Does AirPort Utility see AirPort base stations that aren’t yours? Here’s what you can do<article>
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<p>While Apple
canceled its AirPort/Time Capsule line of Wi-Fi base stations, there are still an untold number of them in use. I have two in my house alone, and sold an unused third one recently.</p><p>The AirPort Utility Mac app is how you administer the features on an Apple Wi-Fi base station. Using this app, Macworld reader Tony can see all sorts of base stations in AirPort Utility that don’t belong to him. What's up with that?</p><p>His internet service provider configured its access so that it assigned network addresses from the same shared pool to several customers. That’s not great from a security perspective, because it means that subscribers who haven’t set up firewalls or who have vulnerable computers and devices, could be intentionally attacked or sniffed by other customers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3288209/networking/airport-utility-sees-other-airport-base-stations.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Does AirPort Utility see AirPort base stations that aren’t yours? Here’s what you can do
