Latest airport extreme

how do i know if i have the latest verison, cause when i bought my imac on ebay it came with the airport card..any help apperciated. thanks

Shopah0lic, Welcome to the discussion area!
If your Mac has an AirPort card installed, it has the latest version for your Mac.
A Mac is compatible with either the original AirPort card or AirPort Extreme card. Whichever card it is compatible with is the ONLY card that it can use.

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Existing files on drive connected to latest Airport Extreme do not show up, however files copied over the air to the drive do. Any ideas?

I have the latest Airport Extreme with a Seagate drive connected. I copied files to the drive while it was connected to my MacBook Pro. The files do not show up when connected to the AE, but they appear when connected to the Macbook, Files copied over the network to the drive appear. The drive is formatted HFS+.

After playing with this for the last few days, I found a solution. Under the "Disks" tab in Airport Utility, the "Secure Shared Disks" drop down needs to be set to "With device password". Mine was set to "With acounts", which even after correct authentication, none of the files would appear.
Another interesting note: The files that I could see, the ones I copied over the network, do not appear now. I can copy over new files, and they show up, but the ones copied prior to changing the "Secure Shared Disks" option, do not.

Windows 7 with latest AirPort Extreme

I have just bought the latest AirPort Extreme. Set-up using airport utility on all my apple products worked like a charm. I then installed airport utility and updated it in my old windows 7 laptop.
- airport utility on windows 7 cannot detect the wifi network
- windows 7 can however see the wifi network when I go to network properties, but it cannot connect to it
- I tried shifting the AirPort Extreme from WPA 2 to no security, and windows 7 still cannot connect nor is airport utility finding the network
- I tried changing the channel on the AirPort Extreme to channel 11, still nothing
My old laptop on windows 7 has a b/g wireless card. I am afraid the AirPort Extreme is not compatible with b/g, or if it is, do I have to set it to it, and if so where?
Any other tips as to what I could change in the settings of the AirPort Extreme or windows 7 to either have airport utility see and connect to the network, or connect through windows 7 network properties?
Thanks
Philippe

On one of your Macs, run the utility, select your base station and click the edit button. Select the wireless tab,
Then click the Wireless Options button
Pick Radio Mode and see what works best for all your systems.
Hope this helps.

Guest Network not working in latest Airport Extreme

Just bought the latest Airport Extreme (802.11ac), and want to enable the Guest Network.
- Installed latest firmware
- Set Airport in Bridge Mode
- Enabled Wireless Network
- Enabled Guest Network
There is no connecting to Guest Network (iphone) and if possible (macbook) there is no internet.
With a previous version of Time Capsule, the Guest Network in the same setting worked like a charm.
Anybody seen this before or is the Airport Extreme working different than a Time Capsule?

According to the theory what you are saying about the A1355 is not possible.. ie there is no guest in bridge.. I have tested it and can assure you it did NOT work.. it fooled me into thinking it should and I spent many hours working on it.. our forum expert here.. Bob Timmons set me straight.
Now I am always a believer in voodoo and gremlins and maybe the tooth fairy when it comes to wireless.. it is about 80% of the above and 20% science.. so please do the test again and see if it is possible.. but I can assure you.. apple have set guest network to off in bridge.
There are ways around it.. complicated methods. ie if you extend wireless to your TC.. from another apple router where the router is on, then guest can be used. You can also use a managed switch to set vlans for the guest.
See the following which I used to research this topic.
Guest network in bridge.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2815541?start=15&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3617532
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5247107?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4787934?start=45&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23127620#23127620
Good Luck.. !!

Latest airport extreme noise issues

Just received the latest Airport Extreme. Worked perfectly for 2 days and still does. But, started emitting the noise that others have described, sort of like the static or popping from an old radio. However, continued to work normally. Noise lasted for about an hour and nobody was using the network. It has been quiet now for about a day. The unit continues to perform normally. Are there any other recent updates on this issue?

No, it is not common.. but anything with internal power supply will occasionally have a loose inductor.. with your 50 or 60hz mains buzzing through it.. a loose winding can make strange noises.. some caps can also make noises.. the incoming AC is rectified to 300-400v DC is a lot of volts and stresses a poor component. There is also a mechanical fan.. and fans are also a source of all kinds of noises. I would say this is entirely a hardware fault and has nothing to do with firmware.. so it is not going to be updated. It is simply going to need replacement.
If it starts again.. in fact I would power off the AE overnight.. and power up cold the next morning.. and do that every night for the next week.. if it ever does it again.. return immediately to apple for replacement.. The build quality of the AE and TC is less than spectacular.. my first new AC model Time Capsule lasted less than a week. Replacement is fine.

Fitting drive from dead TC into latest AirPort Extreme

I See that the latest AirPort Extreme is the same design as the time capsule and on tear down it shows the empty hard drive bay. My 2012 time capsule has died but the drive is fine so I wondered if I could put it in an AirPort Extreme which wouldn't cost me so much? Any experts out there who can answer this?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

The Extreme has no hdd fittings.. so if you put the hdd into the extreme you would also need to solder on a surface mount connector.. and obtain the correct cables.. which are non-standard. ie no shop or internet site has the cable you need. So this is fundamentally a hack job beyond the hackers dreams.
Sadly death of the Gen4 hardware is very hard to fix.
If you have a dead Gen4 carcass why not have a go at reflowing the solder.
I gave some instructions here.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/gen4-a1409-issues
I have no long term info on if the repair is successful.. It will take a few more goes and a few more successes and a year or two of operation to know if the problem has been solved. I would have pursued Apple to replace it, via purchase of an item on which you could extend warranty via applecare like the Apple TV as I suggested.
If you want to use the hard disk in a TC.. the Gen3 is more reliable. It is the same board as the Gen4 with a somewhat poorer wireless card. You can often pick up second hand Gen3 very cheap.. and use the hard disk in that. The speed over network of Gen3 is same as Gen4 and not that different to Gen5.
Or do what most people do and simply buy a USB holder and use the hard disk in that. You can buy cheap holders for a few dollars from stores like OWC.

