Why does my Airport Extreme

Why do my aiport extreme and express regularly flash yellow even while functioning properly?

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utiltiies > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click directly on the word Status (2nd line) and a message will appear to explain why the Airport is whining
It might be something as simple as a notice that an update is available

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Why does my airport extreme not recognize my cable modem anymore?

Why does my airport extreme not recognize my cable modem anymore?

Have you tried resetting the modem? Power it down and let it rest a moment, then power it back up again.
Also, some ISPs require physically detaching their cable from the modem for it to be fully reset. Literally unscrew it from the modem. Try that, in conjunction with powering it down.
Don't do anything with your Extreme, other than powering it down too, in the event the modem reset does not help. Reconfiguring it may be necessary but this is not justified quite yet.

Why does my Airport Extreme Base Station keep appearing as a Shared device?

After installing 10.5 my Airport Extreme Base Station keeps appearing with a Windows PC icon under the SHARED list in the Finder, and I don't have a hard drive attached. Does anyone know why it's appearing, and how I can make it go away?

Even more weird in my case, I have the Airport Extreme show up twice under Shared. One shows an icon of the actual Airport Extreme which is the one that has the hard drive attached and that works fine. The second is named Airport-Extreme and has an icon like its a PC. lol Not sure what's going on here but if you ask me the first one should be there because that makes sense, but I have no idea why the second one is displayed. Must be some sort of bug.

Why does my AirPort Extreme keep shutting off?

My AirPort Extreme keeps shutting off randomly can any one help?
-thanks

More experience leads me to believe the problem is with the new iMac. If I get the network going by turning AirPort Extreme power off, then on, I see a good signal at my iMac. Experience shows the network drops off after several hours. But yesterday I turned the iMac off, and the network remainded up (I could see it on my iPhone and iPad) throughout the night. That's the first time that has happened since I got the new iMac. Never had this issue with the old machine. I transferred all file to the new machine from a Time Machine backup that was up-to-date. Am working with Apple support. They had me do a re-boot of the AirPort and will call back tomorrow AM to learn it did not solve the problem, but turning off the iMac does. Darn.

Why does my airport extreme have 2 of the LAN port on but not the main light after a lightning strike ??!

pleasee help!!

Unfortunately, this is a symptom that a power surge has damaged the AirPort Extreme. There is likely nothing that can be done other than replacing the device.
If you have an Apple store or authorized servicer in your area, you should take it to them so they can have a look at the device to confirm. As user stinkybumbler mentions, it would be a good idea to have any of your sensitive electronic gear plugged into a high quality surge protection device.

Why does my Airport Extreme Base Station not recognize my iProDrive powered external hard drive?

My 500GB iprodrive is recognized when connected directly to any of my computers just fine. My AEBS recognizes flash drives just fine. But the two together don't work. I have tried reformatting to exfat, msdos(fat), extended, extended journaled, none work. Its a powered drive so I'm assuming thats not the problem. Help?

Its a powered drive so I'm assuming thats not the problem.
I have to use a powered USB hub with a 1 TB LaCie hard drive when I connect it to the AirPort Extreme, otherwise the drive is not recognized.
However, I can connect the same hard drive directly to my MacBook Pro and it works just fine without the powered USB hub.
Try formatting the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also known as HFS+, and try using a powered USB hub when you connect the drive to the AEBS.
If that still won't work, then you have to assume that the drive is just not compatible with the USB port on the AEBS.

Why does my AirPort Extreme Base Station lose the internet when I unplug my printer Ethernet cable?

I just changed ISPs to Qwest from Speakeasy. New modem. Now my etherneted (from extreme base station) printer (Brother HL1870N) doesn't work.
And if I unplug the printer ethernet cable from the base station, the base station loses the internet connection.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks

whats the version on your airport extreme and what renerations is it?

Why does my airport extreme network crash once each evening around 6 P.M.?

Like clockwork, every darned day, my network crashes with no known cause. I'm with Comcast as my ISP but they seem to have no clue - or won't admit it if they do 1 about my crashes. Every service tech they send out has a different possible remedy, like the likelihood of a switch being activated nearby that causes my network to crash so routinely.
Anyone have any experience like this before?

