Latest Airport Extreme Firmware

david279 · Jun 23, 2009, 03:44 PM

What is the latest firmware for the extreme? 7.4.2 just popped up for update.

gr8tfly · Jun 23, 2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by david279

What is the latest firmware for the extreme? 7.4.2 just popped up for update.

I was about to start a thread too - I went to check a setting in Airport Utility for my AEBS, and it showed up there just a few minutes ago.

I checked Apple, and no KB for 7.4.2

It's sorely needed to fix at least a couple of issues I've seen. I would like to see some release notes before updating, but I guess I can always roll back to 7.4.1.

g-7 · Jun 23, 2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by david279

What is the latest firmware for the extreme? 7.4.2 just popped up for update.

Firmware 7.4.2 just appeared for my AirPort Express, downloading right now.
I think it is a new one.

david279 · Jun 23, 2009, 04:17 PM

I hope it helps me reach my drives attached to the extreme remotely. Hasn't worked since the last update.

gr8tfly · Jun 23, 2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by david279

I hope it helps me reach my drives attached to the extreme remotely. Hasn't worked since the last update.

Mine would go "stupid" every so often - wireless would continue to work, but couldn't mount drives. Hopefully, this is one of the things addressed in the update.

rgarjr · Jun 23, 2009, 04:28 PM

Yeah Im upgrading the FW on all three of my airports right now.

WilliamG · Jun 23, 2009, 05:08 PM

This fixed my 30 minute connection time from my Airport Express N to my Time Capsule!

z4n3 · Jun 23, 2009, 05:17 PM

MacBook Pro EFI, Bluetooth, Airport, MacBook Pro SMC, Xserve LOM, iMac EFI, Mini DisplayPort to VGA in just 2 months!!! and people still bitch

jazz1 · Jun 23, 2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by david279

I hope it helps me reach my drives attached to the extreme remotely. Hasn't worked since the last update.

My remote HD came up faster than ever. Hope it helps you.

nagromme · Jun 23, 2009, 06:04 PM

After a year, I wouldn't mind if my MacBook Air could reliably connect to my Time Capsule (wideband N) on wake from sleep

Everything else connects fine to the TC, and the Air connects to every other network just fine. It even connects to the TC just fine--unless I use 5Ghz N, and then 1/3 of the time it fails to find the network. It's always been that way. Annoying.

Nothing in the notes on this update gives me particular hope, though.

HailToTheVictor · Jun 23, 2009, 09:50 PM

Wooo!!! Connecting to external drives no longer takes forever!!!!

shayn · Jun 23, 2009, 10:19 PM

my airport express hasn't worked since 7.4.1. It's now working again with the new update. Happy days.

mustang_dvs · Jun 24, 2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by shayn

my airport express hasn't worked since 7.4.1. It's now working again with the new update. Happy days.

Yeah, 7.4.1 killed my Express-N, as well. I downgraded to 7.3.2 and have suffered through amber lights on it and the AXBS-n that it extends, as well as incessant requests from Airport Utility to update it.

stevespa · Jun 24, 2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HailToTheVictor

Wooo!!! Connecting to external drives no longer takes forever!!!!

No kidding. Connecting to my Drobo is instantaneous.

Also, I can now listen to songs in iTunes while downloading podcasts, or doing any other disk traffic (my iTunes library is stored on the Drobo). Previously, I couldn't use anything on the hard disk if I was trying to stream music or video from it. Video or audio would freeze and sputter until other disk traffic stopped. I had always blamed the Drobo, but it does not appear to be the case.

Update works awesome, and fixes a lot of nagging issues for me!

ZooCrewMan · Jun 24, 2009, 10:36 PM

Is anyone else experiencing a problem updating their last generation Time Capsule? It asks me to update the firmware, I hit update, and the blue candy-cane bar just keeps spinning telling me it's "searching for latest firmware update."

Henk Poley · Jun 25, 2009, 08:01 AM

I'm back to to 7.4.1 on my 100Mbit 802.11n Airport Extreme. Time Machine couldn't find the attached disk most of the time when using 7.4.2. With the older 7.4.1 it seems to work again.

vabaist · Jun 25, 2009, 12:36 PM

I'm back on 7.4.1, too. Had the same problem as Henk Poley. Two external HDs connected to the AE via USB hub, one for Time Machine Backups, the other for media storage (movies, photos, etc.). With firmware 7.4.2 connection to the HDs is lost after 1 or 2 minutes. For me, while making a backup or watching a movie, the connection drops and finder is unable to reconnect to the external hard drives via AE again. At least, in my case, internet connection remains stable, only the drives are unmounted. This is reproducable and there is already a thread at the Apple forums: http://discussions.apple.com/thread....56371&tstart=0

At least, I'm not the only one.

iriejedi · Jun 30, 2009, 09:24 AM

Glad to know I'm not alone - tried lots of things still nothing - at least 7.4.1 works just fin e for me... and 7.4.2 seems to have issues... so I'm not too worried about being one update behind the Joneses....

