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• Hello! If you are using an airport extreme and an Airport Express, which must be configured as the primary Base Station?

  I like to keep my extreme in my apartment (which doesn't have an Ethernet port) for reasons of flight. Any tips?

  Given these choices, I would say that you use the extreme as your primary access point.

  However, your comment about no Ethernet port to your apartment. In order to use a base station as your main router, it must be connected to a modem that provides an Ethernet port.

• Using the base station airport ONLY as a backup, but is not a router

  Hi, I have a simple question that I can't find an answer. I want to use my Airport only base like a time capsule, and not as a wifi hotspot. I'm in a wfi environment that does not have any router, my wifi just to join a wireless network in my office environment. Previously, I worked in an office where I ran a cable DHCP in my airport base station and then he joined with wifi. Now, I just want to use the airport as a backup. Answers to this question involve disable wifi from the airport and hit an ethernet cable from the router to the airport base station. I do not have a router. So is it possible that I can get the device from the airport, make back ups wireless, all at the same time be connected to a wireless network? I'm guessing that the answer is no.

  Unfortunately, your proposal of "no" is correct.

  However, you could configure the airport Time Capsule (ATC) to create a wireless network (without Internet access) and save on the Time Capsule wireless.

  Of course, to do this, when you want to save, you need to log on to your 'normal' wireless network and connect wireless provided by ATC.  Once the backup is complete, then you'll need to sign the CTA wireless and log on to your normal wireless network.

  All things considered, it would be much easier to invest in a USB low price and connect the HDD directly on your Mac. In this way, you can stay connected to your wireless network normal and backups occur automatically.

• How can ensure me that I am connected to the Wan, not the Base Station?

  I have one extreme as a base station, with an express the upstairs of the extension of the network. There are green lights on both, the utility displays the Express connected to the extreme and it is not a big house, so it seems that the network is configured correctly.

  However, when I'm near the Express, my MacBook Pro connection speed is significantly slower: 9Mbps, vs 30Mbps when close to the extreme. As far as I know, I am always connected the low extreme, rather as the Express I sit beside.

  Is there a way to say that I am connected to? Or y at - it a way to choose who to connect to?

  Thank you-

  In AirPort Utility, click images extreme and Express. A list of connected devices appears in the windows that appear.

• The Airport 5.6.1 (10 Windows) utility cannot find Airport Extreme Base Station

  I have the Airport Extreme Base Station (model A1408) model.

  I'm under Apple Airport Utility 5.6.1 on Windows 10.

  10 Windows Firewall is disabled.

  All of my WiFi devices, including my Windows laptop, 10, all work fine on the wireless network, and the light on the base station is green.

  Life seems good... EXCEPT, when I run the utility Apple Airport (version 5.6.1) it says it's "impossible to find wireless Airport". Clicking on Rescan is fixed not. Power by bicycle to the base station doesn't fix it. It worked before, so this is the behavior seems to be somewhat intermittent. Lately, it doesn't quite work. So I can't reconfigure my base station.

  Is this a known issue? Y at - it a known solution?

  First of all, understand that the AirPort for Windows utility has not been updated since Windows 7. It 'works' on later versions of Windows, including Windows 10, but is not designed to work with the new 802.11ac base stations.

  We'll see if this utility is installed correctly on your computer.

  For Windows 8, 8.1, or 10, AirPort for Windows utility will work have two applications listed in the window Apps & features: 1) airport & 2) Hello.

  • Move or delete the file next to the C:\Windows\System32 folder: c:\windows\system32\dnssd.dll (Note: this is the Client Hello library and is required by the utility AirPort.) If this file is missing would be the main reason that you aren't able to find the base station. However, even if it is present, it cannot be properly registered in the Windows registry. In other words, Windows is concerned, there is no.)
  • Download AirPort for Windows install.
  • Run the Setup program by using privileges "Run as administrator". (Note: If you have the option to repair or uninstall, choose the option to uninstall.) To complete the uninstall process. The Hello application should now be missing in Apps & features list.)
  • If you do not dialogue to repair/Uninstall window, then let Setup install AirPort for Windows in its default folder.

  Then, make sure your computer cable or wireless network adapter is configured for IPv6.

  Now, try to access the base station with the utility again.

• 802.11 wireless extend ac / 802.11n Base Stations

  Hello

  I tested the following wireless extend the installation program:

  (1) modem connects Airport Extreme 802.11ac running--> Wireless extends another Airpot extreme running 802.11ac

  (2) modem connects Airport Extreme 802.11ac--> wireless running extends an another old Time Capsule running 802.11n

  If I connect a device to the base station of second (an extensive wireless), I think that option 1 would give a better performance? Since that they are extended wireless with 802.11 ac. But after this test, it seems that the performance is similar in both configurations. It's supposed to be like that or there is an option I'm aware of that allows you to establish which wireless standard ask?

