Apple's original trademarked term for wireless networking, which predated the use of the broader industry term "Wi-Fi". As of June 2011, Apple is phasing out the use of the term and using "Wi-Fi" instead.
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Can I find out who is currently using my Airport Express speakers, and kick them?
If I want to stream music to an AE when someone else is connected, I get a message "The speaker XXX is currently used by someone else".
Right now, both my flatmates are not connected to the AE but I ...
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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 ...
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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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iMac is mysteriously unable to use WiFi that works for all other systems
So, my house has Wifi that works pretty consistently with all of our computers, both macs and PC's. However, we just set up our iMac (which runs Snow Leopard) for the first time in a few months, and ...
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How do I use my Airport express to connect an AV receiver that requires ethernet?
I set up the airport express(AX) in airport utility and I have it extending my network from my airport extreme. Shows connected and everything but when I plug in my AV receiver it does not get the ...
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Static IP for a adhoc wifi network
Do you know if it's possible to give a static IP when creating a ad-hoc network on OS X?
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Changing the range of addresses served to clients connected via Internet Sharing
Macbook Pro Running 10.7.4 attempting to share ethernet connection via Airport(Wi-Fi) and trying to serve 192.168.1.x addresses to connected clients.
I've tried the guidance provided here and the ...
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AirPort Extreme wired guest access
The AirPort Extreme's manual says the following:
Create a guest network with or without password protection, to provide Internet-only access to wireless devices, such as computers, iPad, iPhone, ...
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Making MAMP site accessible externally
I've set up port forwarding on both Netgear DGN2000 router and airport extreme base station.
I've checked with Network Utility that the port 8888 is open.
Yet I don't seem to be able to make the ...
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AirPort Express orange yellow light problem and not discoverable at all
My AirPort Express is showing a permanent orange light. Every ~5 minutes it blinks green once and after this I get continuos yellow.
The AirPort device is connected via LAN to my Linksys WRT-160NL ...
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Airport Express requires frequent rebooting
I use an Airport Express to create a wireless network at home. Frequently (~2 times a week), all the computers using the network (eMac, Intel iMac, MacBook Air) can see the network as an option in the ...
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How can I ping a given host behind an Airport Extreme Base Station
I have an Airport Extreme Base Station (7.6.1) which has a public ip address on the WAN side. I have many hosts on the LAN side. I would like to configure the AEBS such that pings sent from the ...
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Can a MacBook Pro be tracked when disconnected from the Internet?
My MacBook was stolen. I just want to know if I can find it even if the thief shut it down permanently.
On my MacBook I have an automatic session opened and the Airport is turned on by default.
I ...
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Airport slows down when anybody uses VPN through it
I have a MBP with OSX 10.7.3, from which I use a VPN connection (Cisco IPSec) to login on my company network. That in itself is not a problem.
I also have an Airport Extreme (version 7.6.1) as the ...
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Use USB Iphone tethering for Macbook and use AirPort for Printer
I already set up the iPhone tethering to have Internet on my Macbook via the iPhone phone-line. I'm using it via USB because I want to use the Wifi from the AirPort for a connection with my printer - ...
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AirPlay on Apple TV 2 failing more often than it works
I'm finding that when streaming video or audio from either my iPad 1 or iPhone 4 to my Apple TV 2, it more often than not fails (although it does occasionally work). I'd say 6/10 it fails.
I'll:
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Airport extreme base station won't turn on
I did something stupid, and I think it broke my airport extreme base station...
My airport extreme base station was working just fine. I was using a cheap USB hub to share a few external hard drives ...
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What is a USB wifi dongle/adaptor with drivers that integrate with AirPort?
I've tried the D-Link DWA-131 and Ralink-based generic adaptors available on Amazon.com such as the Rt 2571/2573. After installing the driver, they all require you to use a separate configuration ...
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Internet sharing over AirPort
In MacOS X 10.6, is Internet sharing over AirPort implemented as NAT or full-blown routing? The backing wired network is a corporate one, Ethernet with DHCP.
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How can I prevent external hard disk from sleeping when connected to Airport Extreme?
I have a 1TB external hard disk from Seagate connected to the USB port of my Airport Extreme and everytime I need to access it I have to wait some time until it leaves the sleep mode.
Is there a way ...
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How to use Internet Sharing AND File Sharing?
My setup at office is:
Internet -> AirportExtreme --(wifi)--> AirportExpress --(eth1)--> MacPro1 --(eth2)--> MacPro2
MacPro1 has Internet Sharing enabled, allowing MacPro2 to be online.
But MacPro2 ...
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Can I set up domain filtering on an Airport Extreme?
I'm wondering if it is possible to set up domain filtering on an Airport Extreme based home network. Specifically, I'd like to block just rad.msn.com, and I need to do that at the network level.
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How to control AirPort wireless radio from the command line?
I want to know how to control (specifically turn off) the networking (specifically AirPort - I want to turn off the radio) from the command line (specifically from bash in Terminal.app, being run by ...
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Access Airport signal data
I want to be able to write the current list of Wifi networks in airport, and their respective strengths, to a file. I would like to use some sort of bash script to do this, but I am unsure how to ...
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Multiple-partition hard drive on Airport Extreme
Is there a way to have multiple partitions on a hard drive plugged into an Airport Extreme? I have a 3TB hard drive, and would like a 2TB partition for storage, time machine backups (mac formatted), ...
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Sporadic Double NAT problem with Airport Extreme Base Station
I am currently using an Airport Extreme N Base Station (firmware version 7.6) connected to a cable modem to connect around 7 wireless clients and two wired clients to the internet. Prior to this I ...
