Airport Express A1088

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Airport Express A1088

I recently bought an Airport Express on ebay. I thought I was buying the 802.11n model - I don't think I have (shouldn't have been so impulsive). So I've been trying to get some specs on it based on its model number, A1088. I can't find anything, punch that number into Google/Apple and nothing useful comes back.

Does anybody have a link or some info on this particular device? Also, as I've kind of resigned myself to it being the slower model is there anyway to upgrade it, say via firmware?

Cheers
Trist

MacPro (2.66GHz), G4 (AGP), Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Oct 18, 2008 5:15 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 18, 2008 7:39 PM in response to Tristian

I would buy an older model because I'm only using a "G" network on airport extreme base station. I want something that's compatible with my panther OS so I can stream radio off itunes to my basement. Is your model compatible with 10.3.9?
I may go window shopping tomorrow to see if there are any older units still around. In the meantime I can always resort to my fm transmitter but sometimes soon I'll probably buy and older airport extreme so I can just plug powered speakers into it.

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Dave Post

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Oct 19, 2008 7:06 AM in response to Tristian

Searching Google with the terms "airport express 1088" turned up a discussion at

http://forum.hardmac.com/index.php?showtopic=167

in which user linathael posted a msg referencing an AX A1088 he purchased in 2004. So it appears you have an 802.11b/g model.

No firmware update to convert a b/g model to g/n is available. I'm not sure this would even be possible because the n spec requires the ability to transmit/receive at 5 GHz (in addition to 2.4 GHz, to provide backward compatibility with g), whereas the b and g specs use 2.4 GHz only.

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Tristian Author

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Oct 19, 2008 10:23 AM in response to Dave Post

Well that is an interesting read. My serial is of the 6FXXX run so I hope I'm in the clear. It really blows your confidence in a manufacturer (where quality is a key element of the marketing) when they seem to ignore what appears to be a very real problem.

Thanks for info.

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Answer 4

Nov 1, 2008 9:41 PM in response to Tristian

The hardware is different so you can't convert it from "G" to "N".
I am still having issues with my airport extreme locking up every week or two and not responding. I bought the "N" Airport Extreme and am using that for the time being to see if the crashing issue is a hardware problem with the Airport Extreme.

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