  Thank you very much.

  Found the similar thread that answers my question:

  https://discussions.Apple.com/thread/6521335?start=0&TSTART=0

  "TC and airports rank by the strength of the signal, no signal speed."

  Although they are not separate FAT portion, but I guess that my base stations connect via 802.11n channel after all.

• Why is the signal to my airport express base station weaker?

  My airport express base station to base station (part number MC414LL/A) has worked well for the first 3 years, but now has a weaker signal is no longer covers the apartment. The location has not changed and we have not added all of the devices that could create interference.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Bill

  3 years... average... is on when the internal of food inside the Express starts slowly the head downhill, so maybe it's a factor here.

  If you don't have already done, power off the AirPort Express for a few seconds, then put it to the top. When you start the Express, it will automatically scan all channels use wireless sector and select the best channel to use both.  If you live in a crowded environment, you may have to restart the AirPort Express on a regular basis.

  If there is no improvement after a few reboots of the Express, on what you can do at this point is to reset the device back to the default settings and then set up again to see if a new beginning offers some improvements in the intensity of the signal.

• How to extend the range of my Airport Extreme Base Station (802. 11 a, c) using a relay of Airport Express (802.11n).  Airport Utility (V635.2) says that this version does not support the relay.  That is what it is?

  How can I extend the range of my Airport Extreme (802. 11 a, c) using an Airport Express (802.11n) point.  Airport (V635.2) utility does not recognize the Express on its screen?  I have to buy equipment?  I'm on a MacPro OS X 10.10.5.  Thank you.

  AirPort utility that ships with OS X 10.10.5 supports base stations as 802.11ac & 802.11n AirPort. It should be able to configure both of your base stations for a scope (wireless connected base stations) or roaming types (base station connected Ethernet) wireless networks.

  When you initially configure the Wan, it helps to keep the two base stations in the same room. Once configured, you can move the base station that extend to the desired location. The important key is that the final positioning of the station that extends the base must be understood that it's to expand in order to maintain sufficient bandwidth to the station remotely for clients from network connected. Please check the following airport user tip for more details.

• How to reconfigure wireless network extended with several base stations

  I have a wifi network in an Airport Extreme wired to the modem from our Internet service provider and an Airport Express Terminal extended wireless in another part of the House. I recently added a second Airport Extreme (also extended wireless) to boost coverage in another area of the House. I want to have the Express and the extreme second each wireless connection directly to the base station to the modem to have the shortest path to the main base station, but the Airport utility network diagram seems to keep showing the network of linearly (main Extreme base - second extreme - Express). So, two questions: first, represents the schema of utility Airport the signal path real (linear Express by Extreme II, then to Extreme II/modem)?  And secondly, if so, how to reconfigure the network to have both Express and Extreme II forking the extreme base I directly, rather than having the food by Extreme II, then Extreme I Express. The network showed that the desired branched network yesterday, but today went back into the linear trajectory. I tried a simple drag and drop graphic to move the Express, thinking that surely the Apple would implement such a simple, logical and direct way to manage the network, but no. Have not seen another way to configure the network manually, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

  It is very important to understand that Apple "extend a wireless network" works on signal strength.

  In order to have the AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme to extend the network of the 'main' extreme wireless, two conditions must be fulfilled:

  (1) the AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme extension should both be on the same relative distance of the extreme 'main '.

  (2) AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme extension must both be closer to the extreme 'main' they are to each other.

  In other words, a well put together would have your "main" AirPort Extreme in the middle of the House, with a Terminal AirPort Express on one end of the House and the AirPort Extreme to the other end of the House.  In this configuration, the two airports are about the same distance from the extreme 'main'... and... "" oth extending airports are located more close to the "main" airport that they are with each other.

• I have my time capsule for base station; How do I set up just for Time Machine?

  For several years, I have used Time Capsule as a wireless base station more backup Time Machine. I back up a Macbook Air (single user) and iMac with 2 users (two computers running on OS X 11.5). With Comcast Xfinity I need is more like a base station. In fact, I reset my router Xfinity name and password to replicate what was the name and the password to my Time Capsule network. But, now that it's done I can't understand of set up time capsule without set it up as a base station. The installation guide seems to suggest that I could do so by plugging the ethernet cable from the modem to an ethernet port which is not the WAN port. But this configuration did not work. The installation wizard only took me the steps to set up a wireless network. How can I simply we it with Time Machine as an external hard drive?

