I just purchased my first Mac: 13" macbookpro. I got a time capsule with it as well, but cannot set up my macbook to connect to the internet. I connected my desktop pc with windows XP via ethernet just fine. But I cannot get the wireless network to popup on my airport extreme. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Airport Setup Help
- Thread starter Jefferyd32
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If you open System Preferences and click on "Network" and then "Airport" is it connected? If it isn't click "Turn Airport On".
It doesn't show up at all, and when I type it in to find it along with the password it just times out.
Is the firmware up to date on it? How far are you from the Time Capsule?
EDIT: Make sure your computer software is up to date too (Go to Apple Menu>Software Update). Then, download any updates that are there. Check for the Time Capsule firmware too.
Make sure your Airport is set up correctly.
Go to Applications > Utilities > Airport Utility
The light should be green if it is working correctly, yellow or red if it isn't. It should be able to help fix the problem for you.
Go to Applications > Utilities > Airport Utility
The light should be green if it is working correctly, yellow or red if it isn't. It should be able to help fix the problem for you.
So now I cannot even get my mac to connect via an ethernet cable straight from the time capsule to the computer.
Then it seems like the Time Capsule or network setup (not including your computer) is the problem. I would power cycle your modem and do a hard reset of your Time Capsule and re-configure you network again.