Windows XP unable to find any AirPort base stations

I am new to mac and have just got a macbook that is now connected to the internet wirelessly through an AirPort Extreme 802.11n base station. I am trying to get my old Gateway to connect as well and installed the AirPort Utility on it, but it will not find any base station. It is Windows XP version 2002 with service pack 2, and so I think I should be able to get this to work. Maybe it's a settings thing, but I've tried several things. Any suggestions?

Ok, it sounds like wireless security is NOT the issue. If you connect your PC directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the AEBSn's LAN ports...can you access the Internet now?

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"AirPort Utility unable to find any AirPort base stations"

I am getting it, along with a blanked out options panel even as I am using the two AirPort base stations and the Airport Extreme that are installed in my house. This confuses me.
I get it on my 12" Powerbook with 10.5.2 installed, but not on the one that's still running Panther. I do not get it on the iMac running Panther.
So does anybody have any idea why my "updated" PB can't see the network it's using? I have had Bonjour and Rendezvous issues in 10.5.2, too, so I am guessing these are all related somehow.
I have not installed the most recent AirPort Utility because I am afraid it will throw me offline altogether. (Should I?)
All advice welcome.

I have the same problem. Two newer macbooks work just fine but an older powerbook that was running fine on the airport extreme now say no airport card installed. Any ideas for a fix?

AirPort Utility was unable to find any AirPort base stations...

I recently purchased a new AirPort Extreme base station 802.11n, and I followed the manual to get it set up. I installed the software, but when I launch AirPort Utility it cannot detect my base station. (I get the above error message).
I've got an old G4 desktop mac (QuickSilver model) running OSX 10.4.10, and it's got the original AirPort card installed. I've made sure AirPort it turned on in my menu bar.
I decided to set up my base station by connecting an Ethernet cable directly from my base station into my Mac, and set up my network that way. But as soon as I try it wireless, then AirPort utility looses the base station.
My base station is connected to a Netgear ADSL2+ Modem Router DG834. (The router and my internet connection are working fine). I've got all solid green lights on the router and the base station.
Is there some compatibility issue with my old AirPort card and my new base station? Or do I have a faulty card maybe?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks, Tom.

I have the same setup as you and I had problems like yours. For some reason the old airport card doesn't seem to work with the new airport extreme base station if you are using WEP encryption. WPA works fine. In order to connect to your new base station so that you can administer it with the new Airport utility try this first: If the airport icon is displayed on your tool bar, click on it and select other. Enter your network name and password. With a little luck you will now be connected to your base station and it will be found by airport utility. If that doesn't work. Press the rest button on the back of the base station and hold it for at least one minute. That should completely rest your base station so that it is not encrypted. You should then be able to select it from the drop down menu when you click on the airport icon on the tool bar. Once you are connected, airport utility will find it.

My Windows Vista Computer is unable to find any AirPort wireless devices

My Windows Vista computer is unable to find any AirPort wireless devices. I just set this up using another (different) computer and it works fine on that one...

Per chance was the other computer that was able to "find" the AirPort base station another Win Vista device or another using another OS?

Unable to find any airport wireless device

Hey there. I very recently installed airport Utility (latests version) for windows 7, for the purpose of fowarding ports 1630-1636 for a game. Sadly, whenever i launch Airport Utility, i get the error message "AIrport utility was unable to find any Airport wireles devices. Please make sure your device is in range of your computer and plugged in. Then rescan and try again." Please help! I'm never able to find my modem (which is an airportextreme) making it impossible to foward these ports!
Any input will be greatly appreciated!

Are you connected to the Aiport Extreme either wirelessly or by ethernet?

Trying to set up time capsule but keep getting message stating airport utility was unable to find any airport wireless device. What do I do know?

