Why does airport express keep disconnecting

I also have a windows xp computer that needs to connect to the internet while the airport time capsule hard cable. However, that xp computer seems not to recognize that the capsule exists and cannot connect to the internet. Can someone help me do this work? I'm not fluent in technical aspects of networks and connections.

On the Sony, I just had to select the wireless network and put the password and everything was good.

With the XP, nothing but problems. Can your computer XP connect to Internet from other networks or simply not yours? Note: You do now that Microsoft does support Windows XP and that she would run as a potential security risk, especially when accessing Internet with it?

However, if you still wish to pursue this, you can try the following to help you get started. You can post to a forum of Microsoft support for troubleshooting of networking with Windows XP problems. To check the settings of network configuration for the correct IP address information, you can do the following:. Step 2. Try to repair the connection. Network connection repair feature to renew the IPv4 network connection setting to try to correct the configuration on your Windows XP device issues.

To access repair network connection, follow these steps:. The Ethernet port on the Airport Express doesn't seem to work. The Eeco product seems to have done a better job to extend a Wi - Fi network in a home.

You posted your comments as an issue. You have a question or a problem that you want to get help related to Apple network so that we can try to help you to? A voltage converter is not necessary. European wireless operated from and the United States channels , so you will need to make sure that you use If you want other users to be able to connect to the wireless signal.

Hi their i hope you can help me I've had this laptop for my Christmas if there 3 months warranty remaining. Streaming of Netflix problem with Airport Extreme. Hello, I have netflix streaming problems, I have an Apple Airport Extreme that my main router, the problem is that I can access netflix app or website, I chose the title I want to watch that one and then an error message indicates Oops, something wen.

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My usb ports are not working properly. Time Capsule and Airport Express keeps disconnecting I have a problem setting up the network at home. It was great to all workers and I get 2.

Any help! What exact models are each of your base stations? Closet of network in the Garage: Cable modem Airport Express netgear switch 8 ports It works pretty well. All my wired connections work fine. Wireless is quite good but cove not enough of space in my house. Thank you! Help, please. I don't know what you're asking. AirPort Extreme is a wireless router.

An iMac is a Mac computer. AirPort Extreme can extend the time Capsule network in one of two ways: 1 for the best performance, the AirPort Extreme is located in the heart of the area where most of the wireless coverage is needed, and it would connect to the time Capsule using wired Ethernet wired, permanent.

Thank you If you think there are setting changes, then it would be better to start over. First of all, you want to make a 'factory' reset on all of your base stations. This will return them to their "out-of-the-box" configuration Once finished, leave them turned off. Then, we put up the Time Capsule TC.

In other words, configure it to provide a secure WiFi network. Once the TC has been configured, verify that the clients on your network can access the Internet with it. If he succeeds, proceed to the next step. If this is not the case, stop and post back with your results. We will now configure all of your base stations for a roaming network. Power-up one of the three stations based AirPort Express. Once again, you will need to use AirPort Utility to continue.

The utility must now find the Express, and if all goes well, it will offer to the Express allows to extend the TC using Ethernet. Then the only way to get Airport Utility to see the Airport Express again is to hard reset it and start all over again, but it keeps dropping out.

I have lost count of the number of times I have rest it by now. I have now read several posts about people having various issues with the Airport Express and am a bit confused wheter it works at all. I have updated the Airport Exp to the latest firmwear and also my router as someone suggested but still with no luck. The green light stays on the Airport Express even when it has dropped off the network and one no longer can use it for Airplay through Spotify as well as the yellow trianlge shows up in the Airport Utility and says "device not found".

Hi Bob, the AE used to work fine since I installed it which is about a year back. This month it went off. Once I reset it pull the power plug , the airport utility discovers it and it works for a couple of minutes and then goes off again and doesnt come online till I reset the power. I've also tried resetting to factory settings and managed to re-configure it using the airport utility. This time it worked for about 10 minutes and went off again.

I've not made any changes in my living room where it has been installed nor have I added any other devices onto the network. Everything is exactly as it was since I first installed the AE. Therefore, I don't see any reason for it to go offline Nov 20, AM. Nov 26, AM. I have an Time Machine as my base station and I am using a 2nd Gen Airport Express with updated firmware to extend my network.

