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Q: Is there an airport utility for Windows 10?

Is there an Airport Utility for Window 10?

Airport Express, Windows 10

Posted on Jun 10, 2016 11:45 AM

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Q: Is there an airport utility for Windows 10?

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  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Jun 11, 2016 12:50 AM in response to plbrooke
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    Jun 11, 2016 12:50 AM in response to plbrooke

    Apple has not updated Windows version of the airport utility since Win7 and is likely to never bother again. They have utility for iOS now .. and if you have no Mac and no iOS it is difficult to understand buying an apple router.

     

    The last windows version does still work in later windows versions. I have it running on Win 8.1 and Win X on my network.

     

    Download AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows

     

    It is however not supported by the latest model airports. You can ignore the warning and proceed to do the setup.. it will partially work but it is hugely better to use Mac or iOS device.

  • by Keith Wilson,

    Keith Wilson Keith Wilson Jul 23, 2016 3:51 AM in response to LaPastenague
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    Jul 23, 2016 3:51 AM in response to LaPastenague

    "Apple has not updated Windows version of the airport utility since Win7 and is likely to never bother again. They have utility for iOS now .. and if you have no Mac and no iOS it is difficult to understand buying an apple router."

     

    I am using Windows 10. I use iTunes for organising my media, Airport Express to stream music to speakers in my home, and I have Apple TV. Airport Express will only work using Airport Extreme as the base station; I have tried with the BT home hub, and other routers, and Airport Express is not recognised by those routers, so cannot be used. I therefore rely on the Airport Utility. It is flakey, but I have found that if I activate it just after Windows 10 has booted up, before using any other software, then it will find my Apple network successfully, although not always. I can, however, get it working after a few attempts, even if this involves a Restart to accomplish.

     

    Anyway, I would have thought that it would be to Apple's benefit to update the utility for Windows 10 to cover setups similar to mine. It may be that not many people have this type of setup, however, as I have used this for quite a number of years, and have seen no need to change it. There are maybe better ways of accomplishing the type of setup that I have using different hardware.

  • by decacowboy,

    decacowboy decacowboy Jul 23, 2016 4:58 AM in response to plbrooke
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    Jul 23, 2016 4:58 AM in response to plbrooke

    I have been using airport extreme boosted by an airport express, for some 3 years now. I have no issues. Important to mention, we have a MacBook Pro, an iPad, iPhones, and a windows computer that is only good for listening to music, due to the wonderful speaker system I have attached to it, and also for printing jobs, since I have yet to discover how to put my HP to work and be compatible with apple. (HP refuses to provide drivers for such)

  • by Keith Wilson,

    Keith Wilson Keith Wilson Sep 1, 2016 1:47 PM in response to plbrooke
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    Sep 1, 2016 1:47 PM in response to plbrooke

    I have already posted on this, but, in case it helps, I can get the Airport Utility to work under Windows 10 if I open it as the computer is booting up; i.e., as soon as the taskbar allows me to. It will invariably open then, and allow me to access all my Apple network devices.