Airport, Airport Extreme and Airport Express

Airport is the name for Apple's wireless hardware. Airport is 802.11b which was replaced by Airport Extreme which is 802.11g. Apple have just released a new 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station.

802.1n Airport Extreme

• The iFelix unofficial 802.11n Airport Extreme Printer Compatibility List
  
  
• The iFelix unofficial 802.11n Airport Extreme Hard Drive Compatibility List
  
  
• Which Airport Extreme 802.11n do I have?
  
  
• How to install Airport Utility 5 if you have lost the original CD...
  
  
• Can I use WDS with the new 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station?
  
  
• Can I scan with the 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station?
  
  
• Why in the UK do I only get 2.5x the speed with the new 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station, whilst everyone else gets 5x the speed?
  
  
• Can an Apple TV use media files on an Airport Disk?

802.11g Airport Extreme and Airport Express

These guides refer to the older original 802.11g Airport Extreme Base Station and the Airport Express. Most of these guides will be relevant when using the new base station.

• The iFelix unofficial Airport Extreme and Airport Express Printer Compatibility List
  
  
• Should I close my wireless network?
  
  
• Should I be using MAC address access control to restrict client access to your wireless network?
  
  
• Downgrading the firmware on an Airport Extreme Base Station (5.4 or lower)
  
  
• Running a non-Airport Mac and using dial-up internal modem on the AEBS and can not hang up
  
  
• Persuade Airport Extreme it's 802.11b rather than 802.11g
  
  
• Original Airport Card Alternatives
  
  
• AirPort base station differences - now updated to include the new 802.11n base station
  
  
• Buy Apple Airport or cheaper stuff?
  
  
• Is it possible for iTunes to send a single AirTunes stream to multiple Airport Express base stations?
  
  
• Airport interference issues
  
  
• Where should I place my Airport Express to boost my signal?
  
  
• Can I scan with the 802.11g Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express?

Airport and Windows XP

• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP1)
  
  
• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP2)
  
  
• Problems connecting an XP PC to an Airport Extreme Base Station
  
  
• Patch required if running Windows XP and WPA on an AEBS
  
  
• Running Windows and using dial-up internal modem on the AEBS and can not hang up
  
  
• Connecting a XP PC to a Airport Network via the LAN port of the AEBS
  

Airport and Windows Vista

• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows Vista Business Edition PC or laptop
  
  
• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows Vista Home Edition PC or laptop - coming soon...
  
  
• Problems connecting a Vista PC to an Airport Extreme Base Station
  
  
• Connecting a Vista Business Edition PC to a Airport Network via the LAN port of the AEBS - coming soon...
  
  
• Connecting a Vista Home Edition PC to a Airport Network via the LAN port of the AEBS - coming soon...

Airport and other flavours of Windows

• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows 2000 PC or laptop
  
  
• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows Me PC or laptop
  
  
• Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows 98 PC or laptop
  

Airport and PocketPC

• Accessing an Airport wireless network from a wifi enabled PocketPC 2003

Airport Configuration Issues

• Configuring an AEBS in OS 9.x
  
  
• Opening port 5353 in the Windows XP Firewall to enable an XP PC to configure the Airport Express and use AirTunes
  
  
• Blue Screen when attempting to configure an Airport Extreme Base Station (or Airport Express) with a Sony VAIO PCG VGNA97XP

Airport Printing

• The iFelix unofficial Airport Extreme and Express Printer Compatibility List
  
  
• The iFelix unofficial 802.11n Airport Extreme Printer Compatibility List
  
  
• Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express from an XP PC
  
  
• Printing from a Windows XP PC to a printer attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express using Bonjour
  
  
• Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station from Windows 2000 PC
  
  
• Problems with finding Printer Driver on Windows XP when using printer connected to Airport Extreme or Express
  
  
• Will this printer work with an Airport Extreme Base Station or an Airport Express?
  
  
• Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express from an Windows Vista Business Edition PC - coming soon...
  
  
• Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express from an Windows Vista Home Edition PC - coming soon...
  
  
• Printing from a Windows Vista Business Edition PC to a printer attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express using Bonjour - coming soon...
  
  
• Printing from a Windows Vista Home Edition PC to a printer attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express using Bonjour - coming soon...

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Useful Links

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