Airport Express for Sale
Hi folks, This is an AE that my step daughter no longer requires. Power cable is a little chewed by a guinea pig, but still working. I told her I would sell it for her for $20.00 It is the flat square type that I think is still current. So if anyone is interested please let me know. Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport express
connect airport express to the Samsung TV via ethernet cable ? The TV does not have internet access. On 4 Apr 2014, at 13:07, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: If you don’t have a smart TV, you could use it in the Ethernet Port of your TV or DVD Recorder. Just choose to set up as an addition to existing network.In airport utility ? This way if either of them have internet capability you could make use of it. In other words as an Ethernet Bridge. I know it works because I tried it in my home. So I am now going to set it up for this purpose at my grand children’s home. But for some strange reason it WILL NOT work at my mother’s home (She does not use a Mac). I think because the Windows version of Airport Utility is a bit quirky !! (As is everything Windows in my experience) On 4 Apr 2014, at 8:03 am, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hello all, My AE has been retrenched. Since being connected to NBN all WiFi devices are now connected to iiNet’s BobLite. Can it be employed elsewhere or will it be permanently unemployed ? Cheers, Walter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Airport express
Hello all, My AE has been retrenched. Since being connected to NBN all WiFi devices are now connected to iiNet’s BobLite. Can it be employed elsewhere or will it be permanently unemployed ? Cheers, Walter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport express
If you don’t have a smart TV, you could use it in the Ethernet Port of your TV or DVD Recorder. Just choose to set up as an addition to existing network. This way if either of them have internet capability you could make use of it. In other words as an Ethernet Bridge. I know it works because I tried it in my home. So I am now going to set it up for this purpose at my grand children’s home. But for some strange reason it WILL NOT work at my mother’s home (She does not use a Mac). I think because the Windows version of Airport Utility is a bit quirky !! (As is everything Windows in my experience) On 4 Apr 2014, at 8:03 am, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hello all, My AE has been retrenched. Since being connected to NBN all WiFi devices are now connected to iiNet’s BobLite. Can it be employed elsewhere or will it be permanently unemployed ? Cheers, Walter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Stephen, On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:41 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went fine). I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. But, we're you able to unplug AE and then plug the AE at another location (room) and still have success - as you are trying to do at your Mother's? I then took the AE to my mother’s home. I downloaded installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in Airport Utility. Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. Tried this 3 times but same result. Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. If you setup AE to join the existing Wi-Fi network in Client mode as you mentioned you did in a previous email. In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone perhaps ? Your iPhone uses the 2.5GHz band not 5GHz. Cheers, Ronni On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Ronni, First Question: Yes. Once it was added to my network, I took it to the DVD Recorder in another room and it worked fine. I set it up at my mother’s in Client Mode. But then when I plugged it into her DVD Recorder in another room I just got the flashing orange light. I just had a thought - is it possible that it would still work if I then tried to set up the internet on the DVD Recorder ? Even though the light has not gone green. Once I saw the flashing orange light I did not proceed any further ! Should never ASSUME eh ? On 27 Mar 2014, at 3:16 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:41 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went fine). I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. But, we're you able to unplug AE and then plug the AE at another location (room) and still have success - as you are trying to do at your Mother's? I then took the AE to my mother’s home. I downloaded installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in Airport Utility. Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. Tried this 3 times but same result. Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. If you setup AE to join the existing Wi-Fi network in Client mode as you mentioned you did in a previous email. In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone perhaps ? Your iPhone uses the 2.5GHz band not 5GHz. Cheers, Ronni On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Stephen, Do the same as you did on your DVD Recorder. I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. On 27 Mar 2014, at 4:15 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, First Question: Yes. Once it was added to my network, I took it to the DVD Recorder in another room and it worked fine. I set it up at my mother’s in Client Mode. But then when I plugged it into her DVD Recorder in another room I just got the flashing orange light. I just had a thought - is it possible that it would still work if I then tried to set up the internet on the DVD Recorder ? Even though the light has not gone green. Once I saw the flashing orange light I did not proceed any further ! Should never ASSUME eh ? On 27 Mar 2014, at 3:16 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:41 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went fine). I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. But, we're you able to unplug AE and then plug the AE at another location (room) and still have success - as you are trying to do at your Mother's? I then took the AE to my mother’s home. I downloaded installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in Airport Utility. Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. Tried this 3 times but same result. Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. If you setup AE to join the existing Wi-Fi network in Client mode as you mentioned you did in a previous email. In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone perhaps ? Your iPhone uses the 2.5GHz band not 5GHz. Cheers, Ronni On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Thanks Ronni - next trip I will do that ! Sorry about the ongoing thread - I just hate giving up ! It’s a last resort for me. Especially when my Windoze-centric brother is hovering waiting to say “I told you so”. On 27 Mar 2014, at 4:34 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Do the same as you did on your DVD Recorder. I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. On 27 Mar 2014, at 4:15 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, First Question: Yes. Once it was added to my network, I took it to the DVD Recorder in another room and it worked fine. I set it up at my mother’s in Client Mode. But then when I plugged it into her DVD Recorder in another room I just got the flashing orange light. I just had a thought - is it possible that it would still work if I then tried to set up the internet on the DVD Recorder ? Even though the light has not gone green. Once I saw the flashing orange light I did not proceed any further ! Should never ASSUME eh ? On 27 Mar 2014, at 3:16 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:41 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went fine). I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. But, we're you able to unplug AE and then plug the AE at another location (room) and still have success - as you are trying to do at your Mother's? I then took the AE to my mother’s home. I downloaded installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in Airport Utility. Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. Tried this 3 times but same result. Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. If you setup AE to join the existing Wi-Fi network in Client mode as you mentioned you did in a previous email. In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone perhaps ? Your iPhone uses the 2.5GHz band not 5GHz. Cheers, Ronni On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Peter, I am actually trying to use the AE as an ethernet bridge for my mother’s new Panasonic DVD Recorder. She has expressed an interest in using the recorder to also watch ABC iView. The Recorder has an ethernet port but no WiFi. The AE I am using is one that my step daughter no longer requires; not the latest but the small flat square box with power cable. I have managed to set it up so that it is now using her WiFi. The problem now is that when I take it from her study and power up in her lounge (only one wall between), it no longer picks up her WiFi network. However my iPhone picks up her network anywhere in her home. Just wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Yesterday I left it plugged in and connected to her Recorder for now with instructions to let me know if the orange light stops flashing and turns green. But no phone call yet. Any suggestions would be most welcome ? On 26 Mar 2014, at 7:26 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 25 Mar 2014, at 3:50 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks .. any ideas here would be most welcome please ? I took the proven AE setup to my elderly mother’s place and set it up fine on her WiFi network. Problem now is that when I then take it from her office (where I set it up and it works) to her lounge (the next room) I plug it in and simply get an endless flashing orange light. Seems it can’t pick up the WiFi only one room away from the wireless modem. Is there something I might be missing here or does the AE usually have such a short range ? The modem is a very old blue and silver D-Link with an antenna on one side (perhaps that is the culprit). Strange thing is that m iPhone picks up her WiFi anywhere in her home. The AE will only extend the WiFi from another Apple device, eg another AE, Airport Extreme or Time Capsule. It can only extend the network of the D-Link as an ethernet bridge, not wireless. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
On 26 Mar 2014, at 4:10 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Peter, I am actually trying to use the AE as an ethernet bridge for my mother’s new Panasonic DVD Recorder. She has expressed an interest in using the recorder to also watch ABC iView. The Recorder has an ethernet port but no WiFi. The AE I am using is one that my step daughter no longer requires; not the latest but the small flat square box with power cable. I have managed to set it up so that it is now using her WiFi. The problem now is that when I take it from her study and power up in her lounge (only one wall between), it no longer picks up her WiFi network. Just to be clear: The AE is NOT connected by ethernet to your daughter's modem/router in her bedroom? You can see only one WiFi network (and there are no hidden SSIDs)? I have a very similar setup: I cannot extend the WiFi network created by my Telstra Cable Modem (Netgear) using an Apple Time Capsule (essentially an Apple Airport Extreme). The TC is bridged to the Netgear via Ethernet so it can share the same LAN settings, but it creates its own separate wireless network. I now have an Airport Express extending THAT network in the family room, tethered to the Foxtel IQ and an Apple TV (that's another story). For the first time in its frustrating life, we are now able to get an IP address on the Foxtel IQ. That never happened with the Netgear WiFi extender I was using before. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. On 27 Mar 2014, at 7:39 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 4:10 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Peter, I am actually trying to use the AE as an ethernet bridge for my mother’s new Panasonic DVD Recorder. She has expressed an interest in using the recorder to also watch ABC iView. The Recorder has an ethernet port but no WiFi. The AE I am using is one that my step daughter no longer requires; not the latest but the small flat square box with power cable. I have managed to set it up so that it is now using her WiFi. The problem now is that when I take it from her study and power up in her lounge (only one wall between), it no longer picks up her WiFi network. Just to be clear: The AE is NOT connected by ethernet to your daughter's modem/router in her bedroom? You can see only one WiFi network (and there are no hidden SSIDs)? I have a very similar setup: I cannot extend the WiFi network created by my Telstra Cable Modem (Netgear) using an Apple Time Capsule (essentially an Apple Airport Extreme). The TC is bridged to the Netgear via Ethernet so it can share the same LAN settings, but it creates its own separate wireless network. I now have an Airport Express extending THAT network in the family room, tethered to the Foxtel IQ and an Apple TV (that's another story). For the first time in its frustrating life, we are now able to get an IP address on the Foxtel IQ. That never happened with the Netgear WiFi extender I was using before. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
On second thoughts Peter. I do know this setup works because I tested it first on my own DVD Recorder. And that is using a Telstra WiFi Modem, not an Apple product. Worked like a charm - I got iView without any problem on the DVD Recorder. Now that I have it added to my mother’s WiFi network at her home, I just need to get it to pick up the WiFi in the next room !!! I will give it one more try next time I am there. If it’s a NO she has other more cumbersome options. Just trying to keep things simple for a 94 year old. On 27 Mar 2014, at 7:39 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 4:10 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Peter, I am actually trying to use the AE as an ethernet bridge for my mother’s new Panasonic DVD Recorder. She has expressed an interest in using the recorder to also watch ABC iView. The Recorder has an ethernet port but no WiFi. The AE I am using is one that my step daughter no longer requires; not the latest but the small flat square box with power cable. I have managed to set it up so that it is now using her WiFi. The problem now is that when I take it from her study and power up in her lounge (only one wall between), it no longer picks up her WiFi network. Just to be clear: The AE is NOT connected by ethernet to your daughter's modem/router in her bedroom? You can see only one WiFi network (and there are no hidden SSIDs)? I have a very similar setup: I cannot extend the WiFi network created by my Telstra Cable Modem (Netgear) using an Apple Time Capsule (essentially an Apple Airport Extreme). The TC is bridged to the Netgear via Ethernet so it can share the same LAN settings, but it creates its own separate wireless network. I now have an Airport Express extending THAT network in the family room, tethered to the Foxtel IQ and an Apple TV (that's another story). For the first time in its frustrating life, we are now able to get an IP address on the Foxtel IQ. That never happened with the Netgear WiFi extender I was using before. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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Hi Ronni, I first added the AE to my own WiFi network using Airport Utility (that went fine). I then followed the instructions to set up Internet Access on my own DVD Recorder as a test (as Brian suggested). That worked fine and I was able to watch iView etc on my DVD Recorder. I then took the AE to my mother’s home. I downloaded installed Airport Utility for Windows on her PC. I then reset AE to factory configuration and added AE to her WiFi network (a little more work than on mine - Windows I guess). Everything at that point was fine, green light on AE etc and showed up in Airport Utility. Then I unplugged and went to her lounge (the next room). Each time I plugged into power I got a continuous orange flashing light. Tried this 3 times but same result. Took back to her study and plugged in = green light. The AE seems to lose track of her WiFi once in her lounge room. Yet my iPhone picks it up all over her home. Just wondering if the AE needs a much stronger WiFi signal than my iPhone perhaps ? On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:14 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 27 Mar 2014, at 8:01 am, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: No. It is connected by ethernet to my mother’s DVD Recorder in her lounge room. But now you have given me food for thought Peter. When I thought it was using her WiFi in her study did I still have it connected by ethernet to the modem/router ? GOSH .. looks like another trip up to Darlington ! BUGGER this is getting very long winded. Hi Stephen, Going right back to your original post to the list regarding this subject you mentioned I quote: /Begin Quote: On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). /End Quote: Brain Risbey replied first asked if you had set up Internet Access following the instruction Manual. Brian gave page numbers in the Setup Instructions for a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730. Then I replied and mentioned you should be able to setup for iView etc. Did you go back and follow the Instruction Manual do the 'Network Connection - Network Easy Settings'? I could not find the operating instructions online for exactly your Model DMR-XW390GLK but did find DMR-XW390 which are possibly similar but page numbers might not be correct. Operating Instructions DVD Recorder Model No. DMR-XW390 http://s1.bigbrownbox.com.au/manuals/DMR-XW390/13092012171440DMR-XW390.pdf Page 15 - Network Connection Page 18 - Network Easy Settings To restart Network Easy Settings 1 While stopped Press [SETUP]. (16) 2 Select “Network Easy Settings” in “Network”, then press [OK]. 3. Refer to “Network Settings” (75) When you experience problems Refer to “When you experience problems with Network Easy Setting”. (91) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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Hi folks .. any ideas here would be most welcome please ?I took the proven AE setup to my elderly mother’s place and set it up fine on her WiFi network.Problem now is that when I then take it from her office (where I set it up and it works) to her lounge (the next room) I plug it in and simply get an endless flashing orange light. Seems it can’t pick up the WiFi only one room away from the wireless modem.Is there something I might be missing here or does the AE usually have such a short range ?The modem is a very old blue and silver D-Link with an antenna on one side (perhaps that is the culprit).Strange thing is that m iPhone picks up her WiFi anywhere in her home.Begin forwarded message:From: Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.comSubject: Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?Date: 19 Mar 2014 12:05:47 pm AWSTTo: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.auReply-To: wamug@wamug.org.auHi folks,Finally I had success with setting up an AE in Ethernet Port at the back of a Panasonic DVD Recorder.I had to reset the AE using the Reset Button and then I configured in Airport Utility.Once on my Local WiFi network it was just a matter of pressing the Viera Cast (Ronni’s useful hint) button on the Remote and up came the options on the TV screen including ABC iView.I will now duplicate this on my mother’s DVD Recorder.So an Airport Express can be used as an Ethernet Bridge.For those who are interested see below:-Regards Stephen ChapeMac by choiceWindows because my employer knew no better AirPort Express: How to join an existing Wi-Fi network in client mode Learn how to join an existing Wi-Fi network in client mode. Languages English Some Ethernet-enabled devices, such as game consoles and printers, as well as some compatible USB printers, don't have a built-in Wi-Fi interface. If you would like these devices to connect to your network over Wi-Fi, you can use an AirPort Express to act as the bridge. Additionally, client mode can be used for AirPlay music streaming from a computer running iTunes to a sound system. Simply connect the appropriate cable (Ethernet cable between the device and the AirPort Express, USB cable from a compatible USB printer, or audio cable for music streaming), and configure the AirPort Express for client mode using AirPort Utlity. Notes In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. However, the original AirPort Express 802.11g doesn't support this feature and will disable the Ethernet port. Only compatible USB printers or audio devices are supported. To use any of these features, you will also need the appropriate Ethernet, audio, or USB cable to connect the device to the AirPort Express. Before you begin, make sure that your AirPort software is up-to-date. You can download the latest version for Mac or Windows from the AirPort Support page. Using AirPort Utility 6 1. Connect an appropriate cable between the AirPort Express and the device it will serve. 2. Plug the AirPort Express into a power outlet. 3. After the AirPort Express starts up, select it in the AirPort Utility screen. 4. If you are now repurposing the AirPort Express, first reset it from Base Station in the menu bar and select Restore Default Settings. After the AirPort Express completes the restore process, choose it from the Wi-Fi menu in the upper-left corner. Click the Other Options button. Select "Add to an existing network". CHoose the Wi-Fi network name from the Wireless Network Name menu that you wish to join and click next. Enter the password to this network if required. Using AirPort Utility 5 Connect an appropriate cable between the AirPort Express and the device it will serve. Plug the AirPort Express into a power outlet. After the AirPort Express starts up, select it from the Wi-Fi menu, and then use the Setup Assistant in AirPort Utility to set it up. If you are now repurposing the AirPort Express, first reset it from Base Station in the menu bar, by selecting Restore Default Settings. Select the AirPort Express in AirPort Utility, and then click Continue. Enter a name and password for the AirPort Express, and then click Continue. Select "I want AirPort Express to join my current network", and then click Continue. Select "Join my wireless network," and then click Continue. Select your Wi-Fi network name from Wireless Network Name drop-down menu, match the Wir
