I came across an old Airport Express A1084 recently and wanted to set it up as a bridge to my wired USB printer. My MacBook Pro (OS X 10.7.5) is able to see the Airport Express, but my current version of Airport Utility (6.3.1) insists that I need AirPort Utility 5.6 in order to configure the Express. However, when I attempt to install AirPort Utility 5.6, the install fails. Is my Mac directing me to the wrong version of AirPort Utility? Or what might be the issue?
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everything it's telling you is correct,
the old airport doesn't work with the new version of utility and...
the old utility doesn't work with the newer versions of OS X
but, there is a work around.
http://coreyjmahler.com/2014/10/16/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-10-yosemite/
the old airport doesn't work with the new version of utility and...
the old utility doesn't work with the newer versions of OS X
but, there is a work around.
http://coreyjmahler.com/2014/10/16/airport-utility-5-6-1-on-os-x-10-10-yosemite/
You can use the AirPort Utility (5.6.1) application in that download without issues as it is newer than the OS X Lion version (5.6) from Apple's website. You only need to use the launcher if you are running OS X 10.9+.