Q: I've reset the airport extreme to its factory settings and use airport utility but still wont connect, how to solve the problem...
I've reset the airport extreme to its factory settings and use airport utility but still wont connect, how to solve the problem...
Posted on Jul 6, 2013 1:21 PM
LOL.. I was thinking you were having AC problems and your using a pre-N wireless extreme.. no wonder you have problems..
You cannot use any version 6 utility .. it has to be setup with v5.. and you cannot load directly v5 into Mountain Lion.. see if you have a windows PC .. the latest version utility is v5.6 for that.. or lion or prior Mac OS..
Otherwise you are forced to load 5.6 onto mountain lion with a bit of trickery.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
Leave the package open on the desktop so you can see the file. AirportUtility56.pkg
2. Download and install unpkg.
Run unpkg on the desktop.. If your Mac refuses to run the software, because it wasn’t downloaded from the Apple store, go to security in preferences and allow other software to work.. this is limitation of trade methinks. You can set back later if you like.
Now drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. in finder, open the new directory, drill down.. applications, utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall version 6 (now 6.3 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. although I have had no problems when doing so.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0
There are other methods.. just google if you don't like this one.. but the principle is the same.. you need to unpackage the utility and load it manually.
Posted on Jul 6, 2013 9:12 PM