Trying to set up my time capsule on my imac.
Keep getting message "Airport utility was unable to find any airport wireless devices."
What do I do now?
joglenn

When having difficulties accessing the Time Capsule (TC) via the AirPort Utility, try the following, in order checking accessibility with the utility after each step:
Check the local connection. If you are trying to access the TC wirelessly, make sure that you are connected to its wireless network before running the AirPort Utility to administer it. If you are still unable to access it with the utility, temporarily connect your computer directly using an Ethernet cable to one of the TC's LAN ports.
Power cycle the base station. Remove the power adapter's plug from the power outlet, and then, wait 15 seconds before plugging it back in.
Perform a "factory default" reset on the base station.
Finally, if you are attempting to access the TC via an Ethernet connection, be sure that your Ethernet port is NOT configured for Jumbo Frames, i.e., using an MTU of 9000+.

AirPort utility unable to find any AirPort wireless devices

Hi All,
I have an issue I have no idea how to resolve. I recently purchased a 2TB Time capsule and after a few teething issues have had it working as both router and external storage. I have spent the last 2 weeks transferring all my media to this for central access from all networked computers.
Its been running fine the whole time until today. For some reason my internet connection was dropped. I turned off the TC and my Modem, and then restarted in the right order.
WiFi connection is Excellent. I can connect to my mapped TC drive, but I cannot connect to either the internet (my network is now only allowing 'Local Connection') and the Airport utility is unable to find any Airport wireless devices. I was hoping i'd be able to see an issue through the utility but it cant even recognise the device!
I am yet to do a hard re-set of the TC as I want to avoid having to go through the network set up again and I assume this is the information that is lost? I'm also concerned I will lose the content of the TC and i really dont have the time or the patience to go through that exercise again.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Mark

Thanks for the quick response!
My Modem is not the issue in this case as I have already connected via network cable directly to it and am using it to connect to the internet now.
I had issues with IP conflict etc when setting up the network and suspect something similar this time, except I cant even open the TC to check the set up as AirPort utilities cant see it.
I think I have the TC doing the routing as all periphrals attached to the network were getting a 10.0.1.x IP address, but I have to confess this is not my forte and neither is pinging things as I dont understand any of the information that comes back!
I assume the hard re-set option is a last resort? I'm tempted to just do it as I cant see I'll be any worse off than now... but I'll hold off and do the proper diagnosis.
Unfortunately I'm away for the next 2 days so wont get this resolved before then... I have the internet hard wired so that will keep the wife happy... but i will look into this further and report back with more details on my return.
Thanks,
Mark

My airport utility can't find my airport base station

My AirPort Express stopped working! It keeps flashing the amber status light. I tried finding the problem with airport utility but airport utility can no longer find my airport base station. I did a hard reset but I am not sure what to do now.????

Suggest that you try the following:
1) Reset the cable modem. There is a reset button on the back or bottom of the device. Check your documentation for the modem for exact details. In general, you press the reset button for a few seconds and then power down the modem completely.
That means pulling the power plug from the back of the modem or the AC wall plug
Leave the modem powered off at least 30 minutes
2) Perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Extreme using the instructions in this document
Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
3) Then power off the AirPort Extreme
After 30 minutes.....
4) Connect the Ethernet cable from the cable modem to the WAN port (circle icon) on the AirPort Extreme
5) Temporarily, connect another spare Ethernet cable from your Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme
7) Power up the modem and let it run for 5 minutes by itself
8) Power up the AirPort Extreme the same way
At this point, the AirPort Extreme should be slowly blinking amber
9) Open AirPort Utility (I assume that you have AirPort Utility 6.0) and click on Other Base Stations, then click on the Base Station xxxxxxx representing your AirPort Extreme to start the setup process
AirPort Utility should suggest that you configure the AirPort Extreme to "Create a wireless network". Accept that option and enter the required wireless network name that you want and passwords
Follow any more prompts as required and AirPort Utility should configure the device for you
Wait 25-30 seconds for a green light
10) Disconnect the temporary Ethernet cable from your Mac to the AirPort Extreme
11) Log on to the wireless network that you named during the setup process
12) Report on your results

My mac book air connects to my network and gets internet access but time machine cannot find my airport base station to set up time machine

My mac book air connects to my network and gets internet access but airport utility cannot find my airport base station to set up time machine

airport utility cannot find my airport base station to set up time machine
Normally, AirPort Utility is not used or needed to set up Time Machine backups......unless a default setting on the Time Capsule to Enable File Sharing has been changed.
On the other hand, if you open AirPort Utility, a picture of the Time Capsule should be displayed. Are you saying here that the Time Capsule does not appear when you open AirPort Utility?

