tim, I found an article that explained the reason for my inability to install Airport Utility 5.6. Apparently, the installer won't play nice with Lion. but, an article I read said that I could get around this by getting a piece of shareware called Pacifist. Now, here's my problem. I come from the PC world where one simply looks for the .EXE file and hits ENTER on it. In the Mac world, I have no idea what the equivalent of an executable file is. so, I can open the disk image. But I don't know what I'm looking for, or how far down to drill to find it. so, when I guessed I'd found what I was looking for and copied it to a safe location, opening the file didn't run the utility because I must not have copied or installed enough components to get the job done. Could you give me any sense of what I'd be looking for if I were trying to get around an installer?
thanks, Kevin On Feb 7, 2014, at 12:19 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > The little hole is between the audio jack and the edge of the unit. You will > likely still have problems though if you can't get the older software > installed. > > Later... > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 6, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> tim, >> >> following up on my earlier messages, I know that this old Airport Express >> had been assigned a password when we wanted to use it as a hub for multiple >> Wifi devices when traveling abroad last year. the curious thing is, when I >> plug the Airport Express into the wall, My Mac Mini recognizes a second >> network called Kevin Gibbs Network in addition to my regular house network. >> Unfortunately, I can't remember the PW to the airport Express. I'm asking >> my wife for it now. Assuming I can't remember it, I also can't seem to find >> a hole on the Airport Express into which one would insert a paperclip to do >> a hardware reset. I've found an audio line out, a USB and an ethernet jack. >> But I can't find anything that looks like what you need for a hardware >> reset. I know it can be done. How? >> >> thanks, >> Kevin >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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. 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