How to find Airport Extreme DHCP Assigned IP Addresses

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How to find Airport Extreme DHCP Assigned IP Addresses

First of all, I've searched for answers but everything I've seen is either old or does not apply. Thanks in advance for your assistance!

I'm using an Airport Express with several Airport Express' to extend my network and recently changed internet service from DSL to Comcast cable. Updated the Extreme from Bridge to DHDP and everything connects fine.

Selecting the Extreme in Airpoty v6.1, I can see the clients attahed to the Extreme in the popup window, but not wired clients on the Airport Express'. The logs & stats are gone in Airport v6.1. I just asigned an IP for one of my MAC addresses because it needs ot be static. Can anyone tell me how to get a snapshot of EVERYTHING assigned an IP - AEBS and AEs? Or recommend a utility?

Scott

Posted on Oct 13, 2012 7:25 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 13, 2012 7:34 AM in response to MRYFLYGUY

Unfortunately, Apple dropped a number of features and functions in the "upgrade" to AirPort Utility 6.x in Lion and Mountain Lion.

If you are still running Lion, download and install AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion to get those features back. Just keep both AirPort Utility 5.6 and 6.1 on your Mac and use the one that you need.

If you are using Mountain Lion on your Mac, things get more complcated since Apple will not officially allow you install AirPort Utility 5.6 on that operating system.

The workaround is to use a utility like Pacifist to manually extract the application and then manually install it in the Utilities folder. It will run fine this way.

More details here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html

Another workaround....if you have Time Machine backups.....is to back in time to locate AirPort Utility 5.6 and restore it to the desktop. Then drag it into the Utilities folder.

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Answer 2

MRYFLYGUY Author

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Oct 13, 2012 2:04 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Bob, I downloaded the free unpgg app and got 5.6 installed. It's a beautiful thing! Thanks.

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Oct 16, 2012 9:11 AM in response to MRYFLYGUY

Well, I jumped the gun. All of my DHCP devices connected to Airport Express are not displaying in the v5.6 Airport utility.

I have a DirecTV receiver and an ATV connected to two different Airport Express' in the livingroom and both devices are displayed as a DHCP clients on the Airport Extreme. However, I have a SMA Webbox to report solar production connected to another Airport Express in the garage with a DHCP IP reservation assigned and it is NOT displaying on the Airport Extreme. It accesses the network normally to dump data and I can control the device from Safari using the assigned IP but it does not show in the Airport Extreme list of DHCP clients. Could that be a device thing - to not display the assigned IP?

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Answer 4

Oct 16, 2012 9:14 AM in response to MRYFLYGUY

Sorry, cannot help on the SMA Webbox since I do not have one of those devices here to test.

In the meantime, wait 24 hours or so and check the DHCP clients list again.

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MRYFLYGUY Author

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Oct 20, 2012 8:52 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Nope. All DHCP wired clients on Airport Express' are MIA. Oh well, maybe I'll find a network utility one day.

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Answer 6

Oct 11, 2014 9:12 AM in response to MRYFLYGUY

I realize that this is a very old thread but if you still need to find all of the devices on your LAN try a program like "LANScan". This program has a free and Pro version on the Mac App Store.

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