Thanks Ronni.... I finally cracked it... and as usual it was because I hadn't followed instructions to the letter!! I have 3 Airport Expresses..... the 2 old ones that I use for speakers and printer which are the old flavour and can only be tasked on Airport Utility 5.6. The Airport Extreme Base Station and also the recently purchased Airport express which I use to extend my network are of course 5ghz.... for some reason my iPad had decided to "attach" itself to the old Airport Express? Why? Anyway I went back and reset both of the old AE's and voila... all good! But it took 3 hours!!
Thanks again as always for your invaluable help. David On 03/04/2012, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi David, I won’t be back on WAMUG Mailing list tonight, I now have Clients work to finish. If your Airport Extreme and Airport Express are both 802.11N you would setup a 'Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station’ On the Extreme you would “Create a Wireless Network” & “Allow this Network to be Extended”. On the Airport Express to “Extend a Wireless Network”. Some Wi-Fi devices use the 2.4GHz wireless band, including iPhone, iPod touch, and devices using 802.11b/g. Other devices can use the higher-speed 5GHz band, such as the latest 802.11n-based Mac computers and Apple TV & iPad. Instead of choosing one of the bands, AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule, & Airport Express 802.11n now operates simultaneously on both bands, and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range. If you need more help setting up a Airport Extreme N Dual-Band Base Station Network , I did a Tutorial some time back which you can download at ronnibrown.net the page is: <http://ronnibrown.net/Airport_Extreme_N_Dual-Band_Wi-Fi_Network.html> I possibly will be around WAMUG Mailing list sometime tomorrow. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 03/04/2012, at 2:57 PM, David Wood wrote: > Sorry about this Ronni.... I think I may have misinterpreted. The DNS > settings are the same on the iMac and the iPad for my home network. Now what > seems to have happened following a firmware update I did on the Airport > Extreme yesterday and also my new Airport Express, which I purchased to > extend my network, is create a second Home Network which has become the > default. The iPad will connect to the old network but not the new one? > I have to take off for a meeting now so will revisit all this a little > later.... thanks so much for your help so far. > > D. > > > On 03/04/2012, at 2:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > Hi David, > > The iPad IP Address will be different to the Airport Utility Network > settings. Your Airport Network will be in Bridge Mode. > The iPad should show the Router DNS. > > Is the iPad connecting to the Network and sending and receiving iMessages and > email and surfing the web on your Wireless Network? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 03/04/2012, at 2:37 PM, David Wood wrote: > >> Hi Ronni, >> >> Oh dear what have I done?!! >> >> The IP address on the Airport Extreme when I check in Airport Utility is >> different to the address shown under Network? And the iPad IP Address is >> different to both of them?!! >> >> D. >> >> >> On 03/04/2012, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> The iPad should connect to the 5GHz Wireless Network if you have a dual-band >> Apple Wireless Network setup. >> On your iPad Go to Settings > Wi-Fi & select the correct 5GHz Network. >> >> It should then connect to that Network in the future. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> >> On 03/04/2012, at 2:10 PM, David Wood wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> >>> OK... now I see the issue.... my iPad is picking up from my old Airport >>> Express, rather than the Airport Extreme Base Station.... hence the >>> different IP Addresses.... how do i get the iPad to link with the Extreme >>> only? >>> >>> D. >>> >>> >>> On 03/04/2012, at 1:52 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> OK, if you can send from your iPhone Network. >>> Check you Wi-Fi DNS settings on your iPad “Home Network”. >>> Settings > Wi-Fi … select your Network then click the arrow to see IP >>> Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS >>> check they are correct. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 03/04/2012, at 1:42 PM, David Wood wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ronni, >>>> >>>> Yes.... they appear to be coming through but then when I reply cannot >>>> send. But now here is a funny thing.... I switched from my home wi-fi >>>> network and used my iPhone 4s as a hotspot and the messages went?!! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/04/2012, at 1:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> Are you receiving iMessages ok? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> On 03/04/2012, at 1:07 PM, David Wood wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I went to a number of forums before getting to this point but was not >>>>> exactly comfortable with what some were proposing. >>>>> >>>>> I have an iPad 2 64GB Wi-fi only model which has suddenly decided not to >>>>> let me "Send" any messages. When I press "Send" the bar at the top of >>>>> the page reaches approx 90% and then stops.... a minute later the >>>>> exclamation mark appears in a red circle to say the message could not be >>>>> sent. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried turning iMessage on and off, I have tried a reset. 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