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Airport Utility Download

Is there anywhere I can download the Airport software, version 5.0 (not 4.1)?
I lost the install CD during a move, and had to format my computer so I also lost my previous install.
The router works but I'm unable to change settings or update the firmware, which is a bit of pain. Since I can't modify the settings, I can't figure out what's causing my router to behave... lets just say "erratically."

HP Pavilion dv5000, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Dec 29, 2007 4:18 PM

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Jan 22, 2008 11:09 AM in response to MikeWhatThisAliasIsTaken

OK, first you can download the latest version from Apple or below:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28282

If you have the old Airport Admin Utility v4 you will not be able to update it using the above. But…there is a way around that…

http://homepage.mac.com/james.clay/iblog/B894479528/C2040813928/E20070505184135/ index.html

I did everything in the link above and it worked.

Good Luck

Jan 22, 2008 11:13 AM in response to Nelson Gomez

Nelson's methods only work for OS X.

The original poster to this discussion was looking for the Windows version of this utility, which you can get by following this method:

The Windows "Airport Setup" version you need for the Airport Extreme N base station is not really available for download - but you can get it if you are up to following this procedure:

1. download "AirPort Base Station Update 2007-002 for Windows" from Apple's web site

2. use a Winzip utility to extract the contents of the file you downloaded (called Airport521update.exe) to another folder.

3. the contents of that folder should include four files - applesoftwareupdate.msi, apsetup.msi, apsetupadmin.exe, and bonjour.msi

4. go to All Programs -> Accessories. Right click on the "Command Prompt", select to "run as administrator", and click continue when Windows asks for your permission to run this command.

5. in the command prompt window, type and execute the command

msiexec /i path to_folder_of_files_youdownloaded\apsetup.msi /qb ap50isinstalled=1

This method simply forces the installer into thinking Airport 5.0 is already installed, thus letting the installer complete its job of installing a full working copy of the updated version.

This procedure also installs Bonjour for Windows, which will simplify the task of configuring on the PC any printer connected to the Base Station.

Feb 15, 2008 12:48 PM in response to Henry B.

Okay, not much of a PC guy. So when I get to the Command Prompt and I get a black screen that has C:\Windows>

Then do I just type the below after that?
"msiexec /i path to_folder_of_files_youdownloaded\apsetup.msi /qb ap50isinstalled=1"

And are there really spaces between things like the "msiexec /" and the "apsetup.msi /"?

And lastly, the "i path to_folder_of_files_youdownloaded" location is confusing to me. Is there an "i" before the path? If the location where my files are is "C:\Documents and Settings\Norm Shea\My Documents\Airport Download", what should be included in the command I type.

Sorry to be so PC unsavy.

Norm

Message was edited by: Norm Shea-w

Feb 15, 2008 12:55 PM in response to Norm Shea-w

You need to type in the command exactly as I have typed it in. The spaces are very important. And yes that's an "i". If you put in spaces it would read:

msiexec(sp)/i(sp)file_path\apsetup.msi(sp)/qb(sp)ap50ininstalled=1

In your case, "file_path" is "C:\Documents and Settings\Norm Shea\My Documents\Airport Download"

Very important - note that none of the folder names in your file path should have spaces in their names, don't try this with the path you are using. I recommend you extract the files to a folder located at the root of your C: drive, and make it a very simple folder name like "Airport".

Feb 15, 2008 2:06 PM in response to Norm Shea-w

Three questions:

1. what version of Windows are you using? This procedure was tested on Windows Vista, not Windows XP.

2. are you right clicking on the Command Prompt icon, and selecting to "run as administrator"?

3. since you have a modern Mac to run the Airport Utility, why are you going to this trouble to get the Windows version of this utility installed. You don't need both.

Incidentally, there is a lot of information to be found on the web by Googling the term "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed".

Feb 15, 2008 3:37 PM in response to Henry B.

On Feb 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Henry B wrote;
+"1. what version of Windows are you using? This procedure was tested on Windows Vista, not Windows XP."+
Windows XP.



On Feb 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Henry B wrote;
+"2. are you right clicking on the Command Prompt icon, and selecting to "run as administrator"?"+
My user profile has administrative rights so I am right-clicking and running my profile. I don't have the password for the Administrator account.


On Feb 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Henry B wrote;
+"3. since you have a modern Mac to run the Airport Utility, why are you going to this trouble to get the Windows version of this utility installed. You don't need both."+
I am trying to get this set up on my work Dell laptop, which is back at Airport Admin Utility 4.2. I bought the Airport Extreme back when the software version was 3.4 so I don't even have a disk with 5.0 software to have lost.

This really an annoying situation with Apple's support on this issue. If you're trying to keep a Windows machine up to date, Software Update doesn't update this software. If you haven't recently purchased a Airport device, you have never received a version 5.0 of the software. And there's nowhere to download version 5.0 of the software. Kinda disappointing.

Norm

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