HT5022: AirPort Base Station: How to set up and configure an 802.11g AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express in OS X Lion

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michaeltbarrett
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Q: 5.6 not working with 10.8.2

I'm trying to use a old airport express 802g and the support page says to install airport utility 5.6 to do that but this version will not install on OS X 10.8.2. What next anyone???

 

Michael

Posted on Oct 27, 2012 10:08 AM

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Q: 5.6 not working with 10.8.2

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 27, 2012 10:11 AM in response to michaeltbarrett
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    Oct 27, 2012 10:11 AM in response to michaeltbarrett

    Have you tried using the version that came with Mountain Lion? If not, then give it a try. If you aren't successful then download 5.6.1 that does work with Mountain Lion.

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Oct 27, 2012 10:22 AM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 27, 2012 10:22 AM in response to Kappy

    Hi Kappy,

     

    AirPort Utility 6.1 comes packed in with Mountain Lion.  Unfortunately, AirPort Utility 6.1 cannot be used to configure older "b/g" wireless devices.

     

    Either AirPort Utility 5.6 or 5.6.1 can be used.....the problem is that Apple's installer will not allow you to install either application on Mountain Lion.

     

    You can manually install the application using a utility like Pacifist.  Apple of course does not officially support this, but it works as far we know. More details here:

     

    http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 27, 2012 10:24 AM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Oct 27, 2012 10:24 AM in response to Bob Timmons

    I've been able to install 5.6.1 on my system without using Pacifist, Bob. In fact I just did that two days ago trying to "fix" the bad relationship between my AEX and Bright House modem/router. But one can use Pacifist to install it quite easily, of course.

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Oct 27, 2012 10:45 AM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 27, 2012 10:45 AM in response to Kappy

    Do you know a secret that you can share?

     

    I cannot download and install 5.6 on Mountain Lion (or 5.6.1) without using Pacifist or a similar utility...and neither can the the original poster michaeltbarret, as he has already reported above.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 27, 2012 3:18 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Oct 27, 2012 3:18 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    Ha! I don't have a clue. It just happened to work for me the other day, and I couldn't begin to tell you why. No luck with it today. Maybe I did use Pacifist and just forgot. I do that a lot (forget.)