Appendix C. Advanced Extreme Features

I tucked the kitchen sink here at the end, because only a few of you may be interested in the advanced features found here and there across the AirPort Utility.

Revert to Older Firmware

Apple isn’t perfect, although many Apple fans like to pretend they’re close to it when compared to the rest of the computer industry. Sometimes, they release software that causes their products to work more poorly than they previously performed.

This has often happened with AirPort base station firmware, the software code that runs on the base station itself. Many firmware releases have turned out to have minor defects, often quickly fixed, that disable or render erratic critical features.

Apple has neatly provided a way to go ...

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