How to get software i bought back on hard drive

I bought and downloaded AirPort Extreme 802.11n* Enabler for Mac, my system crashed and i needed to reinstall osX on my imac. but now i see the enabler is not shown on the display of the airport network card, it just shows up to G. How do i get it back? or do i need to rebuy it again, does apple have records of this on computer? My mistake was i thought this was a firmware update, guess i was wrong.
thanks

mfmayes, Welcome to the discussion area!
AFAIK, that is a firmware update. Reinstalling OS X will have no impact on it's installation. Did you install it or only download it?
What is your "Mac"? If it is a "Core Duo" that enabler won't enable 'n'. That enabler only works for Macs with "Core 2 Duo" or "Xeon" processors.

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