I want to move to network-attached storage. I've got two Macs and am trying to decide between buying an Airport Extreme or Seagate GoFlex.
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posted by blueshammer
on Nov 23, 2012 -
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I have a newer Macbook Pro and whenever I move it around my house, Airport stops working and won't work again until I reboot. What gives?
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posted by deern the headlice
on Nov 2, 2012 -
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Mac OSX Networking: Can I configure different applications to use different Network services to connect? How do I do that?
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posted by vacapinta
on Sep 21, 2011 -
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Quite suddenly, my modem works if I plug it into a machine, but not when I plug it into an Airport Express. Comcast says it's not their fault. Any idea what's going on? Every detail I can think of is inside.
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posted by jaybeans
on Dec 29, 2010 -
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Macfilter: If airport is on and I also have an ethernet cable in, which one is it using for internet?
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posted by rileyray3000
on Nov 29, 2010 -
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Help please. I consider myself pretty capable when it comes to computers and the internet and networks, but I can't fix this. I have two Windows 7 laptops and one Mac laptop with an older Airport Extreme and a brand new Arris WBM760A modem that won't play nice.
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posted by evilbeck
on Nov 25, 2010 -
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Non-Mac guy w/ Mac problem. GF's Mac connected perfectly at our old house via an Airport. At new house, it "sees" the wireless network, but...
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posted by davidmsc
on Aug 22, 2010 -
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A few days ago, I woke up to the sound of my MacBook fan on full and a totally unresponsive UI (as in I couldn't even turn up the brightness to see the screen, which I'd dimmed overnight). I rebooted, and everything was fine, except the Airport menu bar item said "No Airport card is installed". I've booted from the previous day's backup, I've run System Profiler from the OS X install DVD, and I even replaced the Airport card with a new one (bought from eBay, fitted according to the instructions on iFixIt). All report that I don't have an Airport card. What next?
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posted by caek
on May 13, 2010 -
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After 4 months of smooth sailing, my WiFi has started acting up and (first temperamental page loading; then lock icon disappears when connecting to my secure network; now work computer won't connect at all). Is it my ISP, router, computer, or something else?
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posted by aquanet
on Feb 9, 2010 -
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I'm trying to set up an AirPort on my Mac and I'm having some issues. It's asking for OS X 10.4 and I'm running 10.5 but it still doesn't work. Any clue as to why this is happening?
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posted by Joseppi
on Nov 30, 2009 -
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I have a MacBook Pro running OS 10.6.1, and an Airport Extreme Base Station. Is there a user-friendly way to see if someone is trying to use my internet connection or hack into my network?
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posted by invisible ink
on Nov 10, 2009 -
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What is the difference between an Apple Airport
Express Base Station, and an Airport
Extreme Base Station? I have a tiny 500-square foot apartment. All I want is to be able to surf the web wirelessly. Can I go with the cheaper Express Base Station? Why is one cheaper than the other (in other words, what can the Extreme do that the Express cannot)?
posted by invisible ink
on Sep 13, 2009 -
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Surely someone on the Internet must know this. How do I get Mac OSX to connect at 300mbps (802.11n wide channel) to my non-Airport Base Station router?
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posted by DecemberBoy
on May 9, 2009 -
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Every night this week my Macbook has stopped connecting to my Airport. Why? How can I fix this?
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posted by meerkatty
on May 5, 2009 -
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how can I set QOS - port 5060 on the apple airport/time machine?
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posted by cg2
on Apr 6, 2009 -
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Can I use one of the ethernet ports on my airport extreme for a network disc or am I limited to USB?
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posted by TedW
on Feb 17, 2009 -
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My macbook can't find my wireless connection. It was working perfectly for the past three weeks, but now it won't connect (I've only had teh internetz for those three weeks).
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posted by nunoidia
on Sep 24, 2008 -
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i live two floors above the wireless router, and my powerbook can't get a strong enough signal. what's the most cost-effective solution?
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posted by twistofrhyme
on Jan 22, 2008 -
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Every time I open up my MacBook (running Leopard), I have to go into the network preferences and re-input my password in order to connect to my wireless network. How can I get it to connect
automatically again?
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posted by tepidmonkey
on Dec 11, 2007 -
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At my parents for Thanksgiving and I need help troubleshooting family Airport wireless! Three Macs, one IP address...FIGHT!
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posted by 235w103
on Nov 21, 2007 -
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I just received my new Airport Extreme. I'm eager to make use of its ability to connect to a USB drive. I'd like to transfer most of my data — songs, movies, and TV shows, in particular — to this drive, and then use it as a central repository for most of my Macs. But these computers already have existing iTunes libraries. What's the easiest way to make this transition? What's the
best way?
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posted by jdroth
on Feb 28, 2007 -
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Are their any competitors to
Airfoil for Mac? I like the program and can't find anything else, but want to make sure I'm not missing something cheaper and/or better b/f I shell out 25 bucks. Thanks.
posted by gregoryc
on Sep 24, 2006 -
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Mixed wireless network: 3 Macs, one Windows XP PC. We're using 40-bit WEP encryption, and for some reason the Windows XP laptop simply cannot stay on the network... why that be?
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posted by logovisual
on Jan 12, 2006 -
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2 year old AirPort Extreme Base Station is haunted. It keeps dropping our connection to the internet. Computers show in Network Preferences as having an IP and being connected to the internet. This happens every 15-30 minutes.
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posted by will
on Oct 31, 2005 -
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I have a Mac at home running 10.3.9. I would like to plug a telephone line into the modem port and be able to call in to it while I'm on the road using my laptop. I don't need or want access to the files, I don't want or need to see the Tibook's screen, or control the computer at home. I just want dialup access to the internet via my cable modem connection at home, more or less rolling my own ISP. Is this possible? If not with my Mac, what about one of those AirPorts? I heard some of them have modems but some of them don't, anyone else doing anything like this?
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posted by pwb503
on Sep 4, 2005 -
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My Airport Extreme Base Station claims I am connected to the Internet via Ethernet, and yet I am not.
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posted by McIntaggart
on Jul 7, 2005 -
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My coworker's Apple Powerbook with Airport Extreme can't use the new D-Link DWL-2100AP. We can see the access point, can see that the access point sees and connects to him, but something about the apple's DHCP or networking config won't pull an IP and also won't work when we set everything manually. Any ideas?
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posted by SpecialK
on Nov 12, 2004 -
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Stupid Mac question - I have an AirPort card, but no base station. I was just visiting my cousin for the weekend, and they have one, and they did
something to my computer to get it to connect to their wireless network (they have all sorts of security on it) and now I cannot have my AirPort card turned on without it automatically connecting to my neighbors' networks. I use an ethernet cable here at home, and I have my configuration set to look for the ethernet connection before a wireless one. I am at a total loss as to what to do to tell it to not automatically connect, short of leaving the card turned off unless I'm using it (and Apple's website is no help, because they assume that you
do want to use it). Any ideas?
posted by eilatan
on Feb 29, 2004 -
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