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Setting up old Airport Extreme

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digidee

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Jul 28, 2013
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Hello, I have an older AirPort Extreme that has not been setup for several years. i'm trying to set it up now but can't because my Airport Utility is too new and the firmware is too old.

This version of AirPort Utility requires this AirPort Extreme use firmware version 7.3.1 or later. Go to AirPort Service and Support for more information.

is the message that i receive.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!
 
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KattDaDon

macrumors 6502
Jul 6, 2011
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You can always download an older version of Airport Utility. I'm guess you have the latest Airport Utility app 6.3 or something like that. You can separately download an older version of Airport Utility and update your firmware from the older Airport utility from Apple support downloads page
 
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ticzon

macrumors member
Oct 20, 2010
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Weaselboy said:
Follow this guide to get the old version of Airport Utility installed and it should work.
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I tried this method just yesterday, and it didn't work for me.

To solve my problem:
Downloaded the older version of Airport Utility and open the dmg file with the Shareware called Pacifist to extract the Airport Utility. The Airport Utility will be in the Application Folder -> Utility Folder. I save the old Airport Utility on the desktop and placed it in a new folder called Old Airport Utility. Then I save the folder in my Utility folder.
 
Weaselboy

Weaselboy

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ticzon said:
I tried this method just yesterday, and it didn't work for me.
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I just went to that site and did the downloads and followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. I am on ML 10.8.4. Dunno what you may have done wrong, but it works.
 
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ticzon

macrumors member
Oct 20, 2010
68
134
Weaselboy said:
I just went to that site and did the downloads and followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. I am on ML 10.8.4. Dunno what you may have done wrong, but it works.
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I'm on Lion. Maybe there is difference between Lion and ML when running the script. I did it several times and got an error each time.
 
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