Tips on upgrading to new Airport Extreme from an older version

I've just ordered the lastest Airport Extreme (5th generation) and am looking for tips for a smooth transition from an older Airport Extreme.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions!

AirPort Utility on your Mac will give you some options for the new AirPort Extreme.
One of them that you might consider will be the displayed option to replace the old Extreme with the new Extreme.
If you say "yes", AirPort Utility will transfer all of the settings from the old Extreme to the new Extreme
If you want to start all over again "from scratch", that option is available as well in the guided setup.
Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility

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Good day All, today I purchased a new Airport Extreme 802.11ac which I will use to replace my 5th generation Airport Extreme.
I have saved the configuration file from my old Airport Extreme, can I simply import this same configuration file into my new extreme 802.11ac?
Thanks

Hey GreyWullf,
Thanks for the question. Yes, you can! Check out the following resource:
AirPort Utility 6.x: Import settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5081
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I just bought the latest AE base station dual band, but am having trouble with the speeds. We have on the network:
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Any advice from those who understand things like multicast rate?

You either have a defective base station, it is not set up properly, or there is some form of Wi-Fi interference that is preventing your new AirPort Extreme from providing a clean signal.
What make & model was the router that you are replacing with the 802.11ac AirPort Extreme?

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I have a PC running with Win7 and just replaced my Jensen With a brand New Airport Extreme.
I have set up the Airport Extreme to the internet, Iphones and Ipads and it work as it should.
I have downloaded latest Version of Airport tool on my PC. In addition i have downloaded the airport tool for Ipad.
I have reset one of my airport Express and it now shows up both on the Ipad and on the PC airport tool.
My Ipad says "base station e5713b cannot be configured."
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Sigve

Hi
Thanks for Swift reply.
Yep - I in fact have two A1088 and one A1264
I actually bought the new router because the Jensen
router always lost connection to the Airport Express after some hours or days. I
always needed to restart my Jensen to play music and that was driving my wife
mad. The hope was that the Extreme should fix this. Both A1088 have been set up
to only stream music to two of my stereo amplifiers from my PC’s Itunes library.
Are the A1088 now useless?
The A1264 has been set up to feed internet into a Denon Reciever that needed Ethernet cable.
Please advise
Regards
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Before I went to exchange my 6th Gen Extreme, I ran through all possible solutions from complete power recycle to no devices connected. I even went out of my way to my cousin's house to test it out. The same problem still kept coming.
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