May 24, 2016 · Tuesday May 24, 2016 2:14 PM PDT by Juli Clover Apple today released a new firmware update for all of its 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations, including the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort
The name "AirPort Extreme" originally referred to any one of Apple's AirPort products that implemented the (then) newly introduced 802.11g Wi-Fi standard, differentiating it from earlier devices that ran the slower 802.11a and b standards. At that time the gateway part of this lineup was known as the AirPort Extreme Base Station. May 30, 2019 · Apple has released AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.91 to address vulnerabilities in AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule wireless routers. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.5.2—and isn’t that a mouthful—patches a number of issues related to stability, as well as fixing some specific problems with Apple’s Apple has released a firmware updatefor older AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, and Time Capsule base stations with 802.11n Wi-Fi (not the current 802.11ac models that recently received their own firmware update; see “AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1,” 20 June 2019). AirPort Utility is the simple to use, setup and management utility for the AirPort Express Base Station, the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule.
AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.6.7 and 7.7.7 Apple has released firmware updates for AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations with 802.11ac Wi-Fi (the tower-like models receive Firmware Update 7.7.7), as well as older AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule models with 802.11n Wi-Fi (Firmware Update 7.6.7).
Jun 21, 2019 · Apple has released a security firmware update for all Apple 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations, including the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule wireless routers. Dec 23, 2016 · The method applies to both the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express base stations. The basic steps for upgrading the firmware to version 7.6.8 and 7.7.8 are as following: Connect to the internet first. Open the Apple AirPort Utility on your Macintosh. The AirPort utility is located at the /Applications/Utilities folder on your Macintosh computer. Having helped usher in simple-to-use Wi-Fi networking in 2000 with its futuristic-looking AirPort Base Station, the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models internals came in 2013 (to include