i just bought the airport extreme base station,
but do the airport need to do port forward ?
& how to do?
please help...
thank..

I'm not sure which generation of Airport Extreme you have. But for my UFO white Airport Extreme, just launch the Airport Admin Utility. Click on the "Port Mapping". Then "Add" a new item. Apply and restart the Base Station, simple.

i have the new version of the APE, works the same way, just load up the utility, and look for it in there.

i using the latest 1..
then wat should i do?
how to set the ip to static ip?
i try to use the manual mode to set..
but after i set the new ip then it will lose connection to the airport..
how a?

This post has been edited by bryanyz: May 4 2007, 03:20 PM

Just a quick question for those who's using the latest 'UFO' Airport Extreme

How's the 'Wi-Fi' range? Is it really twice what we're getting on the current 802.11g routers? My current 802.11g router's a NetGear.

Also, would the Wi-Fi range be 'reduced' if using a non 802.11n card? I read that speed will reduce for systems using 802.11a/b/g - but that's just the transfer speed right - should have nothing to do with the range speed?

This post has been edited by tinkerbel: May 7 2007, 09:13 AM

Which IP to static IP? Client or the Server?
If you want to fix the IP of your connected Mac, just reserve the IP by specified the MAC address.

I think you need to spend sometime RTFM.
Here's what I found from Apple:
- Airport Support Page.
- How to... page
- and here's the manuals incase you lost it.


tinkerbel, the new one doesn't look like UFO. It looks more like MacMini/ Apple TV.
The older wifi b/g version looks like UFO:


There's many article around explaining the n/g/b networking.

Basically if you use a non-wifi n device with the new wifi n Airport Extreme you will not get the full benefit of the wifi n technology.

Let's say you connect a wifi g iBook to the new Airport Extreme, you will get a wifi g connection at wifi g speed. Do not hope that the new base station will do wonders on a older receiver/client. You might get better signal strength thus slightly better connection speed.

Imagine you driving a Kancil in a "no other cars & no speed limit 5-lane highway". Yes you can go very fast, but your car is limiting how fast you can go.
(no offense to Kancil owner or driver just giving some example, I know some modded Kancil can really go FAST.)

This post has been edited by wei: May 7 2007, 10:49 AM

@wei,
Thanks for the information. I read up those information but obviously it was too difficult for me to comprehend, the 2.4 for g and 5 for n which boosts speed, etc etc.

Oops.. I was act referring to the NEW Airport Extreme 802.11n. For a while I imagined an UFO to be uh.. FLAT!!! kEKekekKEkekeke.....

Anyways, in short my conclusion would be:-

1) If N range is 300m, only those using N card will be able to pick it? Those on b/g range will only pick up the router range up to uh.. b/g's maximum range; whatever that range is whether it's 10m/20m/30m?

As what I understand, if the base station detect a b/g client, it will switch to b/g mode, which theoritically obey to b/g standard range & speed.

thank you thank you..
my problem solve..
port forward done & reserve IP.

@wei,
Thanks - I'll still go about searching for more information - will update if and when I have the information, but in the meantime it doesn't look like getting the 802.11n's gonna solve my 'range' problem *sigh*

if you wanna extend your range, you can have 2 router, one work as a bridge to extend the coverage. or you can add external antenna if your router support it. lastly you can also try moving the router. for my case, moving it 10cm give me 1 bar better reception.

@wei,
It looks like I've gotta look into the other option - cause need to extend range to living and dining room at home. Dad wants it in the garden too *faints* so I figured I'll check on the Airport Extreme 802.11n router as an alternative before I consider the other options [I'll just need the software to enable the 802.11n on my MBP]....

Anyhow, thanks a big bunch. Will look into this later - a little too technical for me to understand but being my 'kiasu'-self, I just need to know exactly how and what all these means before I decide on what to get!! *grins* Don't trust those salespeople out there - speaking of which, one of them told me the NEW LinkSys 802.11n router/modem's outdoor range is 1.5km (or was it 1.25km) whilst indoor is 400m - I couldn't buy it; as illiterate or as little as I know ... what'd u think?

well... yes, 802.11n does have a higher range... but its still in draft, meaning the specification will not be fixed till end of 2007. why are y'all going out and buying the toys now

have any manufacturers confirmed their products can be firmware updated later?

@xaw5126,
I actually did come across that while doing my research on 802.11n and was gonna ask sooner *grins*

And Y now..? Because I'm gonna have to extend my current wireless range, and thought perhaps I should look into getting the Airport Extreme 802.11n instead of getting a range booster (or whatever-it-is-called). If not for that, I wouldn't bother doing 'unnecessary' research *g* Have enough of that to do at work oredi

Btw, the RAMs that come bundled with an iMac is OEM-ed by SAMSUNG is it?