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Sigh: I seem to be techno-disfunctional today. OK, partially. I finally got the airport extreme base station to work. After much head bashing, hitting the reset button pretty much did the trick.
Now my issue is with the new Airport Express I just purchased. It's purpose is two-fold: 1) carry my iTunes to my Hi-Fi in the living room via wi-fi! and 2) to plug my Xbox into so it connect to LIVE.
well, I've tried to set it up wirelessly a dozen times. Everytime it got to the "update" section, it would time out and not be able to find it again. Reset. Try again. Finally I plugged it in to the computer directly. Got much further! Even got airtunes working with the gizmo right next to me at the desk. So, thinking it's all good, I walk it over to the living room, plug it in. Nope. Not connecting. The bedroom computer not seeing it at all again. I put an extension chord on it, and lift it out of the rack and sitting on top of the TV, to give as clear a shot as possible. Still no luck. I have both wi-fi's on FULL, so them suckers should see each other from 20' away, even if it is through a interior wall.
Any thoughts on what it could be?
I had absolutely no success with the airport express I tried to set up a month ago. I returned it to Amazon and got my $$ back.
In both cases I would suspect some unknown defect that is not letting the wifi work, while not being something that the inner workings can ID.
It may be something as simple as internal disconnection of the antenna.
Well, it's only a theory.
Do you have an apple store nearby? Maybe they could test it.
I'll see if I can find anything on it.
What model airport base station is it? Does it have amodel number?
brand new express. Runs the 802.11n.
I'm surrounded by Apple Stores. Not a big deal to drop it back off. Just don't want to look like a noob.
SUCCESS!!
I had my work laptop at home. So I plugged it in. Immediately it said there was a firmware update for the lil guy. Strange that I didn't get the notice last night, but whatever. Did the update. It took two tries, but it finally got an IP addy, and I'm connected! Perseverance pays off I guess.
ION: My "moving data" is up to 9%.
Oh, and I need to buy a usb floppy drive.
oh god, only 9%!! And it's been how long? That's a progress bar you can't even watch, it's so slow.
Oh, btw, I found manuals and paperwork on those two cameras. Do you want? Or shall the recycle monster munch on it?
