Hi, You will need to use that older version of Airport Utility. I expect that since the firmware in the Express is slightly different than that of the Extreme, it's not registering as an Airport device. I've not used that version for a number of years now so I'm not sure on it's Mavericks compatibility but I suspect it should work and allow you to figure out what's going on.
Good luck. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: > guys, > > I have what must be one of the original Airport Extreme Base Stations i > bought it when my wife bought her first Macbook hot off the line in 2003. My > current version of Airport Utility, I believe it's 6.3, claims it can't be > used to operate this Base Station. It sees it. that is, I have enough > vision to see an icon for a Base Station on my screen and that icon is > connected to a globe icon that represents the internet. VO says that the > device is connected to the internet and has a grey light. then it says, > click on the icon to bring up the popover. that's when VO says that my > Airport Utility is too old to deal with this. > > Now, here's why I'm asking. I have an equally old Airport Express. I > plugged it in and it started glowing yellow. Now, it's slowly flashing > yellow. this means that it doesn't see my WI-FI network. > > when I received the message saying that my Base Station was too old for the > software I had, I was told I could download Airport Utility Version 5.6. > Further reading told me that this version of Airport Utility could peacefully > coexist with my current version. so, I guess I could install it. but, since > my current version of Airport Utility seems to be able to see my older than > dirt Base Station, it stands to reason that it should at least identify my > older than Dirt Airport Express, even if it can't talk to it. does that make > sense? I guess my rambling point is that if the current airport Utility > can't even see the Airport Express, I don't see how an older version would > see it. And, if that's true, what do I do to make my Airport Extreme and my > Airport Express talk to one another the way they did years ago? The Base > Station is still doing its job as far as giving me WI-FI in the house. so, I > don't have any plans to scrap it. I just need to know how to get this > Airport Express on my network. > > sorry for the long post. > > Best, > Kevin1 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
