Questions tagged [airport]
Anything related to Apple's AirPort family of wireless networking products
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Connecting a Mac OS up to a wireless network without a wireless card
I have a Mac that doesn't have an airport. Is it possible to connect (via ethernet) the Mac to an airport express, which would communicate with another airport express in another room, which is ...
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Is deleting the SystemConfiguration folder safe on OSX Snow Leopard?
I have a problem with Airport and wired connections on OSX Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro. They are dropping after a few minutes of being in use.
There is no notification when this happens, and ...
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Changing AirPort Default Network Name in Mac?
I am using a new Mac mini. I cannot change my AirPort network name. How can I change it? When I go to AirPort Utility, it says "unable to find wireless devices". It says $guest$ by default.
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Recover AirPort Extreme from bad firmware update
I applied a recommended firmware update for an AirPort Extreme base station and now it won't boot. Briefly the light goes green, then off, then stays stuck on amber.
I did several factory resets, ...
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Force application on Mac to only use Airport connection
My MacBook Pro has a physical ethernet connection to the corporate network that uses a HTTP proxy server. I also have an Airport connection to a router that bypasses the proxy server. My order of ...
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802.11n and network slowdown
My router, 1st generation AirPort Extreme, is 802.11n 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz capable. Whenever I turn it on, instead of 802.11b/g/n the network slows down considerably within a few days.
This probably is ...
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Airport Express Setup for Sound
I have a PC/MacBook setup. I have a decent sound card installed in my PC and therefore, the speakers are connected to that.
But I want to use the PC connected speakers to play music through AirTunes ...
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MBPro, mid 2010 can't see Dlink DIR655 signal after sleep etc
This is my son's MBP 7,1 running Snow Leopard 10.6.7.
Router signal is fine since iPad, Wintel on same table 20 feet from router are fine. the MBP however frequently wakes and fails to find the ...
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iMac, AirPort flashing yellow, speed stream
After a power outage, a friend's iMac powered up but the AirPort is flashing yellow and the computer cannot get on-line. What is the "power up order" to properly connect?
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How to install Airplayer, Airplay or any AirPort Emulator on Windows?
Is it possible to install Shairport, or any Airport Emulator, on Windows?
I want to stream music, photos and/or videos from my iPhone to Windows directly.
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AirPort fails to connect to existing networks after Repairing Disk Permissions
So my system was running a slower than normal, and I started poking around and found that Disk Utilities provided buttons to verify and repair permissions and disks. I chose to verify both and learned ...
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Can an AirPort Express be used as a Airport Extremem Wireless Extender?
So an Apple genius was telling me I can use an AirPort Express as a wireless extender to the Airport Extreme, is this true?
I bought both, I think he was wrong but perhaps you guys know better then ...
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What are the possible reasons why a MacBook can't join a working wireless network
My MacBook won't connect to the Internet via my home wireless network that was working just a minute ago. All the other devices connected to the network went back to normal after the AirPort Express ...
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How to set up my network/bridging using Apple Airport equipment?
I'd like to set up my network like this, and I want to make sure it's possible using the hardware I have. I think it should be...
I've got my cable modem in one room. I want to plug it into an Apple ...
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Mac act like an AirPort Express for AirTunes sharing
I have a MacBook running under the TV hooked up to some speakers. I have an AirPort express running which is hooked up to some speakers. From another Mac or iPhone in the house I'd like to be able to ...
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Macbook cannot see specific wireless network after being connected to it for a while
Okay, so there's a single wireless network that my laptop has troubles with. My Macbook Pro used to be fine with it until it changed to using channel 13 (or 11?). Since then, after being connected to ...
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Getting online on my mac mini
I have a mac mini that I can't connect to the internet with.
I have a home network. I can go online fine with my ipad/cr-48, no problem.
But on OSX even though I can connect to the network via ...
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Upgrade AirPort on Macs to support Snow Leopard's Wake on Wireless/WLAN?
Snow Leopard now supports Wake on WLAN, but not all hardware supports this. For example, my Octo Mac Pro from early 2008 has an AirPort card, but it does not support this. Nor does my 2007 2.33GHz ...
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Apple Airport Extreme multi station network problems
I have 2 Apple Time Capsules and one gigabit airport extreme for 3 stations total. All support 802.11a/n-802.11b/g/n. It is absolutely beyond me how to set this up effectively as a single wireless ...
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How to back up a network volume to my Time Capsule?
