error message - trying to configure airport base station

[toyboat99]

Tez wrote:

> Hi Dave, youre not alone, I have the same ibook as you and get the same
> thing every so often.Turning off the base station seems to give me the
> longest uninterrupted succesful use though sometimes logging out and
> back in works. Check out the thread below for more doings that are
> related.
>
> [url]http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?7@42.BTtFasBWaQj.5@.3bc2da8a/11[/url]

Thanks, Tez - I've tried a few tricks (yours too - thanks) to get the
Admin Utility to work, but nothing seems to allow me to configure. It's
OK for now, because the ABS itself is working beautifully, all the time.
The inability to configure things will become an issue if there's some
kind of essential software update or compatibility issue, but for now I
guess I'll cross my fingers...

Dave

[Strider]

toyboat99 <toyboat99@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For some reason I'm having trouble using the Airport Admin Utility to
> configure and/or upgrade the software on my Airport base station. For
> some reason I've been getting an error message after entering the
> (correct) password, which says:
>
> "The Airport Admin Utility was unable to read the configuration of the
> selected base station. An error occurred while reading the configuration."
>
> I have older (non-extreme) base station which is working fine, and I'm
> running OS 10.2.6 on a 600mhz iBook. Can anyone tell me what might be amiss?
>

This seems to happen most often when there is a software mis-match. ie
your Airport admin software assumes that your base station has a
specific firmware version but it doesn't.

The surefire method of fixing this is to reset the base station
re-configure. During the reconfig process the airport will receive the
correct firmware update and all will be well...usually.

Head over to apple.com to find out how to reset the base station.
Offhand I can't remember.

[toyboat99]

Peter Augustin wrote:

> Make sure you are in the same subnet both with your Mac and the Airport.
>
> In general, the Base Station has IP 10.0.1.1
>
> Give your Mac manually the IP adress 10.0.1.2 and try again connecting
> to the Base Station.

Thanks, Peter, that did the trick as far as being able to connect to &
configure the base station with the Admin Utility. It seems like an
odd/roundabout way to go about things (changing the IP to configure and
then switching back afterwards), but as long as it works...

I'll try to complete the update, my original intention, in a day or so.

Dave