A1034 Airport extreme base stations now USELESS garbage?

You will need....or be able to borrow a Mac that is running an older operating system like Leopard (10.5.x), or Snow Leopard (10.6.x) to be able to administer the A1034 AirPort.

A PC that has AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows installed on the computer would work as well.

If you are running Boot Camp on your Mac, you can likely download and install AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows on the PC partition and administer the old AirPort that way.

Alternately......but not recommended.....there are articles on the Internet with instructions on how to download and install an older version of AirPort Utility 5.6.1 on a Mac running a current or recent operating system. Unfortunately, there will be no support in the event of difficulties, and you will need to be willing to reduce the default security settings on your Mac.

We can't post those instructions here because they will removed by the forum moderators.

We have Comcast xfinity and i obtained a 2003 airport extreme base station A1034...

...I want a definitive answer.. Is it GARBAGE NOW.. straight answer.

Since most consumer-grade networking hardware typically lasts 3-5 years, getting the A1034 may not have been to your advantage here...especially if you purchased it used. In addition, as Bob has mentioned, administrating it will become more difficult as time goes on.

...so if you are looking for a definitive answer, I think you already know it.

I had a same kind of problem, I wasn't able to see/configure my A1034 Airport Express anymore under El Captain.

But I still using my even older iBook G3 for word processing sometimes. I can connect and made the set up with my A1034 without any problem under OS X 10.4 Tiger. The proof is that I sending this through my beloved A1034 just right now. So try to dig out an old mac with Tiger or Leopard and give it a try.

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