Wireless on 851w

I had an public open wlan running whit a internal ip range whitch was routed out in fe4 and forgot saveing. now i cant figure oout whitch commands i miss to get it up running again.Â¨
here is what im running atm:
Current configuration : 5863 bytes
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
hostname cisco851w
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 51200 warnings
no aaa new-model
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-1882030185
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-1882030185
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-1882030185
dot11 syslog
dot11 vlan-name bamblelan vlan 1
dot11 ssid bamblelan
vlan 1
authentication open
guest-mode
infrastructure-ssid optional
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.10
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.101 10.10.10.254
ip dhcp pool sdm-pool1
network 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
domain-name bamblelan
default-router 10.10.10.1
ip cef
no ip domain lookup
ip domain name yourdomain.com
username admin privilege 15 secret 5 $1$4G6N$.Xprp4YskgwRXfaQBkbPQ/
archive
log config
hidekeys
bridge irb
interface FastEthernet0
interface FastEthernet1
interface FastEthernet2
interface FastEthernet3
interface FastEthernet4
description $ES_WAN$
ip address dhcp
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
duplex auto
speed auto
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
ssid bamblelan
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0
54.0
station-role root
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
interface Dot11Radio0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
ip address 10.0.0.10 255.255.255.0
no cdp enable
interface Vlan1
description $ETH-SW-LAUNCH$$INTF-INFO-HWIC 4ESW$
no ip address
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
bridge-group 1
interface BVI1
description $ES_LAN$
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip forward-protocol nd
ip http server
ip http access-class 23
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 60 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source list 100 interface FastEthernet4 overload
ip nat inside source static tcp 10.0.0.1 80 interface FastEthernet4 80
access-list 23 permit 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.7
access-list 100 remark SDM_ACL Category=2
access-list 100 permit ip 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255 any
no cdp run
control-plane
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
line con 0
login local
no modem enable
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
access-class 23 in
privilege level 15
login local
transport input telnet ssh
any idea what i miss
Regard
Kristian

Yes this is possible - you need to configure WGB on both devices, Wireless Group Bridge, if your other device supports this the you are OK.

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Here's the full config
#sh run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 7426 bytes
version 12.4
no service pad
service tcp-keepalives-in
service tcp-keepalives-out
service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone
service password-encryption
service sequence-numbers
hostname saa01.panjde.nj
boot-start-marker
boot system flash
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 51200
logging console informational
enable secret 5 <omittted>
no aaa new-model
clock timezone EST -5
clock summer-time EDT recurring
no ip source-route
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.25 10.10.10.254
ip dhcp pool sdm-pool1
   import all
   network 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.224
    default-router 10.10.10.1
ip cef
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 cuseeme
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 ftp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 h323
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 icmp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 rcmd
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 realaudio
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 rtsp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 esmtp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 sqlnet
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 streamworks
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 tftp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 tcp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 udp
ip inspect name DEFAULT100 vdolive
ip tcp synwait-time 10
no ip bootp server
ip ssh time-out 60
ip ssh authentication-retries 2
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-1218768189
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-1218768189
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-1218768189
crypto pki certificate chain TP-self-signed-1218768189
certificate self-signed 01
   30820253 308201BC A0030201 02020101 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 04050030
   31312F30 2D060355 04031326 494F532D 53656C66 2D536967 6E65642D 43657274
   69666963 6174652D 31323138 37363831 3839301E 170D3032 30333031 30313339
   34345A17 0D323030 31303130 30303030 305A3031 312F302D 06035504 03132649
   4F532D53 656C662D 5369676E 65642D43 65727469 66696361 74652D31 32313837
   36383138 3930819F 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 01050003 818D0030 81890281
   8100C851 20F52411 0EB54BDE 2A94E59E A8519700 78365D20 8A601CA9 4F39FE76
   32D6132E 4818EDDD CEF23693 54DB319D E044B994 FCEE3E88 567D5F44 39973E1B
   6A7CFFC9 352A199D 5BB97CE6 B8515877 02A3AD40 B585B7A7 AE459BB4 F628BAA1
   E25BA349 26E529F6 20906E4C 42DE148B 334A440B ED8E18EB 10F87715 FD562047
   45670203 010001A3 7B307930 0F060355 1D130101 FF040530 030101FF 30260603
   551D1104 1F301D82 1B736161 30312E70 616E6A64 652E6E6A 2E636F6D 63617374
   2E6E6574 301F0603 551D2304 18301680 14AF142A 26B99015 4E52B7CB CEDA485E
   7800D40C 9B301D06 03551D0E 04160414 AF142A26 B990154E 52B7CBCE DA485E78
   00D40C9B 300D0609 2A864886 F70D0101 04050003 818100C5 2DDDB22D 5D98BC9D
   73426486 C9DF6AEA 463D31D9 7656D7EA E8213739 B3EC68B0 0E308062 91D379BC
   5A2CEB4E 439B3678 EBC23F0E 570C0989 5904EF65 72A2A4D6 B1D8AE25 D9E38AEB
   C15A3BAB 39BE35CB DE2D9524 16B74998 C67F3943 0DDEBF51 1A476AF0 8896B10E
   15DE45B1 194B2B6F E736FADA 6550B219 451F63BF F3CAAE
   quit
bridge irb
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.252
interface FastEthernet0
interface FastEthernet1
interface FastEthernet2
interface FastEthernet3
interface FastEthernet4
description $FW_OUTSIDE$$ES_WAN$
ip address dhcp client-id FastEthernet4
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip inspect DEFAULT100 out
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip route-cache flow
duplex auto
speed auto
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
encryption mode ciphers tkip
ssid <omitted>
    authentication open
     authentication key-management wpa
    wpa-psk ascii 7 <omitted>
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
station-role root
no cdp enable
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
interface Vlan1
description $ETH-SW-LAUNCH$$INTF-INFO-HWIC 4ESW$$FW_INSIDE$
no ip address
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
bridge-group 1
interface BVI1
description $ES_LAN$$FW_INSIDE$
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.224
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip route-cache flow
ip tcp adjust-mss 1412
ip http server
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 60 life 86400 requests 10000
ip nat inside source list 1 interface FastEthernet4 overload
logging trap debugging
access-list 1 remark INSIDE_IF=BVI1
access-list 1 remark SDM_ACL Category=2
access-list 1 permit 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.31
access-list 2 permit 68.86.0.0 0.1.255.255
access-list 2 permit 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.31
access-list 2 deny   any
access-list 2 remark for VTY access
access-list 20 permit 63.241.192.58
access-list 100 permit ip 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.31 any
access-list 100 deny   ip any any
access-list 101 remark input ACL for Outside - CM facing - Interface
access-list 101 permit udp any eq bootps any eq bootpc
access-list 101 permit udp any any eq ntp
access-list 101 permit ip 68.86.0.0 0.1.255.255 any
access-list 101 permit icmp any any echo-reply
access-list 101 permit icmp any any time-exceeded
access-list 101 permit icmp any any unreachable
access-list 101 deny   ip 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 101 deny   ip 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255 any
access-list 101 deny   ip 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255 any
access-list 101 deny   ip 127.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any
access-list 101 deny   ip host 255.255.255.255 any
access-list 101 deny   ip any any
control-plane
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
banner login ^C********************************************************************************
                                 WARNING
        This system is solely for the use of authorized   and
contractors.   reserves the right at any time to monitor usage of this
system to ensure compliance with this policy, all applicable   policies
that apply to electronic communications, and all applicable laws. Your use of
this system constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to all applicable
electronic communications policies, your consent to monitoring by
,and your express agreement to use this system in compliance with all
applicable laws. Any unauthorized use of or access to this system may result
in a revocation of your user privileges, other disciplinary action up to and
including termination of employment or contract, or referrals to law
enforcement officials including the provision evidence of any unauthorized use
or access to law enforcement.
********************************************************************************^C
line con 0
login local
no modem enable
transport output telnet
line aux 0
login local
transport output telnet
line vty 0 4
access-class 2 in
login local
transport input telnet ssh
scheduler max-task-time 5000
scheduler allocate 4000 1000
scheduler interval 500
sntp server 68.87.96.5
sntp server 152.10.1.186
end

