Airport Utility V6.3 Update

COOL, it wroks fin i 6.2 again.....

THX a lot~~~ dfavor

BRILLIANT, dfavor!

Nice, elegant solution.

You can download the older Airport Utility 5.6 from Apple and use that. I keep whatever new version as well as 5.6 on my MacPro for situations like this. 5.6 is just so dead simple it's nice to use. Just rename the app and you can choose which to use to modify the settings.

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1482

To bump the thread with the same problem, Airport Utility 6.3 (630.34) isn't recognizing my Airport Extreme (1st gen) either.

I was also seeing the same problem. Following dfavor's instructions allowed me to reinstall v. 6.2 and I'm back in working order.

However, like others have mentioned I also keep a copy of v. 5.6 installed because it has always seemed more reliable than any of the 6.x versions and it also has more features.

nope didn't work

6.3 worked for me when I first installed it, but today it could not find my Extreme (5th gen) or an older Express.

Using "Configure other..." to make a minor change to the name of the Extreme and reboot is caused both the Extreme and the Express to reappear. We'll see how long that lasts.

(MBP-R 2012, 10.8.4)

Looks like 6.3 is using IPv6 to talk to Time Capsules/Airports. I know I had turned off IPv6 long ago since I didn't need it. Also looks like Apple has removed 'Off' as a valid choice for that setting.

To turn IPv6 back on:

Open System Preferences->Network

Click Advanced

Change Configure IPv6 from 'Off' to 'Link-local only'

Click Ok

Click Apply

AU 6.3 should now be able to communicate with your device.

Thank you Jeff! That is the solution, worked immediately on my Mac Pro w/ a 1st gen AE.

Good sleuthing, Jeff! Works great now after switiching to IPv6. Still don't see any notification to install firmware upgrade to 7.7.1, but that's apparently what a lot of folks are experiencing..

Excellent. Enabling IPv6 worked! I can now see the Gen 5 and Gen 4 Airport Extreme's.

Thanks for the help!

-- Jeff

Worked for me evrything displaying as it should.

Thanks Jeff.

I think what probably happened is when they removed the 'Off' option for IPv6 it didn't default to another option. Hard to test a configuration you can't get to except through terminal commands. I also got an email from Apple and when they started asking for IPv6 addresses and ping results I realized why it wasn't working. Clearly the connection isn't solely based on IPv6 as Configure Other... still works. Something as simple as release notes stating that the connection now relies on IPv6 would have been very useful.

On my computer iMac 27 with OX 10.8.4 changing the IPV6 to "only local link" don't sort any effect. AU 6.3 is still not working.

Do you now have an IPv6 address in the Network control panel screen?

Also check that the Airport has IPv6 enabled. You'll need AU 6.2 or 5.6 to access it obviously.