Airport Extreme keeps freezing

Dear friends,

I have an Airport Extreme (Gigabit) configured as 802.11n (b/g compatible) and an external USB HD connected.

At least, once every day, the Airport "freezes". I loose connection to the base station (internet connection and HD), even loose connection to reconfigure the base. The only way out is to reboot Airport Extreme.

I tried change the configuration to different encryption and frequencys, but the problem persists.

Does anyone have the same issue? Any ideia of how to solve it?

Thanks in advance.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 22, 2007 8:32 AM

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Jan 31, 2008 3:25 PM in response to Shayani

My Airport was working fine - Then all of a sudden, it keeps freezing.

I am having the same problem that has been discussed. I have to keep unplugging or resetting my airport extreme in order to be connected on the Internet. What happened? I don't remember upgrading my Airport? What is firmware? I see that discussed in the earlier comments. How do I downgrade to get the airport working all the time? Can someone give a step-by-step process? I have no idea what to do?
Thanks

Feb 1, 2008 8:10 AM in response to Mark Cornelius

Same here... I have practically the same set up as Cartbran. Got the MBPro and AEBS as an early gift with a 500 Gb Seagate external drive as a Black Friday Circuit City special. I do have one difference. The airdisk is split into three partitions and is formatted as HFS+. HOWEVER, it also shows up under Shared Items as letters and numbers with a Windows-style icon next to it. And sometimes when I can't access the partitions or files through the mac icon I can get to them through the Windows icon. And, more often than not, when accessing the any partition, the partition will show up on the desktop as either a network icon or an airport icon disk. Now, I believe the way apple programmed these is based on the lunar cycle, sunspots, and the price of tea in China.

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