Airport Card Update 2004-08-31

MacRumors · Aug 31, 2004, 10:13 PM

Now available via Software Update:

Quote:

AirPort Card Update 2004-08-31 improves reliability in mixed 802.11b and 802.11g environments and is recommended for all customers with AirPort-capable computers running AirPort 3.4 and later, including AirPort 4.0.

After this update, the AirPort Driver and AirPort Extreme Driver will each be upgraded to version 3.4.3.

Apple AirPort website at www.apple.com/airport
Apple Support website at www.apple.com/support

dizastor · Aug 31, 2004, 10:16 PM

sweet. Still works... thats a plus.
no Kernel panic.

musicpyrite · Aug 31, 2004, 10:19 PM

Is this for AirPort Extreme? or just regual AirPort? Did it require a restart?

Maybet this has something to do with a new Wi-Fi thingy Apple has, but I doubt it, it's probbably just for the new iMacs.

Counterfit · Aug 31, 2004, 10:20 PM

A tad too busy to install and reboot now, so I'll download it and install later.

robotrenegade · 10:46 PM

I don't see a difference.

iChan · Aug 31, 2004, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musicpyrite

Is this for AirPort Extreme? or just regual AirPort? Did it require a restart?

both and yes

zwida · Aug 31, 2004, 10:21 PM

Well, it's worth a shot...

iChan · Aug 31, 2004, 10:21 PM

Hey, I wrote on another thread that NetNewsWire killed my Internet connection everytime it downloaded new headlines...

it doesn't happen anymore... fix or coincedence?

iChan · Aug 31, 2004, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robotrenegade

I don't see a difference.

me neither... but certainly had an impact on an app of mine.

savar · Aug 31, 2004, 10:27 PM

Oh well,

how is that Apple updates are made available through Windows Update?

MS Word certainly doesn't get patched through OS X's software update...well no 3rd party app does.

machan · Aug 31, 2004, 10:38 PM

i hope this update also fixes the dropped connections i've been getting ever since updating to 3.4 a few months ago. very annoying to have my network connection disappear completely and have to fiddle around and wait for it to come back (with no apparent reason for the disconnection or reconnection). i never had that problem until i installed 3.4.

Mechcozmo · Aug 31, 2004, 10:58 PM

Odd, because it has no real description, just support links. And the fact that it isn't, by default, required, is interesting. But I upgrade compulsevly, and I was one of those luckey few who downloaded 10.2.5 (I think) that wreaked havoc with networking connections. Hehe. Of cource, my Windoze computer has that same problem and its called "Windoze."
Actually, that isn't fair to my PC. It is a great platform to run Basilisk II on. Hullo to System 7.5.5!

Wow, I got off topic on that one. Watch out for my next thread, due to appear somewhere closer to midnight.

dotnina · Aug 31, 2004, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by savar

Oh well,

how is that Apple updates are made available through Windows Update?

MS Word certainly doesn't get patched through OS X's software update...well no 3rd party app does.

Really? I could have sworn my Proteus (IM client) update came in through Software Update ... I told Proteus to check for updates and it pulled up Software Update w/an update ...

I could be wrong.

Chris Marks · Aug 31, 2004, 11:10 PM

Is it just me, or is the file not available for download anymore? The page is there, but the link to the disk image is bad.

I really want to update...my wifi connection cuts out for no reason at least once a day. (Ever since I switched it to mixed mode, now that I think about it)

Chris Marks · Aug 31, 2004, 11:13 PM

Looks like they just took the info page down...

t300 · Aug 31, 2004, 11:15 PM

Works fine for me...Just wondering what the heck it did.

Nice to get some news like this after a day full of iMac jargon.

Now the real question...Where's that iPod Mini update?

AssassinOfGates · Aug 31, 2004, 11:17 PM

A while back I filed a bug about how with some cards the system will crash slowly during network activity. It would first drop the connection, then hang SystemUIServer making it nearly impossible to kill -9, then hang the finder, dock, and all other apps as well, forcing a hard reset with no crash messages whatsoever. All of this on a fresh install of Panther both patched and unpatched, after Airport was updated to 3.3 or greater.

