Lara Doan1

Q: How do I access airport extreme base station remotely?

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.

Posted on May 10, 2014 12:45 PM

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  • by Jmanis,Helpful

    Jmanis Jmanis May 27, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Lara Doan1
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    May 27, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Lara Doan1

    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

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