Airport utility was unable to find any airport wireless device

Installed Airport Extreme connected to my PC running XP Pro. Configured my wireless network successfully. Updated to Aiport Utility for Windows ver 5.5.2 and the Airport Utility shows the 'unable to find an Airport wireless device' message and the 'Rescan' button. I uninstalled the upgraded Utility software, unplugged the Airport Extreme, installed the original software from the supplied disc, held down the reset button while plugging the power back in and waited till I got the amber/green fast flashing lights at which time I released the reset button. No change. Then upgraded the Airport Utility back to 5.5.2 and still no change. I can connect to the web from my PC and to an open wireless network named Apple Network f9561d.
Any help getting access to my Airport Extreme greatly appreciated. Thx

PC was/is always directly connected to Airport Extreme via ethernet. Windows XP Pro firewall always has been disabled (double checked). No firewall software. Disabled PC Tools malware protector. No virus protection or scanning software.
Only things showing in toolbar are NVidia Settings, Windows Volume Control, Network Connection icon,Safely Remove Hardware Icon and the time.
Don't have anything running that would block any ports.
Airport Utility for Windows is version 5.5.2.
Did another factory(?) reset as described before and pressed 'Rescan' button 15 times with no change. Devices connected via wireless are Nexus smartphone & HP laptop running Vista. All can access Internet, but slowly.
Tried rebooting PC several times with no difference. Tried plugging the PC ethernet cable into different ports in the Airport Extreme before I realized that I could always access the Internet from the PC so I was wasting my time : )
Tonite I unhooked my DLink wireless router, hooked up the Airport Extreme, installed the software, configured the network (perfectly) and then checked for and installed the
Airport Utility software upgrade (no others). As soon as it finished installing, I ran it and ended up with the error. I didn't install anything else or even run any other software. I saved the configuration, checked for and installed the upgrade. I haven't changed ANY settings on the PC or run any software other than Firefox to create my Apple account to report this problem.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Windows 8 won't find any airport after resuming from standby

Hi,
I have had a windows 7 PC with both airport express (2nd and 3rd generation) working flawlessly. I bought a new Windows 8 Laptop. Initially everything worked fine, but after resuming from standby mode (closed the display and reopened) my itunes stopped working, and the airport utility software was unable to find both airport express. After shutdown and restart they both worked again until the next standby mode.
I've read somewhere that it might be a conflict with IPv6 so I disabled it from registry, but the problem remains.....
any thoughts
Regards,
German

Did you upgrade the drivers from the wireless card manufacturer in win8 machine.. ??
If that doesn't work.. do some more basic wireless investigation..
1. Are wireless names SMB compliant.. ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric?
2. WPA2 Personal security with a password which also conforms to the above.
3. Test with fixed wireless channels. 11, 6, 1
4. If none of the above work.. turn off security for a few minutes and see if that works.

I have had a time capsule for years and it worked well. Now my airport utility states it is unable to find any airport wireless devices. When I rescan, I get the same response. I access the internet wirelessly through my Time Capsule - that part works.

My time capsule is currently not backing up my MAC. My airport utility states it can't find any airport wireless devices. But I can access the internet via my time capsule. I was trying to reset my time capsule but it won't let me since the airport utiity states it can't find any airport wireless devices.

i was having the same problem. i held the reset button on my airport express for ten seconds, waited for it to restart and than unplugged my internet modem for 15 seconds and waited for it to restart and my wireless worked. but when i go to setup everything through the airport utility everything goes to crap and i have to start over again. i don't get it.

