and didn't use my computer for about a week. when i tried using it again, the internet was just fine. however, i do not have the luxury of waiting a week because my school curriculum requires the use of the internet.
what's wrong with my computer and how is it that i connected just fine 2 days ago, but cannot since then? please help!
Message was edited by: kukumuzu
if relevant, my software versions are as follows:
Safari 3.1.1
Internet Connect 1.4.3
Network Diagnostics 1.0.2

You might want to update Safari to 3.12. I would empty the safari cache. (Safari>Empty Cache). Then quit Safari. System Preferences>Network>Show:Airport>TCP/IP. Insert the following into the DNS Servers box;
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
then hit apply. Now launch Safari. You should also try powering down modem, router and Mac and power up in 2 minute sequence; modem, router, Mac.

Connecting to my Airport network

Has anyone else experienced this issue.
I use my G4iBook at school and at home. I have two "locations" because at school I have to use a proxy server to connect to the internet at work.
When I get home, my iBook wants to connect with every wireless network in the neighborhood (most are not secure), except my Airport network - AEBS.
This issue started when I changed the password on my secure Airport network.
It's not a big problem, but it's annoying to have to choose my own Airport network every time I come home from work.

If you use your computer in several locations and you switch Networks then you will have to select your network at home.
Airport technology will pick up any Network that it is in range of, your computer will be able connect to any that are not protected. Same as when you get home you have been using it at work and when you get home, lets say you are in range of 4 different Networks how does it know which one to connect to. Remember you have been at work all day using a different network. It sees them all but doesn't know which one to use.
Don

My WinXP needs the WEP key to connect to the AirPort network. Where do I g

I have a new iMac and Airport router. I have set up WEP on the airport and the iMac connects fine. The XP recognizes the airport network, but when I try to connect, it asks for the network key (wep key).
Where (how) do I get the encryption key?

I have a new iMac and Airport router. I have set up
WEP on the airport and the iMac connects fine. The
XP recognizes the airport network, but when I try to
connect, it asks for the network key (wep key).
Where (how) do I get the encryption key?
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP2)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1011.html
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP1)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1010.html
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I want to know who's connected to my airport express

Is there any way I can monitor who is using my connection?, I already downloaded Airport Management Tools, and where is says Monitor I can see 2 number with checkboxs that look like this
00:11:24......
00:19:C5......
Does it mean I have 2 people using my connection?
If so how can I disconnect them
I already have the airport with passwords and everything

These are, most likely, the MAC addresses of your AirPort Express Base Station.
A MAC (media access control) address is a unique hardware identification number for a network port. AirPort Express has two MAC addresses: one for the wired Ethernet port and one for the wireless Ethernet port. The wireless MAC address is also known as the AirPort ID.
Although, you can use MAC Access Control to restrict which devices, by MAC address, that can access your base station, this technique is not truly secure as MAC addresses can be spoofed. You best defense is to use WPA or WPA2 encryption.

Connecting to Closed Airport Network

I recently password protected my network for wireless access. Before upgrading to Tiger, my computer automatically entered my 128 Bit WEP key. Now, when my computer starts up, I have to type in the network name and password everytime. Is there a way to add it to my keychain so that my computer recognizes and connects to the network automatically on startup?

Duane,
I am aware that not broadcasting the SSID provides little in the way of protection. I do it to prevent casual snooping. I use WPA encyrption on the network. Actually the SSID is not broadcast continuously between base station and clients. It is always sent in the authentication frame and sometimes in other association frames. Tools like AirJack can send spoof deauthentication frames, force reauthentication, and thereby reveal the SSID.
That said I want my network to be closed and my newer Airport Express will not link to the closed network. It is a problem and not a feature.

Determining what/who is connected to my airport express/extreme?

In my old Linksys, there was a config page that let me see the IP addresses and MACs of all current attached devices (both wireless and wired) on my network How do I do t his with an Airport Express (and also an Extreme, if the procedure is different.)
thanks,
dan

K3vin, Welcome to the discussion area!
See the thread "Who's on my network".

How should I connect these two AirPort networks?

Hi all,
I have had to reset both of my networks; one an AirPort Extreme and the other an AirPort Express. As it stands, the Extreme has a USB printer and a NAS drive connected to it, while the Express is my gateway to the internet. Right now I have to switch networks to either access the internet, or print.
I'm open to suggestions on how to connect these two networks. My goal is to be able to printer, connect to the internet, and connect to the NAS drive without switching networks.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ed

One option would be to configure both of your base stations in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS). In this type of configuration, you'll be able to both access the Internet and/or print without having to change wireless networks.

How can I see who is connected to my Airport Express? Airport utility does not provide it

Dear community,
I'm highly surprised by the difficulties to find a simple request… I look on the web, and find some old topic about it, suggesting "Airport Management Tool" which is the old version of the Airport utility on my OSX 10.8.5, so I cannot install it. I have the lasted Airport utiity firmware and software (6.3.1).
I'm pretty sure Apple have a simple way to do it, without downloading any extra software.
Thank you for your time, I hope you can help me out.
Best regards !

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utillty
Hold down the option key on your Mac while you double click on the icon of your Apple router
A list of currently connected wireless devices will be displayed
Click the arrow next to each device to reveal more infomation about the device

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