I have a Time Capsule that I'm using for my backups.
I have a network volume (coincidentally on the same time capsule) that I'd like to back up as well.
How can I tell Time Machine to back up ...
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How can i turn my Airport On & Off with Speech Recognition on my Mac?
I've an iMac running Snow Leopard & I'd like to activate the internal Airport via Speech Recognition. I imagine a script would be involved but I've never utilized one before. Also I'm interested ...
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Can I create a WDS network over ethernet with multiple Airport Extremes?
I have an Airport Extreme and have ethernet wired through most of my house. I'd like to add another Airport Extreme/Express to parts of the house where the signal is weak. I don't want the network ...
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The OS X firewall causes certain applications to hang, only while AirPort is connected. How do I find the cause of this problem?
I'm experiencing three strange problems on OS X (Snow Leopard), which only appear while I am connected to a wireless network over Airport.
The "Security" tab in System Preferences takes about 1 ...
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Why is the network speed on my Mac Pro (early 2009) so slow?
I have a really weird networking issue on my Mac Pro (Early 2009). I can’t get higher network speeds than about 2MBit/s. It doesn’t matter if this is over AirPort or one of the Ethernet ports. An iMac ...
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Can I plug a computer directly into an wireless router that is extending a wireless network?
My current wireless network consists of an Airport extreme plugged into my cable modem via ethernet and an airport express that is extending the wireless network (wirelessly). I have an extra airport ...
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Which routers do work with Snow Leopard without any problems?
I know this sounds pretty much like a question asked because of frustration, but i see no other solution but this one: i want to buy a new router and live with a stable internet connection. Some other ...
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Is there any way to hide Bonjour AFP services from one network port or IP pool only?
I've got two Mac OS machines networked via ethernet, one with 10.5, one 10.6. They have self-assigned IPs, and I want to keep using AFP that way. However, for internet access, we're on a public WiFi ...
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Wi-Fi vs. Ethernet on AirPort Express
I use an AirPort Express to extend my Wi-Fi network and it works great. My question is whether I would notice a significant signal boost by plugging in an ethernet cable into the AirPort Express ...
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Got an AirPort Express, what do I enter for 'DNS server addresses'?
I just got an AirPort Express. Want to use it as the primary wireless network here. I've connected it directly to my cable modem.
I'm setting up the AirPort stuff from my MacBook. My ISP uses DHCP I ...
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Airport Express configuration
We are trying to set up remote access to a computer that houses a server fro a particular program we are running. The program says we need to configure the office router.
In the firewall settings it ...
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Mac OS X: How do I disable SSID Broadcasting with Internet Sharing over Airport?
I'm currently using Internet Sharing from my Ethernet over Airport on my Macbook Pro, however I don't want my SSID broadcasted†. There doesn't seem to be an option in Sharing/System Preferences to ...
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MacBook's Airport not working from menu bar
All of the sudden my MacBook doesn't connect to my wireless after waking from sleep. My network shows up at full signal strength and it remembers the password correctly, but I get an error message ...
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Windows 7 can't connect via ethernet to Airport Extreme
I have an Airport Extreme router, and everything works beautifully on the Mac, but my Windows 7 computer, which is connected via a regular ethernet cable, can't see any network.
The Windows computer ...
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Do I need to create 2.4 & 5GHz networks manually with dual-band Airport Extreme?
I'm thinking of getting Airport Extreme dual-band version, because specs say that it offers 2 separate networks: 2.4 & 5 GHz. This setup would work great at my place, since I have mix of G and N ...
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Why would my router randomly become unreachable under WPA2?
We just switched ISPs from AT&T DSL to Comcast. AT&T had its own (horrifically bad) router, but with Comcast we're using my 802.11n Airport Extreme. Unfortunately, the router randomly ...
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How make static local ip for server on OS X, Airport Extreme
In my other question, I was trying to set up my mac as a server, and the thing they suggested after is setting it to a static local ip outside of the DHCP range so I could port forward to that and it ...
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How do you re-associate an Airport Time Machine backup after migrating to a new mac?
I used the migration assistant to copy my files directly from my old Mac to a new one.
My new Mac won't "link" Time Machine backup on my Airport disk.
I can browse the old Time Machine backup, ...
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MacBook wifi gets unreliable/slow when NOT charging
I've encountered a really bizarre problem with my MacBook: when running without the charger plugged into the computer the wifi connection gets really flaky. When the charger is plugged in the wifi ...