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
On 25 Mar 2014, at 3:50 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks .. any ideas here would be most welcome please ? I took the proven AE setup to my elderly mother’s place and set it up fine on her WiFi network. Problem now is that when I then take it from her office (where I set it up and it works) to her lounge (the next room) I plug it in and simply get an endless flashing orange light. Seems it can’t pick up the WiFi only one room away from the wireless modem. Is there something I might be missing here or does the AE usually have such a short range ? The modem is a very old blue and silver D-Link with an antenna on one side (perhaps that is the culprit). Strange thing is that m iPhone picks up her WiFi anywhere in her home. The AE will only extend the WiFi from another Apple device, eg another AE, Airport Extreme or Time Capsule. It can only extend the network of the D-Link as an ethernet bridge, not wireless. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi folks,Finally I had success with setting up an AE in Ethernet Port at the back of a Panasonic DVD Recorder.I had to reset the AE using the Reset Button and then I configured in Airport Utility.Once on my Local WiFi network it was just a matter of pressing the Viera Cast (Ronni’s useful hint) button on the Remote and up came the options on the TV screen including ABC iView.I will now duplicate this on my mother’s DVD Recorder.So an Airport Express can be used as an Ethernet Bridge.For those who are interested see below:-Regards Stephen ChapeMac by choiceWindows because my employer knew no better AirPort Express: How to join an existing Wi-Fi network in client mode Learn how to join an existing Wi-Fi network in client mode. Languages English Some Ethernet-enabled devices, such as game consoles and printers, as well as some compatible USB printers, don't have a built-in Wi-Fi interface. If you would like these devices to connect to your network over Wi-Fi, you can use an AirPort Express to act as the bridge. Additionally, client mode can be used for AirPlay music streaming from a computer running iTunes to a sound system. Simply connect the appropriate cable (Ethernet cable between the device and the AirPort Express, USB cable from a compatible USB printer, or audio cable for music streaming), and configure the AirPort Express for client mode using AirPort Utlity. Notes In client mode, the AirPort Express is used exclusively by the device to which it is physically connected. It won't extend the range of the Wi-Fi network, meaning that other devices, such as computers, cannot connect to it wirelessly. While in client mode, AirPort Express with 802.11n will be able to use the Ethernet port to pass Wi-Fi traffic to a device connected to the Ethernet port. However, the original AirPort Express 802.11g doesn't support this feature and will disable the Ethernet port. Only compatible USB printers or audio devices are supported. To use any of these features, you will also need the appropriate Ethernet, audio, or USB cable to connect the device to the AirPort Express. Before you begin, make sure that your AirPort software is up-to-date. You can download the latest version for Mac or Windows from the AirPort Support page. Using AirPort Utility 6 1. Connect an appropriate cable between the AirPort Express and the device it will serve. 2. Plug the AirPort Express into a power outlet. 3. After the AirPort Express starts up, select it in the AirPort Utility screen. 4. If you are now repurposing the AirPort Express, first reset it from Base Station in the menu bar and select Restore Default Settings. After the AirPort Express completes the restore process, choose it from the Wi-Fi menu in the upper-left corner. Click the Other Options button. Select "Add to an existing network". CHoose the Wi-Fi network name from the Wireless Network Name menu that you wish to join and click next. Enter the password to this network if required. Using AirPort Utility 5 Connect an appropriate cable between the AirPort Express and the device it will serve. Plug the AirPort Express into a power outlet. After the AirPort Express starts up, select it from the Wi-Fi menu, and then use the Setup Assistant in AirPort Utility to set it up. If you are now repurposing the AirPort Express, first reset it from Base Station in the menu bar, by selecting Restore Default Settings. Select the AirPort Express in AirPort Utility, and then click Continue. Enter a name and password for the AirPort Express, and then click Continue. Select "I want AirPort Express to join my current network", and then click Continue. Select "Join my wireless network," and then click Continue. Select your Wi-Fi network name from Wireless Network Name drop-down menu, match the Wireless Security, and then click Continue. Click Update. Allow the AirPort Express to restart. After the AirPort Express has restarted it should automatically join the existing Wi-Fi network, as indicated by its status light. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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On 10 Mar 2014, at 8:42 am, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Peter, I've got an Airport Express set up in extended mode, thanks to Ronni's instructions from my Time Capsule. Not sure if the AE will extend from a non-Apple device. Regards Pete No, it won't. Neither will the Time Capsule. Either device will work in bridged mode when connected to the non-Apple device by ethernet, but that defeats the purpose somewhat. OTOH, Apple's proprietary solutions are powerful, robust and reliable by way of compensation. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:37 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Allan, The one I was hoping to try is with my step-daughter who no longer uses it as she has a wifi modem. But I think it is about 2 years old. I need something that will receive the WiFi signal then use an Ethernet Cable to feed to the DVD Recorder. I am not sure if an AE is built to do this ? My understanding is that an AE will extend a WiFi signal, but only one from another Apple device, eg another AE or an Airport Extreme. I'd love to be corrected on this. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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On 10 Mar 2014, at 8:25 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:37 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Allan, The one I was hoping to try is with my step-daughter who no longer uses it as she has a wifi modem. But I think it is about 2 years old. I need something that will receive the WiFi signal then use an Ethernet Cable to feed to the DVD Recorder. I am not sure if an AE is built to do this ? My understanding is that an AE will extend a WiFi signal, but only one from another Apple device, eg another AE or an Airport Extreme. I'd love to be corrected on this. Yes, Peter you are correct (as if you are every incorrect ;-) The only way to extend the range of a non-Apple base station with another Apple base station is to create a roaming network. Which means you need to use Ethernet cables in order to expand the wireless network. That is the roaming network described here: Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n) Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad 4 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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Hi Peter, I've got an Airport Express set up in extended mode, thanks to Ronni's instructions from my Time Capsule. Not sure if the AE will extend from a non-Apple device. Regards Pete On 10 Mar 2014, at 8:25 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:37 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Allan, The one I was hoping to try is with my step-daughter who no longer uses it as she has a wifi modem. But I think it is about 2 years old. I need something that will receive the WiFi signal then use an Ethernet Cable to feed to the DVD Recorder. I am not sure if an AE is built to do this ? My understanding is that an AE will extend a WiFi signal, but only one from another Apple device, eg another AE or an Airport Extreme. I'd love to be corrected on this. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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Looks like I may have to look for a non Apple WiFi Bridge. Or just find which article I dumped gets iView for her (they are still in her spare room somewhere). Dick Smith here I come …. YUK ! I will let you kind folks know if I go ahead with this or find a solution. On 10 Mar 2014, at 8:42 am, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Peter, I've got an Airport Express set up in extended mode, thanks to Ronni's instructions from my Time Capsule. Not sure if the AE will extend from a non-Apple device. Regards Pete On 10 Mar 2014, at 8:25 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:37 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Allan, The one I was hoping to try is with my step-daughter who no longer uses it as she has a wifi modem. But I think it is about 2 years old. I need something that will receive the WiFi signal then use an Ethernet Cable to feed to the DVD Recorder. I am not sure if an AE is built to do this ? My understanding is that an AE will extend a WiFi signal, but only one from another Apple device, eg another AE or an Airport Extreme. I'd love to be corrected on this. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
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Hi Stephen What model Airport Express do you have? I have an older (vertical) AE and I recollect that the Ethernet port is a “line” only connection. You can plug an intenet modem into it, but you can’t extend the ethenet home network “drop” side. That is, the DVD recorder may not connect the way you want. There have been newer model AE’s since mine, which may have the functionality you want. Worth checking, I think. Regards Alan On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Allan, The one I was hoping to try is with my step-daughter who no longer uses it as she has a wifi modem. But I think it is about 2 years old. I need something that will receive the WiFi signal then use an Ethernet Cable to feed to the DVD Recorder. I am not sure if an AE is built to do this ? And if it is how to set it up ? On 8 Mar 2014, at 4:33 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Stephen What model Airport Express do you have? I have an older (vertical) AE and I recollect that the Ethernet port is a “line” only connection. You can plug an intenet modem into it, but you can’t extend the ethenet home network “drop” side. That is, the DVD recorder may not connect the way you want. There have been newer model AE’s since mine, which may have the functionality you want. Worth checking, I think. Regards Alan On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
WOW Brian that sounds really cool ! I wish she had one of them. However this is a Model DMR-XW390GLK and does not have WiFi. But it does have an Ethernet port on the back. And I did notice Internet Setup when installing it, but I bypassed that because I didn’t expect this request ! On 8 Mar 2014, at 3:57 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Stephen Is this a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730? You have set up the internet access? Yes? Page 17 of the instruction book - suggests a wireless LAN connection. See page 20 for 'Easy Network Setting'. If so there is an internet button on the remote, under the channel up and down button that brings up some apps, one is iView. See page 68 in the instrucition book, it is quite like the Appletv and you only need to use the arrow button and ok, so easy to use. I just tested it! Brian On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Stephen, Should be able to setup for iView. You might need to read the manual ;-)) http://www.ejoy.com.au/tv-audio/set-top-boxes-pvrs/panasonic-dmrxw390glk-dvd-recorder-500gb-twin-hd-tuner.html VIERA Connect is your entertainment world Enjoy all the excitement of VIERA Connect; our cloud-based IPTV service which means there is an almost limitless amount of content that can be added to your TV. This feature is literally the window to your world. Enjoy all your favourite local content including Telstra Bigpond Movies, Quickflix, Yahoo!7 and ABC iVIEW, in addition to global giants like YouTube, Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:40 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: WOW Brian that sounds really cool ! I wish she had one of them. However this is a Model DMR-XW390GLK and does not have WiFi. But it does have an Ethernet port on the back. And I did notice Internet Setup when installing it, but I bypassed that because I didn’t expect this request ! On 8 Mar 2014, at 3:57 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Stephen Is this a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730? You have set up the internet access? Yes? Page 17 of the instruction book - suggests a wireless LAN connection. See page 20 for 'Easy Network Setting'. If so there is an internet button on the remote, under the channel up and down button that brings up some apps, one is iView. See page 68 in the instrucition book, it is quite like the Appletv and you only need to use the arrow button and ok, so easy to use. I just tested it! Brian On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Ta Ronni, That part might be OK. It’s getting it on the internet that I need first. Google searches seem to show that I need an Ethernet Bridge. I might make a trip to Dick Smith tomorrow …. AARGGGHHH ! I checked with Harvey Norman, JB Hifi and Macs 4 Us with no luck. Except that HN wanted to sell me a twin pack ethernet power plug kit of some sort for $150.00 Looks like the AE could be worth trying first - I will borrow it from my step daughter if possible. On 9 Mar 2014, at 1:12 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Should be able to setup for iView. You might need to read the manual ;-)) http://www.ejoy.com.au/tv-audio/set-top-boxes-pvrs/panasonic-dmrxw390glk-dvd-recorder-500gb-twin-hd-tuner.html VIERA Connect is your entertainment world Enjoy all the excitement of VIERA Connect; our cloud-based IPTV service which means there is an almost limitless amount of content that can be added to your TV. This feature is literally the window to your world. Enjoy all your favourite local content including Telstra Bigpond Movies, Quickflix, Yahoo!7 and ABC iVIEW, in addition to global giants like YouTube, Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 9 Mar 2014, at 12:40 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: WOW Brian that sounds really cool ! I wish she had one of them. However this is a Model DMR-XW390GLK and does not have WiFi. But it does have an Ethernet port on the back. And I did notice Internet Setup when installing it, but I bypassed that because I didn’t expect this request ! On 8 Mar 2014, at 3:57 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Stephen Is this a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730? You have set up the internet access? Yes? Page 17 of the instruction book - suggests a wireless LAN connection. See page 20 for 'Easy Network Setting'. If so there is an internet button on the remote, under the channel up and down button that brings up some apps, one is iView. See page 68 in the instrucition book, it is quite like the Appletv and you only need to use the arrow button and ok, so easy to use. I just tested it! Brian On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Will an Airport Express do this ?
Hi Stephen Is this a Panasonic Blu-Ray DMR-BWT835 or 730? You have set up the internet access? Yes? Page 17 of the instruction book - suggests a wireless LAN connection. See page 20 for 'Easy Network Setting'. If so there is an internet button on the remote, under the channel up and down button that brings up some apps, one is iView. See page 68 in the instrucition book, it is quite like the Appletv and you only need to use the arrow button and ok, so easy to use. I just tested it! Brian On 8 Mar 2014, at 2:42 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I recently removed a load of Dick Smith assorted hardware and cables from my 94 year old mum’s LCD TV. It gradually built up to the point where she had no idea what it all did and some of it didn’t work anyway ! I have installed a new Panasonic DVD Recorder which has taken her 2 days to learn. But now she says she used to watch ABC iView using one of the many things I dumped. On the back of the new Recorder is an Ethernet Port. In the setup instructions it has Internet Setup (which I bypassed for now). She has WiFi in her home from a modem (used by a Windoze PC) a couple of rooms away. But it is too far for an Ethernet Cable. If I plug in an Airport Express near the TV and connect to the new Recorder via Ethernet can I set the AE up to work for her so she can watch ABC iView again ? If so what is the setup procedure for the AE ? Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Problem with Airport Express ?
Thank you very much Peter - that is most kind. However I will try all other portions first. On 25/07/2013, at 6:47 AM, Peter Faulks peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hello Stephen, Have a spare Airport Extreme that you can try if you think it is the device that has malfunctioned. Usually though Orange light means poor connection - but anyway if you wish to take mine and try it you are welcome. Hi folks, My step daughter has an Airport Express with her iMac (using Snow Leopard). Today the Airport Express began displaying an orange light and WiFi stopped. This happens sometimes with my Airport Extreme and I simply turn off the power and back on a couple of minutes later. It is fine after that. However this is not the case with her Airport Express. Switched off and back on a few times and still an orange light no WiFi. I have ploughed through the configuration process but lost track of it. Too much trial error is very time consuming ! I have transferred her internet connection back to Ethernet for now, so she has a connection whilst I tackle the issue with the Airport Express. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please ? PS: The Airport Express is only there for her kids iPods and PS3 so no hurry. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD Western Australia 6147 Phone:+618 9457 0747 (h) Fax: +618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Email:peterfau...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Problem with Airport Express ?
Thank you ever so much Ronni. Sorry I didn't get straight back - was in Busselton for last 2 days, very wet ! Once again - I will try this next time I am at her home. I am learning all the time - goodness me. On 25/07/2013, at 6:51 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Is it a blinking amber light or solid amber light? Have you tried restarting the Modem as well as Airport Express? Also Open Airport Utility, locate your Wi-Fi base station and double-click it to open the Summary window. In the AirPort Utility window, locate your Wi-Fi base station and double-click on it to open the Summary window. Note: If you have more than one Wi-Fi base station, double-click on the icon for the Wi-Fi base station that has the amber circle next to it. When the Summary window appears, double-click the amber circle to the right of Wi-Fi base station Status to open the Status window. The Status window lists any conditions that require your attention. Respond to each item until there are no more items listed. Important: You must reset the Wi-Fi base station http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728 using the reset switch to re-enable checking for the conditions you ignored. Eliminating the blinking, amber status light may require making changes to a specific setting, or putting a checkmark in the Ignore checkbox beside any option you don't wish to change. A checkmark simply tells the AirPort that you are aware of the issue and you have chosen to ignore it. For example, you may wish to leave your AirPort open without a password so that anyone can join your wireless network. Click Update to apply your changes (the Wi-Fi base station will restart). After the Wi-Fi base station has restarted, the status light should be green and not blinking. If the status light stays amber in color and blinks after the Wi-Fi base station restarts, you may repeat the steps above. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 24/07/2013, at 10:11 PM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, My step daughter has an Airport Express with her iMac (using Snow Leopard). Today the Airport Express began displaying an orange light and WiFi stopped. This happens sometimes with my Airport Extreme and I simply turn off the power and back on a couple of minutes later. It is fine after that. However this is not the case with her Airport Express. Switched off and back on a few times and still an orange light no WiFi. I have ploughed through the configuration process but lost track of it. Too much trial error is very time consuming ! I have transferred her internet connection back to Ethernet for now, so she has a connection whilst I tackle the issue with the Airport Express. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please ? PS: The Airport Express is only there for her kids iPods and PS3 so no hurry. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Problem with Airport Express ?
