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Connie75

Q: This version of AirPort Utility doesn't support this base station. Use AirPort Utility 5.6 to configure or manage this base station. AirPort Utility 5.6 is available at AirPort Service and Support.

In my Airport Utility a read the following message:

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This version of AirPort Utility doesn't support this base station. Use AirPort Utility 5.6 to configure or manage this base station. AirPort Utility 5.6 is available at AirPort Service and Support." What do I have to do ?? I can use my airport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


MacBook Pro, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 9, 2012 8:39 PM

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  • by Klaatu1947,

    Klaatu1947 Klaatu1947 Dec 7, 2013 4:27 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Dec 7, 2013 4:27 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    The Airport product line has always been the "red haired step child".  They roll the product out and provide minimal support, and drop support for the legacy devices. The Airport Utility has been stripped of all of the features offered by traditional telecommunications companies.  As long as you and I continue to purchase the Airport products Apple will continue to water down the support tools.  The good news is that bother are lots of non-Apple solutions available.

  • by PatSplat,

    PatSplat PatSplat Dec 12, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Dominican_mac_freak
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    Dec 12, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Dominican_mac_freak

    Im receiving the same message when i try to run 5.6 and theres a circleslash through the icon in the utilities folder. What gives? Have you figured it out? Please help if you can.

  • by Bisonator,

    Bisonator Bisonator Dec 23, 2013 10:14 AM in response to Connie75
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    Dec 23, 2013 10:14 AM in response to Connie75

    Thank you!  I just upgraded routers and could not get back online for the life of me.  Your instructions were superb.

  • by .isadora,

    .isadora .isadora Jan 16, 2014 7:16 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 16, 2014 7:16 PM in response to Tesserax

    thank you! pacifist worked for me

    got my air tunes working perfectly with my "vintage" airport express

  • by PRINCPN,

    PRINCPN PRINCPN Mar 20, 2014 12:58 PM in response to Tesserax
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    Mar 20, 2014 12:58 PM in response to Tesserax

    Thanks, this worked.  The only problem I have now is I dont see the AE in my list when I play iTunes, I have to go to sound in the systems preferences and choose it there.  I seem to remember it was in my system tray

  • by Ecleptic,

    Ecleptic Ecleptic May 10, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Tesserax
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    May 10, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Tesserax

    I just did all that but my Mac is currently telling me: "you can't use this version of the appication 'Airport Utility 5.6' with this version of OS X" and that "You have 'Airport Utility 5.6' 5.6."  What did I miss?

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons May 10, 2014 5:41 PM in response to Ecleptic
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    May 10, 2014 5:41 PM in response to Ecleptic

    If you have Mavericks (10.9.x) on your Mac, Apple will not allow you to install AirPort Utility 5.6.

     

    Use...or borrow for a few minutes...a Mac running Leopard , Snow Leopard or Lion (up to 10.7.2), or a PC if you need to administer an older AirPort model.

  • by yambu1,

    yambu1 yambu1 Jul 14, 2014 7:10 AM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Jul 14, 2014 7:10 AM in response to Bob Timmons

    Mavericks users: Thanks to Corey Mahler, there is a solution for getting AirPort Utility 5.6.1 to run on Mavericks, and it doesn't require uninstalling the new version (so you can keep using the new utility for newer Airports). Just google “corey mahler 5.6.1 mavericks” and you’ll find it. (I tried to post a link here, but it kept getting removed).

     

    I've tried this with Mavericks 10.9.4 and it works. Once you've installed Airport utility 5.6.1 and the launcher app, you will need to run Airport 5.6.1 Launcher app, and that will get the utility running.

  • by daniel_brazil,

    daniel_brazil daniel_brazil Oct 13, 2014 2:07 PM in response to Connie75
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    Oct 13, 2014 2:07 PM in response to Connie75

    Thanks Yambu1!

    It really works with OS X Mavericks!

  • by laner24,

    laner24 laner24 Nov 6, 2014 8:44 PM in response to Connie75
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    Nov 6, 2014 8:44 PM in response to Connie75

    It worked, thanks Yambu1!! (and THANKS Corey Mahler!!)

    I bought an older airport used for $20 and didn't realize that the current airport utility wouldn't work for me.  I used Corey Mahler's solution and it worked like a charm.  I was hesitant, but found articles on both macworld.com and macupdate.com so I figured it was safe to use.  I even signed up to the discussion board just to post a positive review.

  • by cesar58,

    cesar58 cesar58 Jan 2, 2015 9:51 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Jan 2, 2015 9:51 AM in response to Tesserax

    I am using Yosemite for the same problem what can i do?

  • by Jowie,

    Jowie Jowie Jan 2, 2015 10:00 AM in response to cesar58
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    Jan 2, 2015 10:00 AM in response to cesar58

    The solution mentioned above works for Yosemite too.

  • by Terrence Tobin,

    Terrence Tobin Terrence Tobin Jun 1, 2015 4:38 PM in response to Jowie
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    Jun 1, 2015 4:38 PM in response to Jowie

    Just found this discussion and used the method described.  It works!  Under Mavericks I was able to get an old Apple Express (802.11 b/g only) working again to extend the wireless coverage from an old Apple Extreme base station. As expected, the Express can not be configured to 'Extend wireless network'. It can only be configured as 'Participate in a WDS network', meaning it is limited to b/g speed of 2.4 GHz.  However, since I'm currently still using an old Apple Extreme base station, I am limited to 2.4 GHz anyway.   Thanks hugely to Yambu1 and Corey Mahler. 

  • by Dave Kitabjian,

    Dave Kitabjian Dave Kitabjian Nov 9, 2015 6:10 PM in response to dickybran
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    Nov 9, 2015 6:10 PM in response to dickybran

    How did you get past "This version of Airport Utility doesn’t support this base station"? It appears to want to install on Lion, and none of my Macs have that available any more. Is there a way around this limitation? I have an Airport Express I can no longer configure. Thanks!!

  • by Dave Kitabjian,

    Dave Kitabjian Dave Kitabjian Nov 9, 2015 6:20 PM in response to dickybran
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    Nov 9, 2015 6:20 PM in response to dickybran

    What I get after Pacifist extraction is "You can’t use this version of the application “AirPort Utility 5.6.app” with this version of OS X."

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