One of the problems with Air Radar and other utilities like this is that it will not display the signals of cordless phones, security systems and even other "closed" networks around you.
As you know, a "closed" network will not display the name of the wireless signal when you scan looking for networks.
This is a popular feature with many users and you can probably safely bet that there are at least 3-4 other networks around you that Air Radar cannot "see".
Other wireless routers are continuously looking for a good channel to use, so while you may have a "good" channel for a time, in a crowded area, some other router will likely jump on the same channels.
Cordless phones change channels continuously so even if you could "see" their signals...(and you can't with Air Radar)....they are tough to avoid.
Did you try different locations with your AirPort Extreme?
Can something from within my iMac be causing this calamity of networking failure?
Nothing that I know of.
Most wireless networks operate on the 2.4 GHz band. A newer Apple router and also routers from other brands will operate on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band. There are very few networks using 5 GHz so that might be something to think about. The problem here is that your G4 will likely not work on this frequency.
The other thing to think about is having a professional IT person come out to your house to run some scans using pro equipment. I can't say that this will help, but if Air Radar shows 4-5 other signals, you can bet that the pro equipment will probably display over 20 possible sources of interference in your area.

Why does my airport extreme stop issuing dynamic ip

On several occasions, my airport extreme 5th gen stops issuing IP's when computers are connected to the network and seeking dynamic IP's.
Computers that are already connected work fine, but those that are restarted. or computers being connected by WiFi cannot capture a DHCP generated IP.
The problem originally occured occasionally on a previous airport extreme, so I replaced it with a new 5th generation. This AE also shows the same problem on occasion ( perhaps once every few months).
My network has this AE that serves as the connection to the internet, and as the DHCP server, plus four additionl AE's acting bridges. Each of these four have static IP's in the network.
I have a second internal network attached to the same DSL system using a different external IP. This network only differs from the first in that it only has two AE's, one of which is the DHCP server for that network.
Can anyone suggest what might be triggering this problem?
Thanks
JD

No problem.. but I am interested to hear what happens.
The terminal command btw is based on default password ie. public.
If you change the password as you are forced to do now in v6 utility the command changes to
natutil -v -i -s
It will then request a password from you.
Not all of the info here is correct.. the dhcp range is not correct.
natutil -v -i -s
Enter Password:
Searching for Internet Gateway Devices...
2 IGDs found
Getting IGD status...ok
WAN connection details:
Connection type: Ethernet
Link status: Up
Download bps: 1000000000
Upload bps: 1000000000
WAN IP connection details:
Connection type: IP_Bridged
Connection status: Connected
IP address: 192.168.2.201
Uptime: 72333
RSIP Available: false
NAT Enabled: false
LAN DHCP configuration:
Configurable DHCP: true
Forwarding DHCP: false
Low IP: 10.0.1.2
High IP: 10.0.1.200
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
DNS domain: (unknown)
Getting IGD status...ok
WAN connection details:
Connection type: Ethernet
Link status: Down
Download bps: 0
Upload bps: 0
WAN IP connection details:
Connection type: IP_Bridged
Connection status: Disconnected
IP address: 192.168.2.203
Uptime: 413378
RSIP Available: false
NAT Enabled: false
LAN DHCP configuration:
Configurable DHCP: true
Forwarding DHCP: false
Low IP: 10.0.1.2
High IP: 10.0.1.200
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
DNS domain: (unknown)
Still, it might help.

I have an airport extreme 2013. Why does my airport utility sometimes display IP addresses and other times the names of the devices? I want it to always display the device names.

I have an airport extreme 2013. Why does my airport utility sometimes display IP addresses and other times the names of the devices? I want it to always display the device names.

The utility has had less and less useful information .. it might be time to simply find a different utility.
Fing network scanner. iphone and ipad.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/fing-network-scanner/id430921107?mt=8
This is very popular.. I do not know of what works well on Mac OS because i have installed 5.6 utility which of course has far more info than the later toy version. Plus using an Asus router which has excellent listing of all the clients.
Sometimes beating yourself up to make apple routers do what you want is easier solved with lateral thinking.

Why does my Airport Express say "self assigned IP address"? No IP address for the ethernet, and it is not connecting to my cable router any longer...

