Airport Utility is a practical utility that guides owners of Apple's AirPort devices to share a wireless Internet connection.
The main interface of this application on Windows is rather easy to understand. It includes two panels, the right-hand side is where a list of discovered Airport networks will be displayed.
Apple today released a new AirPort Base Station Firmware Update for the Airport Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule. According to Apple, the new 7.8.1 update 'improves the security.
The Airport Utility provides and possibility of connecting multiple devices to connect to an AirPort network or even configure the settings of an AirPort Base Station. It does so by establishing a connection through a Time Capsule or an Apple AirPort Base Station.
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The usefulness of this program for owners of AirPort WiFi networks is great, as it cuts down any of the tedious work involved in setting up network connections; an often difficult task.
Other things that Airport Utility is useful for include updating the firmware of the router, restarting, addition of wireless clients and more.
All in all, Airport Utility is a must-have for owners of Apple's AirPort router, providing quick configuration for Windows users. Apart from AirPort base station, Airport Utility also supports AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule.
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Features and highlights
- See a graphical overview of your Wi-Fi network
- Get information about your connected Wi-Fi devices
- View and change network and Wi-Fi settings
- Easily access network information such as IP address, DNS servers, and router address
AirPort Utility on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from wifi software without restrictions. AirPort Utility 5.6.1.2 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Compatibility with this wireless connection software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version of AirPort Utility may be available from Apple.
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- AirPort Utility Download
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- Major release: AirPort Utility 5.6
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