I would like to be able to trouble shoot connection issues whilst in a remote location. I have the airport utility installed on iphone, Ipad, and macbook. I have back to my mac set up on macbook. I do not know how to access the airport extreme base station remotely, however. I read that one is able to do this through back to my mac but I do not know how.
Many thanks.
If you do an Internet search, "How do I access my Apple Airport Extreme Remotely" You will see several Blog posts that address that. They are typically quite Technical so you will have to see for yourself if they help you achieve your goal.
Thank you. After retrieving web results laden with technical references that I was unable to successfully implement, I turned to the Apple community for more straightforward instruction.
In reading a bunch of the discussions on Remote Access to the Airport Extreme, it looks like the key is to establish a permanent IP Address for the AE. Then you will know the target Address and you also would have Back to my Mac turned on on the Airport Extreme. Some of the discussions talked as though you would need a Mac remotely rather than an iOS device to accomplish the Remote Management Tasks.
Back to My Mac...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Thank you WiseJD ... I appreciate your help.
Using the Airport utility I located a router address (drop down menu for Internet Icon).
Using the airport utility, I also located an IP address in drop down menu for the base station.
I have Back to my mac set up the computer that I am using.
I followed the link you posted and came across the Apple article Set NAT options (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5103).
Prior to proceeding, however, I would like to clarify if by following the steps I will achieve the objective of establishing a permanent address for the AEBS. Or, is this not the route to go?
Thank you.
Whilst still in the network I followed the following steps to connect using Back to my mac, but my base station does not show up in the finder-- I clicked show and still it did not show up.
Connect to a remote Mac or AirPort base station in your Back to My Mac network
After you set up each Mac or AirPort base station, you can connect to it remotely:
I understand your goal is to access your AirPort Extreme base station from a remote location.
Accessing an AirPort Base Station Using Back to My Mac (BtMM)
Prerequisites:
Setup:
Apple Support Article HT4907 - Setup and use Back to My Mac Specifically the sections "Set up Back to My Mac" & "Connect to a remote Mac or base station in your Back to My Mac network."
Additional References:
It's very simple, if you know the Internet address of the Airport Extreme. On the local network, open Airport Utility, and log into the Extreme - on the first page, check the 'Allow access over the WAN' connection. Now from a remote site, you can use the Airport Utility, and enter the WAN IP address of the Extreme.
Back to my Mac has nothing to do with this setup, so previos posts did not read (or understand) your question.
One thing you should consider is setting up a Dynamic DNS, so you don't have to constantly figure out the WAN IP address.
Back to my Mac has nothing to do with this setup, so previos posts did not read (or understand) your question.
My response to the OP was based on their reference to Back to My Mac. "I read that one is able to do this through back to my mac but I do not know how."
Your approach, which is one of the three that I am aware of to access an AirPort base station remotely, does not rely on BtMM so you may want to rethink your comment.
Your approach, which is one of the three that I am aware of to access an AirPort base station remotely, does not rely on BtMM so you may want to rethink your comment.
Technically if you use Back to My Mac (or any other remote access method to connect to a local computer), you are controlling the Airport from a local computer, not remotely. While the BtMM approach certainly will work, it is not as efficient as directly conneting to the router via the WAN connection. And if you have to restart the router, you will loose the connection, and may have considerable difficultly in re-establishing the control.😉
I have set up a dynamic DNS. I am now to accomplish port mapping. I have reserved the MAC address. However, I am stuck on the selection of TCP and UDP ports.
I believe it is port 80 I wish to forward. Yes?
"Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
I do not know what numbers to use for
Public UDP ports
Private UDP ports
Private UDP ports
and,
Private TCP ports:
Thank you for your help.
I have tried to use the number 80 following each input request. However, after updating base station and trying the portchecktool.com site, connection fails "timed out".
status has changed from above "timed out" to "connection refused"
Hi Lara -
If you are attempting to change settings on the Airport Extreme remotely, all you really need to do is to set the WAN access. Then use the Airport utility and enter the Dynamic DNS - or public IP to access the Extreme - FROM A REMOTE location.
Back to My Mac - essentially allows you to access files/documents on your home computer via the Internet. To accomplish this, set the BTMM ON in you iCloud Preference, and in the Airport Exteme - log into your iCloud account. In System Preferences, set Sharing - turn on File Sharing, and share a folder. Now when you are away from your home computer, you should see your computer showing up in the Finder sidebar.
If you wish to access another device on your local network using a web browser, then you will use the Port Forwarding settings. If for example, you wish to log into a Web page on a web server in you local network, then you would port forward port 80 to the IP address of the server on your local network. Port 80 is used for web access. Ports 20-21 is used for FTP (File Transfer Protocol - but is broken the Airport Extreme 6th Generation), Port 23 is used for Telenet, etc.
Hope this helps.
Thank you for your help Douglas and Tesserax. I am able to connect to another mac with Back to my mac. However, the base station does not appear in my finder where the other computer appears. Obviously, I have misunderstood some steps. When I try the Mac informational for setting up Back to my mac I seem to have the correct settings-at least for the one computer to which I am able to connect. It is connecting the base station that seems to be the problem.
I have tried reservations and when I do so I am able to connect to the base station but not the Internet.
I have set up a noip dynamic dns. I thought it would be helpful based on what I was advised regarding losing the connection. But all that seems to happen is that the devices in the house are "booted off" the wireless unpredicatably and there is a problem joining the network, especially with IOS devices.
I am wondering if all that I have tried I have inadvertently created a larger problem than the one that I was seeking to resolve which was simply connecting to the base station remotely (from IOS devices) for troubleshooting etc.
I think that you've misunderstood the Back to My Mac functionality of the Air Port Extreme. This link which you've already read (Setup and use Back to My Mac), describes how to add AEBS to the Back to My Mac network to allow you to access USB hard drives connected to it.
"If you want to access files on a hard drive connected to an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Time Capsule, follow these steps to set up Back to My Mac on your base station:"
It never states that you'll be able to remotely administer the AEBS via BtMM.
Try plugging in an external hard drive to your AEBS and I bet it will show up in BtMM.
If you want to administer yor AEBS remotely either follow the steps Douglas provided and remotely connect to the AEBS using the external IP or DDNS name you create. Or, use BtMM to remote desktop into your home Mac and then run Airport Utility from the Mac's remote session.
J
How do I access airport extreme base station remotely?
