Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-07 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Hi, Open the disk image file and go down and look for either the .app file or the package installer. If it's an .app file, copy it to your apps folder, then run it. If it's a package installer, open that and it'll run you through the installation. hth, Cait On Feb 7, 2014, at 2:39 AM, Kevin

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, According to this Apple article: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US there is a version specifically for Lion. If that's the one that wasn't working for you let me know or let me know the exact error it's giving you. Otherwise, hope this helps. Later... Tim

Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Kevin Gibbs
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

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
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

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Kevin Gibbs
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

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Kevin Gibbs
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

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
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

Re: Current version of Airport Utility can't see ancient BAse Station or equally ancient Airport Express

2014-02-06 Thread Kevin Gibbs
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