Airport extreme and the Kindle Fire HD connectivity.
Airport Extreme 802.11ac, iOS 6.1.4
Shouldn't be any problem connecting your Kindle Fire to your Airport Extreme. Depending on the Extreme, it might make any other computers' internet connections run a slight bit slower, but I doubt you're likely to notice much difference.
Thanks for replying but multiple ppl are having this problem since the IP address is in an old format unrecognized by the kindle. Talked to support and they say call my provider and get modem that will recognize old b/g addresses. Any other ideas out there???
One option that seems to resolve the problem with Kindles connecting to the AirPort is to change the Radio Mode on the 2.4 GHz radio to use the "802.11b/g" setting. Note that this would impact any 802.11n clients on this frequency by effectively reducing their data rate to a maximum of 54 Mbps.
You would change the Radio Mode setting in the AirPort Utility, as follows:
If I understand correctly.......waiting at airport indicates in their profile that they have an AirPort Extreme 801.11ac.
Unfortunately, Apple totally removed the Radio Mode setting for the new 802.11ac models in AirPort Utility 6.3.1, so I don't think that there would be a way to adjust to the desired setting of 802.11a/n - 802.11b/g.
I would love to be wrong, though.
Thanks but I get to the part about radio mode and there is nothing called radio mode and a drop down with 1-11. Please advise further. This is the newest extreme so don't know if the tabs have changed but no choice of radio mode??? This has been the most helpful so far, please advise further.
Above you are righto!
Please see my post above.
Looks like you are out of luck. As Bob mentions the Radio Mode option has been removed for the new 802.11ac models. Your only option is to use a different wireless router for your Kindle. Sorry!
I just bought a kindle fire hd and they say the ip address that will work with the kindle must be 802.11 g or b. Can someone tell me how to do this and will it mess up the existing network?
