I am trying to get my second Airport Extreme to extend my wireless network but every time I tell it to do it during the setup process using airport utility I get a message saying "An unexpected error occured. Try again."
Any help/ideas?
Thanks Guys/Girls
AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Gen), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
sorry to chime in almost 5 years on however, I've just hit the same issue. everything was fine until post upgrade of software. now i am having the same issue. i cannot even reset the base station to factory settings anymore??
i just solved my own issue. turns out i needed to factory reset my newer airport extreme and set everything up again. now both devices are working perfectly. one as the main wifi the other as the extension. hope this helps.
I am having the same issue.
Are you using another router brand (not Apple) for the main wireless network?
I am using a MyMax MWR/WR923-BK 802.11n router. When setting up the Airport Extreme it can find the wireless networkg but stuck on the "waiting for Airport Express..." message then comes the error message. After the message, the Airport Utility can't find the AE anymore and I need to reset it.
The network router is set up to enable network extension and the password is WPA.
Anybody?
I've tried a hard reset and doesn't work. This is what I got all times.
BTW my Airport Express firmware is 7.6.1
Well, thanks for the screen shots, but I already had figured you were using that PoS 6.0 version of AU.
Download the more reliable 5.6 version..
AirPort Base Station: How to set up and configure an 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express in OS X Lion
Thanks for the info.
I downloaded the Airport Utility 5.6 and I could JOIN the network.
But I couldn't EXTEND the network as planned. I received a messa that "THIS NETWORK CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
I read several posts saying Airport Express will not wirelessly extend wireless networks from other router brands, but I still don't believe. I've tried to configure it manually, setting up IP's, DNS and other info to avoid conflict but... I can't find the main router's configuration for "ENABLE THIS NETWORK TO BE EXTENDED" (like all Airport models).
Is there any advanced config to make this network extendable?
You are trying to do something that isn't supported. Apple's Extention system is a proprietory format, and not a standard.
"An Unexpected Error Occured. Try Again."
