AirPort Utility 5.6 vs. 6.0

I have not yet, I will later when my iPhone returns.

madronemedia wrote:

On your iphone, go to settings, general, reset. and choose reset network settings. It will erase any wifi passwords you have stored and should get it working again. You'll need to reinter your wifi password so write it down.

That didn't work either. But I just figured it out in case anyone else has this issue. I changed my network name to a name with no spaces and it connected.

georgn,

This is a little off-topic but I can't figure any other way to contact you: What are you doing in order to monitor usage via SNMP? I've looked into this over the last year and never found a satisfactory solution.

@billimek An open source thing called mrtg http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/

In addition to MRTG, I use a little dashboard widget for a quick view in to what utilization is like. It's called iEyeNet. vlan0 is the WAN interface.

I have also noticed a speed increase of 10-25% on the 5GHz band. Might be coincidental but it seems to be there for me. My transmit rate is the highest its ever been.

Hi All,

AU v6 is good really god for regular user. However if your advanced or kind of guru i will find it useless. here is why:

• if you have printer connected over USB to AirPort, you cannot enable or disable printer sharing.
• No way to turn off/on 5GHz transmitter.
• No Syslog and SNMP configuration.

If you will switched to AU 5.6 you will get back most of functionality which we have before Jan 30st, 12 (release date for AU 5.6 and 6 also for Firmware update 7.6.1

I get in to problems with SNMP monitoring. Before it is working perfectly but after updating AU and Firmware I have no respond from AirPort Extreme's SNMP.

mac address filter in AU 6 it's really no more available?

May I ask you a question? (of course, ok) If you have a printer that is networkable, meaning it has an eithernet port on the back of it, how come you choose to use the usb cable instead of an eitnernet cable? (Presuming that it does have an eithernet port in the back of it).

"mac address filter in AU 6 it's really no more available?"

My initial impression has been corrected in another thread. MAC address filtering is indeed available in AU 6.0. Here's where:

AU v6.0:

Network tab:

√ Enable Timed Access:

Click the 'Timed Access Control' button:

+ Wireless Clients:

Fill in the 'Description' and 'MAC Address':

Set the 'Wireless Access Times'.

I am a bit disturbed to report that Apple has REMOVED Airport Utility v5.6 from its Downloads list. 😟

I am HOPING that they are going to rewrite their wrong information about v5.6, but checking its description page they so far have not changed it. 😟

Therefore, users who don't like v6.0 won't even know that v5.6 is available and superior. Why did this happen?

In the spirit of overcoming adversity, I am making sure the URL to the Airport Utility v5.6 page is at least available here. 😎

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482

I'm still seeing the listing for v5.6 on the Apple Downloads page.

I am a bit disturbed to report that Apple has REMOVED Airport Utility v5.6 from its Downloads list.

Not sure why you posted this information. AirPort Utility 5.6 was never pulled, and remains available as of 8:30 CDT, Feb 1.

I have been playing with it for a few moments... and i reset both my routers... and the set up is sooo much easier in airport utility 6.0. I really like it. Good Job Apple. (seriously i do like it.)

Thanks Gino. I found it had returned as well. I can testify on my pile of Apple Mac OS X Server books that v5.6 was NOT on downloads pages 1 or 2 for over two hours. Considering the critical nature of having v5.6 available to We The Geeks, my concern was inspired.