Hope this fixed it. I'll make a new partition with panther tonight and see if it does. Here's crossing my fingers.

vraxtus · Aug 31, 2004, 11:31 PM

After I did the Airport update install, my wireless went on the fritz! I can't connect to anything! I finally got it to connect to my wireless network again... but it's painfully slow... it took me 30 seconds to get on AIM and Mail thought I was offline!!!

Is anyone else having any problems????

angelneo · Aug 31, 2004, 11:33 PM

Does anyone of you here use the airport card on a PC? This is a first time I know that the airport card is compatible with PC and hence the windows version?
Pardon my ignorance

t300 · Aug 31, 2004, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vraxtus

After I did the Airport update install, my wireless went on the fritz! I can't connect to anything! I finally got it to connect to my wireless network again... but it's painfully slow... it took me 30 seconds to get on AIM and Mail thought I was offline!!!

Is anyone else having any problems????

Weird. No problem here at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelneo

Does anyone of you here use the airport card on a PC? This is a first time I know that the airport card is compatible with PC and hence the windows version?
Pardon my ignorance

Airport cards are for Mac only. It is refering to the fact that you might be using an Airport card on a "PC/Windows Network."

dbally · Aug 31, 2004, 11:38 PM

So far so good . . . I can't tell any difference either, but since the connection isn't broken, I'll consider that a decent update.

aswitcher · Aug 31, 2004, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vraxtus

After I did the Airport update install, my wireless went on the fritz! I can't connect to anything! I finally got it to connect to my wireless network again... but it's painfully slow... it took me 30 seconds to get on AIM and Mail thought I was offline!!!

Is anyone else having any problems????

Given your experience, and the recent virex issue, I think I'll give this a few days to shake out...aint broken don't fix it...

t300 · Aug 31, 2004, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aswitcher

Given your experience, and the recent virex issue, I think I'll give this a few days to shake out...aint broken don't fix it...

Aswitcher, what virex issue?

vraxtus · Aug 31, 2004, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aswitcher

Given your experience, and the recent virex issue, I think I'll give this a few days to shake out...aint broken don't fix it...

What virex issue?

I keep getting, "There was an error joining the network." WTF?!?!?!?!?

BeigeUser · Aug 31, 2004, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jet3004

Airport cards are for Mac only. It is refering to the fact that you might be using an Airport card on a "PC/Windows Network."

Actually, it's probably for Wintel users who have a Airport Base Station. It would seem odd to use a wintel computer to update a airport card that is physically located inside a mac.

Aug 31, 2004, 10:16 PM	#2
dizastor macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Los Angeles	sweet. Still works... thats a plus. no Kernel panic. __________________ ejc on Twitter

Aug 31, 2004, 10:19 PM	#3
musicpyrite macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cape Cod	Is this for AirPort Extreme? or just regual AirPort? Did it require a restart? Maybet this has something to do with a new Wi-Fi thingy Apple has, but I doubt it, it's probbably just for the new iMacs. __________________ For SCIENCE!!

Aug 31, 2004, 10:20 PM	#4
Counterfit macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: sitting on your shoulder	A tad too busy to install and reboot now, so I'll download it and install later. __________________ "People shouldn't use word processors as web development tools. It's like using a domestic cat to spread butter on your toast." -ad

Aug 31, 2004, 10:20 PM	#5
robotrenegade macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Greenville,SC	I don't see a difference. __________________ 60GB iPod \| 17" Mac Book Pro \| Mac OS 10.5.4 \| 8GB iphone Last edited by robotrenegade : Aug 31, 2004 at 10:46 PM.

Aug 31, 2004, 10:21 PM	#7
zwida macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: NYC	Well, it's worth a shot... __________________ I'd prefer not to.