Airport utility can't find my airport base station

Im trying to set up a wireless internet at home. I have a comcast cable internet connected to motorola sb120 cable modem and I connected an ethernet cable from the modem to my aiport base station. when I open the airport utility in my macbook (also from my iphone 4s) the airport utility can't find the base station. the base station has a solid green ligh on and the modem "llink" light is binking amber. If I connect the ethernet cable frm the modem to my macbook I can get the internet with out any problem ...please help me set up my wireless internet with airport base station. ty.

Suggest that you try the following:
1) Reset the cable modem. There is a reset button on the back or bottom of the device. Check your documentation for the modem for exact details. In general, you press the reset button for a few seconds and then power down the modem completely.
That means pulling the power plug from the back of the modem or the AC wall plug
Leave the modem powered off at least 30 minutes
2) Perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Extreme using the instructions in this document
Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
3) Then power off the AirPort Extreme
After 30 minutes.....
4) Connect the Ethernet cable from the cable modem to the WAN port (circle icon) on the AirPort Extreme
5) Temporarily, connect another spare Ethernet cable from your Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme
7) Power up the modem and let it run for 5 minutes by itself
8) Power up the AirPort Extreme the same way
At this point, the AirPort Extreme should be slowly blinking amber
9) Open AirPort Utility (I assume that you have AirPort Utility 6.0) and click on Other Base Stations, then click on the Base Station xxxxxxx representing your AirPort Extreme to start the setup process
AirPort Utility should suggest that you configure the AirPort Extreme to "Create a wireless network". Accept that option and enter the required wireless network name that you want and passwords
Follow any more prompts as required and AirPort Utility should configure the device for you
Wait 25-30 seconds for a green light
10) Disconnect the temporary Ethernet cable from your Mac to the AirPort Extreme
11) Log on to the wireless network that you named during the setup process
12) Report on your results

HT1218 I recently updated from O.S. 10.6 to Mountain Lion and had additional memory installed. Now I can't get my wireless printer to print wirelessly. I went to Airport utilities as suggested above, but it says it can't locate any airport base station.

I just updated from OS 10.6 to Mountain Lion. My HPC4780 wireless all-in-one will not print wirelessly, even though it indicates it is getting a wireless signal. I followd the "airport base station firmware updates" suggestions, but my computer can't detect an airport base station, even though I am looking at it, and the light is green like it is supposed to be. The printer works if I connect it, but won't print wirelessly. Any ideas? I am trying to learn Mountain Lion's ins and outs.

I just updated from OS 10.6 to Mountain Lion. My HPC4780 wireless all-in-one will not print wirelessly, even though it indicates it is getting a wireless signal. I followd the "airport base station firmware updates" suggestions, but my computer can't detect an airport base station, even though I am looking at it, and the light is green like it is supposed to be. The printer works if I connect it, but won't print wirelessly. Any ideas? I am trying to learn Mountain Lion's ins and outs.

HT3728 I cannot find the Airport base station

I have lost the connection to the Airport Base station and do not know how to get it back. I have internet through another modem, but need to reset everything back to using the Airport Base station 1TB to connect to the internet and to see my backup files and all my media. I am using a MacBook Air 13" 2012 model. Please can someone assist.

Do a reset on the base station. It will return to default settings and you will then be able to pick it up..
If you had it setup to join a wireless network then it will disappear. Don't use it that way.. Run it bridge or in router mode.
I have to suggest if you have nothing but the air.. do go and get the USB to ethernet dongle.. it is not that expensive.. IMHO access a wireless device by wireless to fix wireless settings, is like the cartoons where the person is sitting on the tree branch sawing it off. When you change the wireless settings you then lose connection.. it is much better using ethernet.

Windows XP unable to find any AirPort base stations

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