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List of connect computers/devices in NEW airport utility?

silverblack

silverblack

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In the older version of Airport Utility, I can see a list of devices/computers connected (and their MAC addresses) to my Airport Extreme.

Under the new version of Airport Utility, I see only the name listed under "wireless clients" when I click on the Airport Extreme icon. However, I no longer can access information like their IP addresses and MAC addresses, any ideas how to do this?
 
Nevermind, I found my own answer... well sort of.

Apparently, the iOS version of Airport Utility allows me to access the information I wanted for the connected wireless clients (name, connection strength, IP, MAC).

I used the one for my iPad, but the one for iPhone should work too.

It's kind of wired, as you wouldn't have thought the desktop version would be more comprehensive than the iOS version. I guess not in this case.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Seems not possible, but you could use the older AirPort Utility to do that.
I could have both old and new versions of AU on Lion, though the older did not reside in the Utilities folder.

Here is a download of the old 5.5.3 version, in a .zip.
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You can still get the 5.6 version here from Apple and it will reside in Utilities alongside 6.0 just fine.

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Airport Utility V6.1

If you hover your mouse pointer over the station icon in the utility, it shows the IP, serial number, etc, including the wireless clients. If you hover over one of the list, it gives you details such as IP, mac address, data rate, PHY mode.
 
tokyokevin said:
If you hover your mouse pointer over the station icon in the utility, it shows the IP, serial number, etc, including the wireless clients. If you hover over one of the list, it gives you details such as IP, mac address, data rate, PHY mode.
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Thanks, can't believe I didn't figure that one out
 
WillSR20 said:
Thanks, can't believe I didn't figure that one out
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That's why hiding important information behind hidden gestures like hover-over is a violation of the Apple HIG and Really Bad UI.

Seems like those Apple folks should have a good talking to the Apple folks.

FWIW, I couldn't find it either, went searching, ended up using the iOS version to get the information I needed, then stumbled across the hover-over. Then read far enough down in this thread to see it was here all along :)

Really bad UI on the new Airport Utility. Never hide critical information!
 
Bumping this. I can't install v5.6 under Mavericks and I don't see a way with the newer version (or iOS app) to view the computers/devices that are connected to my AirPort Extreme via *wired* connections.
 
silverblack said:
Under the new version of Airport Utility, I see only the name listed under "wireless clients" when I click on the Airport Extreme icon. However, I no longer can access information like their IP addresses and MAC addresses, any ideas how to do this?
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Actually it's doable also in APU 6.x.
Just hold Alt/Option key while double-clicking on router icon (or pressing the Edit button). You'll see an additional info tab that also has client details.
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priitv8 said:
Actually it's doable also in APU 6.x.
Just hold Alt/Option key while double-clicking on router icon (or pressing the Edit button). You'll see an additional info tab that also has client details.
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Do you know of any way to do this when connecting to one via WAN? I need to remotely access a time capsule for a client, and I need to see their wireless clients and add a port forwarding for one of them... I cannot see the clients when I log into it remotely.
 
SuperMatt said:
Do you know of any way to do this when connecting to one via WAN? I need to remotely access a time capsule for a client, and I need to see their wireless clients and add a port forwarding for one of them... I cannot see the clients when I log into it remotely.
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I have no recollections on that, unfortunately.
 
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