  The installation wizard only took me the steps to set up a wireless network. How can I simply we it with Time Machine as an external hard drive?

  Simply turn off the time Capsule wireless.

  To do... Open AirPort Utility, click on the Time Capsule, then click on modify in the window that appears

  Click on the Wireless tab at the top of the next window

  Change the setting for the Mode of network on 'Off '.

  Click Update to save the changes

  

  But... and this is a big BUT... This work of pourrait ... and maybe not. Even if the backup on the Comcast network seems to be working, there will be no help from Apple in case of questions or problems of backup.

  The reason is that, so that your Time Machine backups be supported officially by Apple, users must save on the Time Capsule wireless, or connect their Mac (s) directly to one of the three ports LAN <>- on the Time Capsule using a wired Ethernet cable connection.

  If you decide to try the method of failure to load, please let us know how things work after a few days.

• update so on different WiFi router and now my Airport base station has a yellow light flashing - how to reset the base station

  Light Flsahing Amber on my Airport base station

  A persistent, flashing amber light indicates that one of the conditions is possible more may require your attention:

  • The base station has not yet been configured, because it's new or reset switch has been set.
  • You have chosen a security configuration that is not recommended.
  • Among several other conditions, such as a disconnected Ethernet cable or invalid IP address has been detected.

  (Ref: AirPort base stations: status of base station on airport (LED))

  To find out why your base station status led is orange flashing:

  • Open AirPort Utility
  • Click on the AirPort base station
  • Look for the Status parameter in the small window that appears
  • Click on the little orange dot here and another window will open to explain what might be the 'question '.

• base station password

  When I use airport utility to change the configuration of my stand he didn't ask me for the password for the base station... This means that anyone can edit my airport extreme without knowledge and provide the password?

  No, most likely, administrator of your base station password recorded in the keychain on your Mac.

  You can check it using the Keychain Access utility. Passwords administrator base station would have the value Kind of "AirPort base station password."

• A key using self-powered USB causes the base station go "off-line".

  I found that by using a USB drive self-powered, as the WD My Passport, without a USB powered, hub attached to the base of the station USB port has caused the base station go "off-line". In fact, using a powered hub does not always remedy the situation, but it is more reproducible without one.

  This is true for the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule 802.11ac. The problem does not occur immediately, but it may happen over several days. The symptom is that the player is no longer lies in the Finder, or the base station appears in AirPort Utility.

  My question is if others have had the same results? ... and did you find permanent solutions?

  

  USB key "seems" less reliable on the airports of AC model than on previous versions.

  I tend to not use USB attached to routers because I think it's convenient mediocre and poor speeds. But I tested with previous models, and it seems ok...

  KT those a few posts here a me trial there. These are not self powered readers... who I have long recommended people avoid the use (without a powered hub)...

  Re: External backup drive down regularly

  In fact, the wire is different from what I remember... Age don't you know.

  But I did the test on an AC TC. The result has been very reliable. He did not cause the TC to close... but I lost the connection of the USB almost every day... except for a trial where I kept the USB drive mounted in the Finder... so that the USB drive wouldn't turn it down. He then worked for a few weeks... until what the noise of rotation of disk (sitting next to me) drove me crazy... as soon as he was mounted is more, he would pass the same existence as before.

  The previous model TC was barely big enough for the internal use of the power supply units. So powered car running disc was impossible.

  Provide EI (GEN 1-5) at 1. 8A and 12v was adequate, but the standard USB port is estimated at 500 my wrong to manage disks free power.

  You would certainly think AC 12v 5A power supply models would have a lot of power. Yet, power problems are a major problem still. Supply is extremely sensitive and stop easily for reasons I'm still to understand.

  Where the long threads on power issues to the AE.

  Now, I'm going to speculate... I think that SOME problems are associated with power.

  What is the USB port side in airports of AC? Is it still 500ma? Apple never seem to give easy to find info on these details.

  Do you know? I haven't measured it, but I can try timing the time it takes to charge a phone.  Assuming that it will immediately trigger.

  Then he will have problems with a self-powered drive. Even if the drive has less energy than quotes, current during starting is much higher. The restriction of the power on the USB port is managed by a self regulator recovery... Once you triggered it, you must stop the power... then reboot the machine to restore power.

  Then, I also did the test with hub powered... and like your results... It was better. Longer time between the drive disappears from the network. But it was not enough to stop it.

