Airport updates address AirPlay issues

Late this week, hot on the heels of several other updates, Apple released fixes for its Airport Utility software as well as new firmware for several models of Time Capsule, Airport Extreme and Airport Express devices.

Airport Utility’s update brings the app to version 5.2.2 and:

Resolves an issue that caused the DHCP settings tab to display incorrectly
Resolves an issue that caused the application to quit unexpectedly when automatically launched
Resolves an issue that prevented the network password from being stored in the Keychain when the network on the 5GHz band was named differently

As always, Airport Utility runs not only on OS X, but Windows as well.

On the device end of things, all 802.11n-capabale AirPort base stations and Time Capsules got updated to firmware version 7.5.2. Fixes include:

General fixes to Wi-Fi base station stability
Fixes some issues with AirPlay streaming
General fixes with USB interoperability including connection to external storage devices
Fixes some issues with NAT port mapping settings
Disables TKIP security with 802.11n rates per the Wi-Fi Alliance specifications

To run these updates, launch Software Update on your Mac to update the Airport Utility. Windows users can download the update from Apple’s website here.

Launching the utility itself will prompt you to update the firmware on any compatible Airport devices on your network. Note that firmware updates require the Airport device to restart, which will interrupt network traffic for a few minutes.

Happy surfing, and be sure to let us know if you see any issues (fixed or created) with these updates!

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Jeff

My airport express which I use for airtunes shows a green light, which normally means everything should be up and running wirelessly, however my Mac and itunes doesn't recognize the device at all. Also, my Remote App on my iphone doesn't work anymore with itunes. I've tried everything possible from resetting the Airport express 100 times, to uplugging and restarting everything. Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

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fabian

i can't stream over airplay from my iphone since the firmware upgrade anymore. from itunes it still works? anyone else experiences anything like it?

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John

Well done apple you are finally on a par with microsoft - my network worked well until the latest update but now my airport cannot access the internet. I cannot even open the utility program anymore to check settings as the damn thing only seems to want to scan for wireless devices - unsuccessfully at that !!!
So I followed all the chatter about these issues to your download page for firmware update 7.5.2 only to find that there is no download file there - what?
... and what a great time to have inflicted this on the world - Merry Christmas Apple.

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