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Apple AirPort firmware update fixes 'Back to my Mac' bug, but hardware's destiny still in doubt
ApplePingList, AirPort update, ^ | Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 07:36 am PT (10:36 am ET) | By Mike Wuerthele

Posted on 12/21/2016 6:11:09 PM PST by Swordmaker

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1 posted on 12/21/2016 6:11:09 PM PST by Swordmaker
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Firm Ware update issued for Apple AirPort WIFI routers issued yesterday. It fixes a Back To My Mac issue and helps with some WIFI reliability issues. If you have an Apple AirPort Extreme, AirPort Time Capsule, or Airport Express, update the firmware now. — PING!


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2 posted on 12/21/2016 6:15:23 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker

Who would have bought an awful router in the first place?

I thought they stopped selling those years ago

They stunk in every situation possible


3 posted on 12/21/2016 6:29:46 PM PST by arl295
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Who would have bought an awful router in the first place?

You are so nasty and full of BS, why do you come to Apple threads in the first place?

I have several Apple routers. They work perfectly, without any problems. I started using them years ago after numerous problems with other non-Apple routers which definitely stink. I have an Airport Time Capsule with two hard drives, and a couple Airport Express routers linked together with it. No problems whatsoever handling multiple devices including PCs, iPhones, tablets and portables. None.

4 posted on 12/21/2016 6:58:06 PM PST by roadcat
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To: arl295
Who would have bought an awful router in the first place?

I thought they stopped selling those years ago

They stunk in every situation possible

LIAR! Another one of your insane claims based on nothing except your anti-apple hate brigade hysteria.

802.11ac Routers Compared: Apple, Belkin, Netgear & Linksys




While no longer the best performer among the WIFI dual band routers, the Apple AirPort Extreme and Express routers are good decent routers that are easy to set up and use. . . and offer excellent security.

So much for your lies you repeatedly post in every Apple thread.

5 posted on 12/21/2016 7:09:26 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: arl295

No idea what you’re smoking.

The Apple Airport Extreme (I’ve owned three over the years) is the hands down the simplest router to configure and maintain.


6 posted on 12/21/2016 7:11:52 PM PST by IncPen (I just found out that PIAPS is a reference to the "Pig In A Pants Suit". Ha! #NeverHillary)
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To: Swordmaker

Thanks for the ping. Updated.


7 posted on 12/21/2016 7:16:31 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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What a load you're laying out there. Prior to my now 3-year old Airport Extreme router, I used Cisco and Linksys routers. Hands down the Apple Airport has been rock solid and speedy working with any combination of Apple, Windows and Android gear that I've thrown at it.

I appreciate it that Apple is continuing support of this top level device. It's a winner and keeper.

8 posted on 12/21/2016 7:36:10 PM PST by Hootowl99
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http://www.businessinsider.com/best-wifi-router-apple-airport-extreme-2016-6

“The best WiFi router I’ve ever used”

I had nothing but problems with LinkSys and NetGear routers. Continually. I recommend Apple Airport routers to others, and install them at their homes. Never any problems with the Apple Airport routers. As for Cisco, I administered Cisco routers in a business environment since the early 1990s but can’t speak for them in a home environment. Very impressed with the simplicity of setup on Apple routers.


9 posted on 12/21/2016 8:09:14 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Swordmaker

So what? Those stats and routers are all awful, plus why would I even consider stats thrown together by an Apple “independent group” anyways? Talk about bias, like getting your news from CNN or MSNBC

I would never use any of those “consumer routers”

I thought they discontinued this rubbish years ago, haven’t seen one in years.


10 posted on 12/21/2016 8:10:13 PM PST by arl295
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Also why did you post that useless information?

3 year old graph and article? That is the best you can do? Comparing the useless Apple Extreme against discontinued best buy junk?

Really?

What is wrong with you?

And what does your cute little graph have anything to do with the discussion? I did not know this was about comparing Apple junk against discontinued 3+ year old hardware. But I guess that is all you have. Which is sad


11 posted on 12/21/2016 8:16:42 PM PST by arl295
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To: IncPen

If you know what you are doing, they are all simple....

Apple Extreme isn’t even a real router, it is just a gateway


13 posted on 12/21/2016 8:20:32 PM PST by arl295
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3 year old graph and article? That is the best you can do? Comparing the useless Apple Extreme against discontinued best buy junk?

And what does your cute little graph have anything to do with the discussion?

Look, asshat, you are not here to engender any "discussions." You drop in to deposit feces and make a mess, that is all. Those WIFI routers were not "junk" at the time and the Apple was the best of the lot that offered the latest standard dual band. Apple was NOT selling an industrial level or Enterprise level WIFI router, nor were these others.

I will quote your original statement:

"They stunk in every situation possible."

I posted that comparison review to prove you are an ASSHAT LIAR, and that this was just one more of your LIES. You lied with your very first comment in this Apple thread which was merely posted to alert people who happen to have these routers that a firmware update had come available, but YOU HAD TO ENTER IT TO LIE ABOUT AN APPLE THREAD, as you always do when you make any comment in an Apple thread, and you do it without any evidence or proof. You are deranged!

It is easy to shoot your lies down. Everyone else in this thread has called you out on your idiocy, incivility, rudeness, and your lies. . . but you cannot see your derangement.

Why do you continually repeat this LIBERAL, DEMOCRAT-LIKE BEHAVIOR?

14 posted on 12/21/2016 8:49:55 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: arl295
For a guy that claims to administer cisco routers, you don’t know much about them

When do you start drinking, Arl, Lunch or Breakfast?

15 posted on 12/21/2016 8:52:31 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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For a guy that claims to administer cisco routers, you don’t know much about them

Excuse me, little boy, but I installed and maintained Cisco routers when Cisco first started selling them around 1990. I performed upgrades by taking apart IGS and AGS boxes and swapping out chips, before they went to flash upgrades over the Internet. You show your ignorance. Go create trouble somewhere else.

16 posted on 12/21/2016 8:54:25 PM PST by roadcat
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Another old timer who has no idea what they are doing

I get it, you need to prove that you are still useful, to somebody

sorry, I don’t care


17 posted on 12/21/2016 9:06:04 PM PST by arl295
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To: arl295

Why bother?


18 posted on 12/21/2016 9:08:06 PM PST by IncPen (I just found out that PIAPS is a reference to the "Pig In A Pants Suit". Ha! #NeverHillary)
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To: Swordmaker

Here comes the 5 paragraph diatribe of crazy, as expected

Take a deep breath, and breath, it is only a silly WiFi gateway that nobody bought, that is why they are discontinuing the product line.


19 posted on 12/21/2016 9:08:49 PM PST by arl295
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I get it, you need to prove that you are still useful, to somebody

I don't need to prove I'm still useful. At least I'm useful. Don't need to work, my investments paid off. Just one of which is Apple which I bought while it was in the teens, split multiple times since. I've successfully worked in more fields than you can ever imagine. While you get your jollies throwing crap in threads while sponging off your mom in her garage in your pajamas. Get a life, get off this thread.

20 posted on 12/21/2016 9:17:31 PM PST by roadcat
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