Hi folks, My step daughter has an Airport Express with her iMac (using Snow Leopard). Today the Airport Express began displaying an orange light and WiFi stopped. This happens sometimes with my Airport Extreme and I simply turn off the power and back on a couple of minutes later. It is fine after that. However this is not the case with her Airport Express. Switched off and back on a few times and still an orange light no WiFi. I have ploughed through the configuration process but lost track of it. Too much trial error is very time consuming ! I have transferred her internet connection back to Ethernet for now, so she has a connection whilst I tackle the issue with the Airport Express. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please ? PS: The Airport Express is only there for her kids iPods and PS3 so no hurry. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Problem with Airport Express ?
Hello Stephen, Have a spare Airport Extreme that you can try if you think it is the device that has malfunctioned. Usually though Orange light means poor connection - but anyway if you wish to take mine and try it you are welcome. Hi folks, My step daughter has an Airport Express with her iMac (using Snow Leopard). Today the Airport Express began displaying an orange light and WiFi stopped. This happens sometimes with my Airport Extreme and I simply turn off the power and back on a couple of minutes later. It is fine after that. However this is not the case with her Airport Express. Switched off and back on a few times and still an orange light no WiFi. I have ploughed through the configuration process but lost track of it. Too much trial error is very time consuming ! I have transferred her internet connection back to Ethernet for now, so she has a connection whilst I tackle the issue with the Airport Express. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please ? PS: The Airport Express is only there for her kids iPods and PS3 so no hurry. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD Western Australia 6147 Phone: +618 9457 0747 (h) Fax:+618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Email: peterfau...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Problem with Airport Express ?
Hi Stephen, Is it a blinking amber light or solid amber light? Have you tried restarting the Modem as well as Airport Express? Also Open Airport Utility, locate your Wi-Fi base station and double-click it to open the Summary window. In the AirPort Utility window, locate your Wi-Fi base station and double-click on it to open the Summary window. Note: If you have more than one Wi-Fi base station, double-click on the icon for the Wi-Fi base station that has the amber circle next to it. When the Summary window appears, double-click the amber circle to the right of Wi-Fi base station Status to open the Status window. The Status window lists any conditions that require your attention. Respond to each item until there are no more items listed. Important: You must reset the Wi-Fi base station http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728 using the reset switch to re-enable checking for the conditions you ignored. Eliminating the blinking, amber status light may require making changes to a specific setting, or putting a checkmark in the Ignore checkbox beside any option you don't wish to change. A checkmark simply tells the AirPort that you are aware of the issue and you have chosen to ignore it. For example, you may wish to leave your AirPort open without a password so that anyone can join your wireless network. Click Update to apply your changes (the Wi-Fi base station will restart). After the Wi-Fi base station has restarted, the status light should be green and not blinking. If the status light stays amber in color and blinks after the Wi-Fi base station restarts, you may repeat the steps above. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 24/07/2013, at 10:11 PM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, My step daughter has an Airport Express with her iMac (using Snow Leopard). Today the Airport Express began displaying an orange light and WiFi stopped. This happens sometimes with my Airport Extreme and I simply turn off the power and back on a couple of minutes later. It is fine after that. However this is not the case with her Airport Express. Switched off and back on a few times and still an orange light no WiFi. I have ploughed through the configuration process but lost track of it. Too much trial error is very time consuming ! I have transferred her internet connection back to Ethernet for now, so she has a connection whilst I tackle the issue with the Airport Express. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please ? PS: The Airport Express is only there for her kids iPods and PS3 so no hurry. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Airport Express amber flashing
Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post that I tried another cable with the same results. I have now reverted to the old system using the same ethernet cable. Regards Barry On 22/07/2013, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Hi Barry, You do have an Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port on AE to your DSL modem? An Ethernet cable connected to LAN port to Ethernet Port on your iMac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post that I tried another cable with the same results. I have now reverted to the old system using the same ethernet cable. Regards Barry On 22/07/2013, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Ronni Ethernet cable connected WAN on EA to modem. No physical connection from computer. I have been using an Mk2 AE as my router but I was hoping to eventually use this to extend my network so I bought the new AE and have been trying to set it up initially just to do the same as the existing AE. With the existing setup there is no direct connection MODEM to EA. Barry On 22/07/2013, at 5:52 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, You do have an Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port on AE to your DSL modem? An Ethernet cable connected to LAN port to Ethernet Port on your iMac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post that I tried another cable with the same results. I have now reverted to the old system using the same ethernet cable. Regards Barry On 22/07/2013, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Ronni SUCCESS I turned everything off, then back on and reset the AE (twice!) then started again from scratch (again twice) and the second time was successful. Thank you very much for your input, as always your rapid response and help is much appreciated. Barry On 22/07/2013, at 7:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Ronni Ethernet cable connected WAN on EA to modem. No physical connection from computer. I have been using an Mk2 AE as my router but I was hoping to eventually use this to extend my network so I bought the new AE and have been trying to set it up initially just to do the same as the existing AE. With the existing setup there is no direct connection MODEM to EA. Barry On 22/07/2013, at 5:52 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, You do have an Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port on AE to your DSL modem? An Ethernet cable connected to LAN port to Ethernet Port on your iMac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post that I tried another cable with the same results. I have now reverted to the old system using the same ethernet cable. Regards Barry On 22/07/2013, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express amber flashing
Ah that is good to hear Barry. Might have been an incorrect setting somewhere in the original setup. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 7:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Ronni SUCCESS I turned everything off, then back on and reset the AE (twice!) then started again from scratch (again twice) and the second time was successful. Thank you very much for your input, as always your rapid response and help is much appreciated. Barry On 22/07/2013, at 7:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Ronni Ethernet cable connected WAN on EA to modem. No physical connection from computer. I have been using an Mk2 AE as my router but I was hoping to eventually use this to extend my network so I bought the new AE and have been trying to set it up initially just to do the same as the existing AE. With the existing setup there is no direct connection MODEM to EA. Barry On 22/07/2013, at 5:52 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, You do have an Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port on AE to your DSL modem? An Ethernet cable connected to LAN port to Ethernet Port on your iMac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post that I tried another cable with the same results. I have now reverted to the old system using the same ethernet cable. Regards Barry On 22/07/2013, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Power your Modem Off, wait a few seconds then power it back on. You might find you need to restart the MacBook Air for it to connect. If the Amber light is still flashing, check in Airport Utility for errors and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported the ethernet cable unplugged, it was not but in any case I unplugged it and plugged it back in. I then noticed the wifi indicator on my computer had gone to solid black so I tried an internet connection which worked as did my emails. The Airport Express is flashing amber and reporting the ethernet connection is unplugged but from my computer all connections seem OK. However, I am unable to connect my MacBook Air which sees the network but fails to connect. Remote operation of the USB printer works as does Remote connection to my amplifier via Air Tunes. Any advice ? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Wi Fi Password for Airport Express ?
Hi folks, My step-daughter cannot remember her password for the above. Does anyone know if there is a way of obtaining it please ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Wi Fi Password for Airport Express ?
Thank you Ronni, They are moving house on 22nd May and I was concerned it might be required to set up again. However I will find it anyway and make a record. Thanks again ! On 12/05/2013, at 8:58 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, My step-daughter cannot remember her password for the above. Does anyone know if there is a way of obtaining it please ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Airport express issue
Hi All I am wondering if my AirPort Express is beginning to fail. My iPhone5 doesn't always connect and the range/ distance seems to be decreasing. It is on 24/7 for a year or so. It has been turned off to reset it every so often when it crashes or freezes. Anyone else experienced this? Thank you for reading this, Brian Sent from my iPhone5 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport express
Hi Bill, press the reset button and hold it for more than 3 sec using the tip of a pen.. then its back to factory default. There are three Airport resets, soft, hard and factory default. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728 Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 27/01/2013, at 10:47 AM, Juliet Kitson billand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All I have just received a used express went to use it but comes as locked how do I disable lock and reset for my own use. Regards Bill -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130127/fa5a0e30/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: airport express
Hi again Bill ;-) Yes. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1515 Question: Can iTunes send a single AirTunes stream to multiple AirPort Express stations? Answer: Yes. You can send an AirTunes stream to multiple remote AirPort Express units . The maximum number of remote AirPort Express units is up to six. The actual number that will work in your environment will depend on conditions such as building composition and radio interference, distance to the remote AirPort Express units, and available network capacity relative to your other usage. Question: Can iTunes send different AirTunes streams to different AirPort Express stations? Answer: No. iTunes only sends the same stream to multiple AirPort Express units. Question: Can my AirTunes stream play through my computer's speakers at the same time? Answer: Yes. You can play through both the computer speakers and multiple remote AirPort Express units. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 27/01/2013, at 11:48 AM, Juliet Kitson billand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all Me again Is it possible to feed music to 2 airport express units. Regards Bill -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130127/c1478baa/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130127/0d63134b/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: AirPort Express Dead? Flashing Amber LED
Hi Alan, Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? Why I ask is because you can only Extend an existing Apple Wi-Fi Network that comprises all 802.11n Apple Base Stations. WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Note: With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. The AirPort Express with 802.11n has a special, lightly documented mode that allows it to connect wirelessly to any Wi-Fi network, not just other Apple base stations, and share the connection via Ethernet. Reset APX but no change. Did you do a Factory Default Reset? You need to do a Factory Default Reset: Perform this reset if you wish to repurpose the AirPort Express and want to remove all personal profiles and settings first. This reset resets the device to its state when you first purchased it. 1. Unplug the Airport Express from the power outlet 2. Press and hold reset (e.g. with paper clip) 3. Plug the unit back into power outlet (while still holding reset) 4. Continue holding the reset button until you see the light flash rapidly, which should happen in a few seconds 5. Release reset button After a hard or factory default reset, the AirPort Express will not be visible in the AirPort menu item or AirPort Utility for a short time, as the device will take approximately 45 seconds to become available again. Should AirPort Utility have found the iMac as a base station? Or the modem? Airport Utility will will find the Airport Express. To use ProxySTA mode, follow these steps: 1. Launch AirPort Utility, select the Express, and click Manual Setup. 2. Select the AirPort view, and click the Wireless button. 3. From the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, choose Join a Wireless Network Choose a Network and enter its Password. 4. Choose the Network from the Wireless Network Name pop-up menu, choose the appropriate security method, enter the network’s password, and re-enter it for verification. 5. You can check or uncheck the Allow Ethernet Clients box. Unchecking it still leaves printer sharing and music streaming over AirTunes available, if you’re using the Express for either or both purposes. 6. Click Update. Now your Express is connected to the Wi-Fi network, and any computer connected to its Ethernet port, or via an Ethernet switch plugged into its Ethernet port, can access that Wi-Fi network, and, presumably, the Internet via that Wi-Fi network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 06/12/2012, at 2:58 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Unpacked AirPort Express from storage. Plugged in to power: flash green light, steady amber, then flashing amber. Previously set up to extend home network, but password (and modem/router) since changed. AirPort Utility message No configured AirPort base stations have been found. Reset APX but no change. Complete shut down of iMac and peripherals, including modem/router. No change when restored. iMac inbuilt WiFi is normally off. No change when it is turned on. Official fault finding documentation assumes AirPort Utility will find the APX! Should AirPort Utility have found the iMac as a base station? Or the modem? Netgear DGND3700v2 wireless dual band ADSL2+ Gigabit modem router. APX is the vertical model (12 months old?) 802.11n. Any suggestions for testing? Regards, Alan Alan Smith Late 2009 iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8.2 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121206/8db63af0/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121206/fe4b3e70/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: AirPort Express Dead? Flashing Amber LED
Hi Ronni Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? I assume Non-Airport. At the time I used a Belkin g wireless modem/router as the parent of the network. The APX was bought for a specific project to provide a WiFi hot spot for a few people who brought their compatible devices (laptop, iPad, iPhone etc) for air playing to Apple TV without logging in to my standard network. The APX network did not have internet access. I later converted the APX function to streaming iTunes music to powered speakers as part of my standard home wireless network. It worked. With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. That is what I want to do. The new Netgear with all its bells and whistles does not give internet access to the iPad when I'm in the garden. Hence the dusting off of the AirPort Express. (Or perhaps I should dust off the Belkin?) Did you do a Factory Default Reset? No. Just simply pressing the Reset button with no power connected. After several re-readings of the relevant part of Airport Express Setup Guide I see it may have intended to say what you listed below! (This is not the first time that I have been trapped by the format of Apple's technical writings.) Oh dear. No luck, no effective reset. After several tries all I get is the standard green light, then steady amber, and eventually the flashing amber. And no listing in AP Utility. Time to give it a gentle persuasive tap with a big hammer? Cheers Alan On 06/12/2012, at 4:56 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? Why I ask is because you can only Extend an existing Apple Wi-Fi Network that comprises all 802.11n Apple Base Stations. WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Note: With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. The AirPort Express with 802.11n has a special, lightly documented mode that allows it to connect wirelessly to any Wi-Fi network, not just other Apple base stations, and share the connection via Ethernet. Reset APX but no change. Did you do a Factory Default Reset? You need to do a Factory Default Reset: Perform this reset if you wish to repurpose the AirPort Express and want to remove all personal profiles and settings first. This reset resets the device to its state when you first purchased it. 1. Unplug the Airport Express from the power outlet 2. Press and hold reset (e.g. with paper clip) 3. Plug the unit back into power outlet (while still holding reset) 4. Continue holding the reset button until you see the light flash rapidly, which should happen in a few seconds 5. Release reset button After a hard or factory default reset, the AirPort Express will not be visible in the AirPort menu item or AirPort Utility for a short time, as the device will take approximately 45 seconds to become available again. Should AirPort Utility have found the iMac as a base station? Or the modem? Airport Utility will will find the Airport Express. To use ProxySTA mode, follow these steps: 1. Launch AirPort Utility, select the Express, and click Manual Setup. 2. Select the AirPort view, and click the Wireless button. 3. From the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, choose Join a Wireless Network Choose a Network and enter its Password. 4. Choose the Network from the Wireless Network Name pop-up menu, choose the appropriate security method, enter the network’s password, and re-enter it for verification. 5. You can check or uncheck the Allow Ethernet Clients box. Unchecking it still leaves printer sharing and music streaming over AirTunes available, if you’re using the Express for either or both purposes. 6. Click Update. Now your Express is connected to the Wi-Fi network, and any computer connected to its Ethernet port, or via an Ethernet switch plugged into its Ethernet port, can access that Wi-Fi network, and, presumably, the Internet via that Wi-Fi network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 06/12/2012, at 2:58 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Unpacked AirPort Express from storage. Plugged in to power: flash green light, steady amber, then flashing amber. Previously set up to extend home network, but password (and modem/router) since changed. AirPort Utility message No configured AirPort base stations have been found. Reset APX but no change. Complete shut down of iMac and peripherals, including modem/router
Re: AirPort Express Dead? Flashing Amber LED