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Time Machine sparsebundle corrupted on disconnect
I've been using Time Machine over wifi and have had a recurring problem with corrupted sparsebundles. The scenario is a relatively new Airport Extreme, a MacBook with Leopard, and a partitioned ...
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AppleTV streaming from Airport Shared Disk?
I'm considering purchasing an AppleTV to listen to/watch content stored locally on my network on my television and stereo. If I have my media stored on an external hard disk connected to my Airport ...
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How many External Hard Drives can I plug to Airport Extreme?
I need to backup all my computer data. I'm thinking of buying 3 External Hard Drives and connect them to Airport Extreme. Can I do this?
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How can I make AirFoil detect the speaker without rebooting the Mac?
When my Mac goes to sleep, and I awake it, AirFoil no longer detects my Airport Expert speakers.
I always need to restart OS X to make AirFoil detect it; restarting AirFoil doesn't fix it.
Do you ...
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Audio setup for Macbook and XBox?
I have a one set of speakers, 2 macbooks (girlfriend and I), an iPod touch and a XBox.
Now, I struggle with the audio because anytime I want to listen music or use the xbox, I have to switch the RCA ...
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AirPort Extreme: Keep IP address from changing
I've got an AirPort Extreme base station that I use for several computers and devices.
I set it to configure IPv4 with DHCP, but there's a problem with that: The IP changes from time to time (as ...
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Can I direct the audio signal from Apple TV?
I have the following equipment:
I have all my music files stored in iTunes on the pictured iMac. When I play music it follows a path from the iMac through the Time Capsule to the Airport Express. ...
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Using Airport Express connected via Ethernet to extend Airport Extreme wireless lan?
I was wondering whether it's possible to use an Airport Express that is connected via Ethernet (using a powerlan/-line bridge-set inbetween) to extend an Airport Extreme network?
Basically the two ...
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Can Time Capsule/Airport (4th gen) serve local DNS?
I just got a 4th gen Time Capsule for my wife to use as her own backup server, and I'm potentially interested in using it as the main router and Wifi AP on my home network. My current router and AP is ...
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Do I have to replace both Airport base station and modem?
I have an Airport base station and Network DG814 Modem Gateway both bought in 2002 and use over the years for wireless access at home to a family's worth macs and one work windows laptop. Demon is ...
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How do you configure airport extreme with dynamic dns?
I have a domain via Namecheap. They support dynamic dns updates. I'd like to use my airport extreme (firmware 7.6.1) to do the DNS updates, anyone know how to accomplish this?
Here's the info about ...
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Why does my AirPlay stream distort at high volume?
I have an airport express connected to basic (but not crappy) speakers. When I run audio directly to them it plays fine, but when I run audio from either my iPhone or Mac to the speakers via AirPlay, ...
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Only seeing ONE of two external HD's plugged into Apple Airport Extreme
Here is the scenario:
I have TWO External TB drives.
They are both plugged into a Powered USB Hub.
That Powered USB Hub is plugged into the back of my Airport Extreme.
I can only see one.
They have ...
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Remotely SSH to IP address in home network
I've got a device at home I want to SSH to from work. The device has port 22 open locally and I have port 22 opened on my AirPort Extreme. However, on the AirPort Extreme it says the open 22 port only ...
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iMac - Airport 'Looking for networks' affects FireWire audio device
This problem has been driving me mad for months and started when I upgraded to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard on my iMac.
I've got a Saffire 56 external audio device connected via FireWire (works ...
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Can I set up an Apple TV to receive content from a Synology NAS?
I have a Synology DS210j NAS. My music and movies are served from the NAS by its built-in iTunes server. The content is then available on my MacBook in iTunes / Sharing Library.
I am looking for a ...
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Can I still use the older Airport Utility 5.5.3 if I install the 6.0 version of Airport Utility?
I have a simple network setup, and have read some initial reviews that say the new Airport Utility 6 for Mac OS X lacks some of the advanced settings that the older utility provides. I depend on those ...
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Extending extending network using airport express
I know that this has been discussed before but this is a slightly different scenario.
I live in a very elongated apartment and the signal is very bad in one end. I have a D-Link 655 (or something ...
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Black MacBook WiFi drops when fan starts blowing
I have a 2007 Black MacBook running the latest version of Mac OS X Lion. It has a strange issue wherein the Airport shuts down if the fan starts blowing, and will not start up without a reboot.
Any ...
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How can others connect to port 80 on my computer via an IP address?
I'd like to be able to give certain people my IP address (24.178.XX.XX) so they can access port 80 on my machine from their browser.
Right now just putting that IP address from my own browser doesn't ...
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External Disk to use with iTunes in a AirPort Extreme
I have a external disk that I use now to have my iTunes collection, I want to connect the same disk to the AirPort Extreme so I dont have to use a USB port in my Notebook.
Does anyone have a ...
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Extending a wireless network with an Airport Express
I have a wireless network based on a Time Capsule (802.11n, first generation). As wireless connectivity is rather bad in one part of the house I wanted to use an Airport Express (802.11g) to extend ...
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Problems with AirPort on Snow Leopard (MacBook White)
Several days ago I performed a clean installation of Snow Leopard on my MacBook White (late 2009). As usual, everything works marvelous - except for the wireless connection to the internet.
It keeps ...
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How secure is Apple File Protocol from Airport Extreme
How secure is the file sharing feature for use over WAN on an Airport Extreme? i.e. Are the content and/or passwords encrypted when accessed over the Internet?
