MacBook Pro, Vista, Airport Extreme Draft N, WPA2

Works fine on the OS X side.

I booted into Vista, installed the Airport software that that came with the Airport. Nothing was really obvious?

I don't see the wireless card, or how to connect.

I'm new to Vista, so, I don't really know what and where I'm looking for?

Is Draft N and WPA2 even going to be possible on the Vista side?

 

Well, you aren't going to see the results of having a Draft N wireless card unless you have a Draft N router as well. Chances are you don't have one as they are still pretty expensive, so there's little need to worry about it right now.

On another note, WPA2 is supported in Windows Vista. I'm not certain about Draft N support, as that really depends on the drivers Apple gives us.

 

I just bought a new Airport Extreme with Draft N yesterday, so I have a Draft N router.

My MacBook Pro also has a Draft N card on the Mac side. Not sure how it works on the Vista side. I booted into Vista, ran the CD, and was not connected to the internet.

I rekon I'll give it another go.

 

ok got it working.

What I did was, booted into OS X. Turned off all security on the the Airport.

Booted into Vista. Connected to the Airport.

Then used the Windows version of Airport Utility to turn WPA2 security on within Vista and everything was fine.

 

Apple update just kicked in on the Vista side and update the Airport Utility software and the Airport's Firmware.

Just scored on 5.5MB/s on a bandwidth test under Vista.

 

How did you update the vista side for the draft N wireless?

I have a MBP, Dual boot with Vista, I just bought and installed the enabler on the OSX side. how will I know if the Vista side gets the N update?

I don't have a N router yet, but just curious..

 

I ran Apple Software Update in Vista.

I can't tell for sure if I have Draft N on the Vista side. It's def fast and responsive though.

I'm still searching to determine exactly which wireless I'm running under Vista.

 

Hmm, thanks I will have to check it out next time I reboot.

Although I need to install a few things on Vista I will check it out then..

Thanks

 

I have an Airport Extreme Draft N.

It came with software for Windows.

Apple software update was probably installed with iTunes for Windows. The sneaky Applers.

 

to find which type of wireless you are running, just open the Airport utility in Windows, and go to settings/configuration and go to Manual Configuration, and that will allow you to see every single setting there is without going through each step of configuration.

in wireless settings there should be different modes, like .11n (b/g) .11n (n Only etc.)

if you have just the C2D MacBook Pro and other .11n computers in your network, I would recommend setting it up as .11n (only) to get the best performance and range.

I got this router about right when I came out, and I must say, i am really loving it. The price was tough for me at first, but I new it was what I wanted, part of why it is more expensive is others is truly truly truly the ease of use, in any environment.

Especialy when it comes to setting up a external drive or printer over the network. I have a 500gb HDD hooked up to mine, and I must say the transfer rates from all the computers in my network has been very very nice.

It is great to be able to keep tons of big files (I am an animator, so I have so many massive video files) on the network drive and still be able to access them directly on the drive, without transferring back to the laptop.

 

It's my first wireless router and I'm happy with it.

b anf g never impressed me. More the flakiness than the speed, really.

Do wish it was gigabyte ethernet though, Apple does some weird things sometimes.