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From: Richard Maine on 24 Oct 2009 16:20 Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > Now, for the first time, the Express's light is flashing alernately > green and orange. What does this signify? Not recalling off-hand, I used my "computer expertise" (<http://xkcd.com/627/> ) to google "airport express lights". See the top hit, which is <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2610> -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 00:13 Richard Maine wrote: > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >> Now, for the first time, the Express's light is flashing alernately >> green and orange. What does this signify? > > Not recalling off-hand, I used my "computer expertise" > (<http://xkcd.com/627/> ) to google "airport express lights". See the > top hit, which is > > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2610> That wasn't helpful. The page you referred to says, "Alternating amber/green When multiple AirPort Express base stations are available during setup, you can trigger this behavior by using the Identify feature." I don't understand that, because it's so poorly written, so even if I had found that page myself, it wouldn't have helped to solve the problem. There's plenty of information on the Net, but much of it is so poorly written that it's useless. I just checked Airport Utility > Help > Identify. It says to give your Airport Express a unique name so it can be easily identified. I've done that since I bought the device over a month ago, yet I'm still having the same problem of music stopping every day on the Express and not knowing how to fix it. Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 00:15 Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article <Q2FEm.49186$Db2.41904(a)edtnps83>, > Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: > >>> [*] It might be waiting to receive an IP adress from a DHCP server. Do >>> you have a DHCP server handing out IP addresses? (Modems, routers, >>> wirelsss acces points all tend to contain a DHCP server.) >> I don't know. How can I find out? I have a D-Link 604+ router that the >> Imac uses to connect to the Net. > > Is the Airport connected to the router? The Imac is connected to the router. In the next room, the Express is connected to the powered speakers, and the Express and the speakers are plugged into outlets. Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 00:47 Robert Montgomery wrote: > Michelle Steiner wrote: >> In article <Q2FEm.49186$Db2.41904(a)edtnps83>, >> Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: >> >>>> [*] It might be waiting to receive an IP adress from a DHCP server. >>>> Do you have a DHCP server handing out IP addresses? (Modems, >>>> routers, wirelsss acces points all tend to contain a DHCP server.) >>> I don't know. How can I find out? I have a D-Link 604+ router that >>> the Imac uses to connect to the Net. >> >> Is the Airport connected to the router? > > The Imac is connected to the router. > > In the next room, the Express is connected to the powered speakers, and > the Express and the speakers are plugged into outlets. > > Robert Again the music isn't coming from the speakers. In Itunes, when I click on the Multiple Speakers popup menu the bottom, right corner, I scroll to my airport connection name. A window appears with the names "Computer" and the name of my airport connection. When I put a check mark beside the airport connection name, another window appears that says, "Your computer's firewall settings prevent you from using Airtunes. To use Airtunes, change your computer's firewall settings." Robert
From: Robert Montgomery on 25 Oct 2009 01:27
Robert Montgomery wrote: > Robert Montgomery wrote: >> Michelle Steiner wrote: >>> In article <Q2FEm.49186$Db2.41904(a)edtnps83>, >>> Robert Montgomery <info-block(a)northern-data-tech.net> wrote: >>> >>>>> [*] It might be waiting to receive an IP adress from a DHCP server. >>>>> Do you have a DHCP server handing out IP addresses? (Modems, >>>>> routers, wirelsss acces points all tend to contain a DHCP server.) >>>> I don't know. How can I find out? I have a D-Link 604+ router that >>>> the Imac uses to connect to the Net. >>> >>> Is the Airport connected to the router? >> >> The Imac is connected to the router. >> >> In the next room, the Express is connected to the powered speakers, >> and the Express and the speakers are plugged into outlets. >> >> Robert > > Again the music isn't coming from the speakers. > > In Itunes, when I click on the Multiple Speakers popup menu the bottom, > right corner, I scroll to my airport connection name. > > A window appears with the names "Computer" and the name of my airport > connection. When I put a check mark beside the airport connection name, > another window appears that says, "Your computer's firewall settings > prevent you from using Airtunes. To use Airtunes, change your computer's > firewall settings." > > Robert Although I had run Airport Utility several times, I got a message this evening for the first time, advising that the firmware needed to be updated form 7.4.1 to 4.4.2. I followed the instructions to update the firmware, and now, for the first time since I bought the Airport Express over a month ago, I'm getting a solid green light on the machine. Yet I'm still getting the error message (above) and a window appears saying "Connecting to Airtunes" but the connection isn't happening and the horizontal barbershop poll keeps on moving. Robert |