Airport, Airport Extreme and Airport Express

Airport is the name for Apple's wireless hardware. Airport is 802.11b and is now superseded by Airport Extreme which is 802.11g.

  • Should I close my Airport network? arrow
  • Downgrading the firmware on an Airport Extreme Base Station (5.4 or lower) arrow
  • Running a non-Airport Mac and using dial-up internal modem on the AEBS and can not hang up arrow
  • Persuade Airport Extreme it's 802.11b rather than 802.11g arrow

Windows

  • Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP1) arrow
  • Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (with XP SP2) arrow
  • Problems connecting an XP PC to an Airport Extreme Base Station arrow
  • Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows 2000 PC or laptop arrow
  • Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows Me PC or laptop arrow
  • Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows 98 PC or laptop arrow
  • Patch required if running Windows XP and WPA on an AEBS arrow
  • Running Windows and using dial-up internal modem on the AEBS and can not hang up arrow
  • Connecting a XP PC to a Airport Network via the LAN port of the AEBS arrow

PocketPC

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

Configuration Issues

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

Printing Issues

  • Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express from an XP PC arrow
  • Printing from a Windows XP PC to a printer attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express using Rendezvous arrow
  • Printing to a printer on an Airport Extreme Base Station from Windows 2000 PC arrow
  • Problems with finding Printer Driver on Windows XP when using printer connected to Airport Extreme or Express arrow
  • The iFelix unofficial Airport Extreme and Express Printer Compatibility Listarrow
  • Will this printer work with an Airport Extreme Base Station or an Airport Express?arrow

Non-AEBS Printing Issues

Though these are not all Airport specific, if you have an Airport network, printer sharing can be useful, especially if your printer does not work when connected to an AEBS such as the HP PhotoSmart and All-in-Ones.

  • Printing to a printer on a G5 from an XP PC arrow

Useful Links

Apple Airport Support arrow
Sharing Apple Base Station Experiences arrow

 

Home - Airport - Software - Hardware - Mac OS X - Windows XP - Windows - PocketPC -Wireless - Bluetooth

Content Copyright ©2004-2005 iFelix