Oh dear. No luck, no effective reset. After several tries all I get is the standard green light, then steady amber, and eventually the flashing amber. Flashing Amber is indicating the Airport Express has been Reset and has not yet been configured. And no listing in AP Utility. Give it time to show in Airport Utility, it can take awhile. Keep it plugged into power outlet. You might need to close Airport Utility and restart Airport Utility a few times before Airport Express shows. If it still doesn't show in Airport Utility, temporary connect an Ethernet cable from your computer to the Airport Express to see if that helps Airport Utility see the Airport Express. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 06/12/2012, at 7:25 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? I assume Non-Airport. At the time I used a Belkin g wireless modem/router as the parent of the network. The APX was bought for a specific project to provide a WiFi hot spot for a few people who brought their compatible devices (laptop, iPad, iPhone etc) for air playing to Apple TV without logging in to my standard network. The APX network did not have internet access. I later converted the APX function to streaming iTunes music to powered speakers as part of my standard home wireless network. It worked. With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. That is what I want to do. The new Netgear with all its bells and whistles does not give internet access to the iPad when I'm in the garden. Hence the dusting off of the AirPort Express. (Or perhaps I should dust off the Belkin?) Did you do a Factory Default Reset? No. Just simply pressing the Reset button with no power connected. After several re-readings of the relevant part of Airport Express Setup Guide I see it may have intended to say what you listed below! (This is not the first time that I have been trapped by the format of Apple's technical writings.) Oh dear. No luck, no effective reset. After several tries all I get is the standard green light, then steady amber, and eventually the flashing amber. And no listing in AP Utility. Time to give it a gentle persuasive tap with a big hammer? Cheers Alan On 06/12/2012, at 4:56 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? Why I ask is because you can only Extend an existing Apple Wi-Fi Network that comprises all 802.11n Apple Base Stations. WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Note: With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. The AirPort Express with 802.11n has a special, lightly documented mode that allows it to connect wirelessly to any Wi-Fi network, not just other Apple base stations, and share the connection via Ethernet. Reset APX but no change. Did you do a Factory Default Reset? You need to do a Factory Default Reset: Perform this reset if you wish to repurpose the AirPort Express and want to remove all personal profiles and settings first. This reset resets the device to its state when you first purchased it. 1. Unplug the Airport Express from the power outlet 2. Press and hold reset (e.g. with paper clip) 3. Plug the unit back into power outlet (while still holding reset) 4. Continue holding the reset button until you see the light flash rapidly, which should happen in a few seconds 5. Release reset button After a hard or factory default reset, the AirPort Express will not be visible in the AirPort menu item or AirPort Utility for a short time, as the device will take approximately 45 seconds to become available again. Should AirPort Utility have found the iMac as a base station? Or the modem? Airport Utility will will find the Airport Express. To use ProxySTA mode, follow these steps: 1. Launch AirPort Utility, select the Express, and click Manual Setup. 2. Select the AirPort view, and click the Wireless button. 3. From the Wireless Mode pop-up menu, choose Join a Wireless Network Choose a Network and enter its Password. 4. Choose the Network from the Wireless Network Name pop-up menu, choose the appropriate security method, enter the network’s password, and re-enter it for verification. 5. You can check or uncheck the Allow Ethernet Clients box. Unchecking it still leaves printer sharing and music streaming over AirTunes available, if you’re using the Express for either or both purposes. 6. Click Update. Now your Express is connected to the Wi-Fi network, and any
Re: AirPort Express Dead? Flashing Amber LED
Hi Ronni Thank you. Thank you. Give it time to show in Airport Utility, it can take awhile. Keep it plugged into power outlet. You might need to close Airport Utility and restart Airport Utility a few times before Airport Express shows. First thank you is for the encouragement to wait. The AirPort Express network did display fairly quickly after the second fresh opening of both Mac WiFi and the Utility. Second thank you is for managing the whole process. At the end I did a standard add to existing network formatting. The selections were forced on me - perhaps the ProxySTA mode only applies to the current model AirPort Express? I will test signal levels and internet access with the iPad in the garden on Saturday. May have to take another look at the ProxySTA mode after that. Thanks again, for all your help to hapless Appleseeds. Cheers Alan On 06/12/2012, at 8:46 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Oh dear. No luck, no effective reset. After several tries all I get is the standard green light, then steady amber, and eventually the flashing amber. Flashing Amber is indicating the Airport Express has been Reset and has not yet been configured. And no listing in AP Utility. Give it time to show in Airport Utility, it can take awhile. Keep it plugged into power outlet. You might need to close Airport Utility and restart Airport Utility a few times before Airport Express shows. If it still doesn't show in Airport Utility, temporary connect an Ethernet cable from your computer to the Airport Express to see if that helps Airport Utility see the Airport Express. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 06/12/2012, at 7:25 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? I assume Non-Airport. At the time I used a Belkin g wireless modem/router as the parent of the network. The APX was bought for a specific project to provide a WiFi hot spot for a few people who brought their compatible devices (laptop, iPad, iPhone etc) for air playing to Apple TV without logging in to my standard network. The APX network did not have internet access. I later converted the APX function to streaming iTunes music to powered speakers as part of my standard home wireless network. It worked. With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. That is what I want to do. The new Netgear with all its bells and whistles does not give internet access to the iPad when I'm in the garden. Hence the dusting off of the AirPort Express. (Or perhaps I should dust off the Belkin?) Did you do a Factory Default Reset? No. Just simply pressing the Reset button with no power connected. After several re-readings of the relevant part of Airport Express Setup Guide I see it may have intended to say what you listed below! (This is not the first time that I have been trapped by the format of Apple's technical writings.) Oh dear. No luck, no effective reset. After several tries all I get is the standard green light, then steady amber, and eventually the flashing amber. And no listing in AP Utility. Time to give it a gentle persuasive tap with a big hammer? Cheers Alan On 06/12/2012, at 4:56 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Was the Airport Express previously setup to Extend a 'Airport Wireless Network' or a 'Non-Airport Wireless Network'? Why I ask is because you can only Extend an existing Apple Wi-Fi Network that comprises all 802.11n Apple Base Stations. WDS (Wireless Distribution System). Note: With an 802.11n AirPort Express, you can extend any Wi-Fi network, using Apple equipment or otherwise, through a special, lightly documented mode called ProxySTA. The AirPort Express with 802.11n has a special, lightly documented mode that allows it to connect wirelessly to any Wi-Fi network, not just other Apple base stations, and share the connection via Ethernet. Reset APX but no change. Did you do a Factory Default Reset? You need to do a Factory Default Reset: Perform this reset if you wish to repurpose the AirPort Express and want to remove all personal profiles and settings first. This reset resets the device to its state when you first purchased it. 1. Unplug the Airport Express from the power outlet 2. Press and hold reset (e.g. with paper clip) 3. Plug the unit back into power outlet (while still holding reset) 4. Continue holding the reset button until you see the light flash rapidly, which should happen in a few seconds 5. Release reset button After a hard or factory default reset, the AirPort Express will not be visible in the AirPort menu item or AirPort Utility for a short time, as the device will take
AirPort Express Dead? Flashing Amber LED
Unpacked AirPort Express from storage. Plugged in to power: flash green light, steady amber, then flashing amber. Previously set up to extend home network, but password (and modem/router) since changed. AirPort Utility message No configured AirPort base stations have been found. Reset APX but no change. Complete shut down of iMac and peripherals, including modem/router. No change when restored. iMac inbuilt WiFi is normally off. No change when it is turned on. Official fault finding documentation assumes AirPort Utility will find the APX! Should AirPort Utility have found the iMac as a base station? Or the modem? Netgear DGND3700v2 wireless dual band ADSL2+ Gigabit modem router. APX is the vertical model (12 months old?) 802.11n. Any suggestions for testing? Regards, Alan Alan Smith Late 2009 iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8.2 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121206/8db63af0/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
airport express/netcomm
Now my Time Capsule is dead (or seriously ill!) we have a problem in that our wireless network is not adequate for our split level house. The signal from the *Netcomm* NB5Plus4W Modemhttp://www.scribd.com/npallan/d/10510222-Netcomm-NB5Plus4W-Modem-User-Guide (which I used to turn off when we had the Time Capsule) does not reach upstairs. I dug out our old Airport Express (2004) and lo and behold it works so I can get a signal upstairs ... but is very very slow. Should I turn off the Netcomm again (although it's faster and works downstairs)? Is there a better way to use the Airport Express? Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: airport express/netcomm
Hi Rosemary, You would be better to purchase a 2TB (or 3TB) Time Capsule so you can have a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wi-Fi Network and back up both computers. http://store.apple.com/au/product/MD032X/A/Time-Capsule-2TB http://store.apple.com/au/product/MD033X/A/Time-Capsule-3TB If the Airport Express is not one of the latest it is not Dual-Band Wi-Fi. Cheers, Ronni On 24/07/2012, at 9:27 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote: Now my Time Capsule is dead (or seriously ill!) we have a problem in that our wireless network is not adequate for our split level house. The signal from the *Netcomm* NB5Plus4W Modemhttp://www.scribd.com/npallan/d/10510222-Netcomm-NB5Plus4W-Modem-User-Guide (which I used to turn off when we had the Time Capsule) does not reach upstairs. I dug out our old Airport Express (2004) and lo and behold it works so I can get a signal upstairs ... but is very very slow. Should I turn off the Netcomm again (although it's faster and works downstairs)? Is there a better way to use the Airport Express? Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: airport express/netcomm
Of course...when we can Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 24 July 2012 22:04, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Rosemary, You would be better to purchase a 2TB (or 3TB) Time Capsule so you can have a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wi-Fi Network and back up both computers. http://store.apple.com/au/product/MD032X/A/Time-Capsule-2TB http://store.apple.com/au/product/MD033X/A/Time-Capsule-3TB If the Airport Express is not one of the latest it is not Dual-Band Wi-Fi. Cheers, Ronni On 24/07/2012, at 9:27 PM, Rosemary Spark wrote: Now my Time Capsule is dead (or seriously ill!) we have a problem in that our wireless network is not adequate for our split level house. The signal from the *Netcomm* NB5Plus4W Modem http://www.scribd.com/npallan/d/10510222-Netcomm-NB5Plus4W-Modem-User-Guide (which I used to turn off when we had the Time Capsule) does not reach upstairs. I dug out our old Airport Express (2004) and lo and behold it works so I can get a signal upstairs ... but is very very slow. Should I turn off the Netcomm again (although it's faster and works downstairs)? Is there a better way to use the Airport Express? Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Also Steven I forgot to mention this: Does Airport Express iTunes steaming drop out when Time Machine is trying to backup to Time Capsule? To improve streaming audio performance to an AirPort base station try increasing the MultiCast rate: 1. Open AirPort Utility 2. Select the base station 3. Select Manual Setup 4. Select Wireless tab 5. Select Wireless Network Options button 6. Increase the MultiCast rate to 5.5Mbs or 11Mbs (or Medium or High) Apple's documentation on the MultiCast function doesn’t give much information, but my understanding is it increases the speed at which the computers base stations talk to each other. Higher multicast rate = more speed, less range Lower multicast rate = less speed, more range This helps keep the audio bits flowing while also providing some headroom for other apps to connect as well. It's possible that this will give Time Machine the space needed to complete its backups. These are both very data intensive operations. Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 3:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, I’ve been flat out with clients work and have not had time to reply. Yes, Optus have stated that they only guarantee one [1] PC connection to the CVG824g Cable Modem. Looks like the Netgear CVG824G is only a 802.11b 802.11g (2.4GHz) … therefore not capable of faster 802.11n (5GHz) wireless network. I guess you are using PPPoE and have Dynamic IP … not Static IP. Have you tried changing the Channel, if it is set at 11 try 1 or 6. to see if you get a more stable connection. Also check the default ‘Timeout’ is set to ‘0’ not ‘5' minutes. If it is set to 5mins after which the connection is renegotiated, there may be a delay, or the connection may drop if there is a problem with the Internet service. By setting it to 0, the router never logs out. With Airport Express do you have it set to Bridge Mode. In Airport Utility Manual Setup Internet Connection - Connection Sharing: OFF (Bridge Mode)? On you computers that are connecting to the Wireless Network: Go to System Preferences Network - click the gear icon (at bottom left column) select ‘Set Service Order’ drag Wi-Fi to the top of the list. Are you using Airplay to stream to Airport Express? People are experiencing problems with iTunes 10.5 Streaming to Airport Express in Lion. Some have had success with ‘disabling’ IPv6 protocol on the computers. But, in Lion you can only disable IPv6 by using terminal to disable it though, or TextWrangler to edit this plist file found in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the IPv6 key string from Automatic to INACTIVE. I have not included how to do this, as I really wouldn’t recommend people try changing this plist … just in case things go wrong and they then blame me ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 9:35 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I can access the CVG824G's setup via web browser. I vaguely recall Optus saying something about their hardware being provided on the basis of only a single device being on the network, but assumed that was a standard throwaway line to get out of support issues. Multiple devices have been functioning fine on the network for some time. Besides, what wireless modem/router in your average family home in 2011 has just one device accessing it? It's cable access that I have. The CVG824G is a wireless cable voice gateway. The first thing I went to do after it was installed by an Optus technician was update the firmware, but after fruitlessly trying to find out how to do so, discovered that you don't. Optus supposedly update firmware from its end. Don't mind shooting you through some screen shots of the CVG824G UI if interested. Further on the Airport Express issue, seems that when I turn off then, it works for a while, then eventually stops working, despite continuing as a green solid light. Maybe it's some cycle that the CVG824G goes through, eventually dropping the Airport Express out. Maybe the answer might be, despite the TC being older, hardwiring it to the CVG824G, and having the TC transmit the wireless network? Cheers, Steven On 07/11/2011, at 11:08 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, No unfortunately your 1st Generation Time Capsule is not capable of creating a Dual-Band Wireless Network. I have a 3rd Generation TC setup as a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network, that has computers, iPhones, iPads, wirelessly connecting to it. So back to the drawing board. Your Wireless Network is not functioning correctly if you have to connect your MBP via Ethernet to TC for TM backups to work, and the kids MacBooks can’t ‘see’ the Network. Would need to know all the setup configuration of your CVG824G v3 Wireless Network to be able to give any advise to sort the problems you are experiencing. Given that the Modem has been customised for Optus, you might
iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest firmware. I start off with iTunes not being able to see Airport Express as a speaker option. Upon restarting Airport Express, iTunes could see it, but after selecting Airport Express as the speaker option, iTunes tries to connect for 15 or 20 seconds, but fails. I then reset to factory the Airport Express, rejoined it to the network, and it worked for a while. But having stopped streaming and coming back to do so again after a few hours, no more Air Express in either iTunes as a speaker option, nor visible via Airport Utility, despite Airport Express showing a solid green light. I've also taken to hardwiring my Time Capsule to my MacBook Pro because wireless backups have become troublesome too frequently, as in backups just not taking hold or taking forever. This is a pain because I have an iMac backing up to the TC as well, too far away to be hardwired. Something else I've had trouble with are the kids' MacBooks not being able to see the network. I eventually resolved this by manually assigning IP addresses on those MacBooks. In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. But if it issues a wireless network which I can satisfactorily access from, for instance, the MBP I'm sending this message from, then why would it give me grief when it comes to other functions operating over the network? Could too many gadgets talking to the network be the problem? Apart from my MBP, there's an iMac, a wireless HP All-In-One, an iPhone, potentially three Nokia X5s, and a couple of MacBooks on an adhoc infrequent basis. I'm out of my league with this comment, but would manually assigning IPs to all devices be a potential solution? I say it only on the back of seemingly having solved the MacBook problems I used to have. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Hi Steven, In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. Just reading this part of your email I would say it is very relevant. If your Time Capsule is one of the newer models that have Dual-Band, why haven’t you setup the Time Capsule as a Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Network ... Turn wireless OFF on CVG824G v3 (which I think is a Netgear)? Time Capsule operates simultaneously on both bands ( 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ), and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 07/11/2011, at 12:46 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest firmware. I start off with iTunes not being able to see Airport Express as a speaker option. Upon restarting Airport Express, iTunes could see it, but after selecting Airport Express as the speaker option, iTunes tries to connect for 15 or 20 seconds, but fails. I then reset to factory the Airport Express, rejoined it to the network, and it worked for a while. But having stopped streaming and coming back to do so again after a few hours, no more Air Express in either iTunes as a speaker option, nor visible via Airport Utility, despite Airport Express showing a solid green light. I've also taken to hardwiring my Time Capsule to my MacBook Pro because wireless backups have become troublesome too frequently, as in backups just not taking hold or taking forever. This is a pain because I have an iMac backing up to the TC as well, too far away to be hardwired. Something else I've had trouble with are the kids' MacBooks not being able to see the network. I eventually resolved this by manually assigning IP addresses on those MacBooks. In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. But if it issues a wireless network which I can satisfactorily access from, for instance, the MBP I'm sending this message from, then why would it give me grief when it comes to other functions operating over the network? Could too many gadgets talking to the network be the problem? Apart from my MBP, there's an iMac, a wireless HP All-In-One, an iPhone, potentially three Nokia X5s, and a couple of MacBooks on an adhoc infrequent basis. I'm out of my league with this comment, but would manually assigning IPs to all devices be a potential solution? I say it only on the back of seemingly having solved the MacBook problems I used to have. