Airport Extreme $1.99 upgrade.....where is it?......what is it for?

I saw an article about Apple releasing an upgrade to the Airport Extreme. Something to do with making it so Core 2 Duo Macs can utilize their built-in "N" type networking for faster speeds.
1) Which Airport Extremes will be able to use these downloads? I have one that is about 3 years old.
2) Is the download available now?
3) Where do you get the download?
4) How do you install it?
5) After installing it, will the Airport Extreme still work with older Macs that have non "N" type cards in them?
Powerbook G4 17 1.5 ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

On http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/performance.html it states:All Mac computers with Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Xeon processors except the 17-inch iMac with 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor support the 802.11n technology in AirPort Extreme. These 802.11n-compatible Mac systems require enabler software that is included on the AirPort Extreme CD.
1) Which Airport Extremes will be able to use these downloads? I have one that is about 3 years old.
There is no download. The patch is for the 'n' capable Macs.
2) Is the download available now?
3) Where do you get the download?
Apple has not announced any download.
4) How do you install it?
More than likely the CD that comes with the new square AEBS will tell you.
5) After installing it, will the Airport Extreme still work with older Macs that have non "N" type cards in them?
The patch has nothing to do with the AEBS. It is for the 'n' capable Macs. The new square AEBS will work with older non-'n' capable Macs at their normal 802.11b/g speeds.

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http://store.apple.com/uk/product/D4141ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mco=MjIzMDkzNA
The page states that the upgrade is compatible "If you have a Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (except the 17-inch, 1.83GHz iMac)". What it doesn't tell you is that if you have an early version of the iMac (pre-Sept 2006) that shipped with the Intel Core Duo Processor (note - not the Core 2 Duo) then the upgrade will not work. I have also tried to install Airport Extreme updates (2007002 and 2008004) and these report that the hardware is not compatible. Doing some searching around these forums and others, the issue with the original Core Duo iMacs not being upgradeable to 802.11n is out there - shame Apple weren't more explicit.
I have seen that there are various USB based 802.11n adapters available. Whilst searching on this topic, I also came across a site offering various Mac upgrades, including an upgrade to the Airport card to upgrade wireless capability from 802.11g to 802.11n. It looks like a straight replacement for the internal card - link here:
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/productinfo.php?productsid=461
The company offering this is in the UK, but the product appears to be from a Sonnet, a US company. Does anyone out there have experience of installing this product (or having it installed) and can you comment on how it performs? Is it a seamless replacement for the original Airport card?

What it doesn't tell you is that if you have an early version of the iMac (pre-Sept 2006) that shipped with the Intel Core Duo Processor (note - not the Core 2 Duo) then the upgrade will not work.
If it says you need to have a Core "2" Duo processor, then it seems to me they are telling you very clearly that it will not work with the earlier Core (no "2") Duo iMacs.
The "late 2006" iMacs with Core 2 Duo (except for that one education model they mentioned) have wireless networking hardware that is 802.11n capable. When they were initially sold, Apple chose to NOT enable the "n" capability for some reason; maybe because the standard was still in flux and not enough testing had been done with the driver. Later, they enabled the "n" capability with a firmware update. But that was only possible because the wireless hardware was already capable of doing "n."
Earlier iMacs do not have this hardware so there is no way to enable it with a firmware or software update. 802.11g is plenty fast enough for Internet access (you won't notice a difference with "n"). If you are using Time Machine over wireless, it may take a while longer to do that initial backup (you could connected it by Ethernet cable when it is doing that initial backup), but subsequent backups are incremental, so the "g" versus "n" speed difference will not be as critical. Since your iMac is Core Duo (32-bit) and the future of Mac OS X is 64-bit, especially after Snow Leopard's release, it may be best to save your money and keep your iMac intact (not opened).

One Possible Fix for AirPort Extreme 7.6 Upgrade

Has anyone else found that the AirPort stopped working as a DNS server after the 7.6 upgrade? Make sure the first DNS server in the AirPort Utility Internet TCP/IP configuration points to the DNS server for the external Internet provider. The local network address for the Airport (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x) used to work for the first entry, but it fails now under the 7.6 firmware.

Hi there,
I am having a similar problem.
The difference is, that after the update to 7.6 my AExtreme restarted, but never came back in airport Utility. The AExtreme continuesly shows an orange light (according to the manual: completing a start-procedure) but that it has been doing for 30 minutes and still doesn't show up. I have tried a "soft"-reset (holding the reset button for 10 seconds) but nothing happened. I tried a "hard"-reset (disconnecting power for 15 minutes, holding reset button while reconnecting power) but still the same outcome. It starts with a green light just for a moment, but after that is turns orange again and stays like that.
Any help is greatly appreciated!! Because the mentioned solutions are not possible, as my Airport Extreme doesn't show in the Utility.
My Networkconfig:
An Airport Extreme Base Station (this is the one updated)
An Airport Express (this is blinking Orange, but is also not vissible in Airport utility anymore)
Imac 24" connected with cable
MacMini connected with cable
and a couple of wireless devices (Iphone, Ipad, MacBookPro)
Thank you for your help in advance.
Kind regards,
Marc

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A heads up for people.
I just upgraded my AEBS to v7.6 from 7.5.2
The upgrade said it was sucessfull: but after the upgrade none of my apple machines could access the web.
The AEBS, the apple machines, and the network switch were all power cycled and rebooted but this didn't help.
Strangley my windows machines still could access the web.
I downgraded back to 7.5.2 and then every thing just started working again.
Hope this might help someone.
Thanks,
Mark.

