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Apple on Thursday released an update for AirPort Extreme that improves compatibility and fixes a security issue. more

[cfromberg]

fixed my issue with slow thruput on my mbp 2.0 CD with the broadcom 4321 802.11 b/g/a/n card. before i got max 4-5mbit thruput, now i'm back to 28-30mbit on my 802.11g network. i had to switch back to the atheros 5004 original wifi card in order to fix this until this update came along;-)
thnx apple

[nittany4]

i only use airport expresses
are there not similar issues that i should need to update? or does this refer to only the n portion of the airport?

[cfromberg]

all airports should update...
theh security issue is the one that needed updating badly...

[bastion]

i only use airport expresses
This isn't for the base stations. This is for the "AirPort Extreme" network cards in Intel-based Macs.

[cobaltblue]

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Apple on Thursday released an update for AirPort Extreme that improves compatibility and fixes a security issue. <a href="/news/2007/03/08/airportupdate/index.php">[more]</a>

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This update introduces a serious bug that prevents many Airport Extreme users (Macbooks and Macbook Pros) from connecting to third-party wireless )non-Apple) routers that have WPA enabled. D-Link and Linksys routers seem to be widely affected. There is apparently no fix other than turning off wireless security. This is ironic particularly since Apple calls this a "security update". If you are one of these users, you should NOT install this updgrade if you wish to be assured of wirelss connections to third=party routers.
There is an extensive discussion regarding this at the Apple Support Discussions:
http://discussions.a...883021&tstart=0