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Ronni, the TC is 802.11n (1st generation) running firmware 7.5.2, no updates according to Airport Utility. I bought it in about Aug/Sep 2008. Does that fit your definition of dual-band? I've steered clear of having the TC distribute a wireless network, mainly due to endless hours of wasting time with it in days gone by. Other than these recent problems with Airport Express, I haven't had call to change from the CVG824G transmitting the network (yep, it's a Netgear). But I suppose I could brave another shot at it. Steven On 07/11/2011, at 9:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. Just reading this part of your email I would say it is very relevant. If your Time Capsule is one of the newer models that have Dual-Band, why haven’t you setup the Time Capsule as a Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Network ... Turn wireless OFF on CVG824G v3 (which I think is a Netgear)? Time Capsule operates simultaneously on both bands ( 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ), and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 07/11/2011, at 12:46 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest firmware. I start off with iTunes not being able to see Airport Express as a speaker option. Upon restarting Airport Express, iTunes could see it, but after selecting Airport Express as the speaker option, iTunes tries to connect for 15 or 20 seconds, but fails. I then reset to factory the Airport Express, rejoined it to the network, and it worked for a while. But having stopped streaming and coming back to do so again after a few hours, no more Air Express in either iTunes as a speaker option, nor visible via Airport Utility, despite Airport Express showing a solid green light. I've also taken to hardwiring my Time Capsule to my MacBook Pro because wireless backups have become troublesome too frequently, as in backups just not taking hold or taking forever. This is a pain because I have an iMac backing up to the TC as well, too far away to be hardwired. Something else I've had trouble with are the kids' MacBooks not being able to see the network. I eventually resolved this by manually assigning IP addresses on those MacBooks. In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. But if it issues a wireless network which I can satisfactorily access from, for instance, the MBP I'm sending this message from, then why would it give me grief when it comes to other functions operating over the network? Could too many gadgets talking to the network be the problem? Apart from my MBP, there's an iMac, a wireless HP All-In-One, an iPhone, potentially three Nokia X5s, and a couple of MacBooks on an adhoc infrequent basis. I'm out of my league with this comment, but would manually assigning IPs to all devices be a potential solution? I say it only on the back of seemingly having solved the MacBook problems I used to have. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Hi Steven, No unfortunately your 1st Generation Time Capsule is not capable of creating a Dual-Band Wireless Network. I have a 3rd Generation TC setup as a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network, that has computers, iPhones, iPads, wirelessly connecting to it. So back to the drawing board. Your Wireless Network is not functioning correctly if you have to connect your MBP via Ethernet to TC for TM backups to work, and the kids MacBooks can’t ‘see’ the Network. Would need to know all the setup configuration of your CVG824G v3 Wireless Network to be able to give any advise to sort the problems you are experiencing. Given that the Modem has been customised for Optus, you might not be able to change the configuration? It should be distributing IP addresses to all your wireless clients (that is if Optus are allowing you to have more than 1-2 clients connecting), if it is Dual-Band to be able to handle the 2.4GHz phones 5GHz computers. Also, are you on Cable or ADSL? I have to see a client now, but will be in and out during the day. Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 8:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Ronni, the TC is 802.11n (1st generation) running firmware 7.5.2, no updates according to Airport Utility. I bought it in about Aug/Sep 2008. Does that fit your definition of dual-band? I've steered clear of having the TC distribute a wireless network, mainly due to endless hours of wasting time with it in days gone by. Other than these recent problems with Airport Express, I haven't had call to change from the CVG824G transmitting the network (yep, it's a Netgear). But I suppose I could brave another shot at it. Steven On 07/11/2011, at 9:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. Just reading this part of your email I would say it is very relevant. If your Time Capsule is one of the newer models that have Dual-Band, why haven’t you setup the Time Capsule as a Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Network ... Turn wireless OFF on CVG824G v3 (which I think is a Netgear)? Time Capsule operates simultaneously on both bands ( 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ), and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 07/11/2011, at 12:46 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest firmware. I start off with iTunes not being able to see Airport Express as a speaker option. Upon restarting Airport Express, iTunes could see it, but after selecting Airport Express as the speaker option, iTunes tries to connect for 15 or 20 seconds, but fails. I then reset to factory the Airport Express, rejoined it to the network, and it worked for a while. But having stopped streaming and coming back to do so again after a few hours, no more Air Express in either iTunes as a speaker option, nor visible via Airport Utility, despite Airport Express showing a solid green light. I've also taken to hardwiring my Time Capsule to my MacBook Pro because wireless backups have become troublesome too frequently, as in backups just not taking hold or taking forever. This is a pain because I have an iMac backing up to the TC as well, too far away to be hardwired. Something else I've had trouble with are the kids' MacBooks not being able to see the network. I eventually resolved this by manually assigning IP addresses on those MacBooks. In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. But if it issues a wireless network which I can satisfactorily access from, for instance, the MBP I'm sending this message from, then why would it give me grief when it comes to other functions operating over the network? Could too many gadgets talking to the network be the problem? Apart from my MBP, there's an iMac, a wireless HP All-In-One, an iPhone, potentially three Nokia X5s, and a couple of MacBooks on an adhoc infrequent basis. I'm out of my league with this comment, but would manually assigning IPs to all devices be a potential solution? I say it only on the back of seemingly having solved the MacBook problems I used to have
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Thanks Ronni. I can access the CVG824G's setup via web browser. I vaguely recall Optus saying something about their hardware being provided on the basis of only a single device being on the network, but assumed that was a standard throwaway line to get out of support issues. Multiple devices have been functioning fine on the network for some time. Besides, what wireless modem/router in your average family home in 2011 has just one device accessing it? It's cable access that I have. The CVG824G is a wireless cable voice gateway. The first thing I went to do after it was installed by an Optus technician was update the firmware, but after fruitlessly trying to find out how to do so, discovered that you don't. Optus supposedly update firmware from its end. Don't mind shooting you through some screen shots of the CVG824G UI if interested. Further on the Airport Express issue, seems that when I turn off then, it works for a while, then eventually stops working, despite continuing as a green solid light. Maybe it's some cycle that the CVG824G goes through, eventually dropping the Airport Express out. Maybe the answer might be, despite the TC being older, hardwiring it to the CVG824G, and having the TC transmit the wireless network? Cheers, Steven On 07/11/2011, at 11:08 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, No unfortunately your 1st Generation Time Capsule is not capable of creating a Dual-Band Wireless Network. I have a 3rd Generation TC setup as a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network, that has computers, iPhones, iPads, wirelessly connecting to it. So back to the drawing board. Your Wireless Network is not functioning correctly if you have to connect your MBP via Ethernet to TC for TM backups to work, and the kids MacBooks can’t ‘see’ the Network. Would need to know all the setup configuration of your CVG824G v3 Wireless Network to be able to give any advise to sort the problems you are experiencing. Given that the Modem has been customised for Optus, you might not be able to change the configuration? It should be distributing IP addresses to all your wireless clients (that is if Optus are allowing you to have more than 1-2 clients connecting), if it is Dual-Band to be able to handle the 2.4GHz phones 5GHz computers. Also, are you on Cable or ADSL? I have to see a client now, but will be in and out during the day. Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 8:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Ronni, the TC is 802.11n (1st generation) running firmware 7.5.2, no updates according to Airport Utility. I bought it in about Aug/Sep 2008. Does that fit your definition of dual-band? I've steered clear of having the TC distribute a wireless network, mainly due to endless hours of wasting time with it in days gone by. Other than these recent problems with Airport Express, I haven't had call to change from the CVG824G transmitting the network (yep, it's a Netgear). But I suppose I could brave another shot at it. Steven On 07/11/2011, at 9:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, In case it's relevant, the wireless network I have is issued by an Optus-provided-and-configured CVG824G v3. I wonder if it's not that this device, or the Optus configuration, which gives me all the grief. Just reading this part of your email I would say it is very relevant. If your Time Capsule is one of the newer models that have Dual-Band, why haven’t you setup the Time Capsule as a Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Network ... Turn wireless OFF on CVG824G v3 (which I think is a Netgear)? Time Capsule operates simultaneously on both bands ( 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz ), and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 07/11/2011, at 12:46 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest firmware. I start off with iTunes not being able to see Airport Express as a speaker option. Upon restarting Airport Express, iTunes could see it, but after selecting Airport Express as the speaker option, iTunes tries to connect for 15 or 20 seconds, but fails. I then reset to factory the Airport Express, rejoined it to the network, and it worked for a while. But having stopped streaming and coming back to do so again after a few hours, no more Air Express in either iTunes as a speaker option, nor visible via Airport Utility, despite Airport Express showing a solid
Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently
Hi Steven, I’ve been flat out with clients work and have not had time to reply. Yes, Optus have stated that they only guarantee one [1] PC connection to the CVG824g Cable Modem. Looks like the Netgear CVG824G is only a 802.11b 802.11g (2.4GHz) … therefore not capable of faster 802.11n (5GHz) wireless network. I guess you are using PPPoE and have Dynamic IP … not Static IP. Have you tried changing the Channel, if it is set at 11 try 1 or 6. to see if you get a more stable connection. Also check the default ‘Timeout’ is set to ‘0’ not ‘5' minutes. If it is set to 5mins after which the connection is renegotiated, there may be a delay, or the connection may drop if there is a problem with the Internet service. By setting it to 0, the router never logs out. With Airport Express do you have it set to Bridge Mode. In Airport Utility Manual Setup Internet Connection - Connection Sharing: OFF (Bridge Mode)? On you computers that are connecting to the Wireless Network: Go to System Preferences Network - click the gear icon (at bottom left column) select ‘Set Service Order’ drag Wi-Fi to the top of the list. Are you using Airplay to stream to Airport Express? People are experiencing problems with iTunes 10.5 Streaming to Airport Express in Lion. Some have had success with ‘disabling’ IPv6 protocol on the computers. But, in Lion you can only disable IPv6 by using terminal to disable it though, or TextWrangler to edit this plist file found in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the IPv6 key string from Automatic to INACTIVE. I have not included how to do this, as I really wouldn’t recommend people try changing this plist … just in case things go wrong and they then blame me ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 9:35 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I can access the CVG824G's setup via web browser. I vaguely recall Optus saying something about their hardware being provided on the basis of only a single device being on the network, but assumed that was a standard throwaway line to get out of support issues. Multiple devices have been functioning fine on the network for some time. Besides, what wireless modem/router in your average family home in 2011 has just one device accessing it? It's cable access that I have. The CVG824G is a wireless cable voice gateway. The first thing I went to do after it was installed by an Optus technician was update the firmware, but after fruitlessly trying to find out how to do so, discovered that you don't. Optus supposedly update firmware from its end. Don't mind shooting you through some screen shots of the CVG824G UI if interested. Further on the Airport Express issue, seems that when I turn off then, it works for a while, then eventually stops working, despite continuing as a green solid light. Maybe it's some cycle that the CVG824G goes through, eventually dropping the Airport Express out. Maybe the answer might be, despite the TC being older, hardwiring it to the CVG824G, and having the TC transmit the wireless network? Cheers, Steven On 07/11/2011, at 11:08 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, No unfortunately your 1st Generation Time Capsule is not capable of creating a Dual-Band Wireless Network. I have a 3rd Generation TC setup as a Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless Network, that has computers, iPhones, iPads, wirelessly connecting to it. So back to the drawing board. Your Wireless Network is not functioning correctly if you have to connect your MBP via Ethernet to TC for TM backups to work, and the kids MacBooks can’t ‘see’ the Network. Would need to know all the setup configuration of your CVG824G v3 Wireless Network to be able to give any advise to sort the problems you are experiencing. Given that the Modem has been customised for Optus, you might not be able to change the configuration? It should be distributing IP addresses to all your wireless clients (that is if Optus are allowing you to have more than 1-2 clients connecting), if it is Dual-Band to be able to handle the 2.4GHz phones 5GHz computers. Also, are you on Cable or ADSL? I have to see a client now, but will be in and out during the day. Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 8:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Ronni, the TC is 802.11n (1st generation) running firmware 7.5.2, no updates according to Airport Utility. I bought it in about Aug/Sep 2008. Does that fit your definition of dual-band? I've steered clear of having the TC distribute a wireless network, mainly due to endless hours of wasting time with it in days gone by. Other than these recent problems with Airport Express, I haven't had call to change from the CVG824G transmitting the network (yep, it's a Netgear). But I suppose I could brave another shot at it. Steven On 07/11/2011, at 9:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, In case it's relevant, the wireless
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Ronni There is a wired network with a SonicWall router. I am plugging in the Airport Express and setting it up in Bridge mode. It simply allows wireless clients to pull an IP from the SonicWall. This works. If I make the wireless closed I cannot access it. That is the problem, we do not want the network name published. All I want the wireless users to do is to provide the network name, security type and password. This does not work. 2 different Airport Expresses. Apple Canada says this cannot be done. Oh well. The Internet connection is not really relevant as it is not the issue. Stephen A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable. --- Leslie Lamport On Sep 17, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, I never suggested you Hide the Airport Express Network … I said DON’T hide the Wireless Network! You haven’t answered my questions in my previous reply. As I mentioned previously, I don't know what your Network Setup is, or understand your problem. I would require more information about how you have your Network set up. Your ‘Wired Network’ setup and 'Apple Airport Express Wireless Network’ configuration settings, and computer settings in System Preferences Network as mentioned in my previous email. How are you connecting to the Internet, Cable, ADSL, ADSL2+ or ? Cheers, Ronni On 18/09/2011, at 11:44 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni Apple Canada confirms that I cannot hide a bridging Airport Express network. No matter whether base station is Apple or other. Hiding must occur at the network source - not at the bridges. Mind you, these are the same people who condemned my 2006 MBPro (failing graphics chip) - I bought a new MBAir - then later found out, as I was offering the MBPro for scrap, that Apple would replace the entire logic board due to an out-of-warranty issue with the graphics chip. Sold the Air and still run the '06. Stephen --- The circumference of a circle the size of the known universe (accurate ± 1 photon radius) requires only the first 39 decimal places of Pi. The current record calculation of Pi has 4,999,999,999,961 apparently extra digits. On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Airport Express works perfectly in 'Bridge Mode'. I've setup used numerous AE in 'Bridge Mode' As long as it is on the same Network, same subnet Mask, obtains an IP Address in the same range as the Router. I don't think I'm understanding your problem correctly, as you mention it is impossible to connect when you close the Network ... Yet you also mention The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security? 'Closing' the Network means Securing the Network (WPA2 Personal Security), which you mention you have an AE connects to it fine? So I thought then, you must mean you have 'hidden' the Network Name (SSID), and I gave details why this is not a good idea. If you are meaning, you shut down the Network (turn it off) well the AE won't connect to it, nothing will ... The Network is not available. To help you more, please send details of your Network Configuration, and the settings you have in System Preferences Network on your computer ... are you using DHCP etc Also settings in Airport Utility. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 11:20 PM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Ronni No difference there. Also, I have another Airport Express, runs in Bridge mode, and becomes impossible to connect to when I close the network. Possible feature of AE's in Bridge Mode... Stephen -- It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.— Dave Barry. On Sep 16, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Why are you hiding your Wireless Network? You have it locked down with WPA2 encryption. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler www.netstumbler.com will display all active Wi-fi routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Daniel 1. Both Expresses have been reset to factory. 2. Both work in Bridge mode when visible. 3. Both cannot be accessed when I close the wifi network. 4. Same behaviour at client office - SonicWall Router (Non-wifi) plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. 5. Same behaviour my house - Time Capsule plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. My gut feel is that it might be a security type issue. But it has consumed far too much time to be worthy of solution. Except if I get obsessed... Stephen --- “I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.” – Linus Torvald On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Not sure why they would say it can't be done. Unless it's something to do with that model router or the Network configuration. I've set up Time Capsules and Airport Extremes and hidden them and found they work fine. Though, I don't so much worry about it any more bar one client that wanted it to stay hidden. From this page:- http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/disable-ssid-broadcast-airport-express-extreme-wireless-routers/ TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/6l3elj7 /quote For Apple users and PC users who have an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule, you can disable SSID broadcast directly within Mac OS X. Here is the general process: • Navigate the path Finder Applications Utilities. Double click on the Airport Utility icon. • Click Continue on the first screen to verify that Airport Utility detected your Airport or Time Capsule. • Right-click on the large icon of your Time Capsule, Airport Express, or Airport Express, and select Manual Setup from the drop down menu. • Assure that the AirPort icon towards the top of the window is selected and click the Wireless tab. • Click the Wireless Network Options button. • Put a checkmark in the box labeled Create a closed network and click the Donebutton. • Click the Update button to save changes. • Your Time Capsule/Airport Express/Airport Extreme should reset. When it powers back up, you will have a closed connection. /end quote Even from Apple's own pdf manual:- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf Page 51 /quote Setting Advanced Options To set advanced options, you can use AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express manually. You can configure advanced base station settings, such as advanced security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, power controls, setting up user accounts, and more. To set advanced options: 1 Choose the wireless network you want to change. On a Macintosh, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. On a computer using Windows XP, hold the pointer over the wireless connection icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there are multiple networks available. The default network name for an Apple base station is AirPortNetwork XX, where XX is replaced with the last six digits of the AirPort ID, also know as the Media Access Control or MAC address. The AirPort ID is printed on the electrical-plug side of the AirPort Express. 2 Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh, and in Start All Programs AirPort on a computer using Windows XP. 3 If there is more than one base station in the list, select the base station you want to configure. If you don’t see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, and then select the base station you want. 4 Choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu. If you are prompted for a password, enter it. /end quote Unless there is something else going on, or some different regulation (can't see why though) that would stop it working. But from ones I've set up, they are fairly simple. Plug in Router. Connect Airport. Log in and turn on Bridge Mode, go to Advanced and Tick for Closed. Set Password. Log in via Airport menu. Type in name of network (Exact name), and Password. It then joins the network. Have you tried resetting everything back to factory settings and setting it up from scratch? Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 18/09/2011, at 10:37 PM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni There is a wired network with a SonicWall router. I am plugging in the Airport Express and setting it up in Bridge mode. It simply allows wireless clients to pull an IP from the SonicWall. This works. If I make the wireless closed I cannot access it. That is the problem, we do not want the network name published. All I want the wireless users to do is to provide the network name, security type and password. This does
