Airport Extreme Base Station now with Gigabit Ethernet

by Scott McNulty (Aug 7th 2007 4:25PM)

Apple has quietly updated one more product today. Hidden at the end of the iMac press release we find out that the Airport Extreme Base Station now sports Gigabit Ethernet ports (one WAN, 3 for devices) whereas only yesterday they were 100baseT. The...

Apple posts Airport update

by Mat Lu (Jul 31st 2007 5:00PM)

Last week many, many of you reported problems with wifi since the OS X 10.4.10 update. Fortunately, Apple appears to have heard your cries of anguish and has released the Airport Extreme Update 2007-4. Apple doesn't say much about what the update con...

AirPort Updates

by Sean Bonner (Apr 19th 2004 1:15PM)

Apple just released AirPort software 3.4 which “offers improved antenna output control, enhanced logging from your base station which is compatible with syslog, and performance improvements for WPA security implementations. It is availabl...

Software Update: Airport Extreme update 2007-001

by Erica Sadun (Jan 25th 2007 9:15PM)

Newly available from Apple is the Airport Extreme 2007-001 update. Says Apple, 'This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and provides compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks.' The Apple site doesn't sa...

Xbox incompatible with 802.11n Airport Extreme

by Erica Sadun (Feb 7th 2007 10:30AM)

TUAW reader Bryan Hughes writes in to tell us that after many unsuccessful attempts, he was unable to connect wirelessly to his Xbox 360 via the new 802.11n Airport Extreme. Over at a discussion at Apple Tech Support, other users report no problem co...

Is the AirPort Extreme worth the price?

by TJ Luoma (Apr 4th 2011 10:00AM)

A friend was looking to replace her wireless router, and I suggested a refurbished AirPort Extreme. New units sell for around US$180, but refurbished models from Apple are $130. Still, that's significantly more expensive than the average Linksys...

Airport, Time Capsule hard drive issues get fixed in latest firmware update

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 22nd 2013 1:00PM)

Apple has released a firmware update for its Airport Express and Time Capsule products that fixes a nasty USB hard drive issue that had widely been reported in Apple's support communities. AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations Firmwa...

Airport Extreme Base Station Update

by Erica Sadun (Apr 11th 2007 12:25PM)

Apple has just released a new update for AirPort Extreme base stations. The update includes general fixes, security improvements and addresses compatibility for the 802.11n base station. To install this update, you'll need AirPort Utility 5.1 for Ma...

Time Capsule vs. Airport Extreme

by Scott McNulty (Mar 3rd 2008 12:00PM)

I'm a little Time Capsule obsessed, it is true (mine is in the Philippines at the moment. Soon it will be in Philadelphia and I will be a happy boy). Joe Kohlmann sent us along his pictures of his newly arrived Time Capsule sitting next to, and unde...

UK bandwidth restrictions to affect Airport Extreme use

by Erica Sadun (Jan 26th 2007 2:00PM)

Macworld UK reports that UK bandwidth restrictions may negatively impact Airport Extreme use in that country. Airport Extreme uses both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies to communicate. In the UK, Japan, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia an...

AirPort Utility for Mac and iOS updated

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 12th 2013 11:00AM)

Apple has released small updates for the AirPort Utility for Mac and iOS. Both updates resolve an issue where AirPort base stations may not appear in AirPort Utility. These updates follow last month's release of new AirPort Extreme Base Stations a...

Apple announces new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 10th 2013 2:10PM)

Phil Schiller has just announced that Apple is releasing new AirPort Base Stations with all-new designs. Design-wise, both the new Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme are rectangular now with dimensions that measure approximately four inches wide by...

Screenshots of AirPort Admin Utility 5.0

by Scott McNulty (Jan 26th 2007 4:30PM)

Apple has posted the Setup Guide and the Designing AirPort Extreme 802.11n Networks manual for the new Airport Extremes. The documents also contain the first publicly available screenshots of the new version of the Airport Admin Utility (if you want...

PC Mag loves the new Airport Base Station

by John-Michael Bond (Jun 28th 2013 4:30PM)

PCMag.com has run a review of Apple's new AirPort Extreme Base Station and they're very impressed. In keeping with Apple tradition they found the router featured the company's standard easy installation, complete with wireless setup. The base stati...

Airport Extreme Driver Update 2005-001 for Panther

by C.K. Sample, III (Nov 9th 2005 12:00PM)

For you antiquated souls who are still running Panther, Apple yesterday released Airport Extreme Driver Update 2005-001, which seems to do the same magic as the Tiger update of last week that also resolved "AirPort compatibility issues with certain t...