Why does my Airport Express say "self assigned IP address"? No IP address for the ethernet, and it is not connecting to my cable router any longer...

Some cable providers.....like mine, a well known company......seem to take anywhere from a few moments to sometimes up to 30 minutes to allow their equipment back at the cable company to fully reset and issue a new fresh connection.
So, it would not hurt to leave things powered down for 15-20 minutes or more when you perform the reset that John Galt suggests.

Why does my airport express keep cutting out?

Why does my airport express keep cutting out?

I have a 1st gen Airport Express and use it to stream music from my PC, iPhone 4, iPad and iPod Touch. My Airport Express is connected to a Teac UD-H01 DAC via an optical cable which is connected to an amp and speakers. I had no problems at all with this set up until I upgraded the Airport Express firmware to 7.6.3. The sound then started to drop out frequently. To cut a long story short after various testing, the problem had to be the Airport Express. I called Apple support but they were not much help and couldn't fix the problem and said they would speak to engineering and phone back. While I was waiting I decided to have another go to find the problem and opened the airport utility and saw that there was an option to downgrade the firmware. At this point I realised that the problems started about the same time that I upgraded the firmware to 7.6.3 but didn't think at the time that Apple would release a firmware that didn't work. Anyway I downgraded to 7.6.1 and hey presto, everything worked again. A couple of days ago I noticed that firmware 7.6.4 was available and thought I'd give it a go, not good - same problem as 7.6.3. I've downgraded to 7.6.1 again and all is well. Hope this helps.

Does the Airport extreme provide any sort of usage reporting? Either per user or aggregate usage of the broadband port

Does the Airport extreme provide any sort of usage reporting? Either per user or aggregate usage of the broadband port

No. You may be able to retrieve that information from your ISP.

Does the Airport Extreme support HP cp1025? There are two versions of the printer the cp1025 and cp1025nw. I have the cp1025, and can't set it up. Is there a list of AE/bonjour supported printers?

Does the Airport Extreme support HP cp1025? There are two versions of the printer the cp1025 and cp1025nw. I have the cp1025, and can't set it up.
Is there a list of AE/bonjour supported printers?

Bonjour is a transport protocol. It also provides a means of advertising a printer on a network.
Any list that shows printers that support Bonjour is generally an indication that the printer itself supports this protocol, meaning that when it is connected to the network, you can see it in your default Add Printer browser. In the case of the Airport, it also supports the Bonjour protocol and will advertise any printer that is connected to its USB port. The printer itself does not have to support Bonjour. The Airport performs this function. And like many lists, they are not kept up to date because each vendor releases several new models every quarter or half year.
There are definitely printers that don't work when connected to the USB port of the Airport. And this is more that the printer driver does not support this type of connection, mainly due to the port not supporting bidirectional communications which some printer drivers require. The Canon UFR2 and CAPT drivers are a good example of this limitation. But this is only the Mac drivers. The Windows equivalent drivers work fine when the printer is connected to the USB port.
So with you having an issue with the Windows drivers then I don't think it is a case of them not supporting Bonjour but more to do with some other component not functioning when the printer is shared by the Airport. The error message appears to have more to do with local user rights which is probably driver related. I've seen some printers that you cannot use the Windows Add Printer wizard to add them. Instead you have to use the vendors utility because of some proprietary protocol being used. Maybe this is one of those?
Now that you seen how it should work based on when you used the C3188, if you still get that error message at point 6 of adding the C1025 then it would suggest a driver compatibility issue with the Airport - which is not necessarily a Bonjour compatibility issue. So unless there was another model of HP printer driver that you could use to this C1025 and that was also compatible with the USB port of the Airport Extreme, then I would suggest your best action is to replace the printer with a model that does work. Maybe even one that has builtin wireless so you don't have to use the USB port of the Airport.

Why does my airport wifi icon now say "No Hardware installed" It has been working for ever

Why does my airport wifi icon now say "No Hardware installed" It has been working for ever

This message comes up when your Mac no longer recognizes that there is an operational AirPort card installed. This can be due to a number of reasons, including card or antenna cabling failure.
You can try either a PRAM or SMC reset. Which you choose will depend on the exact model of your Mac, but most likely, a visit to your local Apple Store is in order.

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