Allowing others to access my wireless

[deepeace12]

I have Airport Extreme and set it up so that my husband can access it using his HP computer. However, it seems that a friend to whom I gave the password can only access it when my computer is open and I am on the internet. Why would this be?

Also - when opening the Airport Admin Utility I got an error message saying that I needed to go to Apple Support to find a newer version of the Admin Utility - which I could not seem to find. Would this have anything to do with the above problem?

Thanks - K

 

[Ugg]

Have you tried using software update? It might already be waiting to download the airport utility.

 

[MacFanBoyIIe]

It sounds like you have your COMPUTER set to share ITS wireless, instead of your friend just getting a dynamic IP address from the wireless router directly. Turn off your wireless sharing on your Mac and make sure your friend has the password for the wireless network ONLY.