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Yeh, sounds like there is something else going on. Did you try setting it all up from scratch. (including the SonicWall). I re-tested it here with a Netgear router and TimeCapsule. Reset wireless to a Closed Network and joined it with two machines (neither that had been on the Wireless Network before). Both joined it fine and worked as I would expect. I don't have my Airport Express handy, but would expect it to do the same thing. But yes, one of those things,..can spend a lot of time to try get a solution (if any,...) Kind regards Daniel On 19/09/2011, at 12:41 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Daniel 1. Both Expresses have been reset to factory. 2. Both work in Bridge mode when visible. 3. Both cannot be accessed when I close the wifi network. 4. Same behaviour at client office - SonicWall Router (Non-wifi) plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. 5. Same behaviour my house - Time Capsule plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. My gut feel is that it might be a security type issue. But it has consumed far too much time to be worthy of solution. Except if I get obsessed... Stephen --- “I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.” – Linus Torvald On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Not sure why they would say it can't be done. Unless it's something to do with that model router or the Network configuration. I've set up Time Capsules and Airport Extremes and hidden them and found they work fine. Though, I don't so much worry about it any more bar one client that wanted it to stay hidden. From this page:- http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/disable-ssid-broadcast-airport-express-extreme-wireless-routers/ TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/6l3elj7 /quote For Apple users and PC users who have an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule, you can disable SSID broadcast directly within Mac OS X. Here is the general process: • Navigate the path Finder Applications Utilities. Double click on the Airport Utility icon. • Click Continue on the first screen to verify that Airport Utility detected your Airport or Time Capsule. • Right-click on the large icon of your Time Capsule, Airport Express, or Airport Express, and select Manual Setup from the drop down menu. • Assure that the AirPort icon towards the top of the window is selected and click the Wireless tab. • Click the Wireless Network Options button. • Put a checkmark in the box labeled Create a closed network and click the Donebutton. • Click the Update button to save changes. • Your Time Capsule/Airport Express/Airport Extreme should reset. When it powers back up, you will have a closed connection. /end quote Even from Apple's own pdf manual:- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf Page 51 /quote Setting Advanced Options To set advanced options, you can use AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express manually. You can configure advanced base station settings, such as advanced security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, power controls, setting up user accounts, and more. To set advanced options: 1 Choose the wireless network you want to change. On a Macintosh, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. On a computer using Windows XP, hold the pointer over the wireless connection icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there are multiple networks available. The default network name for an Apple base station is AirPortNetwork XX, where XX is replaced with the last six digits of the AirPort ID, also know as the Media Access Control or MAC address. The AirPort ID is printed on the electrical-plug side of the AirPort Express. 2 Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh, and in Start All Programs AirPort on a computer using Windows XP. 3 If there is more than one base station in the list, select the base station you want to configure. If you don’t see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, and then select the base station you want. 4 Choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu. If you are prompted for a password, enter it. /end quote Unless there is something else going on, or some different regulation (can't see why though) that would stop it working. But from ones I've set up, they are fairly simple. Plug in Router. Connect Airport. Log in and turn on Bridge Mode, go to Advanced and Tick for Closed. Set Password. Log in via Airport menu. Type in name of network (Exact name), and Password. It then joins the network. Have you tried resetting everything back to factory settings and setting it up from scratch? Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Daniel I have a feeling that the term network may not be applicable to a Wifi device running in Bridge mode... Anyway...I am moving on... Stephen --- program, n.: A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.tr.v. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. - luc.aleaume.free.fr On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Yeh, sounds like there is something else going on. Did you try setting it all up from scratch. (including the SonicWall). I re-tested it here with a Netgear router and TimeCapsule. Reset wireless to a Closed Network and joined it with two machines (neither that had been on the Wireless Network before). Both joined it fine and worked as I would expect. I don't have my Airport Express handy, but would expect it to do the same thing. But yes, one of those things,..can spend a lot of time to try get a solution (if any,...) Kind regards Daniel On 19/09/2011, at 12:41 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Daniel 1. Both Expresses have been reset to factory. 2. Both work in Bridge mode when visible. 3. Both cannot be accessed when I close the wifi network. 4. Same behaviour at client office - SonicWall Router (Non-wifi) plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. 5. Same behaviour my house - Time Capsule plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. My gut feel is that it might be a security type issue. But it has consumed far too much time to be worthy of solution. Except if I get obsessed... Stephen --- “I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.” – Linus Torvald On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Not sure why they would say it can't be done. Unless it's something to do with that model router or the Network configuration. I've set up Time Capsules and Airport Extremes and hidden them and found they work fine. Though, I don't so much worry about it any more bar one client that wanted it to stay hidden. From this page:- http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/disable-ssid-broadcast-airport-express-extreme-wireless-routers/ TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/6l3elj7 /quote For Apple users and PC users who have an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule, you can disable SSID broadcast directly within Mac OS X. Here is the general process: • Navigate the path Finder Applications Utilities. Double click on the Airport Utility icon. • Click Continue on the first screen to verify that Airport Utility detected your Airport or Time Capsule. • Right-click on the large icon of your Time Capsule, Airport Express, or Airport Express, and select Manual Setup from the drop down menu. • Assure that the AirPort icon towards the top of the window is selected and click the Wireless tab. • Click the Wireless Network Options button. • Put a checkmark in the box labeled Create a closed network and click the Donebutton. • Click the Update button to save changes. • Your Time Capsule/Airport Express/Airport Extreme should reset. When it powers back up, you will have a closed connection. /end quote Even from Apple's own pdf manual:- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf Page 51 /quote Setting Advanced Options To set advanced options, you can use AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express manually. You can configure advanced base station settings, such as advanced security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, power controls, setting up user accounts, and more. To set advanced options: 1 Choose the wireless network you want to change. On a Macintosh, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. On a computer using Windows XP, hold the pointer over the wireless connection icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there are multiple networks available. The default network name for an Apple base station is AirPortNetwork XX, where XX is replaced with the last six digits of the AirPort ID, also know as the Media Access Control or MAC address. The AirPort ID is printed on the electrical-plug side of the AirPort Express. 2 Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a Macintosh, and in Start All Programs AirPort on a computer using Windows XP. 3 If there is more than one base station in the list, select the base station you want to configure. If you don’t see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, and then select the base station you want. 4 Choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu. If you are prompted for a password, enter it. /end quote Unless there is something else going on, or some different regulation (can't see why though) that would stop
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hi Stephen, I have just come back online and picking up on this thread. The Airport Express is still a Wireless Network when running in Bridge Mode. And the Wireless Network 'does' work when 'hidden' (closed) I've run Airport Wireless Networks with their SSID hidden with no problems. Like Daniel, I don't know why Canada Apple would say it cannot. It must be a configuration problem somewhere either in the SonicWall Network setup (is there a firewall set on this), or the Wireless Network, or setup on the computers. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 19/09/2011, at 2:38 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Daniel I have a feeling that the term network may not be applicable to a Wifi device running in Bridge mode... Anyway...I am moving on... Stephen --- program, n.: A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.tr.v. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. - luc.aleaume.free.fr On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Yeh, sounds like there is something else going on. Did you try setting it all up from scratch. (including the SonicWall). I re-tested it here with a Netgear router and TimeCapsule. Reset wireless to a Closed Network and joined it with two machines (neither that had been on the Wireless Network before). Both joined it fine and worked as I would expect. I don't have my Airport Express handy, but would expect it to do the same thing. But yes, one of those things,..can spend a lot of time to try get a solution (if any,...) Kind regards Daniel On 19/09/2011, at 12:41 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Daniel 1. Both Expresses have been reset to factory. 2. Both work in Bridge mode when visible. 3. Both cannot be accessed when I close the wifi network. 4. Same behaviour at client office - SonicWall Router (Non-wifi) plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. 5. Same behaviour my house - Time Capsule plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. My gut feel is that it might be a security type issue. But it has consumed far too much time to be worthy of solution. Except if I get obsessed... Stephen --- “I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.” – Linus Torvald On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Not sure why they would say it can't be done. Unless it's something to do with that model router or the Network configuration. I've set up Time Capsules and Airport Extremes and hidden them and found they work fine. Though, I don't so much worry about it any more bar one client that wanted it to stay hidden. From this page:- http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/disable-ssid-broadcast-airport-express-extreme-wireless-routers/ TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/6l3elj7 /quote For Apple users and PC users who have an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule, you can disable SSID broadcast directly within Mac OS X. Here is the general process: • Navigate the path Finder Applications Utilities. Double click on the Airport Utility icon. • Click Continue on the first screen to verify that Airport Utility detected your Airport or Time Capsule. • Right-click on the large icon of your Time Capsule, Airport Express, or Airport Express, and select Manual Setup from the drop down menu. • Assure that the AirPort icon towards the top of the window is selected and click the Wireless tab. • Click the Wireless Network Options button. • Put a checkmark in the box labeled Create a closed network and click the Donebutton. • Click the Update button to save changes. • Your Time Capsule/Airport Express/Airport Extreme should reset. When it powers back up, you will have a closed connection. /end quote Even from Apple's own pdf manual:- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf Page 51 /quote Setting Advanced Options To set advanced options, you can use AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express manually. You can configure advanced base station settings, such as advanced security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, power controls, setting up user accounts, and more. To set advanced options: 1 Choose the wireless network you want to change. On a Macintosh, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. On a computer using Windows XP, hold the pointer over the wireless connection icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there are multiple networks available. The default network name for an Apple base station is AirPortNetwork XX, where XX is replaced with the last six digits of the AirPort ID, also know as the Media Access Control or MAC address. The AirPort ID is printed on the electrical-plug side of the AirPort Express. 2 Open
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Ronni Tx. I will delve into it again. Stephen --- Keyboard not found. Press any key to continue. On Sep 18, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, I have just come back online and picking up on this thread. The Airport Express is still a Wireless Network when running in Bridge Mode. And the Wireless Network 'does' work when 'hidden' (closed) I've run Airport Wireless Networks with their SSID hidden with no problems. Like Daniel, I don't know why Canada Apple would say it cannot. It must be a configuration problem somewhere either in the SonicWall Network setup (is there a firewall set on this), or the Wireless Network, or setup on the computers. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 19/09/2011, at 2:38 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Daniel I have a feeling that the term network may not be applicable to a Wifi device running in Bridge mode... Anyway...I am moving on... Stephen --- program, n.: A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.tr.v. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. - luc.aleaume.free.fr On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Yeh, sounds like there is something else going on. Did you try setting it all up from scratch. (including the SonicWall). I re-tested it here with a Netgear router and TimeCapsule. Reset wireless to a Closed Network and joined it with two machines (neither that had been on the Wireless Network before). Both joined it fine and worked as I would expect. I don't have my Airport Express handy, but would expect it to do the same thing. But yes, one of those things,..can spend a lot of time to try get a solution (if any,...) Kind regards Daniel On 19/09/2011, at 12:41 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Daniel 1. Both Expresses have been reset to factory. 2. Both work in Bridge mode when visible. 3. Both cannot be accessed when I close the wifi network. 4. Same behaviour at client office - SonicWall Router (Non-wifi) plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. 5. Same behaviour my house - Time Capsule plus Express. Cannot be accessed when closed. My gut feel is that it might be a security type issue. But it has consumed far too much time to be worthy of solution. Except if I get obsessed... Stephen --- “I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.” – Linus Torvald On Sep 18, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Not sure why they would say it can't be done. Unless it's something to do with that model router or the Network configuration. I've set up Time Capsules and Airport Extremes and hidden them and found they work fine. Though, I don't so much worry about it any more bar one client that wanted it to stay hidden. From this page:- http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/disable-ssid-broadcast-airport-express-extreme-wireless-routers/ TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/6l3elj7 /quote For Apple users and PC users who have an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Time Capsule, you can disable SSID broadcast directly within Mac OS X. Here is the general process: • Navigate the path Finder Applications Utilities. Double click on the Airport Utility icon. • Click Continue on the first screen to verify that Airport Utility detected your Airport or Time Capsule. • Right-click on the large icon of your Time Capsule, Airport Express, or Airport Express, and select Manual Setup from the drop down menu. • Assure that the AirPort icon towards the top of the window is selected and click the Wireless tab. • Click the Wireless Network Options button. • Put a checkmark in the box labeled Create a closed network and click the Donebutton. • Click the Update button to save changes. • Your Time Capsule/Airport Express/Airport Extreme should reset. When it powers back up, you will have a closed connection. /end quote Even from Apple's own pdf manual:- http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf Page 51 /quote Setting Advanced Options To set advanced options, you can use AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express manually. You can configure advanced base station settings, such as advanced security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, power controls, setting up user accounts, and more. To set advanced options: 1 Choose the wireless network you want to change. On a Macintosh, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar. On a computer using Windows XP, hold the pointer over the wireless connection icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there are multiple networks available. The default network name for an Apple base station is AirPortNetwork XX, where XX is replaced with the last six digits
