Q: Airport Utility & Time Capsule-not showing up...
Good morning all! I have an older TC (not sure how old but at least 3 years old) that shows up in Airport Utility on my iPhone but not on my Mac. I have my TC in Bridge mode.
Sometime during the night we lost our internet connection so this morning I restarted my Comcast modem/router. It looked like my TC started up just fine but when I open Airport Utility on my Mac it's not there but if I open Airport Utility on my iPhone 6 it's there. I am wondering why it's showing up on one and not the other...
Thank you for your valuable insight and knowledge! Judy
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), iPad (4th gen); iPhone 6
Posted on Aug 26, 2016 4:51 AM
On your Mac.....
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Network
Click on WiFi on the left panel to highlight it
Click Advanced at the lower right of the window
Click the TCP/IP tab at the top of the next window
Make sure the the setting for Configure IPv6 is set to Link Local Only
Click OK
Click Apply in the next window that appears
This will bring you back to the main Network window again
Click on Ethernet to highlight it, then perform the same steps as above
After you have clicked Apply, shut down the Mac, then restart it
If the Mac can now "see" the Time Capsule, then some IPv6 settings will likely need to be changed on the Time Capsule using AirPort Utility.
No guarantees here. The changes help some users and not others.
Posted on Aug 26, 2016 8:52 AM