AirPort Express Firmware 6.1.1 for Windows descriptions AirPort Express Firmware 6. 1. 1 for Windows AirPort Express Firmware Update 6. 1. 1 - Hard reset behavior is improved. With this firmware version pressing & holding the reset button for more than 5 seconds will cause the LED to flash rapidly. This visual feedback lets you know you’ ve held the button long enough to trigger a hard reset - Improved reliability of WDS networks when using WPA security. If you had a WDS network secured by WPA & then removed any of the WDS nodes this could cause a memory leak resulting in the need to reboot your WDS network nodes - Resolved an issue with inbound passive FTP to a port-mapped computer on the network - Resolved an issue with certain printers which were no longer recognized by the base station after the 6. 1 firmware update was installed. With the 6. 1. 1 firmware these printers are again recognized by the base station. The following items were part of the previous 6. 1 release & are also included in this firmware: - AirPort firmware updates are now packaged in a new utility application which simplifies the process of installing firmware updates. This application is available for use on Mac OS X computers & on Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP computers - Support for Keyspan Express Remote - You can now use a Keyspan Express Remote to control AirTunes. - USB printer renaming - USB printers connected to the AirPort Express can now be renamed by using the AirPort Admin Utility . - WPA security for WDS networks - WDS networks comprising AirPort Extreme & AirPort Express base stations can now be secured with WPA-Personal security. All AirPort Extreme & AirPort Express units must be upgraded to the latest AirPort Extreme 5. 5 or AirPort Express 6. 1 firmware before the network can be secured with WPA - Improved reliability for WDS networks - WDS nodes will now check for the presence of other WDS nodes. This should result in better WDS network connectivity. All AirPort Extreme & AirPort Express units must be upgraded to the AirPort Extreme 5. 5 or AirPort Express 6. 1 firmware - Ability to disable the AirPort wireless interface - If you have your AirPort Express connected to an ethernet network for use with audio & printing features you can now turn off the AirPort wireless interface if you do not wish to have a wireless network - Ability to disable the ethernet interface - When the AirPort Express is configured as a wireless client the ethernet interface is non-functional. You can now completely disable it so that ethernet connections will not recognize a link from the ethernet port on the AirPort Express. This setting will also disable the ethernet port when the AirPort Express is used as a WDS Relay or WDS Remote node - The 6. 1 firmware improves reliability of playing AirTunes audio through the AirPort Express - In certain situations wireless clients could send certain types of data which could cause the AirPort Express to stop transmitting data. This issue is fixed in the 6. 1 firmware - The 6. 1 firmware fixes performance & other concerns related to FTP RTSP IPSec TCP UDP & other IP protocols - Certain DNS traffic could affect the AirPort Express performance. This issue is improved in the 6. 1 firmware - Certain PPPoE connections could encounter a situation where the AirPort Express could not communicate with the ISP requiring the base station and/or the ISP’ s modem to be rebooted. This issue is improved in the 6. 1 firmware - Improved behavior when AirPort Express is configured as a wireless client & is joining a WEP-secured wireless network - Improved printing performance when printing to USB printers connected to the AirPort Express - Certain IP ports that were not actively used have been disabled