Not knackered, just old (it’s an A1088) Here’s what I get from Airport Utility:
And earlier versions of Airport Utility won’t install on El Cap. Regards Phil PS. If anybody locally (Brighton) has a spare more recent Airport Base Station that I could borrow and try….. ---- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] W: musicandmiscellany.com W: audio-icons.com W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com W: soundcloud.com/philberish • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > On 4 Dec 2018, at 16:52, 'A C Crooks' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Phil, > > My one was built in 2009 week 16 ( serial number 3,4,5 characters). Model is > A1264. > > <image1.png> > > I can only think yours maybe knackered. > > Regards, > > Tony > Sent from my iPad > > On 4 Dec 2018, at 16:12, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi Tony, >> >> Well my Airport Express looks like yours but I think it’s a very early model >> and definitely won’t work with the current Airpot Utility V6, which is the >> only one that’s El Capitan (and later) compatible. I know that for a fact >> ‘cause I’ve tried it (with the Airport Express reset) and the Aiport Utility >> reports that the Airport Express is incompatible. So my Airport Express is >> basically a paperweight. >> >> The one I’m thinking about getting is this: >> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232933044298?ul_noapp=true >> <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232933044298?ul_noapp=true>. But even though it >> may well work, the NAS speed I’ll get over Wifi may well render it pointless >> (although I’ll be using it for is shuffling archive data around). >> >> My other option might be to get a couple of network over mains >> thing-a-ma-bobs, but money is very tight in these parts so I’m trying to do >> this without spending much more than the price of a posh coffee. >> >> P >> >> ---- >> Phil Ward >> >> Skype: aphilw >> E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> W: musicandmiscellany.com <http://musicandmiscellany.com/> >> >> W: audio-icons.com <http://audio-icons.com/> >> W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com <http://peggysdiaries.wordress.com/> >> W: soundcloud.com/philberish <http://soundcloud.com/philberish> >> >> • Freelance writer and product designer. >> • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com >> <http://www.veilletteguitars.com/>. >> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >> >>> On 4 Dec 2018, at 15:23, 'A C Crooks' via Sussex Mac User Group >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Phil, >>> >>> If it is one of these; >>> <image1.jpeg> >>> >>> then it should certainly work with the latest version of the Airport >>> Utility as mine still works. You probably need to do a factory reset to get >>> it to appear as a new device in the app. The Express firmware also likely >>> needs updating if it has been dormant for the last 2-3 years. >>> >>> One thing I’ve found is that Airport Express units of all ages have >>> difficulty in staying online with some makes of routers, especially BT >>> Smart Hubs, which is something to do with changes that Apple have made to >>> the Bonjour ‘mechanism’. I’ve been surprised at how many people I’ve >>> encountered recently still using one or more Express units, so clearly >>> valued. >>> >>> Sam is undoubtedly correct about throughput but as I only use mine to >>> provide AirPlay support to speaker systems this isn’t a factor for me. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tony >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 4 Dec 2018, at 09:17, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Morning all, >>>> >>>> I want to see if I can use an ancient Airport Express I’ve had sitting in >>>> a drawer for years to connect a network storage box via WiFi. The snag is >>>> that the Airport Express is so old that the current version of the Airport >>>> Utility won’t work with it and Apple’s download links to older versions of >>>> the Utility appear to be dead. So does anybody have a copy of Airport >>>> Utility 5 they could send me? >>>> >>>> Ta >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> Phil Ward >>>> >>>> Skype: aphilw >>>> E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> W: musicandmiscellany.com <http://musicandmiscellany.com/> >>>> >>>> W: audio-icons.com <http://audio-icons.com/> >>>> W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com <http://peggysdiaries.wordress.com/> >>>> W: soundcloud.com/philberish <http://soundcloud.com/philberish> >>>> >>>> • Freelance writer and product designer. >>>> • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com >>>> <http://www.veilletteguitars.com/>. >>>> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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