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Ronni No difference there. Also, I have another Airport Express, runs in Bridge mode, and becomes impossible to connect to when I close the network. Possible feature of AE's in Bridge Mode... Stephen -- It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.— Dave Barry. On Sep 16, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Why are you hiding your Wireless Network? You have it locked down with WPA2 encryption. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler www.netstumbler.com will display all active Wi-fi routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation of wireless network performance.” When you hide your SSID, your computer has no idea whether or not your wireless router is around, and therefore it has to continuously look for it, even when it is not in range. This means that when you hide your SSID at home and take your laptop out to McDonalds, your laptop is actually telling everyone at McDonalds what your SSID is at home. That, and every other hidden SSID you have registered in your computer. This completely defeats the purpose of hiding your SSID in the first place. The right way to configure your wireless router is actually to not hide the SSID, with your network encrypted with WPA2 and a strong password. You will get other benefits as well like a more robust network connection that will drop out less often, easy configuration on your computers and most important of all, nearly unbreakable security. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 17/09/2011, at 9:59 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni Works fine when visible. Invisible is another tale. I'll try alternate channels next week... Stephen -- You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has been used in statistical mechanics under that name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one really knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage. - John von Neumann On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Just quickly as I'm heading out for the day, two suggestions. Is the Network Hidden? If so try with with Network 'Visible'. Or try changing the Channel. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted (from the Airport Utility setup) into a TextEdit document, password also; so I am pretty sure I am getting it correct. So I can simply copy paste when connecting to the closed network. Seems odd, Any thoughts? Stephen --- If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. --- John Kenneth Galbraith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hi Stephen, Airport Express works perfectly in 'Bridge Mode'. I've setup used numerous AE in 'Bridge Mode' As long as it is on the same Network, same subnet Mask, obtains an IP Address in the same range as the Router. I don't think I'm understanding your problem correctly, as you mention it is impossible to connect when you close the Network ... Yet you also mention The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security? 'Closing' the Network means Securing the Network (WPA2 Personal Security), which you mention you have an AE connects to it fine? So I thought then, you must mean you have 'hidden' the Network Name (SSID), and I gave details why this is not a good idea. If you are meaning, you shut down the Network (turn it off) well the AE won't connect to it, nothing will ... The Network is not available. To help you more, please send details of your Network Configuration, and the settings you have in System Preferences Network on your computer ... are you using DHCP etc Also settings in Airport Utility. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 11:20 PM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Ronni No difference there. Also, I have another Airport Express, runs in Bridge mode, and becomes impossible to connect to when I close the network. Possible feature of AE's in Bridge Mode... Stephen -- It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.— Dave Barry. On Sep 16, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Why are you hiding your Wireless Network? You have it locked down with WPA2 encryption. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler www.netstumbler.com will display all active Wi-fi routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation of wireless network performance.” When you hide your SSID, your computer has no idea whether or not your wireless router is around, and therefore it has to continuously look for it, even when it is not in range. This means that when you hide your SSID at home and take your laptop out to McDonalds, your laptop is actually telling everyone at McDonalds what your SSID is at home. That, and every other hidden SSID you have registered in your computer. This completely defeats the purpose of hiding your SSID in the first place. The right way to configure your wireless router is actually to not hide the SSID, with your network encrypted with WPA2 and a strong password. You will get other benefits as well like a more robust network connection that will drop out less often, easy configuration on your computers and most important of all, nearly unbreakable security. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 17/09/2011, at 9:59 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni Works fine when visible. Invisible is another tale. I'll try alternate channels next week... Stephen -- You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has been used in statistical mechanics under that name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one really knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage. - John von Neumann On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Just quickly as I'm heading out for the day, two suggestions. Is the Network Hidden? If so try with with Network 'Visible'. Or try changing the Channel. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hi Stephen, I never suggested you Hide the Airport Express Network … I said DON’T hide the Wireless Network! You haven’t answered my questions in my previous reply. As I mentioned previously, I don't know what your Network Setup is, or understand your problem. I would require more information about how you have your Network set up. Your ‘Wired Network’ setup and 'Apple Airport Express Wireless Network’ configuration settings, and computer settings in System Preferences Network as mentioned in my previous email. How are you connecting to the Internet, Cable, ADSL, ADSL2+ or ? Cheers, Ronni On 18/09/2011, at 11:44 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni Apple Canada confirms that I cannot hide a bridging Airport Express network. No matter whether base station is Apple or other. Hiding must occur at the network source - not at the bridges. Mind you, these are the same people who condemned my 2006 MBPro (failing graphics chip) - I bought a new MBAir - then later found out, as I was offering the MBPro for scrap, that Apple would replace the entire logic board due to an out-of-warranty issue with the graphics chip. Sold the Air and still run the '06. Stephen --- The circumference of a circle the size of the known universe (accurate ± 1 photon radius) requires only the first 39 decimal places of Pi. The current record calculation of Pi has 4,999,999,999,961 apparently extra digits. On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Airport Express works perfectly in 'Bridge Mode'. I've setup used numerous AE in 'Bridge Mode' As long as it is on the same Network, same subnet Mask, obtains an IP Address in the same range as the Router. I don't think I'm understanding your problem correctly, as you mention it is impossible to connect when you close the Network ... Yet you also mention The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security? 'Closing' the Network means Securing the Network (WPA2 Personal Security), which you mention you have an AE connects to it fine? So I thought then, you must mean you have 'hidden' the Network Name (SSID), and I gave details why this is not a good idea. If you are meaning, you shut down the Network (turn it off) well the AE won't connect to it, nothing will ... The Network is not available. To help you more, please send details of your Network Configuration, and the settings you have in System Preferences Network on your computer ... are you using DHCP etc Also settings in Airport Utility. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 11:20 PM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Ronni No difference there. Also, I have another Airport Express, runs in Bridge mode, and becomes impossible to connect to when I close the network. Possible feature of AE's in Bridge Mode... Stephen -- It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.— Dave Barry. On Sep 16, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Why are you hiding your Wireless Network? You have it locked down with WPA2 encryption. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler www.netstumbler.com will display all active Wi-fi routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation of wireless network performance.” When you hide your SSID, your computer has no idea whether or not your wireless router is around, and therefore it has to continuously look for it, even when it is not in range. This means that when you hide your SSID at home and take your laptop out to McDonalds, your laptop is actually telling everyone at McDonalds what your SSID is at home. That, and every other hidden SSID you have registered in your computer. This completely defeats the purpose of hiding your SSID in the first place. The right way to configure your wireless router is actually to not hide the SSID, with your network encrypted with WPA2 and a strong password. You will get other benefits as well like a more robust network connection that will drop out less often, easy configuration on your
Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted (from the Airport Utility setup) into a TextEdit document, password also; so I am pretty sure I am getting it correct. So I can simply copy paste when connecting to the closed network. Seems odd, Any thoughts? Stephen --- If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. --- John Kenneth Galbraith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hi Stephen, Just quickly as I'm heading out for the day, two suggestions. Is the Network Hidden? If so try with with Network 'Visible'. Or try changing the Channel. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted (from the Airport Utility setup) into a TextEdit document, password also; so I am pretty sure I am getting it correct. So I can simply copy paste when connecting to the closed network. Seems odd, Any thoughts? Stephen --- If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. --- John Kenneth Galbraith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Ronni Works fine when visible. Invisible is another tale. I'll try alternate channels next week... Stephen -- You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has been used in statistical mechanics under that name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one really knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage. - John von Neumann On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Just quickly as I'm heading out for the day, two suggestions. Is the Network Hidden? If so try with with Network 'Visible'. Or try changing the Channel. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted (from the Airport Utility setup) into a TextEdit document, password also; so I am pretty sure I am getting it correct. So I can simply copy paste when connecting to the closed network. Seems odd, Any thoughts? Stephen --- If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. --- John Kenneth Galbraith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express, Bridge Mode, Closing the Network Causes A Problem.
Hi Stephen, Why are you hiding your Wireless Network? You have it locked down with WPA2 encryption. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler www.netstumbler.com will display all active Wi-fi routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation of wireless network performance.” When you hide your SSID, your computer has no idea whether or not your wireless router is around, and therefore it has to continuously look for it, even when it is not in range. This means that when you hide your SSID at home and take your laptop out to McDonalds, your laptop is actually telling everyone at McDonalds what your SSID is at home. That, and every other hidden SSID you have registered in your computer. This completely defeats the purpose of hiding your SSID in the first place. The right way to configure your wireless router is actually to not hide the SSID, with your network encrypted with WPA2 and a strong password. You will get other benefits as well like a more robust network connection that will drop out less often, easy configuration on your computers and most important of all, nearly unbreakable security. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 17/09/2011, at 9:59 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronni Works fine when visible. Invisible is another tale. I'll try alternate channels next week... Stephen -- You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has been used in statistical mechanics under that name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one really knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage. - John von Neumann On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stephen, Just quickly as I'm heading out for the day, two suggestions. Is the Network Hidden? If so try with with Network 'Visible'. Or try changing the Channel. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2011, at 5:48 AM, Stephen Wonfor wonf...@wonfuji.com wrote: Hello I am setting up an Airport Express to act as a bridgemode repeater for a wired network (SonicWall Router etc). The Express is 7.5.2 and works fine with WPA2Personal security. My SnowLeopard laptop happily stores the network creds and reconnects without issue. When I close the network I am no longer able to connect to it - connection timeout. The network name has been pasted (from the Airport Utility setup) into a TextEdit document, password also; so I am pretty sure I am getting it correct. So I can simply copy paste when connecting to the closed network. Seems odd, Any thoughts? Stephen --- If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. --- John Kenneth Galbraith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport Express problems
On 16/08/2011, at 1:03 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of the first one. According to Apple's sales blurb that is all I needed to do but I am getting the blinking orange light and no green light and no range extension. I went to Airport Utility and it recognised the two Airports so I highlighted the new one and added it to the existing network, selecting connect wirelessly. Still no joy, but worse still, AirPort utility no longer recognises the new AirPort Express. What should I do? Clear the settings of the old AirPort and give it a new name and try again or what? Any suggestions will earn my everlasting gratitude!! Lloyd Hi Lloyd, You have the AirPort Express (AX) configured to join a wireless network. In this mode the AX is connecting just like any other wireless client and is not wirelessly extending the network. You need to set the your Main (first) Airport Express to ³Allow this Network to be Extended And set second Airport Express to ³Extend the Network² Use Airport Utility setup your Network: Trying to remember off the top of my head ... On the Main AX Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons you should have Wireless Mode: Create a wireless Network Make sure that you have a check mark next to Allow this network to be extended Make note of the exact Security setting that you are using Update to save any changes The Main AX will restart and you should see a green light in 15-20 seconds On the second AX (I¹ll call it Remote AX) Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the icons Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network (If you do not see this choice, hold down the option key on your computer as you click on the selection box) Wireless Network Name: Exact name of your AX wireless network. (This should appear as a choice in the setup) Enter a check mark next to Allow wireless clients Wireless Security: Exact same setting as your AX wireless network Wireless Network Password: Exact same password as your AX wireless Network Verify Password as above Update to save changes The AirPort AX will restart and you should get a green light in 15-20 seconds. Cheers, Ronni Hi Ronnie, Many thanks for your guidance. I followed your instructions exactly and now have it working. Part of the problem was that the AirPort Express I was using for the base station was an older model, A1088, which did not give me the option to Extend this network. But the newer AirPort did, so I swapped them and set them up as you instructed. I also had to clear the settings on both back to default and enter the new settings within 5 minutes of resetting them! I was moving too slowly and the settings were reverting to the older ones and causing problems. Add to that the fact that the hardware on the old one had to be upgraded, and it was an interesting exercise. I am amazed that you could give me those complicated instructions from memory!! Gratefully, Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express problems
On 17/08/2011, at 2:34 PM, Lloyd White wrote: On 16/08/2011, at 1:03 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of the first one. According to Apple's sales blurb that is all I needed to do but I am getting the blinking orange light and no green light and no range extension. I went to Airport Utility and it recognised the two Airports so I highlighted the new one and added it to the existing network, selecting connect wirelessly. Still no joy, but worse still, AirPort utility no longer recognises the new AirPort Express. What should I do? Clear the settings of the old AirPort and give it a new name and try again or what? Any suggestions will earn my everlasting gratitude!! Lloyd Hi Lloyd, You have the AirPort Express (AX) configured to join a wireless network. In this mode the AX is connecting just like any other wireless client and is not wirelessly extending the network. You need to set the your Main (first) Airport Express to “Allow this Network to be Extended And set second Airport Express to “Extend the Network” Use Airport Utility setup your Network: Trying to remember off the top of my head ... On the Main AX Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons … you should have Wireless Mode: Create a wireless Network Make sure that you have a check mark next to Allow this network to be extended Make note of the exact Security setting that you are using Update to save any changes The Main AX will restart and you should see a green light in 15-20 seconds On the second AX (I’ll call it Remote AX) Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the icons Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network (If you do not see this choice, hold down the option key on your computer as you click on the selection box) Wireless Network Name: Exact name of your AX wireless network. (This should appear as a choice in the setup) Enter a check mark next to Allow wireless clients Wireless Security: Exact same setting as your AX wireless network Wireless Network Password: Exact same password as your AX wireless Network Verify Password as above Update to save changes The AirPort AX will restart and you should get a green light in 15-20 seconds. Cheers, Ronni Hi Ronnie, Many thanks for your guidance. I followed your instructions exactly and now have it working. Part of the problem was that the AirPort Express I was using for the base station was an older model, A1088, which did not give me the option to Extend this network. But the newer AirPort did, so I swapped them and set them up as you instructed. I also had to clear the settings on both back to default and enter the new settings within 5 minutes of resetting them! I was moving too slowly and the settings were reverting to the older ones and causing problems. Oh yeah, if you only do a “Soft Reset” The light will flash yellow and you'll have five minutes to make changes before the AirPort Express reverts to its previously saved configuration ;-) With a “Hard Reset” or a “Factory Default” you don’t have a time limit to make your changes. Add to that the fact that the hardware on the old one had to be upgraded, and it was an interesting exercise. I am amazed that you could give me those complicated instructions from memory!! When you have setup as many Airport Wireless Networks as I have, you would be amazed what you can remember. Also my computer was connected to an Airport Wireless Network when I replied to your email :-) Gratefully, You’re welcome Lloyd. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Airport Express problems
Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of the first one. According to Apple's sales blurb that is all I needed to do but I am getting the blinking orange light and no green light and no range extension. I went to Airport Utility and it recognised the two Airports so I highlighted the new one and added it to the existing network, selecting connect wirelessly. Still no joy, but worse still, AirPort utility no longer recognises the new AirPort Express. What should I do? Clear the settings of the old AirPort and give it a new name and try again or what? Any suggestions will earn my everlasting gratitude!! Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express problems
On 16/08/2011, at 1:03 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of the first one. According to Apple's sales blurb that is all I needed to do but I am getting the blinking orange light and no green light and no range extension. I went to Airport Utility and it recognised the two Airports so I highlighted the new one and added it to the existing network, selecting connect wirelessly. Still no joy, but worse still, AirPort utility no longer recognises the new AirPort Express. What should I do? Clear the settings of the old AirPort and give it a new name and try again or what? Any suggestions will earn my everlasting gratitude!! Lloyd Hi Lloyd, You have the AirPort Express (AX) configured to join a wireless network. In this mode the AX is connecting just like any other wireless client and is not wirelessly extending the network. You need to set the your Main (first) Airport Express to “Allow this Network to be Extended And set second Airport Express to “Extend the Network” Use Airport Utility setup your Network: Trying to remember off the top of my head ... On the Main AX Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons … you should have Wireless Mode: Create a wireless Network Make sure that you have a check mark next to Allow this network to be extended Make note of the exact Security setting that you are using Update to save any changes The Main AX will restart and you should see a green light in 15-20 seconds On the second AX (I’ll call it Remote AX) Open AirPort Utility Click Manual Setup Click the Wireless tab below the icons Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network (If you do not see this choice, hold down the option key on your computer as you click on the selection box) Wireless Network Name: Exact name of your AX wireless network. (This should appear as a choice in the setup) Enter a check mark next to Allow wireless clients Wireless Security: Exact same setting as your AX wireless network Wireless Network Password: Exact same password as your AX wireless Network Verify Password as above Update to save changes The AirPort AX will restart and you should get a green light in 15-20 seconds. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Airport express
