I'm actually running Lion. and I couldn't install the Airport Utility 5.6. there was a problem with the installer and it failed four times in a row. I give up, I guess. On Feb 6, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> 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 a topic in the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/macvisionaries/0Xq9sLTXCDQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
