Who is connected to my Airport Extreme?

EricBrian · Jul 14, 2007, 06:17 PM

Is there a way to see how many computers are connected to my Airport Extreme and what their IP is?

I want to do this so that I can set up my PC as an Apache2 server and then connect to it with my MBP.

Thanks for all and any info.

Eric

Mitthrawnuruodo · Jul 14, 2007, 06:31 PM

Open AirPort Utility. Double-click your Extreme base (or click and hit cmd-L) to enter Manual Setup. Under AirPort -> Summary you can then see the number of Wireless Clients. And if you click on the "Wireless Clients" text label, you can see more details, including the client's MAC addresses:

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EricBrian · Jul 14, 2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitthrawnuruodo

Open AirPort Utility. Double-click your Extreme base (or click and hit cmd-L) to enter Manual Setup. Under AirPort -> Summary you can then see the number of Wireless Clients. And if you click on the "Wireless Clients" text label, you can see more details, including the client's MAC addresses:

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Thank you for the info. I was able to find it.... although, it took me a sec to find out that I was able to click on the label.

So, I found the MAC address, but that doesn't help me since I need an IP address to enter into the browser.

You wouldn't happen to know how to do that, or?

Peace · Jul 14, 2007, 07:05 PM

Click on the DHCP tab next to the Wireless clients tab.It shows the MAC address and the IP.

EricBrian · Jul 14, 2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Peace

Click on the DHCP tab next to the Wireless clients tab.It shows the MAC address and the IP.

I tried that.... but it was grayed-out.

Peace · Jul 14, 2007, 07:29 PM

So your AEBS isn't using a DHCP server ?

EricBrian · Jul 14, 2007, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Peace

So your AEBS isn't using a DHCP server ?

Hmmm... I think I am.

Under Internet -> Internet Connection, I have:

Configure IPv4: Using DHCP.

Peace · Jul 14, 2007, 08:21 PM

Ok.Which Airport Extreme Base Station do you have?

Is it the new one.The .n ?

Next to the Internet Connection tab is a tab called DHCP.Look at that one and let me know what ts says.

haravikk · Aug 20, 2008, 06:25 AM

Just found this thread when looking to find out who clients are myself, didn't notice "Wireless Clients" was click-able either, that's bad interface design from Apple!

Anyway, the DHCP tab will be greyed out or useless (empty) if you are using your airport base-station in bridge mode, most likely if your airport express is connected to an ethernet router for example. This is what my set-up is basically.

But that doesn't help in finding out IP address and/or machine-name. Is there another way this information could be obtained? As I have some "clients" showing up on my airport express that aren't showing up in my router (i.e they're connected to the base-station but haven't been given an IP by my router). I suspect it's simply another wireless computer connecting to the wrong base-station (I have two for better signal strength on different floors of my house) and my XBox 360 which is plugged into the ethernet port (but switched off), but it'd be nice to check remotely rather than having to copy each machine's MAC address!

danthespaceman · Apr 3, 2010, 04:27 PM

Did you ever get this figured out? I'm having the same problem.

GeodesicGnome · Jul 1, 2011, 07:25 PM

FYI, in bridge mode the IP addresses are handed out by the upstream router, so that would be the place to go for them. Right now I'm using Clear for my ISP. They use (right now) a Motorola WiMax CPE router, which has a web interface. The Airport Extreme will give you the address of its upstream router in the Internet/TCP page. I pointed my browser to that address and got the WiMax CPE's login page asking for a password. A quick google for the default password for this kind of router and I was in. Being careful not to change anything, I was able to navigate to a very helpful page which showed the IP addresses and host names of all the computers in the house which were using the internet through it. You might be able to do this, depending on the router your ISP has given you.

DarwinOSX · Jul 7, 2011, 08:58 PM

There is a neat little app called iNET that shows who and what is connected in a nice visual format. Its on the app store.

http://www.mechodownload.com/forum/m...ree-Hosts.html

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EricBrian macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2005	Who is connected to my Airport Extreme? Is there a way to see how many computers are connected to my Airport Extreme and what their IP is? I want to do this so that I can set up my PC as an Apache2 server and then connect to it with my MBP. Thanks for all and any info. Eric
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Mitthrawnuruodo Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bergen, Norway	Open AirPort Utility. Double-click your Extreme base (or click and hit cmd-L) to enter Manual Setup. Under AirPort -> Summary you can then see the number of Wireless Clients. And if you click on the "Wireless Clients" text label, you can see more details, including the client's MAC addresses: __________________ Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly... why, they are simply doomed.
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haravikk macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2005	Just found this thread when looking to find out who clients are myself, didn't notice "Wireless Clients" was click-able either, that's bad interface design from Apple! Anyway, the DHCP tab will be greyed out or useless (empty) if you are using your airport base-station in bridge mode, most likely if your airport express is connected to an ethernet router for example. This is what my set-up is basically. But that doesn't help in finding out IP address and/or machine-name. Is there another way this information could be obtained? As I have some "clients" showing up on my airport express that aren't showing up in my router (i.e they're connected to the base-station but haven't been given an IP by my router). I suspect it's simply another wireless computer connecting to the wrong base-station (I have two for better signal strength on different floors of my house) and my XBox 360 which is plugged into the ethernet port (but switched off), but it'd be nice to check remotely rather than having to copy each machine's MAC address! __________________ "Early 2008" MacPro, 2 x 3.2ghz Quad-Core Xeons, 10gb DDR2 800mhz ECC RAM, 120gb Solid State Drive (Mac & Windows OS), 4 x 750gb hard-drives (striped, users/files), NVidia GeForce 8800GT (512mb).
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Jul 1, 2011, 07:25 PM	#11
GeodesicGnome macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2011	bridge mode FYI, in bridge mode the IP addresses are handed out by the upstream router, so that would be the place to go for them. Right now I'm using Clear for my ISP. They use (right now) a Motorola WiMax CPE router, which has a web interface. The Airport Extreme will give you the address of its upstream router in the Internet/TCP page. I pointed my browser to that address and got the WiMax CPE's login page asking for a password. A quick google for the default password for this kind of router and I was in. Being careful not to change anything, I was able to navigate to a very helpful page which showed the IP addresses and host names of all the computers in the house which were using the internet through it. You might be able to do this, depending on the router your ISP has given you.
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Jul 7, 2011, 08:58 PM	#12
DarwinOSX macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2009	There is a neat little app called iNET that shows who and what is connected in a nice visual format. Its on the app store. http://www.mechodownload.com/forum/m...ree-Hosts.html __________________ Mac user since 1984.
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Jul 14, 2007, 07:05 PM	#4
Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	Click on the DHCP tab next to the Wireless clients tab.It shows the MAC address and the IP.
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Jul 14, 2007, 07:29 PM	#6
Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	So your AEBS isn't using a DHCP server ?
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Jul 14, 2007, 08:21 PM	#8
Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	Ok.Which Airport Extreme Base Station do you have? Is it the new one.The .n ? Next to the Internet Connection tab is a tab called DHCP.Look at that one and let me know what ts says.
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danthespaceman macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	Did you ever get this figured out? I'm having the same problem.
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