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).

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    Sota Boy wrote:
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