The router connects directly to a cable modem.
The issue is not DHCP, it is that the clients cannot associate with the router AP. Until is associates it will of course not sent a DHCP discover. Only a single laptop can associate at a time. As soon as the 1st laptop is powered down, the 2nd laptop can associate. Turn the 1st laptop back on and it cannot associate until the 2nd is powered down. There is not even a log message that the 2nd laptop is trying to associate
1st laptop associates and then is powered off:
000220: Oct 19 20:26:40.912 EDT: %DOT11-6-ASSOC: Interface Dot11Radio0, Station   0026.b6ea.3a3e Associated SSID[c0mcastNET0] AUTH_TYPE[OPEN] KEY_MGMT[WPA PSK]
000225: Oct 19 20:33:29.491 EDT: %DOT11-6-DISASSOC: Interface Dot11Radio0, Deauthenticating Station 0026.b6ea.3a3e Reason: Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS SSID[c0mcastNET0]
Almost Immediately 2nd laptop associates
000226: Oct 19 20:33:31.912 EDT: %DOT11-6-ASSOC: Interface Dot11Radio0, Station   0026.b6ea.3bee Associated SSID[c0mcastNET0] AUTH_TYPE[OPEN] KEY_MGMT[WPA PSK]

Trying to access my 851w from outside my lan, but can access inside fine

Hi,
I purchased a 851w to use as my home router and to learn more about the cisco IOS. I have been spending some time studying for CCENT/CCNA and so far I have enjoyed learning as I go. However, I am having problems accessing this router from a remote location via ssh. I can access it just fine from my lan, but not outside it from another location. Currently, I am not using this router for internet access or anything else other than learning about the IOS, and it is connected to a basic dlink wireless router dir-615. I have port forwarding setup on the dlink that any traffic coming in on port 22 is directed to the 851w at 192.168.0.150. I also have the 851w connected with a crossover cable to a switch that is connected to the dlink router.
Like I said, I can connect just fine from my lan, but can't connect from outside. I have tried a few different things but nothing works. I also use Teraterm to connect, but have tried Putty too. I also use ddns to access it, but I have also tried the wan ip address of the dlink with no luck.
Could someone please take a look at my very basic running config and explain what I might need to do different?
Thanks in advance.
Sean

Hi and thanks a bunch for your quick response.
No, I can't ping anything other than my main router which I have setup as the gateway so why is that? For example,
ip default-gateway 192.168.0.1
Wouldn't it automatically send anything it doesn't know about to the 192.168.0.0/24 router?
I have one of the switch ports, Fast Ethernet 0, connected to another switch connected to the dlink router. I have tried different ports but it didn't change anything. I don't have anything connected to the wan port of the 851w. I was trying to simulate remote access of a switch on an internal network. My next step would be to make the 851w my default router and then try to access it from the outside, but I wanted to succeed this way first.
optimus#show ip int br
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Dot11Radio0 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
FastEthernet0 unassigned YES unset up up
FastEthernet1 unassigned YES unset down down
FastEthernet2 unassigned YES unset down down
FastEthernet3 unassigned YES unset up down
FastEthernet4 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Vlan1 192.168.0.150 YES manual up up
Yes, my internal pc is on the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet.
Best Regards,
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Cisco 851W and VLANS

Hello,
I have a Cisco 851W router and I'm having this configuration:
All LAN ports and dot11Radio are bridged.
So now I'm trying to do this thing:
I'm trying to create a wireless guest net .
So i've created a bridging vlan 1 native that is for my current trusted ssid and another routing vlan an ssid that is for my guest net .
The problem is that when i create vlan 1 it locks me out: i can connect to the wireless but i cant access nothing on the router (FastEthernet 0-4)
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851W - mac address changes destination port on bridge

