Airport Utility 5.6.1 is a no go on Mavericks. Finder shows the typical no-run logo over the icon, and says the version is too old for this OS X. Trying to coax it into running via terminal spits this out. Airport Utility 5.6.1.2 is a practical utility that guides owners of Apple's AirPort devices to share a wireless Internet connection. The main interface of this application on Windows is rather easy to understand. It includes two panels, the right-hand side is where a list of discovered Airport networks will be displayed. However thanks to Apples policy “Do not support Hardware that is older than 5 years” it is not possible to configure it on a modern Mac because the Airport Utility does not support this hardware anymore. Thanks again Apple. Sven found out how to do it and here is the description. I found most parts of it here. Reset the AirPort Express.
The Launcher is a small utility for OS X (compatible versions listed, supra ). Using the Launcher, it is possible to run AirPort Utility v5.6.1 under versions of OS X that would otherwise reject the application. This older version of AirPort Utility is needed to configure older AirPort units (both AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme).
| #!/bin/sh -e |
| # Download and install the Airport Utility 5.6.1 app on Mac OS X Lion and up |
| if [ !-d'/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility 5.6.1.app' ] |
| then |
| [ -d /Volumes/AirPortUtility ] && hdiutil detach /Volumes/AirPortUtility |
| rm -rf /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1.dmg /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1 |
| echo'Downloading Airport Utility 5.6.1' |
| curl -s -L http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1536/en_US/AirPortUtility5.6.1.dmg -o /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1.dmg |
| echo'Installing Airport Utility 5.6.1' |
| hdiutil attach -quiet /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1.dmg |
| mkdir /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1 |
| xar -x -f /Volumes/AirPortUtility/AirPortUtility.pkg -C /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1 |
| hdiutil detach -quiet /Volumes/AirPortUtility |
| gzcat /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1/AirPortUtility.pkg/Payload | tar -C /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1 -xf - |
| mv '/tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app''/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility 5.6.1.app' |
| rm -rf /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1.dmg /tmp/AirPortUtility5.6.1 |
| fi |
| echo'You can now find the Airport Utility 5.6.1 app in /Applications/Utilities' |
| open -a '/Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility 5.6.1.app' |
First, understand that the AirPort Utility for Windows has not been updated since Windows 7. It does 'work' on later versions of Windows, including Windows 10, but is not designed to work with the newest 802.11ac base stations.
Let's see if this utility is properly installed on your computer.
For Windows 8, 8.1, or 10, the AirPort Utility for Windows will have two applications listed in the Apps & Features window: 1) AirPort & 2) Bonjour.
- Move or delete the following file from the C:WindowsSystem32 folder: dnssd.dll (Note: This is the Bonjour Client Library and is required by the AirPort Utility. If this file is missing would be the main reason you are not able to find the base station. However, even if is present, it may not be properly registered in the Windows Registry. That is, as far as Windows is concerned, it doesn't exist.)
- Download the AirPort for Windows installer.
- Run the installer using 'Run as administrator' privileges. (Note: If you get the option to Repair or Uninstall, choose the Uninstall option. Allow the uninstall process to complete. The Bonjour application should now be missing in the Apps & features listing.)
- If you didn't get the Repair/Uninstall dialog window, then let the installer install AirPort for Windows in its default folder.
Second, verify that your computer's wired or wireless network adapter is configured for IPv6.
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Now, try accessing the base station with the utility again.
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Jul 23, 2016 3:04 PM