I have an Airport Time Capsule and I am running one of my old Airport Extremes (Flying Saucer) as a direct-connected satellite for my gaming system. I was running X.7.5 on my laptop until yesterday. In order to manage the Airport Extreme, I had to run Airport Utility 5.6 in addition to he default Airport Utility (for Time Capsule). I upgraded to X.11.2 to solve some compatibility issues with other tools I needed and now Airport Utility 5.6 won't run. The new Airport Utility won't even stumble through like the old version would - it just will not play along.
What options are available to me to manage the Airport Extreme's settings in the future? Upgrading to a "newer/supported device *could* be an option but is not preferred - The Time Capsule's signal will not go as far as I need and I have *two* AirPort Exreme's which work great (one includes an dial-up modem BTW).
If all else fails and upgrade is the only solution, I am willing to barter/trade what I got (and love) for what will work if someone is jonesing for two (flying saucer) Extremes.
Please let me know how two make 'em work with what I got or who wants to take 'em off my hands.
TIA
Long-term, you're going to need to upgrade to newer hardware....but you probably already know this.
To manage the APs you have, I think your easiest/cheapest solution would be to install an older version of OS X as a virtual machine. Here's a guide for doing so in VirtualBox, but it's even easier if you already have a copy of VMware Fusion.
http://ntk.me/2012/09/07/os-x-on-os-x/
(sigh)
Yeah, I figured as much. Still would have been nice to see some Legacy support remain in the new version of APU...
I PCS out of Korea in a few more months and will be able to get Connie (my PM8600) out of storage. I guess I can hold out until then. The only real issue I expect is if/when I want to add a new WiFi MAC address to the access roster on the AirPorts but I can work around that for a while. I would honestly rather wait until I get back home and use Connie to manage it than run a VM environment since I have that option and am too lazy to clean up my hard drive on my Macbook in order to make room for this. Since Connie makes a great A/V box for my needs and plays nice with my Newtons, I see a future for these AirPorts there.
Thanks.