Hello,
We have a 851w configured in bridge mode between the wireless lan and the wired local lan.
The mac addresses of the machines connected through wire keep changing the destination port on where they are registered.
If they are on FastEthernetX everything works ok, when they are on VLAN1 we loose connection between wire and wireless clients.
NORMAL OPERATION
Destination Address Address Type VLAN Destination Port
0019.7d83.xxxx          Dynamic        1     Vlan1
0021.8656.xxxx          Dynamic        1     FastEthernet0
0022.9064.xxxx          Self               1     Vlan1
ERROR: NO NETWORK
Destination Address Address Type VLAN Destination Port
0019.7d83.xxxx          Dynamic        1     Vlan1
0021.8656.xxxx          Dynamic        1     Vlan1
0022.9064.xxxx          Self               1     Vlan1
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Why does it change the destination port?
How can I make it stable?
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
hostname UM01
boot-start-marker
boot system flash:/c850-advsecurityk9-mz.124-11.XW6.bin
boot-end-marker
logging buffered 51200 warnings
dot11 ssid UM01
   vlan 1
   authentication open
   authentication key-management wpa
   guest-mode
   wpa-psk ascii 7 00101615105E3F233C1569
ip cef
bridge irb
interface FastEthernet0
no ip address
ip virtual-reassembly
no dot11 extension aironet
encryption vlan 1 mode ciphers aes-ccm
ssid UM01
speed basic-1.0 basic-2.0 basic-5.5 6.0 9.0 basic-11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
channel 2412
station-role root
no cdp enable
interface Dot11Radio0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 1 native
no cdp enable
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 1 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 1 source-learning
no bridge-group 1 unicast-flooding
interface Vlan1
no ip address
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
bridge-group 1
bridge-group 1 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 1 spanning-disabled
interface BVI1
description Bridge to Internal Network
ip address 10.10.189.254 255.255.255.0
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
no cdp run
control-plane
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
line con 0
privilege level 15
no modem enable
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
transport input ssh
scheduler max-task-time 5000
end

FYI, the solution we found was to force the mac address of each wired computer to a physical interface and vlan 1.
This seems to have stabilize the communications, no more mac address hopping between destination port.

HP AIO Remote shows wireless printer offline when it is online and can print to it.

HP AIO Remote installed on my Windows 8.1 Yoga 2 shows my wireless printer is offline, when it is online and I can print to it wirelessly. How can I get it to recognize my wireless printer is online wirelessly? AIO Remote will only recognize the printer is online when the USB in connected to the Yoga 2.

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Product: HP Photosmart Premium C310
OS: Windows Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 Bit
Error: Wireless working: FAIL
Changes: No changes since this is the first install of this printer ever
Description:
I've just unpacked my new C310 as a replacement for my older HP Inktjet 3845.
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Settings of the wifi connection are WPA security, no WPS, Channel 11, ... .
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* Wireless Working => FAIL
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Solutions tested:
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Tried to run the Wireless network Setup Wizzard several times without merit.
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New FiOS GigE Wireless 'N' Router has slowed our wireless speed to a crawl...need help!

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For the wifi, I can't figured out for the life of me what's causing our devices (e.g., our Nexus 7 tablets) to have a link speeds of 65Mbps one minute and then drop down to 5 or even 1. The same situation was happening with my HTC Incredible II phone, but I think that connection was tapping out at 54Mbps. The bottom would just drop out of the signal for some reason. Other times we couldn't even connect back in. The devices would say they're not in range even when they were in front of the router. Not sure if I fubarred the router install or what? I just swapped out the current Fios router for this new one. Pretty straightforward. At first, I logged into the router software with the defaults, but then I changed the the username, pswd, SSID, etc. to match what I used previously. I thought it was working fine the night of the install but not so much after Fios got bumped up in speed the following day. Maybe just a co-inky-dink?
I know you never get the same speeds compared to a wired pc but this seems worse (wifi-wise) than before the new router came along. I've read that the 'N' routers can be finicky to set-up to run properly. Maybe a setting or two is off?
I don't know if the fact that my son's netbook's wifi card is only b/g compatible would slow our network down? At this point I'm grasping at straws! I talked with tech support last night for 40 mins to no avail. I got the usual story about wireless devices running slower than wired ones, that these smaller devices aren't capable to maintaining higher speeds (which I'm not sure I agree with 100%), the more active devices you have slows down your network, etc, etc. I get all that. But something is going on or actually, it's not. LOL!
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Let me know if I can provide any further technical details that'll make it easier to help diagnose our wifi issues.
Thanks for listening to me whine ,
-bill

Thanks for the help, Hubrisnxs.
Here's an update since I got home:
Nexus7 (N7) took a min or so to connect to wifi when I got home. When it did, speed said 65Mbps. So I ran speedtest.net and got 27/20. Shortly after that I tried again but it was hesitating. I checked the speed and it was down to 5Mbps. Brought it upstairs to router and pc, and eventually it was back to 65. Ran speed test a few more times with similar results. I did notice that the connection would intermittently come and go. Not sure why. Looking at the wifi section on my N7, it says our network is out of range and the N7 is 2' from the router. Every now and then my network will go to the top of the list and it'll say it's obtaining ip address, then secured with wpa/wpa2 psk and it's locked in. So I hit the connect button and it's out of range again. Of course, while I was typing it decided to connect after 10-15 mins of trying/nothing. Says, signal strength excellent, 52 Mbps. Spoke too soon. It's off again. Crap! Back on again but speed was 19, now 5.
I did check router settings and this is what I have:
Performance mode ('n')
WPA2 AES
Channel 1
nonbroadcasting SSID
Maybe I'll try channel 11 next.....
Just for the heck of it, here is the results from verizon speed test on our pc (wired of course):
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
SendBufferSize set to [261360]
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 34.66Mb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 84.24Mb/s
------ Client System Details ------
OS data&colon; Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1
Java data&colon; Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.6.0_37
------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
Client Receive Window detected at 1045440 bytes.
622 Mbps OC-12 link found.
Link set to Half Duplex mode
Information: throughput is limited by other network traffic.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.
Web100 reports the Round trip time = 41.51 msec; the Packet size = 1452 Bytes; and
There were 72 packets retransmitted, 2254 duplicate acks received, and 2281 SACK blocks received
The connection was idle 0 seconds (0%) of the time
This connection is sender limited 91.83% of the time.
This connection is network limited 8.17% of the time.
Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
Information: Network Middlebox is modifying MSS variable
Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End
Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address
Server says [] but Client says []
-bill

New Airport Extreme restarts/disconnects/boots all devices if specific MacBook joins wirelessly...?

