AirPort Extreme - Extended AirPorts Drop After 7.6 Update

[southerndoc]

I had 3 AirPort Extremes set up so that 1 was the main, and 2 others were extended. Everything worked perfectly with 7.5.2, but since updating the firmware to 7.6, the two "extenders" are dropping periodically and I have to power cycle them to show back up on my main AE.

I haven't changed any settings, and I've tried changing configurations, resetting to factory defaults, etc. No luck.

Basically if I unplug AE 2 and 3 and plug them back up, it'll register with the main (AE 1) router. If I power cycle the main router or after a period of time, AE 2 and 3 will drop the connection and must be power cycled again before they will connect to the network.

As I mentioned before, everything was working perfectly prior to the firmware upgrade. Not sure why I even upgraded!

 

[southerndoc]

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[HazyCloud]

You can revert back to 7.5.2 if you feel 7.6 caused the issues. Personally, my 2011 Time Capsule extends just fine to my Express with all of them running 7.6.

 

[southerndoc]

Actually that solved the problem. Reverted back to 7.5.2. Should've never upgraded it since I wasn't having any problems.

 

[paulrbeers]

I haven't had any problems with 7.6. I have a 2011 Extreme acting as the main, and a 2008? Extreme acting as an extender for the basement and a 2008? Express in one of the bedrooms for airplay and also extending the network. In fact since upgrading, airplay has worked a lot better with less drop outs.

 

[ZipZap]

I reverted then reinstalled 7.6 and all is fine.

 

[SDColorado]

I only had the first half of your problem. After updating to 7.6 the extended networks dropped. Since power cycling them, they have been OK, at least so far.