- AirPort Utility
Infobox Software
name = AirPort Utility
caption = Screenshot of AirPort Admin Utility onMac OS X v10.4
developer =Apple Computer
latest release version = 5.3.2
latest release date =2008-06-11
operating system =Mac OS X ,Windows XP
genre = Networkingutility
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mobility/ Apple.com/…/mobility/]The AirPort Utility is a utility that serves to allow the user to configure an
AirPort Wi-Fi Base Station to create awireless network . It is built in toMac OS X and is available for download forWindows XP .It was formerly called AirPort Admin Utility (included with the dome-shaped AirPort Extreme) and is now called AirPort Utility for installations of
Mac OS X 10.4 that have installed the AirPort Utility software that came with the newest iteration of the AirPort Extreme (the flat square shaped model), and all installations ofMac OS X 10.5 ). The AirPort Admin Utility has been superseded by AirPort Utility. Older AirPort Graphite and AirPort Snow base stations must use the Airport Admin Utility (subsequently renamed to Airport Admin Utility for Graphite and Snow), whereas the first generation AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express can use either one, but the second generation AirPort Extreme works only with AirPort Utility.
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