Apple Offers Update to Recent AirPort Update

Milanek writes "Apple has released new version of AirPort Update 3.4.1 which solves problems introduced by the last AirPort update, 3.4." A great many people complained about lower signal strength after the 3.4 update last week.

It works!

[NivenHuH]

I installed the update and can confirm that my signal strength is back to what it normally is..

Re:The drop in signal strength was worrisome

[topologist]

I think you meant "ILS", and nice troll :-) I wonder if an unwary moderator will fall for it... (I do have points, but I thought I'd rather reply 'cos I don't know if your comment is funny or a troll..grin).

Works fine here

[jabex]

All is well over here with the 3.4.1 update. Now I can finally dig into those Airport Management Tools.

linkity link [apple.com]

Apple also put out a doc on the tools (link to PDF article)
clickity click [apple.com]

Re:The drop in signal strength was worrisome

[Anonymous Coward]

What the fuck are you talking about? The whole post was a pun on AirPort.

AirPort -> severe crashes

Get it?

All working fine here..

[ItMustBeEsoteric]

...on my 900MHz iBook G3 12". Better reception that 3.4 it seems, but I didn't suffer a major hit to signal when upping to 3.4.

A great way to check your strength is MacStumbler [macstumbler.com] which also has some tasty war driving applications if you're so inclined.

With 3.4, I was getting a signal of as low as 81 in my room in some places (as far as 30 feet from my router), and now with 3.4.1 I'm above 100 everywhere in the room. Rock!

Re:Bad Apple Updates

[gumbi west]

Okay, keep your pants on man. Go to google and type "Airport 3.4" and see what the news stories are. Notice they all are titled things like "fixing [...] 3.4" or "improving [...] after installing 3.4" or "[...] uninstal[...]"

ABS losing WAN connectivity?

[netdpb]

Anyone else experience problems with the ABS losing WAN connectivity with 3.4?

I have incoming SSH open, and I noticed that once a day (or every other day maybe) with 3.4 I would lose access from outside, and then when I got home, I noticed that I could ping the ABS but not any outside IP. The ABS still had a valid WAN address from DHCP, but somehow had lost the ability to get out through the cable modem.

Anyone else have this happen? and has it abated for you with 3.4.1?

Well, weak signals weren't my primary concern....

[macxonly]

The signal weaknesses weren't my primary concern about the 3.4 version. My problems were with actually connecting to my networks, and being blatantly dropped. Sometimes this resulted in me having to reboot my system.

With this update I could not wake from sleep and automagically get onto my home network. Other times I would be dropped, have to turn off Airport, and then turn it back on to even see the network. This didn't fix my problems a majority of the time. There is no real excuse about signal strength, as my powerbook is a foot away from the wireless router. My room mate had experienced the same problems. We both have 12" 1Ghz powerbooks.

Please, please PLEASE post your hardware when you are reporting problems/talking about recent updates. It gives the rest of us "bleeding edgers" a little more room to breathe, and also allows us to submit proper bugs to Apple if need be.

Besides an informed decision is the right decision.....


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