AIRPORT UTILITY NOT SHOWING BASE STATION PASSWORD
Even worse, that password is visible in clear text, to anyone with access to the app, by tapping the Edit button for a base station and then navigating to Advanced > Show Passwords! The only way I was able to get AirPort Utility to forget passwords was to restore my iPhone’s firmware and then restore data from a backup. (Note that the AirPort Utility iOS app currently has a gaping security flaw: Once you enter a base station’s configuration password, that password is saved, with no way to force the app to forget it-not even by deleting the app and reinstalling it. On the iPad, a pop-over menu is used instead.) Once the password is accepted, you can get into reviewing or changing the device settings in earnest. (On the iPhone, this is a subsequent screen. Tap a base station and you’re prompted for a password, which is stored in the app. Tap the Internet, and it shows the current network status, IP address, DNS servers, and the domain name if one’s assigned. I’m dying to see what a network with 50 base stations looks like-you can pinch and expand to pan around the network graphic.
The illustration is hierarchical, with the Internet on the top layer, followed by the coordinating base station, and then the others. In a screen capture provided by Apple in the App Store, a network is shown in which a main base station connected to broadband in turn provides network access (and DHCP-assigned addresses) via a wireless link, shown as a dotted line, and a wired Ethernet connection. On more complicated networks, the illustration becomes much more useful. That dot turns yellow with errors and red with show-stopping problems, such as a dead Internet feed.ĪirPort Utility shows the topology of the network: the base stations that comprise it, and the connections among them. Note that a green dot appears next to the Internet if it’s available, and next to each properly configured base station. This is neatly depicted as a giant globe for the Internet, with solid lines linking it to the three base stations. My home network is currently set up with three base stations, all of which obtain private addresses via DHCP from a cable modem to which they are connected via Ethernet. The app shows the correct hierarchy and differentiates between wired and wireless links. Topology defines the connections among devices, and as the author of books about Wi-Fi and AirPort since 2002, having a program present a visualization of your network before you even dive into troubleshooting or extending it is a godsend. Meanwhile, my iPod Touch recognized the base station and allowed me to set up a network, no problem.The first thing you see when you launch AirPort Utility for iOS on an existing network with multiple base stations is what I’ve been wanting in the desktop version for years: a graphical schematic (with accurate icons for each variety of hardware) that shows network topology. away from the G5 tower under the desk).I'm really at a loss. I've tried restarting the computer, unplugging and replugging both the modem and base station, repositioning the base station (it's sitting on my desk at the moment, a mere 3 ft. I have the wifi icon on the menu bar, so I assume the card must be installed okay. or if it does, gives me an unspecified error message when I click "continue" to try to configure it.
But when I open Airport Utility(5.5.3), it either doesn't recognize the base station at all. The base station is connected to my modem with the same cable that formerly connected modem to computer.
AIRPORT UTILITY NOT SHOWING BASE STATION PC
I have a Power PC Mac G5 (OS 10.5.8) with an Airport Extreme Card plus external antennae, and have just purchased an AirPort Extreme Base Station. I didn't get any replies, so thought I'd try over here too. Apologies to those of you who may have seen this thread over on the Peripherals forum.
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