Hi there,
I am having a similar problem.
The difference is, that after the update to 7.6 my AExtreme restarted, but never came back in airport Utility. The AExtreme continuesly shows an orange light (according to the manual: completing a start-procedure) but that it has been doing for 30 minutes and still doesn't show up. I have tried a "soft"-reset (holding the reset button for 10 seconds) but nothing happened. I tried a "hard"-reset (disconnecting power for 15 minutes, holding reset button while reconnecting power) but still the same outcome. It starts with a green light just for a moment, but after that is turns orange again and stays like that.
Any help is greatly appreciated!! Because the mentioned solutions are not possible, as my Airport Extreme doesn't show in the Utility.
My Networkconfig:
An Airport Extreme Base Station (this is the one updated)
An Airport Express (this is blinking Orange, but is also not vissible in Airport utility anymore)
Imac 24" connected with cable
MacMini connected with cable
and a couple of wireless devices (Iphone, Ipad, MacBookPro)
Thank you for your help in advance.
Kind regards,
Marc

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The newest one a/k/a the "dual band" AirPort Express has several attractive features besides its simultaneous dual band capability, but it is not likely that you will find any appreciable speed increase, and none at all if you are already using 5 GHz 802.11n channels exclusively.
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Complicating things, from the Lion computer, I can access another HD without difficulty connected to the same Airport Extreme. In other words, connecting to one specifc harddrive is a problem. It's a WD 2TB USB.
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Airport Extreme on Windows XP - where is Airport Setup Assistant?

I am trying to set up a home network for the first time between a Windows XP computer and an iMac G5. The PC already has internet, and I want to get Internet on my Mac too. I am following the steps in the setup booklet that came with the Airport Extreme, and it says to go to Start>All Programs>Airport but I can't find it! Can anyone please help me?
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I am trying to set up a home network for the first
time between a Windows XP computer and an iMac G5.
The PC already has internet, and I want to get
Internet on my Mac too.
Is your PC already wireless or wired? Is your broadband modem connected to the WAN port of the Extreme Base Station? Is your Mac going to be wired or wireless?
I am following the steps in
the setup booklet that came with the Airport
Extreme,
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http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airport42forwindows.html
and it says to go to Start>All
Programs>Airport but I can't find it!
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Can I transfer management of my airport extreme from my laptop (snow leopard) to the iMac (lion)? If so, how?

As you know, you administer the AirPort Extreme using the AirPort Utility. This utility, like that for Snow Leopard, come with OS X Lion. There is nothing required to be transferred.

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Bought my Macbookpro in late 2011 and osx lion, decided to put boot camp on it, but it won't find my airport exrteme or even if i connect the ethernet cord directly into the laptop it still wont conectto the internet, and my audio also doesn't work, even when i plug in headphones, any suggestions?

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Airport Extreme-NAT-Firewall-TCP-IP-Ports and what not... I BEG FOR HELP!

Problem: I can't use ISPQ (videochat) with my ibookG4 or MacBookPro.
Details: iBookG4 [10.3.9] is the main one, MacBookPro [10.4.7] is the secondary one. I have a DSL modem attached to an Airport Extreme base.
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I have run a diagnostic test on IsPq and this is the result:
Contacting server with HTTP protocol... success.
Connecting to diagnostic server... success.
Logging into diagnostic server... success.
Testing TCP port 2000 (VideoChat control)... failed.
Testing TCP port 2001 (VideoChat data)... failed.
Testing TCP port 2002 (Quick Message)... failed.
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Your local address is 10.0.1.3, your address as seen by the rest of the world is 151.51.233.232, and your address as seen by our HTTP servers is 151.51.233.232. Your computer is configured to use the following DNS servers: 193.70.192.25, 193.70.152.25, 10.0.1.1.
This computer appears to be behind a NAT firewall, it cannot receive incoming connections. It can still use iSpQ VideoChat, but it will not be able to initiate VideoChat connections and quick messages will be delivered through the server.
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Please help me or I will start crying. I'm close to utter desperation.
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Thanks Rick, I was afraind nobody was going to reply.
Let me get this right. In my sharing options I have disabled firewall. So that bit is done. The next bit is about configuring my router, that is my dsl router (Castlenet AR250, I think).
My airport base has nothing to do with it, correct?
Thanks again...

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