Questions tagged [airport]
Use the "Wi-Fi" or network tag unless your question is truly about airport hardware or the airport utility.
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What special about Apple AirPort Extreme? [closed]
I considering to replace my old wifi router and purchase AirPort Extreme.
Why airport extreme feature that make it price is higher than common router WIFI?
it is faster transfer data?
Better WIFI ...
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How to connect to modem setup as bridge through Airport Extreme?
I've recently been assigned a static IP by my ISP provider (Sonic.net). My previous setting was with the modem configured to connect using static IP and the Airport Extreme as a bridge. NAT and DHCP ...
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AirPort Express extending connects in the wrong order
Recently, after extending a wireless network on a setup with one Extreme and one Express (both AirPort base stations), I've been experiencing issues regarding which base station extends which on a ...
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AirPort Extreme: slow upload via ethernet, but fast via wireless
I have a new dual-band AirPort Extreme base station (v7.6.1). I've used it to create a wireless network, and I also connect my Mac Pro (Early 2009, running 10.8.2) via ethernet. When I run a speed ...
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Airport Extreme suffering wildly inconsistent speeds between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz
I have an Airport Extreme (will find actual version number later, as it's not able to tell from Airport Utility any more) that runs a 2.4 and 5 ghz network. The 5Ghz one is almost always fast, but ...
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What external HD can I use to my Airport Extreme Base Station for use of wireless Time Machine?
The title pretty much says it all. I currently have an Airport Extreme Base Station and I want to be able to use the USB port on it to hook up an external hard drive and use it as a wireless means of ...
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Apple TV won't connect to Airport Express
I just bought an Apple TV last night. I have it sitting directly underneath my Airport Express. I have 2 wifi connections on my Airport, one for my stuff and one for guests.
When I list the wifi ...
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How to configure an Airport Express router to block a machine after many failed wifi connection attempts?
There's someone in my neighbourhood that keeps cracking the WPA2 password on my Airport Extreme router, connecting, and using between 5 to 15 Gigs of bandwidth a day.
I've read online that with ...
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How do I keep track of the bandwidth usage through my Airport Extreme wireless router?
I have 3 Macs, 1 iPad, and 1 Apple TV (using HD Netflix, mostly).
I need to keep an eye on bandwidth usage. What is the best way to monitor the bandwidth usage (preferably per device) that passes ...
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Is it possible to configure an Airport Extreme Base Station to forward to an external IP address?
Our company has a small office but we often work remotely. One of our service providers requires that we access their customer service portal from a known IP address. We don't all have dedicated IPs ...
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Double NAT error on new AirPort Express
I live in an apartment complex with a single network connection. The address is given to me from the complexes shared router as a DHCP address - this is where the ISP has our complex's modem. My ...
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Airport Extreme not working with new modem
I have an Airport Extreme that was previously connected to a, well lets say not great modem. So I replaced the modem with 'Nucleus Connect', which is Fibre I think. (I live in Singapore and they ...
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How to enable faster WiFi Roaming with Mac OS X & Airport base stations
How can I change the way Macbooks roam on the WiFi network? I would like to speedup the roaming of Macs (and maybe other devices).
Is there a setting on the Airport base stations or in Mac OS to ...
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How do I change the region on an Airport Express?
I purchased two of the current model Airport Expresses while I was in the US a few months ago. Now that I'm back in Australia, the only options I have when setting the country in Wireless Options are ...
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How do I activate SNMP on Airport base stations
Using Mountain Lion and the Airport utility I can't find a way to activate SNMP on any of the Airport base stations I have. Even the old ones which were configured to use it don't have the option ...
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How to properly setup a reliable roaming WiFi with Airport Base Stations and an existing router
What are the steps to properly setup a WiFi network with 4 or 5 Airport base stations? I have a mix of Airport Extreme and Airport Express base stations, a switch and a modem/router with VoIP and ...
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How do I monitor the Airport base station currently used for wifi?
I need to do a few tests and I will need a tool to check which Airport base station I am connected to.
I want to be able to monitor any changes (switching from base station to base station, signal, ...
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Setting up Airport Base Station with Uverse AND Sprint Airave
I'm trying to configure my home network so that I can use a drive attached to my airport base station as the Time Machine drive. I think that to do this the Airport needs to control the DHCP and the ...
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Share iPhone Tethering Through Airport Express?
Is it possible to tether my iPhone in some way to my Airport Express (latest generation) so that my tethered connection is served to all my computers connected to my Airport Express?
I can easily ...
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How to map a static external IP to static internal IP on Apple Airport extreme
I am trying to enable external VNC access to a Mac mini on a small network. I have a static IP address (67.41.xxx.xxx) reserved through my internet provider and the Mac mini has a reserved IP 172.16.5....
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Is it a bad idea to purchase older Apple routers?
I am thinking of purchasing an older Airport Extreme (A1143 model) as they are considerably cheaper than buying a new one.
Are there any serious issues with an older model as far as performance is ...
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What can be done to make my Mountain Lion Mac drops connection to my Cisco router less often?
I have a Cisco wireless router WAG54G2 Annex A plus Cisco Extender RE1000. The router is upstairs and extender helps me strengthen the signal downstairs and have been having issues keeping a wireless ...
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How to fetch an AirPort/Wi-Fi password using /usr/bin/security
I have been trying to use /usr/bin/security rather than hard coding login/password information into scripts. For example, here's how you get the password for 'pinboard.in'
security 2>&1 >/...
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Snow Leopard Airport Join preferred device-based network
Is it possible to auto-join device-based networks on Snow Leopard (i.e. preferred)?
For example, by device-based network, I mean either a printer or an ad-hoc network.
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Where is the Apple Air Port Utility 'Use dynamic global hostname' option?
