The new Apple Airport Update 4.2 caused problems with some Mac (and possibly Windows) users. The Airport Update caused the AirPort Admin Utility to prompt users to upgrade their Airport Extreme or Airport Express firmware. Upgrading the firmware caused the wireless network to become unstable and users were disconnected from the network.

Read more about the Airport Update 4.2 Problems with Airport Extreme.

Step by Step Solution

1. Go to Apple Support. (Read more…)

The Problem

After installing Airport Update 4.2, I opened up Airport Admin Utility and it prompted me to upgrade the firmware on the Airport Extreme Base Station. Thinking that nothing could go wrong, I naively went ahead and installed the firmware upgrade to the Airport Extreme.

Almost immediately after the firmware installation was complete, the wireless network went (Read more…)