Often the computer will fail to start up bonjour which is necessary for auto finding the Airport.
What model is your Airport Extreme The v5 utility on windows does work OK.
Seems like this might be becoming a question for Super User. The alternative to the Mac is using iOS version airport utility. As suggested, I tried to set up the Time Capsule to extend the existing wireless network here. I'm now trying to set the Time Capsule up manually in Airport Utility. I have restored the backed up data to my laptop by connecting the Time Capsule and the laptop via an ethernet cable. The AirPort icon in the menu bar does its "searching." animation forever until I turn wifi off and on again, at which point it connects immediately to the wifi network here.
After I change the settings and the Time Capsule restarts and begins to flash amber again, though, I am having trouble re-connecting my MacBook Pro to the regular wireless network here. This is normal, and I connect to Apple Network 2189a98 or whatever just fine. After I do a hard reset of the Time Capsule and look for it in AirPort Utility, I'm warned that I'll have to switch my wireless network to the one being broadcast by the Time Capsule in order to configure it. I haven't made any progress, but I have potentially noticed another symptom. So: what step am I missing in getting my Time Capsule set up to join an existing wireless network? (Which might even be faster than doing it over the air.) But, I don't have a spare ethernet cable lying around here - and more importantly, I want to be able to just plug the Time Capsule into a power outlet, shove it under the bed or something, and have Time Machine continue to back me up on schedule. If worse comes to worst, I can tell the Time Capsule not to do anything wireless, and just connect it to my computer with an ethernet cable to perform my data restore. Ran into the same problem: flashing amber, can't find the Time Capsule in AirPort Utility or in Finder. There can be many events which may have resulted in the system files errors. The corrupted system files entries can be a real threat to the well being of your computer. I found the Time Capsule 10293 network it started broadcasting, and again asked it to connected to the wifi network here. The Connection Airport Utility Error 10057 error may be caused by windows system files damage. Tried a hard reset, which started to work. 4 hours ago &0183 &32 The City covenants and agrees that pursuant to Sections 25 through 27 of the Act, the lawful holders of the Revenue Bond shall have a statutory mortgage lien upon the Project and the extensions. The network it was broadcasting disappeared, and I could not see it in Finder or in AirPort Utility while connected to the wifi network here. So I connected to its impotent wifi network and fired up AirPort Utility, where I reconfigured it to connect wirelessly to the network here. I plugged it into power and, not having an ethernet cable plugged into it, it flashed amber. I unplugged it and brought it down here to my temporary abode. I had the Time Capsule set both to back up my files automatically and to broadcast a wireless network in my old apartment. Now it's time to restore the data I have backed up on a Time Capsule I purchased in. But a little hope is better than nothing, so if you have any ideas please let me know.ĭo you think (i) the iTunes problem, (ii) the problem with the Dell laser printer not connecting (through both USB and ethernet) and (iii) the Airport Utility problem are related? I might be able to live with Airport Utility not seeing the device, but I really want to use it for the other two things.I've successfully installed Lion after my little hard drive fiasco. It seems a lot of different things can go wrong with this device. Enter the base station’s administrative password, if prompted.
Select your base station and click the Edit button. Launch Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility. So I am holding out very little hope that someone has a magic bulltet. In AirPort Utility, you can disable a base station offering WiFi service. I read a LOT of people have the problem where Airport Utility does not see the Airport, but, to the extent people were able to solve the problem, no two solutions were identical. I regret not keeping the box because if I could return it my $99 could be better spent. Initially, my thought was to have an Airport Express for each desktop computer in order to avoid internal access points, which have problems of their own. At this point, I just want to use it as an Access Point in order to share two printers (one by USB and by ethernet) and to stream from iTunes.