I installed it on my aluminum iMac and Airport does not work now. If I try to turn Airport on via the menu bar pulldown, the icon stays highlighted and nothing happens. If I try to start Airport via the Network pane in System Preferences, System Preferences hangs and has to be force-quit.

The funny thing is, Airport Utility can see, talk to, and control my Airport Express. So Airport must actually be running, but the iMac doesn't think so -- with the result that I cannot use Airtunes or connect to the Internet via Airport.

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I installed it on my aluminum iMac and Airport does not work now. If I try to turn Airport on via the menu bar pulldown, the icon stays highlighted and nothing happens. If I try to start Airport via the Network pane in System Preferences, System Preferences hangs and has to be force-quit.
The funny thing is, Airport Utility can see, talk to, and control my Airport Express. So Airport must actually be running, but the iMac doesn't think so -- with the result that I cannot use Airtunes or connect to the Internet via Airport.

I updated my intel iMac with this much anticipated fix, and it may actually be worse. No lock ups or anything like that, but now instead of a steady decline of signal, it's either full bars or no bars at all. I hope Apple found a fix for this and pulled it for that reason.

I updated my intel iMac with this much anticipated fix, and it may actually be worse. No lock ups or anything like that, but now instead of a steady decline of signal, it's either full bars or no bars at all. I hope Apple found a fix for this and pulled it for that reason.

Hopefully apple will fix this ASAP, I cannot use my airport at all.

Installed it on my MBP C2D 2.33/10.5.5 and it appears to be working with no issues. It appears to be working the same as before (as in, it just works).

But I mainly use it with a single access point that isn't too far away from the computer.

The update ruined my network. Installed yesterdag and everything worked fine even after reboot. This afternoon, when I came back from work (LAN connection), Airport menubar item hung. Tried 2 reboots and tried to enable Airport through system settings. Am now working with very short cable.
Not a good patch!!!
How can I remove this?

The PCs on the network (sorry) are working fine, but the Macs are having issues, either with no connection (have to log in to the network, and it often hangs) or, when I DO get in, excessive pageload times.

Hardwired via the ethernet cable, no problem. Something is amuck.

1. Use Time Machine to restore your computer to the state it was in before you applied the patch, or

2. Use the bootable clone that you took just before you applied the patch to restore the system.

If you don't have 1 or 2.... learn from the mistake. If you still have the installer package you may be able to identify the components inside, and then find an unpatched system to copy them back.

It seems that everything is working but this time Apple sucked big time. How can I delete this thing?
I hope they are working on something to fix it...

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Same thing happened to me too.

Uploaded and installed 'AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003' as per automatic updates and now airport doesn't work.

White Macbook 2.4Hz (2008)
OSX 10.5.5

what to do?????

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Odd, what is the IP address that the Airport hands out?

From a posting on another site:

I had AirPort turned off when installing the update.
Afterward, each time I tried to turn on AirPort; Sys Preferences would been unresponsive and the spinning beachball (pinwheel) of hell would start and stay spinning.

Read on another site about this error, to go to: Macintosh HD, Library, Preferences, SystemConfiguration then send the com.apple.airport.preferences.plist into Trash.
Restart.
AirPort would be turned on when i logged on.
Had to type in the wireless SSID and passphrase into AirPort to connect.
It worked. But after reading some other posts, I did see the my network adaptor is now a/b/g/ no type n.

Had the same issues with Itunes 8 install. Found out after a reinstall of Itunes 8and calling Applecare who told me to reinstall Itunes 8 again, that I had to delete quicktime and reinstall it.

Dirty pool Apple.

I'm having the same EXACT problem. I thought it was my hardware but now since I've read the peoples comments in this forum I now realize that it's a software problem I downloaded from the apple update installer. Hopefully Apple finds a fix for this.

2008-10-22 06:56:57 +0200: Installed "AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003" (1.0)

I installed this update via Software Update... now Airport does not work... if I press the "Turn Airport On..." button, it becomes blue and doesn't do anything. I need to force the Shut Down the Mac to unblock AirPort.

What to do??? I have a useful Time Machine backup to restore the System... but... I hope Apple quickly will release a new update. ufffffff!

2008-10-22 06:56:57 +0200: Installed "AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003" (1.0)

I installed this update via Software Update... now Airport does not work... if I press the "Turn Airport On..." button, it becomes blue and doesn't do anything. I need to force the Shut Down the Mac to unblock AirPort.

What to do??? I have a useful Time Machine backup to restore the System... but... I hope Apple quickly will release a new update. ufffffff!

so

I called applecare and was told to boot up from the install CD, open disk utility and click on "Repair Disk". After that I rebooted to the drive, and it seemed to have fix this.

I will do additional test see if that fixed the issue.

I experienced exactly the same thing on my Macbook. My Airport wouldn't turn on at all. There is a very easy solution to this. Browse to your HD - Library - Preferences - SystemConfiguration. Put preferences.plist to the Trash. Do not empty the Trash. Restart your computer and your Airport should turn back on. If it does, then you can empty your Trash already and you are ready to go. If not, put the file back to its original location. It definitely worked for me.

Thank you. -Odysseus

I installed the AirPort Update on Tuesday, lost my AirPort, and was locked out of Network Preferences, so I called AppleCare, who at first suggested going to Macintosh HD > Library > System Configuration and dumping preferences.plist in a new folder on the Desktop, then restarting my Mac.
That didn't work, so they sent me to a higher-tier tech. He told me to do an Archive and Install (with all the updates that entails) two hours later, my AirPort is working again.
I think that, if Apple releases bum updates, those of us who were inconvenienced ought to get a free download from the iTunes Store for our troubles.