Preface:
This is my second new AEBS in two weeks. They've both had this issue (which seems unique from the other disconnect postings I've found), so it's not AEBS hardware. I've also had a perfectly functioning Airport Express in the exact same configuration (sans dual-band of course) for the last two years, so interference and the like (for which I did test and troubleshoot) also seems unlikely. I have a 2008 Macbook, a mid 2009 Macbook Pro, a Windows 7 PC, an iPhone 4, and iPhone 4s, and an iPad on the network.
Issue:
After setting up my AEBS, I kept getting knocked off at random, frequent intervals. It would disappear from all my devices simultaneously--no network connections and nothing showing in Airport Utility. I tweaked every setting imaginable five times over. No luck. Looked into networks around me and fiddled with channels etc. No luck. At first, I would have to go unplug and replug the AEBS to get it to show back up. Eventually I managed to get it to where it would just "reset" more or less and come back on in about 30-45 seconds. The light on the router will blink green once, and then two seconds later go solid amber for about 10-15 seconds, and then blink amber for another 10 or so. Then it's back like nothing happened.
I think that I finally narrowed it down today to what is triggering it more or less. I noticed it was fine with everything connected WITHOUT any security. When I added the WPA2 security back on, it was doing it soon after the older Macbook connected, right after "Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5". I could connect the Macbook through ethernet and be fine. If it did connect without the issue, it would do it soon after when the router would run that "Installed unicast CCMP" process again in a mere matter of minutes.
I decided that maybe having old OSX Leopard wasn't working well, so I finally upgraded it to Snow Leopard to see if maybe it would help. No luck. Exact same issue. I disabled Airport on it, and since then I'm going on 5 hours of no issues, but why is this computer causing the AEBS to freak out when it worked 100% with my Airport Express for years???
Here's a sample log, starting from one reset to a disconnect:
Dec 07 11:39:30          Severity:5          Initialized (firmware 7.6).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:39:37          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:39:38          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:39:38          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:39:41          Severity:5          Internet configuration leased [IPv4] -- host <76.183.234.251/255.255.252.0> gateway <76.183.232.1> dns <209.18.47.61 209.18.47.62> wins <> lease <43199> domain <tx.rr.com>
Dec 07 11:39:42          Severity:5          Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted +1 seconds).
Dec 07 11:39:43          Severity:5          (WAN) link state is Up.
Dec 07 11:39:43          Severity:5          Internet configuration leased [IPv4] -- host <76.183.234.251/255.255.252.0> gateway <76.183.232.1> dns <209.18.47.61 209.18.47.62> wins <> lease <43197> domain <tx.rr.com>
Dec 07 11:39:48          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60946.
Dec 07 11:39:49          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60947.
Dec 07 11:39:57          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:39:57          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:39:58          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60949.
Dec 07 11:39:59          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60950.
Dec 07 11:39:59          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60951.
Dec 07 11:40:14          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:40:14          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:40:29          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:40:29          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:40:35          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60954.
Dec 07 11:40:35          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60955.
Dec 07 11:40:36          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60956.
Dec 07 11:40:44          Severity:5          Associated with station a4:67:06:60:67:41
Dec 07 11:40:44          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:40:49          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:42:14          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:1b:63:00:46:94
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
Dec 07 11:43:39          Severity:5          Rotated CCMP group key.
Dec 07 11:43:41          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60962.
Dec 07 11:43:45          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60964.
Dec 07 11:43:45          Severity:5          Connection accepted from [fe80::226:4aff:fe10:2c66%bridge0]:60963.
Dec 07 11:43:48          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:43:48          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:18:e7:83:45:ed
Dec 07 11:44:24          Severity:5          Associated with station 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:44:24          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 00:26:bb:00:cc:a2
Dec 07 11:44:40          Severity:5          Associated with station 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5
Dec 07 11:44:40          Severity:5          Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 3c:d0:f8:8e:31:b5

Hi,
I have roughly the same issue. I have a new 5th Generation (I had a 4th Generation that seemed to do the same thing) that will reboot for no apparant reason. I have a 1st Generation Time Capsule as the main wireless access point, then a 2nd generation Extreme extending, and the 5th generation as another extension. I also have an Express extending to the top floor. All my other devices work great, but the new 5th generation will just reboot over and over. Seems to be every 5 - 10 minutes. I have it setup in the middle of my house, with some devices connected to it via ethernet cable. I used to have the Express in that location connected to a switch for my devices, and never had any issues. My log looks similar, basically nothing useful.

New Officejet 4500 will not connect wirelessly

We just got a new Officejet 4500 that I began to set up last night. First I followed the recommended setup path for setting it up wirelessly: USB connection to my MacBook Pro, install the software, use the setup wizard, etc. It chugged away for a while and eventually I got back a bunch of errors "Failed to retrieve IP".
I have a wireless hub provided by my ISP which I have set up with WEP (no Mac filtering, no special firewall within the home network). After googling around for a while I decided to switch to WPA personal. I got my MacBook working with that, then tried the printer wireless setup wizard again. No go, same errors.
Next I tried setting it up (still with WPA) directly on the printer using it's menus. This also didn't work. The printer printed out a Wireless Network Test Report which looked like this in the Diagnostics Summary:
Wireless On: PASS
Wireless Working: PASS
Network Name (SSID) Found: PASS
Security: PASS
Printer Settings Consistent with Wireless Router Settings: PASS
No Filtering: FAIL
Connected: Not Run
Signal Strength: Very Low
Other networks detected matching your network name (SSID): No
Downlink count: 2
Channel: Not Run
I also switch back to WEP and reran the setup via the printer menus, and failed the same way and got the exact same diagnostic summary.
What now?

