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[Fritzi Vanderweel]

InstalledAirport Extreme connected to my PC running XP Pro. Configured my wireless network successfully. Updated to Aiport Utility for Windows ver 5.5.2 and the Airport Utility shows the 'unable to find an Airport wireless device' message and the 'Rescan' button. I uninstalled the upgraded Utility software, unplugged the Airport Extreme, installed the original software from the supplied disc, held down the reset button while plugging the power back in and waited till I got the amber/green fast flashing lights at which time I released the reset button. No change. Then upgraded the Airport Utility back to 5.5.2 and still no change. I can connect to the web from my PC and to an open wireless network named Apple Network f9561d.

That open wireless network that your PC is connecting to will, most likely, be the one provided by your AirPort Extreme. By default, the AirPorts will broadcast an unprotected network with the name, Apple Network NNNNNN, where the Ns are the last six digits of the base station AirPort ID.

Please try temporarily connecting your PC to the AirPort Extreme by Ethernet, and then, try accessing with the AirPort Utility again. Be sure to use the latest version of the Utility. If this still doesn't work, be sure to (temporarily) disable either the WinXP firewall or any third-party software firewall that you may be using on this PC. The AirPort Utility needs certain ports to be opened in order to "find" and communicate with the base station.

PC was/is always directly connected to Airport Extreme via ethernet. Windows XP Pro firewall always has been disabled (double checked). No firewall software. Disabled PC Tools malware protector. No virus protection or scanning software.

Did another factory(?) reset as described before and pressed 'Rescan' button 15 times with no change. Devices connected via wireless are Nexus smartphone & HP laptop running Vista. All can access Internet, but slowly.

Tried rebooting PC several times with no difference. Tried plugging the PC ethernet cable into different ports in the Airport Extreme before I realized that I could always access the Internet from the PC so I was wasting my time : )

Airport Utility software upgrade (no others). As soon as it finished installing, I ran it and ended up with the error. I didn't install anything else or even run any other software. I saved the configuration, checked for and installed the upgrade. I haven't changed ANY settings on the PC or run any software other than Firefox to create my Apple account to report this problem.

Further...4 more factory resets (amber/green flashing), 2 hard resets on square, white airport extreme. Unplugged for 1/2 hour and plugged in power while holding reset button. Same 'Unable to find' message and Rescan button. Windows firewall disabled, no firewall or antivirus software running. Have disabled all the background processes I dare.

PC connected to Airport just fine before upgrade. How would Utility upgrade change the way the PC connects to it? Not complaining, just wondering if different protocols or ports used? Need different hardware or drivers?

Anyway, just got back from work. Airport was unplugged all day. Moved ethernet cable from PC to wife's Vista laptop so laptop is connected to Airport via ethernet cable. Disabled Vista firewall and McAfee antivirus. Installed Airport Utility on laptop, plugged in power cable to the Airport, then upgraded Airport Utility so it's the same version as the PC. Ran utility and could see the Base Station on the left pane. Yay!

Airport ID - F8:1E:DF:F9:56:1E. Bad news is can't configure it. Both 'Manual' and 'Continue' buttons start 'scan for wireless...'. Every option on menu also starts the scan. Scan always finishes with Error 4. Gave laptop back to wife, hooked up ethernet to PC and PC still gets 'Rescan' button.

Unplugged both modem & Airport and hooked up wife's Vista laptop to Airport via ethernet cable to try again. Disabled all firewalls and antivirus software. But this time I thought to disable wireless connections (physical switch) on the laptop. Powered everything up. Created & verified the LAN connection. Started the Airport Utility and got the same behaviour as my PC. Just got the 'Rescan' button and couldn't find the Airport Extreme. Disabled the LAN connection, unplugged the ethernet cable from the laptop, then enabled wireless connections (physical switch) on the laptop. Discovered and enabled the Apple wireless connection. Started the Airport Utility and Bingo, got the Dual Band Airport Extreme with default settings. But, as above, whenever I try to configure it, it scans and says it can't find any wireless devices (Error 4).

Honestly, did the upgrade brick this router? Do I go buy another one? Or should I give up on Apple? I don't have a receipt. It was a gift because I wanted a wireless router that could act as a print server and use an external drive (bought both printer & terabyte xternal HD). I thought it was great, but I only got like 5 minutes use out of it.

Yes, the default LAN-side IP address of the base station is: 10.0.1.1. The AirPort's administration is only by way of the AirPort Utility, there is no telnet interface. I'm not aware of any diagnostics program to test the base station itself. The utility to flash the base station's firmware is the AirPort Utility.

For a couple of weeks the Time Capsule has been randomly disconnecting devices from the network, or taking many attempts to connect a laptop after starting it up again. Fairly frustrating as have had no issues in the 2 years up to recently.

The status light is blinking amber, so I figured I'd just need to update it, but now airport utility doesn't show the TC as being part of the network, just the ghost icon saying there used to be a device on the network. I've tried restarting it and reconfiguring the TC, but I get a generic error message and the process fails, leaving me where I started.

If it does, I would recommend that you change the Internet / Internet Options IPv6 settings on the Time Capsule to Link Local Only as well. Post back if you decide to apply the new settings, and are not sure how to do this.

With the TC powered off.. hold in reset button.. easiest to do this with TC laying flat on a bench.. ports up.. then plug the power cord in without releasing the reset. Keep holding in reset for about another 10sec.. you will see the front led begins to flash rapidly.. then release reset.

Thanks for the help, Bob. I've changed the Wireless settings to IPv6 and Link Local Only as suggested, but there is no option for me to adjust Ethernet settings in System Preferences>Network. The tab doesn't appear on the left with the others. This MBP only has the USB-C ports, not sure if that's relevant?

Unfortunately nothing has worked, including hardwiring it to a Mac Mini from another room. I'm a little fed up for now so I'm just going to unplug it to see if that resolves the connectivity issues, then make a Genius Bar appointment I guess.

I have an old airport express (A1084) that I need to reconfigure. Airport utility 6 says it can not be used to configure this device. I downloaded the 5.6 version but I keep getting an install error. Is there anything I can do about this?

HEY I got it... You have to use eithernet . Wireless doesn't work. defaults to the latest version and won't pickup on the older units. Once i plugged in, and launched the older version things worked fine.

Sorry, but you might want to test out things you assume will work, since the iOS version of AirPort Utility is NOT compatible with the older A1084 version of the AirPort Express, or the A1034 version of the AirPort Extreme.

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I've hooked up the printer to the USB port on my airport extreme basestation. I can successfully print to the printer from my Mac. When I read the AE manual on printing from windows xp, the instructions say, "Follow the on screen instructions to connect your printer."

If you have the printer on a static IP you can add a local printer and add a new TCP/IP port. Enter the IP of the printer and you should be printing.

Disregard my previous answer. Have you installed Bonjour for Windows from the AirPort Utility CD on your Windows XP computer? If not you should do that first, then follow the instructions in Bonjour to add your printer.

Yes, download the Bonjour software. The wizard then walks you right to the connection. If you want to make the choice your default printer, be sure to follow the promopts to go "back" (prior to clicking "finish") so that you can check the "make default" box.

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