When you say "Use different name for 5ghz...", do you mean on the drop down on the window called "Radio Channels"? The 2.4 GHz channel is already called "2" and the 5GHz channel is called "149". Is that what you mean by name?
Also, where do I "Set fixed channels on both 2.4 and 5ghz."? Is that what the 2 and 149 are? Channels?
Hi
You have fixed the channels but the name is what shows up in the client.. it is called ssid in pc terms.
To set the name for 5ghz different to 2.4ghz, you go to the wireless tab of airport. The main wireless name is on the front page.. but that is used for both unless you go to the wireless network options on the bottom of the page. Click that, and the first option is to change name of 5ghz.. check it and type in a different name.
BTW it is a good idea to spend some time actually going through all the little menu items, so you know what is available.
I'm doing the above on my wife's Mac. She's having no trouble seeing the network drives. The computer that can't see the network drives is a Vista PC.
When I get past this point, can I use the AFP://ipaddress/ or is that just a Apple thing?
I hope this clarifies and I thank you very much for your help!
Ok, vista .. you poor b. the worst MS OS ever, well since ME at least.. ironic Apple have made a big success of i(everything) and MS big disaster was ME.. there is almost no fix for vista.. upgrade to xp.. that is a major upgrade. Or win7 if you have to. Either way is upgrading.
You can definitely tell the AFP://ipaddress is a Mac thing, because the slashes go /// forwards.. whereas Microsoft always go \\\\ backwards.. story summed up there.
So you have internet via the TC but no access to the hard disk??
Open disks/ file sharing in airport utility.
1. Did you setup guest sharing for the disk access, both read and write? Do it, That will help.
2. Did you give the WORKGROUP name correctly to the WORKGROUP used by Vista? Do it, That also will help.
3. Did you open windows explorer and type, \\tcipaddress\ (tcipaddress being the IP address of the TC.. or its netbios name.
4. If the above doesn't work, open a command window and ping the TC by name and IP address. You should also ping vista from the Mac by name and IP address. If the pings fail, remove all firewalls in the OS.. I have forgotten.. but if vista has option for network location like win7 of home work public.. make sure you are in home setting. vista doubtless like windows 7 will occasional move location for the fun of it really.
5. Nothing can fix the wireless in vista.. it is so bad as to warrant the upgrades mentioned above. MS decided to do some mighty odd things with windows zero configuration in vista.. just google for vista lag wireless.
Note I used to be a computer tech but gave up when windows vista came out. it was too bad, too horrible, to upsetting to be worth the irate customers I got when a repaired computer still works like a broken one.. it is just vista and I would happily upgrade them to xp though. Started my move to Mac OS at that time.