28 Chapter 4 TipsandTroubleshooting
IfYourAirPortExtremeIsn’tResponding
Tryunpluggingitandpluggingitbackin.
IfyourAirPortExtremestopsrespondingcompletely,youmayneedtoresetittothe
factorydefaultsettings.
Important: ResettingyourAirPortExtremetofactorydefaultsettingserasesall
ofyourbasestationsettingsandresetsthemtothesettingsthatcamewithyour
AirPortExtreme.
To return your AirPort Extreme to the factory settings:
Usethetipofaballpointpentopressandholddowntheresetbuttonuntilthestatus
lightashesquickly(about5seconds).
TheAirPortExtremeresetswiththefollowingsettings:

ÂTheAirPortExtremereceivesitsIPaddressusingDHCP.

ÂThenetworknamerevertstoAppleNetworkXXXXXX(whereXXXXXXisreplaced

withthelastsixdigitsoftheAirPortID).

ÂThebasestationpasswordreturnstopublic.

If your base station is still not responding, try the following:
1 UnplugyourAirPortExtreme.
2 Usethetipofaballpointpentoholddowntheresetbuttonwhileyoupluginyour
AirPortExtreme.