Snow Leopard and Snow Base Station-Not able to access

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Snow Leopard and Snow Base Station-Not able to access

Is there any way to access and configure the snow base station via Snow Leopard? I used the old Airport Admin Utility on 10.5 but now Snow Leopard doesn't allow me to use that utility. The new Airport Utility won't recognize or configure the snow base station, and I am having a hard time finding the equivalent WEP key to let others access it. HELP!

I have internet access, but not access to the base station. Ugh!

Macbook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.5GHZ, Mac OS X (10.6), Snow Leopard

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 10:51 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 28, 2009 11:00 PM in response to Reed Benedict

Why do you need to access or reconfigure your base station? I configured mine years ago and haven't touched it since.

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Answer 2

Aug 28, 2009 11:30 PM in response to AirPort-Guy

Access to the base station is a good indicator of wireless network access within the home network. I am facing similar problem - extremely slow access to the base station as well to the internet.

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Answer 3

Tesserax

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Aug 29, 2009 1:22 AM in response to Reed Benedict

Apple provided an update to the AirPort Admin Utility specifically for the older Graphite & Snow AirPorts. Unfortunately, this update, known as the AirPort Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow 4.2.5, is not (currently) compatible with Snow Leopard.

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Answer 4

Aug 29, 2009 9:33 AM in response to Tesserax

Tesserax - so does that mean I am out of luck at the moment, and there's no work around you're aware of? Just checking. I guess I might have to wait for an update. There's really never been a reason to replace my snow airport router.

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Tesserax

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Aug 29, 2009 9:56 AM in response to Reed Benedict

Yes, unfortunately at this time, there is no update. You would need to use a non-SL computer with the AirPort Admin Utility to administer the Snow. Although I don't have a Snow to try it, it may be possible to do the administration from a PC as well.

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Answer 6

Sep 3, 2009 7:34 AM in response to Reed Benedict

I was just told by friends that once I up grade to Snow Leopard, my Airport Snow would no longer work. Is this correct?

Does Apple really no longer support a perfectly operating product they manufactured. But I can use any 3rd party pieces of crap to connect?

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Answer 7

Sep 3, 2009 11:22 AM in response to nikromatt

The airport snow works, in the sense that you can still access the internet. I am using airport snow right now.

The airport snow does not work in the sense that you can't access the base station, change any settings on it, or get the wep password for a friend or another computer if they want to use it.

It's stupid. Apple needs to support snow base station instead of forcing upgrades.

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Answer 8

Sep 6, 2009 4:49 AM in response to Reed Benedict

There is a free open source java utility to configure Airport Snow/Graphite base stations:
"Airport Base Station Configurator"
http://gicl.cs.drexel.edu/people/sevy/airport/

This is a java application. Make sure you download the UNIX/Windows version, NOT the Mac Classic version.

To run it, you need to unzip the package first. This will create a folder called 'configurator_20'. Then in a terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) type 'java -jar /Where/You/Unzipped/The/Package/configurator_20/Airport2BaseStationConfig.jar'.

Hope this helps.

Wouter 😉

PS: While this is a fully functional workaround, I really hope Apple releases an update to their application.

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Answer 9

Sep 6, 2009 10:02 AM in response to Wouter Depuydt

Wouter!

Thank you so much, at least this is a great work around! Hooray!

-Reed

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Answer 10

Sep 7, 2009 6:58 AM in response to Wouter Depuydt

I didn't have to go into terminal at all. just double clicking the jar file in 10.5.8 & 10.6 was enough. I successfully was able adjust my port mapping settings and able to broadcast using nicecast in the 10.6 environment. awesome awesome find Wouter. Tres Bien!

Now it's time to upgrade for real i think! This airport deal was the last puzzle piece and saves me from buying a new base station. I'm using the old Graphite one from 2001!

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