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Eric_L · 04-27-2008, 03:01 PM

I had my iTunes and Airport all set up wonderfully. I could play iTunes through my stereo and I was happy. The sun shined, there were rainbows, forest nymphs brought me wine, mythical creatures sang medleys, I was in the land of Apple goodness...

Until today. Today I tried my iTunes and the stereo did not work... I looked at the airport and it had the flashing amber light of doom. I ran the airport utility and it did not see the device. I reset the device and the utility was able to see it - but when I went through the setup and it restarted the device, it was no longer seen...

I tried to plug it in with an ethernet cable, it says it found an Airport Express that is reporting problems... click continue to resolve problems. I click continue and it says the wireless device does not have a valid IP address. (it used to - what happened to it?) It shows this;

Connect using: Wireless Network
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
IP Address: 169.254.77.138
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0.
Router Address:

It then tells me to click continue to proceed, but if I do it asks me to either ignore, cancel or skip...

I use this device not only to listen to iTunes, but also for my Wii to connect to the internet (the Wii does not like my Belkin Router, so I run it through ethernet to the AirPort...) With the Wii disconnected the airport is still not working.
So what happened to my Apple goodness? It worked, now it does not? Whats going on? Does Steve Jobs just hate me? You can tell me - I won't cry... much...

I am really getting disillusioned with Apple. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt with Fusion - afterall it is PC on iMac - PC is bound to be a mess... but this.. this is all apple....

Please help. I miss my nymph-wine. (and yes, I'm drinking wine right now)

04-27-2008, 03:01 PM	#1 of 7
Eric_L Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 02:18 AM Local Date: 09-08-2008 Posts: 1,742	AirPort disappeared! I had my iTunes and Airport all set up wonderfully. I could play iTunes through my stereo and I was happy. The sun shined, there were rainbows, forest nymphs brought me wine, mythical creatures sang medleys, I was in the land of Apple goodness... Until today. Today I tried my iTunes and the stereo did not work... I looked at the airport and it had the flashing amber light of doom. I ran the airport utility and it did not see the device. I reset the device and the utility was able to see it - but when I went through the setup and it restarted the device, it was no longer seen... I tried to plug it in with an ethernet cable, it says it found an Airport Express that is reporting problems... click continue to resolve problems. I click continue and it says the wireless device does not have a valid IP address. (it used to - what happened to it?) It shows this; Connect using: Wireless Network Configure IPv4: Using DHCP IP Address: 169.254.77.138 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0. Router Address: It then tells me to click continue to proceed, but if I do it asks me to either ignore, cancel or skip... I use this device not only to listen to iTunes, but also for my Wii to connect to the internet (the Wii does not like my Belkin Router, so I run it through ethernet to the AirPort...) With the Wii disconnected the airport is still not working. So what happened to my Apple goodness? It worked, now it does not? Whats going on? Does Steve Jobs just hate me? You can tell me - I won't cry... much... I am really getting disillusioned with Apple. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt with Fusion - afterall it is PC on iMac - PC is bound to be a mess... but this.. this is all apple.... Please help. I miss my nymph-wine. (and yes, I'm drinking wine right now) Last edited by Eric_L : 04-27-2008 at 03:55 PM.