airport 7.7.3 causing issues

[aicul]

Hi,

I'm writing this here to avoid people wasting their time as I did.

The recent airport firmware upgrade to 7.7.3 caused my SL server to disconnect from the wifi network and refuse to re-find the network. Even forcefully typing in the network and password failed.

I tried various option spotted in various forums. Even went as far as fixing key chain (which probably got corrupted due to my multiple tests).

Finally I found the answer !

Use AIRPORT UTILITY
1. select the correct device (a TM in my case)
2. rename the network; say from MYNETWORK to MYNETWORK2
3. restart the device

This solved my problem. The server could see the new network and connect.

But to return to normal I reconnected to AIRPORT UTILITY and set the network back to the original name. And things reconnected as normal.


I truly don't know what Apple did in 7.7.3 (I think heart bleed), but testing was obviously not a major concern.

Anyway, I hope this helps people.

 

[Altemose]

Hi,

I'm writing this here to avoid people wasting their time as I did.

The recent airport firmware upgrade to 7.7.3 caused my SL server to disconnect from the wifi network and refuse to re-find the network. Even forcefully typing in the network and password failed.

I tried various option spotted in various forums. Even went as far as fixing key chain (which probably got corrupted due to my multiple tests).

Finally I found the answer !

Use AIRPORT UTILITY
1. select the correct device (a TM in my case)
2. rename the network; say from MYNETWORK to MYNETWORK2
3. restart the device

This solved my problem. The server could see the new network and connect.

But to return to normal I reconnected to AIRPORT UTILITY and set the network back to the original name. And things reconnected as normal.


I truly don't know what Apple did in 7.7.3 (I think heart bleed), but testing was obviously not a major concern.

Anyway, I hope this helps people.

No issues here, but that isn't to say they could be in different environments.