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real · Mar 26, 2003, 06:24 PM

I want to configure a older ABS but when I hit the configure button in the airport admin app it gets a error. "Cant read configuration file on base station" What can i do to get it to read the config file. HELP!

thanks for the time
real

ghporter · Mar 26, 2003, 08:47 PM

How are you connected to the base station? If you're trying to configure it via wireless, that's probably your problem. Try connecting to the base with a Cat5 cable and see if you can get the configuration change to work.

real · Mar 27, 2003, 12:11 AM

Thanks man I have a connection with the basestation wirelessly,I try the wired connection thanks for the help.
REAL

chabig · Mar 27, 2003, 07:38 AM

I would try the wire too, but you should be able to connect wirelessly. When I've had difficulty connecting, it has been due to the fact that I had the OS X firewall turned on and was blocking the port that Airport needs to communicate with the base station. If your firewall is turned on, turn it off.

Chris

real · Mar 27, 2003, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by chabig:
I would try the wire too, but you should be able to connect wirelessly. When I've had difficulty connecting, it has been due to the fact that I had the OS X firewall turned on and was blocking the port that Airport needs to communicate with the base station. If your firewall is turned on, turn it off.

Chris

Your talking about the firewall built into OS X or a firewall that is installed 3rd party
REAL

chabig · Mar 27, 2003, 07:16 PM

I mean the OS X firewall. The Airport software uses port 192 to talk to the base station. I believe that port is closed by default. So if you turn your firewall off you might be able to see the base station. I know I can.

Chris

real · Mar 27, 2003, 08:32 PM

Ok the Firewall is off still samething I dont know. I might call apple. Any other suggestions would be great. it see the base stationin hte dialog box in hte airport admin app, but just a error while reading the config file very strange. Shloud I try to resett he thing and start all over, maybe something got currupted. I dont know stumped.
REAL

jdhindes · Mar 27, 2003, 09:37 PM

I'm having the same problem with an Airport Extreme Base Station. When I went to the Airport Admin Utility to change my phone access number, for my modem in the Airport, and I typed my password in, the screen just sits there, no error message or nothing.

I finally just reset the Airport manually and then it let me in to configure the airport using the reset password. Why is this happening? I just upgraded the Airport Admin Utility Software and the Airport Extreme Base Station Utility Software. Could the upgrade of the firmware be the problem? Apple are you listening?????

ghporter · Mar 28, 2003, 10:49 AM

I would bet that the issue isn't a problem with the firmware upgrade, but rather with the documentation. The instructions should clearly state that when the firmware upgrade is complete the password will/may/should revert to the default-your own password will no longer be valid. Of course this should be handled more gracefully than having the Admin Utility just sit there, but that's beside the point.

This turns out to be a complication for just about all SOHO networking equipment-when you upgrade the firmware the box reverts to the default password. For this reason, the most common steps to figuring out why you can't access the configuration of a network device should start with making sure you have a good, wired connection to the box, and then trying the default password.

real · Mar 28, 2003, 12:08 PM

Thanks for the info.