Aug 31, 2004, 10:21 PM	#8
iChan macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dublin, Ireland.	Hey, I wrote on another thread that NetNewsWire killed my Internet connection everytime it downloaded new headlines... it doesn't happen anymore... fix or coincedence? __________________ nah.

Aug 31, 2004, 10:27 PM	#10
savar macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: District of Columbia	Doh--thought I'd get first post Oh well, how is that Apple updates are made available through Windows Update? MS Word certainly doesn't get patched through OS X's software update...well no 3rd party app does. __________________ Mehce

Aug 31, 2004, 10:38 PM	#11
machan macrumors regular Join Date: May 2003 Location: wisconsin	i hope this update also fixes the dropped connections i've been getting ever since updating to 3.4 a few months ago. very annoying to have my network connection disappear completely and have to fiddle around and wait for it to come back (with no apparent reason for the disconnection or reconnection). i never had that problem until i installed 3.4.

Aug 31, 2004, 10:58 PM	#12
Mechcozmo macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2004	Odd, because it has no real description, just support links. And the fact that it isn't, by default, required, is interesting. But I upgrade compulsevly, and I was one of those luckey few who downloaded 10.2.5 (I think) that wreaked havoc with networking connections. Hehe. Of cource, my Windoze computer has that same problem and its called "Windoze." Actually, that isn't fair to my PC. It is a great platform to run Basilisk II on. Hullo to System 7.5.5! Wow, I got off topic on that one. Watch out for my next thread, due to appear somewhere closer to midnight. __________________ This is not the signature you're looking for. This is not the signature we're looking for. You can scroll down now. You can scroll down now.

Aug 31, 2004, 11:10 PM	#14
Chris Marks macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Columbus Ohio	Is it just me, or is the file not available for download anymore? The page is there, but the link to the disk image is bad. I really want to update...my wifi connection cuts out for no reason at least once a day. (Ever since I switched it to mixed mode, now that I think about it)

Aug 31, 2004, 11:13 PM	#15
Chris Marks macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Columbus Ohio	Looks like they just took the info page down...

Aug 31, 2004, 11:15 PM	#16
t300 Guest Join Date: Apr 2004	Works fine for me...Just wondering what the heck it did. Nice to get some news like this after a day full of iMac jargon. Now the real question...Where's that iPod Mini update?

Aug 31, 2004, 11:17 PM	#17
AssassinOfGates macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A cardboard box.	Possible Reason A while back I filed a bug about how with some cards the system will crash slowly during network activity. It would first drop the connection, then hang SystemUIServer making it nearly impossible to kill -9, then hang the finder, dock, and all other apps as well, forcing a hard reset with no crash messages whatsoever. All of this on a fresh install of Panther both patched and unpatched, after Airport was updated to 3.3 or greater. Hope this fixed it. I'll make a new partition with panther tonight and see if it does. Here's crossing my fingers. __________________ “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” -D. Adams

Aug 31, 2004, 11:31 PM	#18
vraxtus macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA	Am I crazy?? After I did the Airport update install, my wireless went on the fritz! I can't connect to anything! I finally got it to connect to my wireless network again... but it's painfully slow... it took me 30 seconds to get on AIM and Mail thought I was offline!!! Is anyone else having any problems???? __________________ My Apple History: Apple IIc; Powerbook 145; Powerbook Duo 280C; Performa 6400/200; Wallstreet Powerbook G3 266; Dual USB iBook G3 500 Currently Using: Powerbook G4 Rev B 1Ghz 512MB; PowerMac G5 SP 1.8Ghz 1GB Radeon9800 Pro SE 256

Aug 31, 2004, 11:33 PM	#19
angelneo macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: afk	Does anyone of you here use the airport card on a PC? This is a first time I know that the airport card is compatible with PC and hence the windows version? Pardon my ignorance

Aug 31, 2004, 11:38 PM	#21
dbally macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2003	So far so good . . . I can't tell any difference either, but since the connection isn't broken, I'll consider that a decent update. __________________ "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that"

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