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Originally Posted by ZooCrewMan

Is anyone else experiencing a problem updating their last generation Time Capsule? It asks me to update the firmware, I hit update, and the blue candy-cane bar just keeps spinning telling me it's "searching for latest firmware update."

dave12345 · Jul 1, 2009, 10:21 AM

my network drive is loosing connection randomly after this update - its super fast to get onto it now with the new firmware - will try it out for a few more days but might have to roll back to the previous version if the drop outs continue - its annoying having to restart the router to get my drive back online!

Drumjim85 · Jun 23, 2009, 10:49 PM

I have 2 Air Port Expresses, running airport utility 5.4.2 and I'm not seeing this update. When i try to DL it from apple.com it takes me to some support document.

thescort · Jun 23, 2009, 11:04 PM

Broke my MBP (leopard) ability to connect wirelessly. Reverted to 7.4.1.

yaroldb · Jun 23, 2009, 11:14 PM

Have a TC and an express. After the update, I can not access the TC hard drive or see the external drive I have connected. Negative...

alexbates · Jun 23, 2009, 11:35 PM

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- Fixes an issue when the base station is configured for PPPoE

YES!!!!! No more dropped internet connection when phone rings. I am sooo happy

Torq · Jun 23, 2009, 11:35 PM

7.4.2 completely breaks my ability to access the Time Capsule's hard drive over the network (wired or wireless).

Under 7.4.1 it was just Windows machines that would not connect to the drive automatically, though you could manually re-map the connection and that would work until you next rebooted your PC.

Now NOTHING talks to the hard-drive, it does not even spin up and the device is NOT recognized as being present on the network.

This works without issue in 7.3.x, I do no understand how it can be so badly broken AND so varied in whether it works or not at this point.

Time to axe the Time Capsule, get a different router and use separate NAS devices, as this thing is clearly NOT going to be useable properly any time soon. Especially going by the time from 7.4.1 to 7.4.2 (and that only made my issues WORSE).

And yes, I have already tried both a simple update, and and update and reset to factory settings and then reconfiguring the device from scratch.

It does not work.

FJR1300 · Jun 24, 2009, 12:14 AM

I have the xtreme-N and had a similar issue. After updating TM couldn't connect. Tried to browse the HD from finder and nothing even though the AE showed as an option. What I did to fix was re-entered the HD password in the utility and rebooted the AE and all is right with the universe!!

HTH!!

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Originally Posted by Torq

7.4.2 completely breaks my ability to access the Time Capsule's hard drive over the network (wired or wireless).

Under 7.4.1 it was just Windows machines that would not connect to the drive automatically, though you could manually re-map the connection and that would work until you next rebooted your PC.

Now NOTHING talks to the hard-drive, it does not even spin up and the device is NOT recognized as being present on the network.

This works without issue in 7.3.x, I do no understand how it can be so badly broken AND so varied in whether it works or not at this point.

Time to axe the Time Capsule, get a different router and use separate NAS devices, as this thing is clearly NOT going to be useable properly any time soon. Especially going by the time from 7.4.1 to 7.4.2 (and that only made my issues WORSE).

And yes, I have already tried both a simple update, and and update and reset to factory settings and then reconfiguring the device from scratch.

It does not work.

Jun 23, 2009, 03:44 PM	#1
david279 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New orleans	Latest Airport Extreme Firmware What is the latest firmware for the extreme? 7.4.2 just popped up for update.

Jun 23, 2009, 04:28 PM	#6
rgarjr macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Covina, California	Yeah Im upgrading the FW on all three of my airports right now. __________________ MacBook 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 80GB SSD X-25MG2 iMac 3.06GHz, 4GB RAM, RADEON 4850 Mac Mini 2GHz, 4GB RAM, 80GB SSD X-25MG2 [HTPC] 2G iPhone

Jun 23, 2009, 05:17 PM	#8
z4n3 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Madrid Spain	Firmware updates!!! MacBook Pro EFI, Bluetooth, Airport, MacBook Pro SMC, Xserve LOM, iMac EFI, Mini DisplayPort to VGA in just 2 months!!! and people still bitch

Jun 23, 2009, 06:04 PM	#10
nagromme macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Blinking blue dot	After a year, I wouldn't mind if my MacBook Air could reliably connect to my Time Capsule (wideband N) on wake from sleep Everything else connects fine to the TC, and the Air connects to every other network just fine. It even connects to the TC just fine--unless I use 5Ghz N, and then 1/3 of the time it fails to find the network. It's always been that way. Annoying. Nothing in the notes on this update gives me particular hope, though. __________________ nagromme Would you like a treatment?

