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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2005Airport Admin Utility failure
Anyone know why Airport Admin Utility would suddenly fail to see any airports at all? It's not that the airport isn't working; it's working fine (at the moment). Internet requests work; two ssh connections to remote machines work; the airport icon in the menu bar works. But Airport Admin says there aren't any airports visible. The only thing resembling an error message that I can find is in /var/log/system.log, which ends with many copies of: Feb 10 10:32:19 localhost mDNSResponder[176]: mDNSPlatformSendUDP sendto failed to send packet on InterfaceID 0180FA00 en1/4 to 224.0.0.251:5353 skt 8 error -1 errno 51 (Network is unreachable) There's nothing here that mentions an airport, but when I stop Airport Admin, these messages stop, and when I restart Airport Admin, I get a burst of new ones, and then another every minute or so. Also, hitting the Rescan icon immediately gets several more of these messages. So it probably comes from Airport Admin, and is probably trying to tell me what's wrong. But the [Network is unreachable] is obviously bogus, because the Network is working fine. Anyone know how to diagnose this? > Anyone know why Airport Admin Utility would suddenly fail to see > any airports at all? It's not that the airport isn't working; [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Anyone know how to diagnose this? Here are three trouble-shooting steps you should try. First, from your computer, turn Airport off and then on again. If that doesn't work, restart the computer. If that doesn't work, reset the base station; it's hard for me to reach my reset button, but I haven't yet encountered a problem that isn't solved by pulling the plug on the base station and then reconnecting it.  SignatureAF > Anyone know why Airport Admin Utility would suddenly fail to see > any airports at all? It's not that the airport isn't working; [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Anyone know how to diagnose this? What happens if you select "Other" and specify the IP address of your AirPort base station? SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > What happens if you select "Other" and specify the IP address of your > AirPort base station? That was one of the things that I tried. It seems to talk to the airport; at least it displays the right info (which could come from a local file). But when I tell it to "Update", /var/log/system.log gets a flood of what look like error messages: Feb 10 13:45:35 localhost kernel: AirPort: Link DOWN Feb 10 13:45:35 localhost configd[90]: AppleTalk shutdown Feb 10 13:45:35 localhost configd[90]: AppleTalk shutdown complete Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost named[298]: loading configuration from '/etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy' Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost configd[90]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostname Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost named[298]: /etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy:26: no forwarders seen; disabling forwarding Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost named[298]: none:0: open: /private/etc/rndc.key: file not found Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost named[298]: /etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy:7: couldn't install keys for command channel 127.0.0.1#54: file not found Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost named[298]: /etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy:7: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#54: file not found Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost configd[90]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change Feb 10 13:45:39 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 3730] Feb 10 13:45:41 localhost lookupd[3763]: lookupd (version 324.7) starting - Thu Feb 10 13:45:41 2005 Feb 10 13:45:42 localhost lookupd[3763]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local ... One puzzle is why it's doing the AppleTalk stuff. To my knowledge, I'm not using AppleTalk. I also remember some time in the past telling it not to use AppleTalk, though now I can't find the controls for that. Airport Admin doesn't seem to mention AppleTalk anywhere that I can find. The file /etc/com.apple.named.conf.proxy does exist, and is world readable. I have no idea what it's about, though. Its comments mention rndc, which I've never heard of. > > What happens if you select "Other" and specify the IP address of your > > AirPort base station? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > But when I tell it to "Update", /var/log/system.log gets a flood of what > look like error messages: I can't really help you there. My base station is an old Graphite one and the Airport Adimin Utility doesn't have any "Update" function. I can Save and Import configuration files and Upload new firmware, but no Update. :-( [snipped log data] > ... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I have no idea what it's about, though. Its comments mention rndc, which > I've never heard of. SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |
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