The AE keeps dropping off and flashing the amber light after about one hour. What can I do to fix this issue? Dec 17, PM. Dec 18, PM. Dec 23, PM in response to pgouy In response to pgouy. I definitely think this is a Mavericks issue. My iMac running Mavericks is the ONLY system in the house that drops the network randomly while all other systems never lose the network.

No idea how to resolve this, but here is the workaround I'm posting:. I've had the 'network drop' issue with my Airport Extreme for the last 2 months. It reconnects when I pull the ethernet cable and plug it back in. I've tried downgrading the AE firmware, resetting to factory, etc. Nothing worked. I finally threw in the towel and created a script that monitors my network connectivity and restarts my interface if it senses it has dropped:. I know its a workaround, but its saving me the headache of constantly pulling my cable and putting it back in!

Dec 23, PM. I have the exact same problem. My iPhone remains connected and accesses the internet regularly showing full wifi signal. The Airport Extreme from mid remains connected to the Internet with a green light.

Mavericks on my iMac reports full signal. But no Internet access I notice it because Safari all of a sudded freezes and then shows a gray page The only way to fix it, is to turn off and then on the wifi on my iMac. Then it works again for maybe mins randomly then it stops working again. Interestingly enough it might work for a full day and then in the evening with a freshly booted Mac it starts doing this.

Even a restart or complete reset as I have done soon after Xmas for other reasons of the AE does not help - it works for a while longer and then it starts showing this behaviour on my iMac again. In my opinion it is either the Airport Utility "Monitor Airport Base Stations for problems" function - which I have tried right now to disable completely to see if it makes any change I thought about it might be this, since it is probably polling every few mins and maybe this generates the issue for some unknown reason - it is the only thing that supposedly talks regularly to the AE - when the internet goes down I might be browsing or not - i.

I have been through Linksys, Belkin and D-Link routers. I appreciate the ideas and am trying a couple out now. For the record you can disable security and hide the SSID of the router. It requires new wireless users to manually input the name of your network and makes it effectively invisible to anyone who does not know it is there. Open the airport utility and select the "wireless" tab. Click on "wireless options" and check the box beside "create a closed network".

I do not use this configuration with the AE but have used it successfully with other routers. It has solved multi-platform problems related to negotiating wireless security. So I have an old AE that I've used for years. No problem. Now suddenly it is doing exactly as you say - ie it drops after a matter of five minutes. Green light stays on. Can't be found by the airport utility. Its running the 6. I happened to have access to a newer AE with the n network and later firmware upgrades 7.

And now it seems to work great. So maybe the old hardware just died - but I don't somehow believe it as it still works for a few minutes - seems much more software like. Maybe the latest versions of the software itunes, airtunes etc don't support the old hardware and you're expected to throw it away every few years and start over. But reading this I think something more fundamentally at the core of the AE is at stake. I'd love to tinker with channels and constant IPs and all the rest, but given I can fix this by buying the latest Airport Express, I guess thats what I'll do.

Somewhat grumpily. The alternative is days of changes and waiting for restarts and finding what you just tried doesn't work - which is even grumpier making. Its amazing to me that a thread started in May is as relevant today August How many technology topics can that be true for I have had an AE for 3 years.

In the last 4 months it has become very flaky with it's network connectivity. I have tried all the combinations I can think of and most of those described in this and other threads.

I am not willing to turn off security in my network for this issue. I can get all kinds of different products to play nicely together on my network.

Wireless devices that are 5 years old to the latest in technology. Why is it that this Apple device cannot do it? I found this thread that describes hardware issues with the Airport Extreme. Perhaps it is the same issue with the Express? Jan 1 5 Initialized firmware 6. Jan 1 3 Administrative access denied to ::ffff Jan 1 5 Connection accepted from ::ffff Why is it trying to get administrative access to my main computer?

I don't have the log set to write anywhere? The ports it's trying to use are always different. Can anyone explain what the AE is trying to do here? The AE is not running the network. It's just joining it. There is only one Wireless network available. My neighbors are not that close. First off allow me to thank you Volker for taking the initiative to create this page. If there were to be a club for those like me who have waisted precious moments of their lives troubleshooting Apple related issues for which Apple really doesn't give a damn I would have to be its president Having said that I have search the web for days trying to find a solution to the yet existing problem with the AE and have only found pain and frustration, it felt like walking threw the desert and all I could see were dead or dying bodies.

