Airport Express 1st Gen firmware

[dc2447]

I just bought an airport express first generation to extend my netowrk

My sierra airport utility did not support the device, so I used al launcher to run the old version of airport express (5.6) and configured the device.

I updated the firmware to 6.3

Is there a way to upload to 7.6 ariprt firmware on an old device?

screenshots

http://imgur.com/a/jPcIM

 

[chrfr]

I just bought an airport express first generation to extend my netowrk

My sierra airport utility did not support the device, so I used al launcher to run the old version of airport express (5.6) and configured the device.

I updated the firmware to 6.3

Is there a way to upload to 7.6 ariprt firmware on an old device?

screenshots

http://imgur.com/a/jPcIM

Firmware is device-specific; you can't install a version that isn't intended for that hardware, so you're out of luck.

 

[dc2447]

Firmware is device-specific; you can't install a version that isn't intended for that hardware, so you're out of luck.

well, no. My airport extreme, time capsule and other first gen airport express all tun 7.7.8

After doing some research it appears that the Airport express I bought is the G version (A108x) not the N version (A1264)

I would have been fine if I bought an N

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort_Express#History

 

[chrfr]

well, no. My airport extreme, time capsule and other first gen airport express all tun 7.7.8

Yes, they all run version 7.7.8 of the firmware, but those installers are not interchangeable with each other- each device will have its own individual updater in the background.
I have one of the Airport Expresses that looks like yours but supports 802.11n and yes, it takes the latest firmware.

 

[dc2447]

Yes, they all run version 7.7.8 of the firmware, but those installers are not interchangeable with each other- each device will have its own individual updater in the background.
I have one of the Airport Expresses that looks like yours but supports 802.11n and yes, it takes the latest firmware.

The N versions will run 7* firmware, the G will not. At least that's what I believe.

 

[chrfr]

The N versions will run 7* firmware, the G will not. At least that's what I believe.

Correct.

 

[Dranon]

Correct.

How do you get it update? I am using the old airport utility 5.6.1 and it sees the airport express N version it tells me it needs to update to 7.6.8 from 7.4.2 but it is stuck on searching for latest firmware!