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An Unusually Bad Experience

I just bought one of the new Airport Extremes (802.11n) today and am having a very bad experience. For starters, the new Airport Utility is crashing all the time on my iBook. Second, I am having trouble getting a few devices in my house to recognize the network I have created (Specifically the Xbox 360). Third, I cannot establish a WDS connection between my old Airport Extreme and the new one. I am not very familiar with creating and setting up complex wireless networks, but I didn't have nearly as much trouble with the old one. Any help would be appreciated.

14 in. iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5GB RAM 60GB HDD 1.42GHz G4

Posted on Feb 3, 2007 5:46 PM

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aristobrat

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Posted on Feb 3, 2007 6:25 PM

I had a sort of similar problem.

I got the new Extreme today and wanted to add my old Extreme and Express as WDS clients (acting as bridges to TiVos).

After I setup the new Extreme, the old Airports didn't show up in the AirPort Utility program, so I wasn't sure how to add them to the network.

What I ended up doing was pressing the reset button on each of them for 5 seconds, waiting for them to finish rebooting, then refreshing the AirPort Utility program.

Both of the old Airports showed up. I clicked on the first one, chose "Connect to my current wireless network", and then followed the wizard. It took about 5 minutes total to get both of them configured and running.

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Jamie Green Author

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Mar 29, 2007 2:21 PM in response to Daniel Montiel

So does the new AirPort Base Station update fix the problem? I would try it, but our Xbox 360 is in for repair :\ *Rolls Eyes*

Apr 2, 2007 11:27 AM in response to Jamie Green

Okay I got my Airport Extreme working with my Xbox 360 (which I bought the official Xbox Wireless Adapter for). I had some initial trouble but then found this solution online:
"http://www.25experts.com/index.php?article_id=22" I did everything except for the last step which is:

"Internet:DHCP settings (I think) and reserve an IP address for your 360 based on it's MAC settings to make sure it gets the same IP all the time. In the NAT options, select that IP as the "Default Host" so as to cause no issues with XBox Live functionality."

and got online. Now I just bought an Apple TV and I'm going to set it up tonight. I wanted to know whether or not I have enable "n"again.

Jamie Green Author

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Apr 12, 2007 6:39 PM in response to Jamie Green

Well not only has the new firmware update still neglected to fix the problem with the Wireless Adapter for the Xbox 360, it seems our 1 year old printer (HP PSC 1610) has lost support on the AirPort's Bonjour printer sharing. Now this isn't confirmed; I may be doing something wrong. I cannot see the printer while it is plugged into the new AirPort (802.11n), but I can when it's plugged into the old one (802.11g) Can anyone else with the same printer verify this? It seems I just have to use my old Extreme for features I need more and more instead of the new one...

Apr 17, 2007 10:23 AM in response to Jamie Green

Does anyone know if xbox 360 will work with an Airport network with a Graphite Base Station?

or is MAC Address filtering the best option?

Apr 25, 2007 10:40 AM in response to edgevox@mac.com

Holy cow, edge, thank you thank you thank you. I am really not so bright when it comes to technical things, and even I was able to follow that article.
After two days of tech support and research, I am online with my new AEBS and Xbox...thanks, dude.
http://www.25experts.com/index.php?article_id=22

Apr 25, 2007 11:36 AM in response to halakahiki82

Does anyone know if xbox 360 will work with an
Airport network with a Graphite Base Station?

or is MAC Address filtering the best option?

I have a X360 and have used it w/ Airport Extreme (non-N) and the new Airport Extreme 802.11n--each works fine, but i'm afraid I've never tried it w/ a Graphite. 😟

Apr 25, 2007 11:43 AM in response to Guapo Gringo

I have a X360 and have used it w/ Airport Extreme
(non-N) and the new Airport Extreme 802.11n--each
works fine

Gringo,
did you have to disable the "n" to get the XBox 360 Wireless Adapter to be recognized? Because that's what I had to do to get it working after following these steps. http://www.25experts.com/index.php?article_id=22
Right now I don't have Xbox Live because I refuse to give up the "n" speed boosts that my Apple TV gets. Any advice?

Jamie Green Author

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May 11, 2007 12:16 PM in response to Jamie Green

Well with the new May update for the 360, all is fixed :D!

An Unusually Bad Experience