Hello-
If you have a Officejet 4500 G510g , the printer is not wireless. You can use an ehternet cable and do a network install. That way any device that is wireless can use it as long as your on the same network.
The OJ 4500 G510n is wireless.
Specs :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01954185&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
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Please select the "Accept as Solution" button on the post that best answers your question.
I appreciate your input !
Thank You,
Donald

New MBP - wireless/internet access networking problem - a summary!

Greetings!
New MBP here, with all the trimmings (MacOS X 10.4.10 - Safari 3 Beta). New also to the Apple/MAC world
MBP >> wireless networking into a Linksys WRT54G router and >> thru HughesNet DW7000 Satellite Internet connection (not the fastest, but hey, the US and especially rural areas are NOT S. Korea when it comes to speedy internet connections!
Frankly, I bought into it for two reasons: First, hearing about the vaunted Mac a/v/ and doc/photo editing capabilities,... and about MacOS stability, etc... Well, it all needs a little work still: on the part of new users like me, but also probably on the part of the Apple/Mac people as well. 2nd reason I decided to purchase the MBP - i.e. ability to run Windows (I have not yet tried BootCanp, etc...: still resolving preliminary issues!). I still live in a heavy Win environment at my business - no other way of course!
Communications issues seem to still prevail: I am hanging out at several VERY HELPFUL forums (AppleDiscussionForum, MacRumorsForums, etc...) and the same issues keep popping up. Im my case, same as all above reported, with a few additional points, as follows:
1. Xmission errors: seem to be - at least in my case - a constant factor, regardless on how close/far i am from my wireless router. For example, I would be attempting to dwnload an upgrade (large)QT or MacOS file. i am barely into the dowmoad, and I already have several Read/Send errors. By the end of the download, I will have probably about 15 Rcv and 5 Send errors. Never gets quite that bad in my Win machines, I must mention. Anything to do here (I know, there are such things always affecting wireless com). AND, MOST importantly, how that this affect the effectiveness of the upgrade (I spotted same thing with MacOS 10.4.10 and Safari Beta 3 upgrade downloads!). Would it be likely that applying upgrades in such circumstances would screw up the OS??? Could OTOH such errors be automatically "compensated" by re-xmits from the source, and eventually the download would be OK? Because quite frankly, I do NOT know if my important upgrade download was OK to apply to the system, given those errors!!!
Also same thing with PING errors. Quite frequent when pinging another device on my network.
2. Quite often, accessing a site will proceed somehow OK, and then things will get stuck twd the end, as if some buffer somewhere gets overloaded??? Of course, as elsewhere reported, same can often happen with com getting stuck right over the "www" part of the URL!
3. AND, of course, the often reported "NO connection to the Internet", but computer shows good signal level and connection otherwise.
4. Strangely enough, seems that the Airport Extreme wifi card sort of "warms up the the internet" as one proceeds to start using it. It eventually picks up on a network, and often "improves" its connection over time!
5. Built in Airport Extreme seems to not exhibit up all immediately surrounding networks. Sensitivity issue?? iStumbler does.
6. iStumbler permanently posts noise level of 9% regardless of how close to my wireless router/broadband modem I am. Anyone uses iStumbler to monitor network traffic?
This is getting longuish: I just want to get over all those p*ant issues and get into putting my a/v stuff together!!
- Roger T
Thanks for just reading all this!. I am not sure it is all fixable (back to the Win "features" terminology, really meaning "bugs"??)

Thanks, BDaqua. This support forum is quite well stocked: I have been perusing all its nooks and cranies!
On the www.dslreports.com - All things Mac - forum, I spotted a couple of mentions of the following type of infromation:
link: »www.hardmac.com/news/2007-07-27/#7039
- The first TechNote provides information concerning the Airport problem affecting the MBP Santa Rosa (but also other Mac Intel). When used on battery, the wireless connection drops and one can even experience kernel panic. Apple Centers are asked not to exchange affected notebook as this is due to a unidentified bug in the Atheros driver, and should be fixed in the future with a simple Airport system update. So for the moment, unfortunate users are asked to directly power their notebook when using wireless network, or using Ethernet connection when running on battery... in other words, turn your notebook into a desktop
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I am wondering if you and folks on this close-to-Apple forum know anything about this. At least, we could just await remedy instead of messing around endlessly looking for solutions and... pondering as to whether it was a wise thing to purchase an expensive machine which happens to have trouble communicating online. After all, seems that the Mac folks are prone to spend MORE time online uploading/downloading music and videos instead of my being normally doing with the rest of my (Win) computers, i.e. work on customer lists, correspondence, inventories, accounting, data bases, etc....
So, seems to me we do have a pb and Apple might just save a few $$$ on silly ads and get to work on com instead. if nothing else to avoid the appearance of further - admittedly rather funny - ad-spoofs!
So back to your further inquiry. I run a wireless network from a HughesNet satellite modem, thru a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router, into some nearby office LANed desktops and point of sale equipment, to another neighbouring facility via wireless bridge, and to my Mac laptop. Distance from the laptop to the router: 50 ft max.
It all works surprizingly very well: up to 200kbps up and 1000 kbps down (in prime time, 150 up and 600 down). OK, my set up looks complex and incurring LOTS of activity. Actually, online activity is quite minimal and well scheduled - right now I am the only machine on the network online. Otherwise, our office processes online money wiring for customers among other things.
I'll try your DNS server choice on the Mac settings first. Will report accordingly.
Thanks for everything!
- Roger T

