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AirPort Software Updated to v3.4

Posted by pudge on from the my-ware-is-firm dept.

iumacboy writes "Available now in your Software Update, Apple AirPort Software v3.4, which 'provides improved AirPort wireless networking software, and is recommended for all users with an AirPort Extreme and AirPort enabled computer or an AirPort Extreme base station.' New features include: 'improved antenna output control, enhanced logging from your base station which is compatible with syslog, and performance improvements for WPA security implementations.'" Apple also put up some AirPort Management Tools (a management utility for viewing logs and configurations, and a client monitor) but they quickly disappeared.

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  1. Airport update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Maybe I am just crazy, but ever since I did this update last night, my signal strenth on my Airport extreme card (in my 15in PB) seems to have dropped. I am getting 3/4 bars on an access point that is about 4 feet away

  2. Warning! by awtbfb · · Score: 5, Informative

    You may not want to install this one just yet. Airport 3.4 has cut range considerably for some people. It's all over the Apple Discussion boards and Apple news sites.

    1. Re:Warning! by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Informative

      Should you have already downloaded the update, this thread will help.

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      You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
  3. Range Issues, ignorance is bliss by dynamo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had the same signal strength until I read this comment thread, and I kid you not, I lost 25% strength the moment I finished the page. How could it know? Oh wait, it's back up to full now. No, now it's back to 75%. BEWARE.

  4. Re:i'm apple users know this already by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh, bullshit. Despite all the "/. favors platform X over platform Y" memes, the fact of the matter is that /. remains one of the best places to hear about both the merits and defects of just about any OS and/or hardware platform you can name. There is no pro-Apple conspiracy here.

    There are certainly those (I'm one of them) who will happily spend mod points to mod down stupid "M4X0Rz 5uX0rz" trolls, but that's not the same thing. As an iBook user, I'm glad to know that I should hold off on the latest software update. A look at the various signal strength posts, most of which are modded "Informative," will tell you that a lot of other people feel the same way.

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    The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.