Hi everyone, Does it matter how I place my airport express on the shelf? Better to stand it up or lie down on its side etc. I currently have it on its side with the green light facing me two metres up the wall, but am getting minimum strength in the front rooms. ALSO If I get another airport express and plug it into a power point within range of the first one, will it extend the range without doing anything else? Thanks, Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Airport express setup
I was asked to help a friend of my wife's to debug a problem he had in getting his Airport Express (few months old) to work stably with his Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) about 1 year old. The network worked fine for his wife's Toshiba Windows laptop, but he couldn't get to any web site on the MBP - however email worked. The Airport is connected to a DLink Modem set to be a DHCP server. It took a while to troll through the various settings for Airport and the Network and as I am not a wireless network expert by any stretch I was going form memory, in fact it was by fluke that I have managed to get my own network set up. In browsing through the settings, which had been set up by the Local Apple dealer specifically in his own house and following hours on the phone to Apple 'Help'. I noticed of the two mode settings it was set up in the mode that WASN'T Bridge Mode (I cant recall the name of it). So we made the change to Bridge Mode and now it works fine. The Transmit rate is around 70-130 max which seems low as I get around 240-300 on my Time Capsule. Maybe that is due to being 5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz. There was however one other facet in the setup I am puzzled by. in the Internet tab, it said Connect to the Internet using - Ethernet or PPPoE - it was set to Ethernet. In fact I had noticed this first before the Bridge Mode setting. So which should it be set to? Regards Peter... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Hi Peter, On 01/06/2011, at 10:05 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: I was asked to help a friend of my wife's to debug a problem he had in getting his Airport Express (few months old) to work stably with his Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) about 1 year old. The network worked fine for his wife's Toshiba Windows laptop, but he couldn't get to any web site on the MBP - however email worked. The Airport is connected to a DLink Modem set to be a DHCP server. It took a while to troll through the various settings for Airport and the Network and as I am not a wireless network expert by any stretch I was going form memory, in fact it was by fluke that I have managed to get my own network set up. In browsing through the settings, which had been set up by the Local Apple dealer specifically in his own house and following hours on the phone to Apple 'Help'. I noticed of the two mode settings it was set up in the mode that WASN'T Bridge Mode (I cant recall the name of it). So we made the change to Bridge Mode and now it works fine. The Transmit rate is around 70-130 max which seems low as I get around 240-300 on my Time Capsule. Maybe that is due to being 5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz. There was however one other facet in the setup I am puzzled by. in the Internet tab, it said Connect to the Internet using - Ethernet or PPPoE - it was set to Ethernet. In fact I had noticed this first before the Bridge Mode setting. So which should it be set to? In Airport Utility Internet - Internet Connection: Connect Using: Ethernet Connection Sharing: OFF (Bridge Mode) On his MacBook Pro check in System Preferences Network - Airport - Advanced - TCP/IP Configure IP4: Using DHCP Check he has IPv4 Address: in the range of 192.168.0.x Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Router: 192.168.0.1 Also hope you used WPA2 Wireless Security on the Airport Express setup. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi Severin, I use TM to back up my iBook to a network drive which is attached to my iMac. This iMac also uses the drive for it's own TM backups. The iBook's TM creates a sparse image within the remote drive to do it's backups into. I was hoping I could do the same as above but to an Airport Extreme attached USB drive instead of the iMac attached USB drive I am currently using. Why do you think that TM backups cannot be done to a drive attached to an Airport Extreme? Cheers Paul Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Paul, I can not recall the full reason when I tried this, it was quite a while ago. It was documented on the internet somewhere and I am sure Ronni may be able to explain. I just gave up as there were other easy alternatives open to me. Regards Severin On 13/05/2011, at 4:34 PM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin, I use TM to back up my iBook to a network drive which is attached to my iMac. This iMac also uses the drive for it's own TM backups. The iBook's TM creates a sparse image within the remote drive to do it's backups into. I was hoping I could do the same as above but to an Airport Extreme attached USB drive instead of the iMac attached USB drive I am currently using. Why do you think that TM backups cannot be done to a drive attached to an Airport Extreme? Cheers Paul Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi Paul, A USB drive connected to a recent dual-band Airport Extreme may work as a destination for Time Machine backups, but it’s not recommended. This works well for some, not so well for others, and not at all for still others. Even when it appears to be working well for days, weeks, or even months, suddenly the backups may become corrupted. Sometimes Disk Utility can repair them, sometimes the 3rd-party app Disk Warrior can, but other times they're useless. Then you must erase them and start over! And it's not supported by Apple. See: Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Disks that can be used with Time Machine and: Time Machine doesn't back up to AirPort Extreme AirPort Disks. If there's trouble with this setup, you won't get much, if any, help from Apple. You can use another backup program to backup to a USB Hard Drive attached to an Airport Extreme. http://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/how-to-attach-an-external-usb-hard-drive-to-your-airport-extreme/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 13/05/2011, at 4:46 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Paul, I can not recall the full reason when I tried this, it was quite a while ago. It was documented on the internet somewhere and I am sure Ronni may be able to explain. I just gave up as there were other easy alternatives open to me. Regards Severin On 13/05/2011, at 4:34 PM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin, I use TM to back up my iBook to a network drive which is attached to my iMac. This iMac also uses the drive for it's own TM backups. The iBook's TM creates a sparse image within the remote drive to do it's backups into. I was hoping I could do the same as above but to an Airport Extreme attached USB drive instead of the iMac attached USB drive I am currently using. Why do you think that TM backups cannot be done to a drive attached to an Airport Extreme? Cheers Paul Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Thanks Ronni, this is good info. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Airport Extreme lets you plug a USB drive in for NAS (network attached storage). Decent facsimile of a Time Capsule maybe? I noticed recently that many external cases can switch the drive off if there is no access, does anyone think this would help in this configuration? If my iMac ejected one of these networked drives would it still be kept active by the Airport Extreme itself? Just curious. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
It must be something Mac does to our brains Severin !!! Anyway that was my favoured option (although I didn't mention tin my email). The reason I am suddenly asking these questions is this:- I suddenly realised a few days ago that I have enough Bankwest Points to get something for nothing ! YIPPEEE ! One option is an Apple Time Capsule 1GB Another is about $400 in vouchers for The Good Guys or David Jones or Myers. There are more than that of course, but these are the ones with Apple products .. LOL ! On 11/05/2011, at 10:59 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: OOPS, same typo, Airport Extreme not Express for me too Severin Crisp I have a D-Link DSL-504T and an Airport Express which I find is a great, trouble free combination. Doing it again from scratch I would go for a Time Capsule instead of the Airport Express. Severin Crisp On 11/05/2011, at 10:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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You can run a printer or USB drive networked through Airport Extreme but the drive is visible to Time Machine, sadly, so you can not make a virtual Time Capsule that way. I know, I tried! Severin Crisp On 12/05/2011, at 4:54 PM, Paul K wrote: Airport Extreme lets you plug a USB drive in for NAS (network attached storage). Decent facsimile of a Time Capsule maybe? I noticed recently that many external cases can switch the drive off if there is no access, does anyone think this would help in this configuration? If my iMac ejected one of these networked drives would it still be kept active by the Airport Extreme itself? Just curious. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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Taking the discussion one step further, I have a Time Capsule 1TB, also an external 1TB USB HDD Any tricks to setting up a regular complete drive-to-drive backup? Paranoia backup manoeuvre but you deal with this stuff long enough you do get burnt. Does it have to happen from an affiliated computer ie rely on an applescript for the purpose or can a backup routine be configured either directly on the TC or in said affiliated computer? dd On 13/05/2011, at 9:53, Severin Crisp wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi David, I’m not sure I understand what you are wanting to do. Since Time Machine cannot back up your Time Capsule's internal hard drive, or a USB drive connected to it, if you have other data there, you'll need a different method to back up that other data. In a pinch, you can disconnect a USB drive from your Time Capsule, attach it to your Mac, and copy or back it up that way. There is a procedure that will let you archive the Time Capsule's internal disk to a USB drive connected to it. But it's not quick; all users will be disconnected from both the internal HD and the connected USB disk while it's running (but the network will remain usable); and it's all or nothing -- you can only use this procedure to copy the entire contents. Post back for more information if this is what you are wanting to do ;-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 13/05/2011, at 11:03 AM, David de la Hunty wrote: Taking the discussion one step further, I have a Time Capsule 1TB, also an external 1TB USB HDD Any tricks to setting up a regular complete drive-to-drive backup? Paranoia backup manoeuvre but you deal with this stuff long enough you do get burnt. Does it have to happen from an affiliated computer ie rely on an applescript for the purpose or can a backup routine be configured either directly on the TC or in said affiliated computer? dd On 13/05/2011, at 9:53, Severin Crisp wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
David I have used Folders Synchroniser for this sort of thing for years. Not all that fancy but seems reliable and not expensive. www.softobe.com Alternatively SuperDuper may be more to your taste. www.shirt-pocket.com Don't let anyone scorn you for displaying backup paranoia I have five firewire drives on a firewire hub as well as two internal drives in my G5 which are used for backup and other functions for the G5 and MacBook including monthly creation of cloned bootable copies of both computers, hourly Time Machine backups on the G5 and a schedule of other selected backing up tasks of everything in sight. Some vital stuff is additionally saved to data DVDs This comes from my paranoia on this issue, engendered some years ago in the Physics Dept at UWA, when my spectrometer control DEC PDP machine and my desktop Mac had three disk crashes/writeoffs between them in the space of two weeks. I really felt someone was out to get me then. So stick with as much backing up as makes you happy and able to sleep at night. Severin On 13/05/2011, at 11:03 AM, David de la Hunty wrote: Taking the discussion one step further, I have a Time Capsule 1TB, also an external 1TB USB HDD Any tricks to setting up a regular complete drive-to-drive backup? Paranoia backup manoeuvre but you deal with this stuff long enough you do get burnt. Does it have to happen from an affiliated computer ie rely on an applescript for the purpose or can a backup routine be configured either directly on the TC or in said affiliated computer? dd On 13/05/2011, at 9:53, Severin Crisp wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi David, Hi Ronni, I think what David is looking for (correct me if I'm wrong) is redundancy for his Time Machine backup. With drives so cheap nowadays, It is certainly something I have wondered about. Like many others, I already have the dual approach of: * a SuperDuper bootable clone - primarily in case of hard drive failure gets me back up and running ASAP * Time machine - in case of file problems, eg file corruption (already saved me here) mistaken deletion, etc But given the particular advantages of TM in certain situations (which the clone does not cover), it would be nice to have redundancy for the TM ideally a simple set-up that just effectively does the TM backup to two disks simultaneously. I would imagine one could always use a mirrored RAID drive but this introduces its own risks. It would just be nice to have some way to either have: 1. Time machine write it¹s backup identically and simultaneously to two attached drives (my ideal solution but I can think of no way to do it!) OR 2. Have an automated set-up to keep a second drive synchronised with the main TM drive. The purpose, of course, is to still have a fully functioning TM backup even if your TM drive fails. As you point out, the problem with your archiving solution is that you copy the entire drive contents a huge time-consuming task on a multi-GB drive whereas the beauty of the TM backup is it only copies the CHANGES typically a quick write of many small files. I wonder how a SuperDuper smartupdate would work this is supposed to only copy the files which have changed since the last update. I don¹t really know enough about how time machine works at that level to know if it would just recognise the clone without problem (if the primary TM drive had failed). If the solution DID work OK, I think you would need to be very careful with timing you would not want to be trying to do a smartupdate from your TM drive at the same time as a TM backup was happening. Anyway, David, if I misunderstood your post apologies for hijacking the thread ;o) Ronni, given your knowledge of the intricacies of TM, I would love to hear your thoughts. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/5/11 11:28 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi David, I¹m not sure I understand what you are wanting to do. Since Time Machine cannot back up your Time Capsule's internal hard drive, or a USB drive connected to it, if you have other data there, you'll need a different method to back up that other data. In a pinch, you can disconnect a USB drive from your Time Capsule, attach it to your Mac, and copy or back it up that way. There is a procedure that will let you archive the Time Capsule's internal disk to a USB drive connected to it. But it's not quick; all users will be disconnected from both the internal HD and the connected USB disk while it's running (but the network will remain usable); and it's all or nothing -- you can only use this procedure to copy the entire contents. Post back for more information if this is what you are wanting to do ;-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 ³Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 13/05/2011, at 11:03 AM, David de la Hunty wrote: Taking the discussion one step further, I have a Time Capsule 1TB, also an external 1TB USB HDD Any tricks to setting up a regular complete drive-to-drive backup? Paranoia backup manoeuvre but you deal with this stuff long enough you do get burnt. Does it have to happen from an affiliated computer ie rely on an applescript for the purpose or can a backup routine be configured either directly on the TC or in said affiliated computer? dd On 13/05/2011, at 9:53, Severin Crisp wrote: No. Time Machine will not recognise a drive networked in this way through an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp On 13/05/2011, at 7:22 AM, Paul K wrote: Hi Severin But you can use the drive for TM backups across the network yes? Not sure what you mean by virtual Time Capsule. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
I use CarbonCopyCloner as my regular backup software I can schedule a regular update to my external drive (which i have) and if the drive is not connected at the exact time its supposed to start, it will auto start when it is connected It only updated what is changed between the internal and external drive On 13/05/2011, at 12:43 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: As you point out, the problem with your archiving solution is that you copy the entire drive contents – a huge time-consuming task on a multi-GB drive – whereas the beauty of the TM backup is it only copies the CHANGES – typically a quick write of many small files. Ashley Mulder BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.) PhD Student (Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au a.mul...@curtin.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi Ashley, The question here was not so much what to use as a regular backup but how to back-up the TM disk and still have the backup recognised by TM. Yes CCC does pretty much the same thing as SuperDuper and both can do ³smart² updates where the only thing that is updated is what has changed. There are also other ways of ³synchronising² files/folders/drives. The thing is if you use SuperDuper (or CCC) to clone the TM drive, and then keep it updated with ³smart² updates and then your ³main² TM drive dies - will the cloned drive perform in the same way as the original did: * will TM recognise the cloned TM drive as the TM drive * will it be searchable as before for previous versions of a file * will you be able to ³restore² a file using TM as before * most importantly, for the first TM backup using the cloned drive, will it continue to incrementally backup or will it treat it as a ³new² drive and do a complete ³new² TM backup. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/5/11 12:59 PM, Ashley Mulder at ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au wrote: I use CarbonCopyCloner as my regular backup software I can schedule a regular update to my external drive (which i have) and if the drive is not connected at the exact time its supposed to start, it will auto start when it is connected It only updated what is changed between the internal and external drive On 13/05/2011, at 12:43 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: As you point out, the problem with your archiving solution is that you copy the entire drive contents a huge time-consuming task on a multi-GB drive whereas the beauty of the TM backup is it only copies the CHANGES typically a quick write of many small files. Ashley Mulder BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.) PhD Student (Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au a.mul...@curtin.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Fwd: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Sorry folks .. I meant to say Airport Extreme. Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Chape ch...@westnet.com.au Date: 11 May 2011 10:31:43 PM AWST To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ? Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
I have a D-Link DSL-504T and an Airport Express which I find is a great, trouble free combination. Doing it again from scratch I would go for a Time Capsule instead of the Airport Express. Severin Crisp On 11/05/2011, at 10:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/ Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
OOPS, same typo, Airport Extreme not Express for me too Severin Crisp I have a D-Link DSL-504T and an Airport Express which I find is a great, trouble free combination. Doing it again from scratch I would go for a Time Capsule instead of the Airport Express. Severin Crisp On 11/05/2011, at 10:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/ Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