Often lose wireless connection when using HDTV as monitor

I have an unusual wireless networking problem when using my Samsung HDTV in my living room as a monitor for my MacBook (when watching Internet TV shows, for example). Frequently when I switch URLs, networking freezes, even though the connection appears strong, with the Airport symbol at the top of my screen showing all bars. To re-establish the wireless connection, I have to go through the process of re-joining my network through the “Join Other Network" option. The signal holds as long as I don’t try to change it, as in selecting another URL.
I connect to my HDTV via HDMI cable, using a mini-DVI to HDMI adapter from my Macbook’s video-out port. The audio connection is a mini-plug from the Mac’s headphone out jack to stereo RCA plugs associated with the TV’s HDMI port.
The wireless connection is through a Lynksys Wireless-G 2.4 Ghz, 54 Mpbs Broadband router.
I’d appreciate any solutions the Apple user community has to offer.

I'd say this has nothing to do with your display. The problem will likely lie in either your router settings, network settings or a simple signal strength issue. Try first changing the broadcast channel on your router, and make sure all settings are correct for your desired network.

I want a new and more powerful (non-Apple) wireless router but I still want to use my existing Time Capsule to continue with my Time Machine backups and I still need the Time Capsule's Network Attached Storage (NAS) features and capabilities

THE SHORTER STORY
My goal is to successfully use my existing Time Capsule (TC) with a new and more powerful wireless router. I need a new and more powerful wireless router in order to reach a distant Denon a/v receiver that is physically located in a master bedroom some 50 feet away from my modem. I need to provide this Denon a/v receiver with an Internet connection so that it can obtain its firmware updates and I need to connect this Denon a/v receiver to my network in order to use its AirPlay feature. I believe l still need the TC's Network Attached Storage (NAS) features because I am not sure if the new wireless router will provide me with the NAS like features / capabilities I need to share files between my two Apple laptops with OS X 10.8.2. And I know that I absolutely need my TC's seamless integration with Apple's Time Machine (TM) application in order to continue to make effortless backups of my two Apple laptops. To my knowledge nothing works with TM like Apple's TC. I also need the hard disk storage space built into the TC.
I cannot use a long wired Ethernet cable connection in this apartment and I cannot use power-line adapters. I have read that wireless range extenders and repeaters are difficult to successfully set-up and that they will reduce data speeds, especially so when incorrectly set-up. I cannot relocate my modem and/or primary base station wireless router.
In short, I want to use my TC with my new and more powerful wireless router. I need to stop using the TC to connect to the modem. However, I still need the TC for seamless TM backups. I also need to use the TC's built in hard drive for storage. And I may still need the TC's NAS capabilities to share files wirelessly between laptops because I am assuming the new wireless router will not provide NAS capabilities for OS X 10.8.2 (products like this/non-Apple products rarely seem to work with OS X 10.8.2/Macs to provide NAS features and capabilities). Finally, I want to continue to use my Apple laptop and AirPlay to wirelessly access and play my iTunes music collection stored on the TC's hard drive. I also want to continue to use my Apple laptop, AirPlay and Apple TV to wirelessly watch movies and TV shows stored on the additional external hard drive connected to the TC via USB. Can someone please advise on how to set-up my new Asus wireless router with my existing TC in such a way to accomplish all of this?
What is the best configuration or set-up to accomplish my above goals?
Thank you in advance for your assistance!!!
THE FULL STORY
I live in an apartment building where my existing Time Capsule (TC) is located in my living room and serves many purposes. Specially, my TC is at least all of the following:
(1) Wi-Fi router connected to Comcast Internet service via Motorola SB6121 cable modem - currently the TC is the Wi-Fi base station that connects to the modem and has the gateway address to the Internet. The TC now provides the DHCP service for the Wi-Fi network.
(2) Wireless router providing Internet and Wi-Fi network access to several Wi-Fi clients - two Apple laptop computers, an iPod touch, an iPad and an iPhone all connect wirelessly to the Internet via the TC.
(3) Wired Ethernet router providing Internet and Wi-Fi network access to three different devices - a Panasonic TV, LG Blu-Ray player and an Apple TV each use one of the three LAN ports on the back of the TC to gain access to the Internet.
(4) Primary base station in my attempt to extend my wireless network to a distant (located far away) Denon a/v receiver requiring a wired Ethernet connection - In addition to the TC, which is my primary base station, I am also using a second extended Wi-Fi base station (a Netgear branded product) to wirelessly extend my WiFi network to a Denon receiver located in the master bedroom and requiring a wired Ethernet connection. I cannot use a wired Ethernet connection to continuously travel from the living room to the master bedroom. The distance is too great as I cannot effectively hide the Ethernet cable in this apartment.
(5) Time Machine (TM) backup facilitator - I use my TC to wirelessly back-up two Apple laptops using Apple's Time Machine (TM) application. However, I ran out of storage space on my TC and therefore added external storage to it. Specifically, I added an external hard drive to my TC via the USB port on the back of the TC. I now use this added external hard drive connected to the TC via USB as the destination storage drive for my TM back-ups. I have partitioned the added external hard drive, and each of the several partitions all have enough storage space (e.g., each of the two partitions used by TM are sized at three times the hard drive space of each laptop, etc.). Everything works flawlessly.
(6) Network Attached Storage (NAS) - In addition to using the TC's Network Attached Storage (NAS) capabilities to wirelessly back-up two Apple laptops via TM, I also store other additional files on both (A) the hard drive built into the TC and (B) the additional external hard drive connected to the TC via USB (there are additional separate partitions on this drive for these other additional and non-TM backup files).
I use the TC's NAS feature with my Apple laptop and AirPlay to wirelessly access and play my iTunes music collection stored on the TC's hard drive. I also use my Apple laptop, AirPlay and Apple TV to wirelessly watch movies and TV shows stored on the additional external hard drive connected to the TC via USB. Again, everything works wirelessly and flawlessly. (Note: the Apple TV is connected to the network via Ethernet and a LAN port on the back of the TC).
The issue I am having is when I try to listen to music via Apple's AirPlay in the master bedroom. This master bedroom is located at a distance of two rooms away from the TC's current location in the living room, which is a distance of about 50 feet. This apartment has a long rectangular floor plan where each room is connected to the next in a straight line. In order to use AirPlay in the master bedroom I am using a second extended Wi-Fi base station (a Netgear branded product) to wirelessly extend my WiFi network to a Denon receiver located in the master bedroom and requiring a wired Ethernet connection. This additional base station connects wirelessly to the WiFi network provided by my TC and then gives my Denon receiver the wired Ethernet connection it needs to use AirPlay. I have tried moving my iTunes music directly onto my laptop's hard drive, and then I used AirPlay on this same laptop to connect to the Denon receiver. I always get a successful connection and the song plays, but the problem is that the connection inevitably drops.
I live in an apartment building and all of the many wireless routers in this building create a great deal of WiFi interference on both the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz bands. I have tried connecting the Netgear product to each the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, but neither band can successfully maintain a wireless connection between the TC and the Netgear product. I also attempted to maintain a wireless connection to an iPod touch using the 2.4 GHz band and AirPlay on this iPod touch to play music on the Denon receiver. Again, I was able to establish a connection and successfully play music, but after a few minutes the connection dropped and the music stopped playing. I therefore have concluded that I have a poor wireless connection in the master bedroom. I can establish a connection, but it is intermittent with frequent drops. I have verified this with both laptops by working in the master bedroom for an entire day on both laptops. The Internet connection in this master bedroom proved to drop out frequently - about once an hour with the laptops. The wireless connection and the frequency of its dropout are far worse with the iPod touch and an iPhone.
I cannot relocate the TC. Also, this is an apartment and I therefore cannot extend the range of my network with Ethernet cable (I cannot drill through walls/ceilings, etc.). It is an old building with antiquated wiring and power-line adapters are not likely to function properly, nor can I spare the direct power outlet required with a power-line adapter. I simply need every outlet I can get and cannot afford to block any direct outlet.
My solution is to use a more powerful wireless router. I found the ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router which will likely provide a better connection to my wireless Internet in the master bedroom than the TC. The 802.11ac band of this Asus wireless router is totally useless to me, but based on what I have read I believe this router will provide a stronger connection at greater distances then my TC. And I will be ready for 802.11ac when it becomes more widely available.
However, I still need to maintain the TC's ability to work seamlessly with TM to backup my two laptops. Also, I doubt the new Asus router will provide OS X 10.8.2 with NAS like features and capabilities. Therefore, I still would like to use the TC's NAS capabilities to share files on my network wirelessly assuming the Asus wireless router fails to provide this feature. I need a new and more powerful wireless router, but I need to maintain the TC's NAS features and seamless integration with TM. Finally, I want to continue to use my Apple laptop and AirPlay to wirelessly access and play my iTunes music collection stored on the TC's hard drive. I also want to continue to use my Apple laptop, AirPlay and Apple TV to wirelessly watch movies and TV shows stored on the additional external hard drive connected to the TC via USB. Can someone advise on how to set-up my existing TC with this new Asus wireless router in such a way to accomplish all of this?
Modem
Motorola SB6121 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
Existing Wireless Router and Primary Wi-Fi Base Station - Apple Time Capsule
Apple Time Capsule MC343LL/A 1TB Sim DualBand (purchased June 2010, likely the Winter 2009 Model)
Desired New Wireless Router and Primary Wi-Fi Base Station - Non-Apple Asus
ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router
Extended Wi-Fi Base Station - Provides an Ethernet Connection to a Denon A/V Receiver Two Rooms Away from the Modem
Netgear Universal Dual Band Wireless Internet Adapter for TV & Blu-Ray (WNCE3001)
Addition External Hard Drive Attached to the Existing Apple Time Capsule via USB
WD My Book Studio 4TB Mac External Hard Drive Storage USB 3.0
Existing Laptops on the Wireless Network Requiring Time Machine Backups
MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) OS X 10.8.2
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010) OS X 10.8.2
Other Existing Apple Products (Clients) on the Wireless Network
iPod Touch (second generation) is model A1288.
iPad (1st generation)
Apple TV (3rd generation) - Quantity two (2)

