On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Bill Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > This has gotten very frustrating. I spent most of the weekend either trying > to figure out terminology (bridge mode vs. client mode vs. STAProxy) or > arguing with the Airport Express, with multiple soft (while already plugged > in) and hard (while I'm plugging it in) resets. Now it refuses to show green > under any circumstances, only flashing amber. Whenever I send the "update" > command to it, the utility tells me the settings were updated, just wait for > it to appear in the list, but it never does, it just flashes amber (after the > solid-amber period). I also get a message saying there was an error, please > try again. Is it possible that I have to do more than one hard reset in a row > before I can make changes? Or what else might be going on? The thing is only > a couple of months old, so I hope it's not defective, but if so could I use > the (also practically new) wireless SMC router (SMCWBR14S-N2) to do the same > bridge mode? > I would try connecting directly to the AE with no other devices connected. It's possible that there is a misconfiguration between the AE and you're network.
You may need to manually configure you're wired connection to get them to talk. Do the update then configure the AE for you're setup. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