  There is another interesting effect using self-powered hubs... I discovered this on a computer running Mac OS lets say! The computer would not start with a powered hub connected to the front USB. Hubs self-powered cheap, showing a defect in their design. They can refer to the USB port. In this computer, it was enough to stumble on the good power circuit and prevent the supply, commissioning... As long as the computer is running, everything was fine... but if I turned off it would not start. I finally woke up I had to exit the USB every time. At one point, I made a "special" Cup USB cable 5v line so the hub can stay connected. You can probably just to isolate the 5v of contact in the USB. Regardless of the configuration of power USB in the AE or TC is as you can assume she's sensitive enough... and at any time when the 5V on USB hub exceeds the 5V in AE it could trigger.

  The symptom is that the player is no longer lies in the Finder, or the base station appears in AirPort Utility.

  Endangered of AU base station is not uncommon.

  It responds to the pings? I guess he still has lights but is he blocked? You still get internet through it?

  Try to open it manually in to THE... use of the file / configure from others and put the IP address of EI.

  Talk with me by e-mail... It is open in the profile.

• 1102w does not connect correctly to the Airport Extreme Base station (Time Capsule) (wireless)

  & #3; I've been troubleshooting all day on this problem for my parents, trying to set up printing wireless for them on their new HP 1102W. I am trying to connect the printer wireless to their Airport Time Capsule base station. Using the WPS configuration, the printer is recognized by the base station, but I'm still not able to print wirelessly or via airprint. Enter the web configuration via USB, I see that the printer is grateful the network, but it doesn't have an IP address (it is set to auto/DHCP). Later I tried to connect to a shared of my iphone, wifi connection and everything worked perfectly, so the problem is that somehow the printer will not connect properly to the Airport base station. I tried several resets and restarts the printer and the base station, and the printer and the base of the station has new firmware. I also tried to change the security on the terminal of the default wpa2 personal wireless with wpa/wpa2 personal.

  I'd appreciate comments on this issue because I am quite frustrated now :-)

  Using the tool of the airport, I logged on to the base station and changed the wifi settings, while 2.4 and 5 ghz networks have different names instead of identical names standard. That did the trick, eventually I just configured the printer using wps in a few minutes.
  
  Thanks for your help.

• problem w / Airport Extreme base station and modem Netgear broadband

  I just changed to ATT Uverse to Time Warner - internet only.  With Uverse, I was using my Airport Extreme base station to create a wireless network, and it has worked well in this capacity.  When you switch to TWC, the tech got the modem (TWC allows you to buy your own modem, so I bought a Netgear CM600 a recommended model) enabled and works very well, but could not get the Airport base station to talk about her (yellow light blink on the base station).  So, he opted for a TWC wireless modem/router.  Interestingly, I found that I could plug the Airport base station in the TWC modem (without any reconfiguration, just plugged into the WAN port base station to the modem ethernet port, as I had had with Uverse equipment) and voila!  It worked immediately.

  So, I called TWC to retry my Netgear modem.  I have the base station power off, plugged on the ethenet port Netgear, put back under tension and just got the blinking light.  I know that the modem does not work, because my iMac's network to the internet through the base station, for the Netgear, and go outside and I can fine surf in this way.  So it is something in the wireless configuration that must be different between the TWC modem and the Netgear modem.

  Obviously, I'm not an expert at this, basic troubleshooting tips would be appreciated.  The base station functions as a router (I can connect through a port ethernet through it), it is simply not generate a WiFi network for me...

  Thanks for the tips

  Steve

  Carlsbad, CA

  So, he opted for a TWC wireless modem/router.  Interestingly, I found that I could plug the Airport base station in the TWC modem (without any reconfiguration, just plugged into the WAN port base station to the modem ethernet port, as I had had with Uverse equipment) and voila!  It worked immediately.

  If your AirPort Extreme has been in its original configuration, it would act as a wireless Internet router. If you connect another router upstream to the extreme, there is work, but you'll have a condition known as: Double NAT. This isn't necessarily bad, but should be avoided if possible. To do this is simply to reconfigure the downstream router (in this case, the extreme) under a bridge. This disable its functions of routing and remove the error condition.

  However, if your extreme base station has been reconfigured as a bridge, if connect you directly to a simple modem, like the Netgear CM600, then this configuration will not work because no device will provide the necessary routing functions.

  It's always a good idea to perform a full power recycle your network hardware during change of equipment. Maybe that's the only thing your missed when you design your own? If you haven't done so already, please give it a try with the CM600 & Extreme combo. After return your results.