Thanks Bob Timmons.
In regards to a Plan B, I hear ya brother. I am already on what feels like Plan Z. Getting WiFi to a far off room in an apartment building crowded with WiFi routers is a major pain.
I am basing my thoughts on the potential of a new and more powerful router reaching the far off master bedroom based on positive reviews on cnet.com, pcmag.com and pcworld.com. All 3 of these web sites have reviewed the Asus RT-AC66U 802.11AC wireless router as well as its virtual twin cousin 802.11n router. What impressed me is that all 3 sites rated this router #1 overall in terms of both range and speed (in both the 802.11n and 802.11AC flavors). They tested the router in real world scenarios where the router needed to compete with a lot of other wireless routers. One of the sites even buried this Asus router in a media room with thick walls and inside a media cabinet. This Asus router should be able to serve my 2.4 GHz band wireless clients (iPod Touch and iPhone 4) with a 2.4GHz Wireless-N band offering some 50 feet of dependable range and a 60 Mbps throughput at that range. I am hoping that works, but it's borderline for my master bedroom. My 5 GHz wireless clients (laptops) will enjoy a 5GHz Wireless-N band offering 150 feet of range and a 200 Mbps throughput at that range. I have no idea what most of that stuff means, but I did also read that Asus could reach 300 feet and I got really excited. My mileage may vary of course and I'm sure I'm making some mistakes in my interpretation of their data. However, my Winter 2009 Time Capsule was rated by cnet.com to deliver real world performance of less than that, and 802.11AC may or may not be useful to me someday. But when this Asus arrives and provides anything other than an excellent and consistent wireless signal without drops in the master bedroom it's going right back!
Your solution sounds great, but I have some questions. I'm using OS X 10.8.2 and Airport Utility (version 6.1 610.31) and on its third tab labeled "Wireless" the top option enables you to set "Network Mode" to either:
Create a wireless network
Extend a wireless network
Off
Given your advice to "Turn off the wireless on the TC," should I set Network Mode to Off? Sorry, I'm clueless in regards to how to turn off the wireless on the TC any other way. Can you provide specific steps on how to turn off the wireless on the TC? If what I wrote is correct then what should the rest of this Wireless tab look like, or perhaps it is irrelevant when wireless is off?
Next, what do you mean by "Configure the TC in Bridge Mode?" Under Airports Utility's fourth tab labeled "Network" the top option "Router Mode" allows for either:
DHCP and Nat
DHCP Only
Off (Bridge Mode)
Is your advice to Configure the TC in Bridge Mode as simple as setting Router Mode to Off (Bridge Mode)? If yes, then what should the rest of this "Network" tab look like? Anything else involved in configuring the TC in Bridge Mode or is it really as simple as setting the Router Mode to "Off (Bridge Mode)"?
How about the other tabs in Airport Utility, can they all stay as is assuming I use the same network name and password for the new Asus wireless router? Or do I need to make any other changes to the TC via Airport Utility?
Finally, in regards to your Plan B suggestion. I agree. But do you have a Plan B for me? I would greatly appreciate any alternative you could provide. Specifically, if you needed a TC's Internet connection to reach a far off corner of your home how would you do it? In the master bedroom I need both a wired Ethernet connection for the Denon a/v receiver and wireless Internet connection for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Power-Line Adapters - High Cost, Blocks at Least One Wall Outlet and Does Not Solve the Wireless Need
I actually like exactly one power-line adapter, which is the D-Link DHP-540 PowerLine AV 500 4-Port Gigabit Switch. This D-Link power-line adapter plugs into your wall outlet with a normal sized plug (regular standard power cord much like any other electronic device) instead of all of the other recommended power-line adapters that not only use at least one wall outlet but also often block the second outlet. You cannot use a power strip with a power-line adapter which is very impractical for me. And everything about my home is strange and upside down. The wiring here is a disaster and I don't have faith in its ability to carry Internet access from the living room to the master bedroom. And this D-Link power-line adapter costs $90 each and I need at least two to make the connection to the Denon A/V receiver. So, $180 on this solution and I still don't have a dependable drop free wireless connection in the master bedroom. The Denon might get its Ethernet Internet connection from the power-line adapter, but if I want to use an iPhone 4 or iPod Touch to stream AirPlay music to the Denon wirelessly (Pandora/iTunes, etc.) from the master bedroom the wireless connection will not be stable in there and I've already spent $190 on just the two power-line adapters needed.
Extenders / Repeaters / Wirelessly Extending the Wireless Network
I have also read great things about the Amped Wireless High Power Wireless-N 600mW Gigabit Dual Band Range Extender (Repeater) SR20000G and the My Net Wi-Fi Range Extender. The former is very powerful and the latter is easier to install. Both cost about $150 ish so similar to a new Asus router. However, everything I read about Range Extenders points to them not being very effective for a far off corner of your house wherein it's apparently hard to place the range extender in the sweet spot where it both gets a strong enough signal to actually effectively extend the wireless signal and otherwise does not reduce network throughput speeds to unacceptable speeds.
Creating a Roaming Network By Hard Wiring with Ethernet Cable - Wife Would Say, "**** No!"
Even Apple seems to warn against wirelessly extending your network (see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145#) and otherwise strongly recommends a roaming network where Ethernet cable is used to connect two wireless base stations. However, I am in an apartment where stringing together two wireless base stations with Ethernet cable would have an extremely low wife acceptance factor (WAF). I cannot (both contractually and from a skill prospective) hide Ethernet wire in the walls or ceiling. And having visible Ethernet cable running from room-to-room would be unacceptable, especially to the wife.
So what is left? Do you have a Plan B for me? Thanks in advance for your help!

