Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released AirPort Update 2005-001 v1.0

2004–09November 3, 2005Macs Only!Reviews
The update is available via the Software Update application or as a standalone file from this Apple Web page. According to the ReadMe file,

This update fixes reliability and resolves AirPort compatibility issues with certain third party 802.11 cards and access points for Mac OS X v10.4.3 and later.

We downloaded and installed the update on a variety of Power Mac G5s, Power Mac G4 Cubes, iMac G5s and PowerBook G4s with no apparent problems except for an extra-long reboot time on several of them. The best that we can tell, the update only replaced the extension AppleAirPort2.kext v4.0.2 with v4.0.4. Those Macs and PowerBooks using our AirPort Extreme and Express Base Stations and running Mac OS X 10.4.3 work just as well after installation as before. All use Apple-branded AirPort Extreme cards. [Bill Fox & Dana Baggett]



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