Airport Extreme Software Update v3.1

[MacRumors]

In your OS X Software Update for Airport Extreme:

This software update provides improved AirPort wireless networking software, and is recommended for all users with an AirPort Extreme enabled computer or an AirPort Extreme base station.

New AirPort Extreme Base Station Features

This software includes v 5.1 of the AirPort Extreme base station firmware. Instructions for updating the base station firmware can be found in AirPort Help.

This update is compliant with the final IEEE 802.11g specification for both the AirPort Extreme base station and AirPort Extreme client. Additional new features include AirPort Extreme base station and client support for Interference Robustness, which provides improved performance when 2.4GHz devices like cordless phones and wireless video distribution system cause significant interference with the AirPort network, simpler WDS setup within the AirPort Admin Utility, and more.

[evilfunkgenius]

Anyone know if this will actually provide an iTunes-like downgrade of service (due to the new "lesser" WiFi specs)??

[Java]

Now all I need is a base station. :p

[Mal]

Darn, you must have beat me by just a few minutes or something.

JW

[MacBoy88]

This update is for 802.11b Clients also, but not base-stations :)

[iJon]

finally apple fixed it, earlier today all itw as downloading was the old 5.0.4 veriont. they also came out with ipod software 2.0.1 today.

iJon

[jcontonio]

There are no lesser specs in the final 802.11g standards silly...it's 54mbps.

[MetallicPenguin]

Originally posted by skywalker
Darn, you must have beat me by just a few minutes or something.

JW

Same here:p

[york2600]

There's a bit of confusion on the final 802.11g specs. It's not really a downgrade. It worked the way it was originally speced, but many people didn't understand how it was speced out. If you want full speed you really need all G clients. You're going to have to live with that. There's a lot better explainations out there on the confusion though. Check them out.

[coolbreeze]

I have an iBook 900, Airport card, and a d-link base station.

Why on earth would I download this (and why is it in my software update)?

Also, is there a way to keep this out of my software update?

Just curious.:confused:

[Osglith]

I used this site http://www.osxhax.com/ to use a Linksys Wireless-G card instead of my internal AP card. It works like a champ. I wish Apple would open up AP Extream to 3rd party vendors! I just don't get them sometimes.

Also, you can tell software update to ignore certain stuff by using APPLE-(-) [that's a negitive sign], or look under the File pull down for the menu option.

[nickgold]

I would like to know if anybody who has been experiencing interference in signal, especially from 2.4 GHz phones, notices an improvement with this release.

Thanks!

[Trekkie]

Originally posted by Osglith
I wish Apple would open up AP Extream to 3rd party vendors! I just don't get them sometimes.

Repeat after me. Apple is a hardware company first.

That's why.

Though i can use Linksys wireless G cards to connect to my AE on my PC and Thinkpad, so I am happy. not like their wireless card was *too* outrageously priced (for my 12" powerbook, for you I understand, you were SOL)

[agentpaul420]

In response to some people's complaining that Apple has not let 3rd party components work with Airport, this update fixes that. I also used the Infamous AE Hack on osxhack.com and then updated to this new version and found that it was no longer needed. If you look on the osxhack.com website they state that this update has taken care of that problem. So Apple has allowed 3rd party components to work with there software (that is if you have a Broadcom chip like my Linksys Wireless G Card does).