Open DNS - For Home Wireless

Is openDNS be an advantage to my home wireless serving all wireless devices & up internet speed and faster identification?

There are always pros and cons for everything. If you want to go with OpenDNS consider some of these things:
Please don’t expect huge gains in browsing speed since OpenDNS only improves the cycle between your computer and the DNS server.
I got this from this site:
OpenDNS: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
" OpenDNS is fast and reliable, more than the service offered by any ISP I have used. In addition, it offers a host of other features: Content Filtering, Phishing Protection, Domain Blocking, Adult Site Blocking, Web Proxy Blocking, Domain Whitelisting, Statistics, Typo Correction, Web Shortcuts.
When you type in a domain that does not exist, OpenDNS resolves it to it’s own servers and shows search results (powered by Yahoo!) that they hope will help you find the site you were looking for."
To read more about this, pelase go to this link:
http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/03/17/opendns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

Photosmart c309a- 'The wireless radio is not functioning, contact HP support'

My Photosmart c309a wont connect wirelessly. Upon running the wireless network test, the report states, and I quote "The wireless radio is not functioning. Contact HP support". The report then states the following:
Wireless on PASS
Wireless working FAIL
and everything following that stated as 'not run'.
Ive searched for other threads on the subject, and the only sloutions I can find are unplug the printer and plug it back in to reset it (made no difference), and try the HP print and san doctor (link was dead, found it manually and didnt work as it cant connect to or even see the printer on the network).
So the question is, is this a hardware fault, and if so what can be done about it?

Hello,
Yes, it is an hardware issue and indicates that the Wireless card is not functional.
Please call HP Tech Support for further assistance.
If you are in US , the toll free # is 1-800-474-6836 .
If you are not in US , then log on to www.hp.com , at bottom-left corner there is a world map icon, click on it and then select the region you belong to, which would then provide support options for you for that region.
Regards,
Jabzi
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Jabzi
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