I just can't find the "Use dynamic global hostname" option in Apple Air Port Utility 6.1 (610.31). Where can I find this option now?
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How do I stop my AirPort Express from showing up under AirPlay?
I just got an AirPort Express and it's great but I don't have the audio port hooked up to any so it is useless to select it for AirPlay. Is there a way I can keep it from showing up in the list of ...
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AirPort Base-station Visibility
I bought an AirPort Extreme to use in my college apartment. The ISP is technically my university, so the device is set in "bridge" mode to avoid double NAT errors. When I check the network diagram ...
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What does "Enable AirPlay over WAN" do?
What does AirPlay over WAN do? I have an AirPort Express 802.11n. This was the last generation to hook directly into the outlet.
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AirPort Express extending AirPort Extreme wireless network: can I use WEP and WPA2 Personal?
I have an AirPort Extreme home network that is extended with an AirPort Express. Because some legacy devices within the household do not support WPA/WPA2 Personal, I would like to keep my AirPort ...
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How to use an AirPort Express as an AirPlay device with a TP-Link router? [closed]
I recently upgraded my router (TP-Link TL-WR1043N) so now my wireless network is broadcasting in 11b/g/n mixed mode, and my 1st generation AirPort Express is having trouble joining the network.
I ...
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iMac reachability over sleep
I've got an issue with my iMac...
Let me explain the configuration:
The router is connected to the internet, the WiFi is turned off.
Time Capsule is connected to the router with an ethernet cable, ...
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Using a dyn.com dynamic host name with an AirPort device
I have an AirPort Extreme base station with firmware 7.6.1 and would like to access it remotely using a dynamic hostname registered with dyn.com (e.g. example.dyndns.org).
An explanation is given by ...
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External USB drive connected to Airport Extreme doesn't show up in Airport Utility
I have connected an external drive to my Airport Extreme, but it doesn't show up in Finder, and it doesn't show up in the list of drives when I connect to the Airport Utility.
The same drive worked ...
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AirPort doesn't find any networks
I have a 13'' MacBook Pro from early 2011. Suddenly it can't find any WiFi Networks anymore. It used to find networks (including mine) at my home, but now it doesn't.
I cant remember when this ...
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Connect to MySql over Airport Wireless LAN
I have installed MySql on a Mac Mini that I want to use as a dev database server. I have created a toy database on the server. I have created a wireless network using Airport. I now want to connect to ...
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Airport Express not getting IP address from Telus SE567 DSL router
I'm trying to set up an Airport Express with a home network based off of a DSL wifi router (model SE567) that came with a Telus internet connection. The Airport Express doesn't get a valid IP address ...
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How to view logs in Airport Utility v6, or install 5.6 in Mountain Lion?
So I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and I'm watching some Netflix over my Apple TV, when it stops streaming and tells me it's not connected to the network any more. Sure enough, my Air has also lost ...
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How Do I Target an Airport Extreme Shared Disk for Time Machine?
It looks like Apple may have changed something since I last configured this...
Some time ago (maybe two years?), I bought an Airport Extreme and plugged an external hard drive into it. From my ...
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Reserve a static IP address on an older Airport Extreme base station
I'm trying to give my server a static IP address (it's connected directly to the base station) but it's an old base station, (Airport Extreme 802.11g) so there's no obvious way to reserve an IP ...
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How can I delete saved configuration passwords from AirPort Utility for iOS?
I've tried deleting and reinstalling AirPort Utility, but I can still manage base stations without being asked for a configuration password.
I'm thinking of selecting not to back up data from AirPort ...
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Extending network with 2 airport express from another router
I have two airport express devices. Is it possible to extend my one airport express with another airport express.
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Do DHCP Client IDs showup in Airport Utility when Computer Name is shorter than 16 Characters?
My Airport Utility's (version 5) DHCP Clients list used to show the DHCP Client ID for each client, as defined for each connection in System Preferences/Network.
I then went and changed the "...
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Network preferences will not open
All network preferences are frozen on my macbook. This problem happens when I do the following:
Fast User switching is on.
At least two users are logged into the system.
I've switched from one wifi ...
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Why won't my Airport Extreme mount my USB 3.0 External Hard Drive?
I just decided to upgrade to a USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure. I regularly use my Airport Extreme to share the hard drive using an older enclosure. I know that the Airport Extreme won't have USB 3.0, ...
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MacBook connecting to wrong network?
My neighbors just setup a Wi-Fi network, and my MacBook is now automatically connecting to it.
I've never manually connected to it
It has a single bar ("dot") of signal, my network has all 4
This is ...
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Macbook Air does not automatically connect to known networks after wake up
I have a new 2012 Macbook Air (with 10.7.4) which doesn't connect to my own local network automatically after it wakes up. I have to choose my network manually and it works instantly.
Any ideas how ...
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Simultaneous use of Airport Express and Time Capsule
I know Apple likes us to think everything works by magic, but...
To use Airplay one needs Airport Express. To backup wirelessly one needs Time Capsule. There is, in particular, no way to Airplay ...
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What's the difference in range between Airport Express and Extreme?
Walking in to a Apple premium reseller's store today I was told that there is no difference range-wise between Express (the June 2012 model) and Extreme.
True story?
Where can I get more detailed ...
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Need AirPlay and a network drive - is having two devices my only option?
I am replacing a PC in my house with a Macbook Air, and there are two primary functions that the Air won't replace:
Streaming music to a whole-house audio system.
A home-base for my main photo/video/...
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My AirPort Extreme Base Station will not power on. No lights appear. I have tried all the recommended resets.
I have ensured that the electrical outlet is working properly. I have tried both of various factory resets (soft, hard). No lights. Nothing. Time to hit the Apple Store?
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