Oh, cool, a description section. Well, I pretty much asked it all in the heading. My airport utility won't pick up my airport extreme on the scan even though it's currently connected to its wireless network. I turned my firewall off.
AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Gen), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Is the Router set up as closed or hidden?
Does it not show up under the Airport/Wifi icon when connected?
I don't believe so. I have a hidden network as well as a guest network if that's what you mea
I reset the router and was able to work with it in airport utility. However, after closing Airport Utility, the same issue happened again.
When I scan for wireless devices, it reports no devices found even though the computer is currently connected to my airport's network.
Hmmm, To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Accounts, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does Airport scan work in the new account?
Turn the router OFF by unplugging the AC power cord. Then replug and power ON.
Cheers, Tom 😉
Yes, I have tried turning it off and on again. To no avail. Only resetting it helps.
Resetting what how works?
Holding down the little button on the back of the airport extreme. Sorry, I reread and saw how confusing my posts were...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
See if that works, also see if logging out & back in works.
I tried this but my light is still blinking amber… Do you or does anyone else have any suggestions? I have internet connection and this is a brand new AirPort Extreme that I just got in the mail. I have set it up, but the amber light is still blinking. Additionally, the AirPort Utility cannot detect it. I have tried to detect it several times with no success. Any tips? And I have the 6.3.1 version of the AirPort Utility application.
jandldolan wrote:
I tried this but my light is still blinking amber… Do you or does anyone else have any suggestions? I have internet connection and this is a brand new AirPort Extreme that I just got in the mail. I have set it up, but the amber light is still blinking. Additionally, the AirPort Utility cannot detect it. I have tried to detect it several times with no success. Any tips? And I have the 6.3.1 version of the AirPort Utility application.
This thread is way too old.
Please start a new post and give details about your Airport (make/model/etc...). Describe what you did in the new post. And are you really running 10.5 Leopard?
You might want to post this in the Airport forum <AirPort>, or if you think it is a Mac OS X problem, then the forum specific to your version of Mac OS X.
Are you running OSX 10.8.5?
Very unhelpful,but...
Wi-Fi base station: Understanding and resolving a blinking amber status light - Apple Support
Maybe a Hard Reset?
My airport utility scan won't pick up my router even though it's currently connected to it. No firewall on.