Latest Airport Extreme crashes PPC iMac (Tiger)

I replaced my spaceship Airport Extreme base Station with the latest 5th generation Airport Extreme—I set it up with a MacBook running OS10.5.8, and now the PPC iMac crashes (Tiger). Kernal panic attack.
Apple info said older Macs (running Tiger) could still use new Airport Extreme, but you needed Leopard to set it up. Which I have. So why is my iMac crashing?

I used Airport Utility 5.5.3 to set up Airport Extreme.

Latest Airport Extreme randomly stops working

I have been having this issue for some time now but its getting rediculous. Basically my airport extreme will randomly give up on loading content. All my devices are still connected but nothing goes through. The only thing I have found to fix this is restarting the airport either physically or through airport utility. Its not my modem I always check that first. I have also reverted to factory settings. Im not sure if this is a problem with the latest update (im running 7.7.3) but if it is, It seems as though apple has taken down any previous versions so im unable to downgrade. Im considering bringing it in to have it exchanged. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Was it behaving this way before the update to 7.7.3??
Yes, once on 7.7.3 there is no turning back.. The security hole is very big and Apple could not allow it to continue in use once discovered. That was the right decision.
To help more we need more info on your whole network setup.
Certainly the latest airport routers have not reached the stability of the previous model. And with important info gone because SNMP and logs are no more.. there is very little you do to analyse the problem.

Latest airport extreme would not update software from 7.7 factory installed to 7.7.1. keep getting an error of "An error occurred while downloading the firmware"

latest apple extreme would not update software from 7.7 factory installed to 7.7.1. keep getting an error of "An error occurred while downloading the firmware"

airport utility showed me these screens. this time able to post figs. but was able to update the software after couple of resets
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Model number of latest Airport Extreme (802.11n), announced 20-Oct-09

Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading my older Airport (b/g) to the latest model to get the N speed. What model number should I be looking for on the package to be sure I'm getting the model that was announced yesterday? I note that the predecessor was apparently the MB763LL model.
Thanks in advance,
Alan

Does anyone know the MODEL # of the new Airport Extreme? This is the # that begins with A followed by 4 digits.
The MC430... is the part number.

Update 5.5.1 and latest Airport Extreme

Has anyone installed this on the latest version of the Airport Extreme (MC340LL/A, Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station - Simultaneous Dual-Band)? I ask because I had problems installing the Extreme back in January, and it turned out I had to use the software on the accompanying CD rather than the then current version of Airport Utility available online. Can I assume that this version works on all flavors of the Extreme?

Airport Utility 5.5.1 with firmware version 7.5.1 appears to work fine with Airport Extreme Simultaneous Dual Band II and Airport Expresses with firmware version 7.4.2.
Apple recommends "that AirPort Utility 5.5.1 or later be installed before updating to Firmware version 7.5.1" (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL965).

Is 6.3 the latest Airport extreme update?

Trying to get my replacement Airport Extreme Base up to speed. The latest update (Numerically) is 6.3..but that came out last Jan.? I know that with 10.4.8 came with an airport update, but I don't know how I can get just that particular one. I don't want to re-download 10.4.8 again. Thanks, Bill

The latest firmware for the Airport Extreme Base Station is 5.7
The latest firmware for the Airport Experss Base Station is 6.3
The latest Airport software for Macs is 4.2

Cannot download latest airport extreme security update.

When I try to download it, it say, it cannot download on my computer.
I checked to make sure I had the correct build in the kbase and I have.
I tried and tried.
I downloaded straight from the ethernet to my computer, not from my airport extreme base station. Still wouldn't no install.
I tried doing it just while using my airport basestation...still won't install..
The words, this software cannot be installed on your computer.
I tried doing it through the extreme base station.
Any advice?
When I do a software update, the airport security update does not come up.

Since my Tiger 10.4.7 computer is awaiting a replacement battery on recall,
I have not updated some of the software in it, because I haven't been able
to really use it for more than a month of waiting.
But, there are a few different recent downloads for 10.4.7 computers; and
some are specific to Intel® equipped new Mac hardware. What download(s)
are you referring to exactly (?) - as shown here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
My 10.3.9 computer is in reasonably good shape; and the last AirPort
download did not seem to apply to it; sure, I downloaded one, but the
other did not seem to apply. And from what I heard from a few user's
experience after one of the 10.4.7 Airport downloads, I'm glad it didn't
want to be downloaded in my situation; since my wireless just works.
And there's nobody nearby to try to gain access to my wi-fi system.
Did you try repairing disk permissions before any download/install
attempts; and is the system in otherwise good general repair?

Macbook Pro Core Duo 2 with latest Airport Extreme?

Since I'm having disconnection issues with my older Airport Extreme G router, I am considering getting the N version. Will it solve the issues I'm currently having with the Macbook Pro? Will I be able to connect to the 5 GHz band?

The answer is that the connection of my Macbook Pro, although not perfect, is more stable with the newest Airport Extreme N Router than with my old Airport Extreme G router. In the 5 GHz band anyway, which is the one I've been using for about a week now.

HT204057 I have the latest airport extreme. can not access the files.

I have previously time machine backups for two macbook pros on same drive.
However, I connect the drive to the airport extreme and although I see the drives and the backups, I can not access the files over Airport Extreme.
What am I doing wrong?

You can't access a Time Machine backup that way. Connect the drive directly, hold down the option key, and select Browse Other Backup Disks from the Time Machine menu.

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