Jun 23, 2009, 09:50 PM	#11
HailToTheVictor macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2007	Wooo!!! Connecting to external drives no longer takes forever!!!! __________________ 15" MBP 1,1 held together by Scotch tape and love, tv 160, APEBS, iPhone 3g, iPhone (day one owner for both) iPod 5.5g

Jun 23, 2009, 04:17 PM	#4
david279 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New orleans	I hope it helps me reach my drives attached to the extreme remotely. Hasn't worked since the last update.

Jun 23, 2009, 05:08 PM	#7
WilliamG macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008	This fixed my 30 minute connection time from my Airport Express N to my Time Capsule!

Jun 23, 2009, 10:19 PM	#12
shayn macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland	my airport express hasn't worked since 7.4.1. It's now working again with the new update. Happy days.

Jun 24, 2009, 10:36 PM	#15
ZooCrewMan macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northridge, CA	Problem updating Time Capsule... Is anyone else experiencing a problem updating their last generation Time Capsule? It asks me to update the firmware, I hit update, and the blue candy-cane bar just keeps spinning telling me it's "searching for latest firmware update."

Jun 25, 2009, 08:01 AM	#16
Henk Poley macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2008	I'm back to to 7.4.1 on my 100Mbit 802.11n Airport Extreme. Time Machine couldn't find the attached disk most of the time when using 7.4.2. With the older 7.4.1 it seems to work again.

Jun 25, 2009, 12:36 PM	#17
vabaist macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany	7.4.2 seems to have a problem with external hard drives I'm back on 7.4.1, too. Had the same problem as Henk Poley. Two external HDs connected to the AE via USB hub, one for Time Machine Backups, the other for media storage (movies, photos, etc.). With firmware 7.4.2 connection to the HDs is lost after 1 or 2 minutes. For me, while making a backup or watching a movie, the connection drops and finder is unable to reconnect to the external hard drives via AE again. At least, in my case, internet connection remains stable, only the drives are unmounted. This is reproducable and there is already a thread at the Apple forums: http://discussions.apple.com/thread....56371&tstart=0 At least, I'm not the only one. __________________ MacBook Pro 15'', 2.4 GHz Intel C2D, 4 GB RAM, 180 GB HD; 16 GB iPhone 3G black; Airport Extreme (802.11n); Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3; Olympus E-420

Jul 1, 2009, 10:21 AM	#19
dave12345 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008	my network drive is loosing connection randomly after this update - its super fast to get onto it now with the new firmware - will try it out for a few more days but might have to roll back to the previous version if the drop outs continue - its annoying having to restart the router to get my drive back online! __________________ 2.4 GHz early 2008 MBP \| Samsung 64GB SSD \| 30" Cinema Display \| Apogee Duet \| Logic 9 \| Genelec 8040 \| Airport Extreme \| Wireless Mouse and Keyboard

Jun 23, 2009, 10:49 PM	#20
Drumjim85 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DFW, TX	I have 2 Air Port Expresses, running airport utility 5.4.2 and I'm not seeing this update. When i try to DL it from apple.com it takes me to some support document. __________________ Creative Commons - because copyright is broken.

Jun 23, 2009, 11:04 PM	#21
thescort macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	Broke my MBP (leopard) ability to connect wirelessly. Reverted to 7.4.1.

Jun 23, 2009, 11:14 PM	#22
yaroldb macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2007	Have a TC and an express. After the update, I can not access the TC hard drive or see the external drive I have connected. Negative...

Jun 23, 2009, 11:35 PM	#24
Torq macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2009	7.4.2 completely breaks my ability to access the Time Capsule's hard drive over the network (wired or wireless). Under 7.4.1 it was just Windows machines that would not connect to the drive automatically, though you could manually re-map the connection and that would work until you next rebooted your PC. Now NOTHING talks to the hard-drive, it does not even spin up and the device is NOT recognized as being present on the network. This works without issue in 7.3.x, I do no understand how it can be so badly broken AND so varied in whether it works or not at this point. Time to axe the Time Capsule, get a different router and use separate NAS devices, as this thing is clearly NOT going to be useable properly any time soon. Especially going by the time from 7.4.1 to 7.4.2 (and that only made my issues WORSE). And yes, I have already tried both a simple update, and and update and reset to factory settings and then reconfiguring the device from scratch. It does not work.

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