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Apple updates Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station firmware
Last night Apple released a firmware update for Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n. Here are the fixes:- Fixes some problems with extending and maintaining connectivity with extended networks
- Fixes an issue with clients that enable 802.11 "Power Save"
- Fixes connectivity issues with some third-party devices
- Fixes an issue when the base station is configured for PPPoE
- Fixes some Back To My Mac issues with connectivity and support for third-party routers
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Neon Jebus said 10:12AM on 6-24-2009
Now if they could get their machines to see USB external hard drives again I would be happy.
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ShaneD said 2:29PM on 6-24-2009
Huh? MacBook works with my Maxtor external USB drive just fine.
Cheese Rations said 10:18AM on 6-24-2009
What do you mean? Mine seems my USB external hard drive hooked up to my Airport Extreme and connected to with a brand new MacBook Pro.
ack154 said 11:19AM on 6-24-2009
My Airport Extreme sees my USB 500GB WD drive just fine. Set it up to be my "time capsule" for the two Macbooks in the house.
If it helps, try connecting the drive to your Mac first for formatting. Then connect to the Extreme. Not sure what the proper way should be to get that working, but that seemed to work OK for me.
alf said 10:17AM on 6-24-2009
i updated and everything went smoothly with both my ae and tc. now my issue is when are they going to release the update for airport express, which i seem to have to unplug/replug every damn day?!
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Ed said 11:33AM on 6-24-2009
Airport Express update is out as well
Heimbachae said 10:18AM on 6-24-2009
hopefully this fixes the issue where i know i'm all updated but each time i open up Airport Utilities it says I need to update.
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David Winograd said 1:28PM on 6-24-2009
I have about a half dozen 802.11n Airport Expresses, and no update showed up for me.
jsnyng said 10:19AM on 6-24-2009
I applied this update to my Airport Extreme and two Time Capsules last night. After applying the updates, my Mac Pro, Macbook Pro, and iMac all quit backing up using Time Machine. I had to go back into Time Machine settings and re-establish a connection to the Time Capsules. They all backed up fine, but it was annoying that I had to manually touch every Apple device.
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ack154 said 11:20AM on 6-24-2009
Interesting... I'm updating mine remotely from work via my Windows system at home. I'll have to check the Macs when I get home and make sure Time Machine is still working.
bmw said 11:00AM on 6-24-2009
Does anyone have more the one usb device connected to their Time Capsule? I just got one last Friday. Can I get a drive enclosure with two usb ports and pass the second one onto the printer? Or do I need to get a usb hub?
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Andy said 3:29PM on 6-25-2009
Meaning one of the hard drives basically works as a hub, to which you want to plug in your printer? Should work fine.
I have a little cheap USB hub attached to my Airport Extreme, with two MyBook hard drives attached and a Canon printer. All basically work OK. I have occasional problems with the hard drives, but I'm (gasp) connecting to them mostly from a Windows 7 machine. I think that's more likely to be the culprit.
Anyway, hubs are supported.
warped said 11:08AM on 6-24-2009
now if they'll just fix the price issue. $500 for 1Tb is insulting.
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imnastybutler said 1:01PM on 6-24-2009
Interesting; I think the price is very fair for a single small footprint device that has:
1TB
1000 Base T Ethernet ports
Simultaneous Wireless Access point (a/b/g/n)
Seamless External Drive Sharing (Remote and Local)
Print Sharing
Nice GUI
Easy software updates
Seamless Remote Administration via Mobile Me
WPA2/128b WEP
Guest Network (Have not used)
I am very happy with this device; what other single small footprint device would you recommend instead?
David Winograd said 11:19AM on 6-24-2009
I have a single band time capsule 802.11n Time Capsule and my Mac didn't pull down the update. I guess it's just for the dual band Time Capsules.
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imnastybutler said 12:50PM on 6-24-2009
Single Band? I thought all AEBS(s) are dual band. In the wireless/Radio Mode drop down you can hold down the option key and it will display the 'full' list of radio modes.
atron said 11:19AM on 6-24-2009
I, like many users complaining in Apple support forums, was having severe internet issues with my second generation touch since the 3.0 update. I expected an update to my iPod to fix it, but this fix for my airport extreme did the job.
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Ben Gleason said 11:20AM on 6-24-2009
This Airport update broke Airfoil, which I use to stream music from Pandora to a stereo. Anyone else with same problem, or suggestions?
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SSteve said 7:03PM on 6-24-2009
Rogue Amoeba released a 3.3.1 update to Airfoil that says it fixes the problem with 7.4.2.
wes said 11:24AM on 6-24-2009
It appears to break airfoil though, Couldn't get it to connect with 7.4.2, dropped back to 7.4.1 and connected no problem.
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