This is the first place where I seem to have found a solution that might work. I know this is not ideal and if I lived in a large city with many neighbors and potential snoopers I could not sustain this insecurity for long.

But I have the privilege of living in a small village in Spain where I have only one neighbor that has a Wireless network and he does not keep it live all the time, only when he opens his computer. His presence though is not a threat to me as he has very limited knowledge of the Internet and if he does not see my network or for that matter even if he did I am not sure he would know how to connect to it even in its present open state.

Hopefully it will hold and hopefully one day before we all die Apple will have fixed this. I know though that the N norm which is what I am using is still not a standard and many companies have implemented versions of it and all devices are not fully compatible especially in the area of security so perhaps we are being a little too aggressive towards Apple because after all it takes two to tango and my N-Router is not an Apple router.

Oh but wait I did have an Apple Extreme N-based Router that I put away for storage because it kept dropping its connexion to the Internet but without dropping from the network I'm back after four days of trying out the suggested fix and to confirm that it was dead on.

I tried removing all levels of security by setting up a fully open now password protected network. I obviously stopped broadcasting in order to avoid unwanted snoopers.

It worked perfectly with absolutely no drops or disconnection from my Airpot Express. Same results, no drops all worked fine. Then I came back to WPA encryption and it lasted about an hour just until the point I was wondering, hummmm did something I am unaware of happen that it's holding the connexion? But no once it dropped, I reconnected and the constant drops kept happening. SO it looks like the various security levels that exist use different protocols and standards and not all equipments used share the same standards and I would add even with one manufacturer ie Apple Airport Extreme and Airport Express.

I have now taken up the recommended suggestion and stopped broadcasting my SSID removed all security as it also reduces the network speed when you have encryption and have renamed my network using a single character as inconspicuous as possible also to make it more difficult should there be snoopers in the neighborhood. It has been working flawlessly. Thanks again for the help in finding a solution that I will keep until I hear that the industry has adopted a common standard of encryption and that all hardware I use has had firmware upgrades made available.

I also have the same problem with my Aiport Express and also haven't yet found a solution. I have it set up using WPA connecting to an Edimax The solution of disabling security and stopping broadcasting your SSID is not a good idea.

Standard windows clients can't find hidden networks but anyone who is looking around will easily be able to get on, and the thing is if they have the knowledge to find your hidden network the chances are they also have the knowledge to at least get your files, at worst sniff every piece of data you ever send including your precious bank account login details.

If the only option is to disable your security then you should use MAC filtering. This only allows clients that you have specified in your router to connect.

Then if your computer connects wirelessly you need to write down the MAC address of your computer:. Then log into your router, you are looking for a section within the wireless settings that should have a name something like "Access Control", "Access Control List", "MAC Filtering". Every make is different so it's a bit much to describe each one.

I am a grudging member of this fraternity. Everything describe here reflects my situation. I use my AX only to stream audio to my stereo, 10 ft away. Interesting to note is that I've only just begun to experience the dropping of the connexion after upgrading to a D-Link N router. Previously, I ran a Belkin G router that rarely, if ever, dropped the connexion as described.

I upgraded to the N standard after acquiring Comcast cable internet service. Its speedy signal seemed to be more than the G could handle not to mention allowing only 8Mbps throughput. I also run Airfoil and am now running a trial to determine if it is simply an iTunes problem or if it is AX hardware-based. Thanks to all for all of their thoughts and experiences on the issue.

I had also the problem that sometimes the AX disconnected from my network. It is used in bridge mode and several PC are connected over a switch to the AX. At this time an authentication failure appeared in the log file of my access point. Now I disabled the client filtering, re-plugged the AX and restarts the virtual PC to trigger dhcp request and now the AX keeps connected.

It is possible that the AX and the access point get stuck after the dhcp lease has expired I don't know if this will help the problem with airtunes, but I will test it in the next days. I also have AXP problems and haven't found a good solution yet.

The AXP is used just to stream my music to my stereo and it worked good for 5 or 6 months and stopped working consistently in November.