Apple has not updated Windows version of the airport utility since Win7 and is likely to never bother again. They have utility for iOS now. And if you have no Mac and no iOS it is difficult to understand buying an apple router. The last windows version does still work in later windows versions. I have it running on Win 8.1 and Win X on my network. It is however not supported by the latest model airports. You can ignore the warning and proceed to do the setup.

It will partially work but it is hugely better to use Mac or iOS device. 'Apple has not updated Windows version of the airport utility since Win7 and is likely to never bother again. They have utility for iOS now. And if you have no Mac and no iOS it is difficult to understand buying an apple router.'

Install the update through your Airport Utility. AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule Firmware Update is for AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations with 802.11ac. For more information on using AirPort products, go to the Product Support Page. To download and install the firmware update.

I am using Windows 10. I use iTunes for organising my media, Airport Express to stream music to speakers in my home, and I have Apple TV. Airport Express will only work using Airport Extreme as the base station; I have tried with the BT home hub, and other routers, and Airport Express is not recognised by those routers, so cannot be used. I therefore rely on the Airport Utility. It is flakey, but I have found that if I activate it just after Windows 10 has booted up, before using any other software, then it will find my Apple network successfully, although not always. I can, however, get it working after a few attempts, even if this involves a Restart to accomplish. Anyway, I would have thought that it would be to Apple's benefit to update the utility for Windows 10 to cover setups similar to mine.

It may be that not many people have this type of setup, however, as I have used this for quite a number of years, and have seen no need to change it. There are maybe better ways of accomplishing the type of setup that I have using different hardware. I've been using Airport Utility 5.6.1 quite some time on Windows 7 then Windows 10 with an Apple Airport Extreme. It finds the airport maybe 10% of the time.

It's been this way on both version of Windows. It goes long periods of time when it won't locate it. Public library location.

The network continues to work fine without a hitch, which seems odd. It's just the Airport Utility cannot find the airport by scanning. However, if I do a File Configure Other.

And enter the IP address of the Airport, it will connect to it and I can configure it. If I click the Update button, it will update the configuration, but then it fails to auto-reset the device, complaining again that it cannot find the device. I've searched quite a bit online for a solution but haven't found one yet. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.

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Raja made a good case to consider options like Netgear's Nighthawk R700 and R6250, TP-LINK's Archer C7 v2, and Edimax's BR-6478AC. All of them have strengths and weaknesses; some are very inexpensive (less than half what Apple's AirPort Extreme retails for), some have myriad configuration features so you can extensively tweak their performance and abilities. If that sounds good to you, then have at it. But understand what you're giving up. Simplified setup and management There's a lot more to recommend Apple's devices than simply 'brand loyalty,' as Raja dismisses. Apple makes its network devices as easy to use as the Mac and the iPhone.

And that goes a long way to effectively targeting Apple's customer. That's because, put frankly, most Wi-Fi router manufacturers absolutely suck at making their devices easy to set up and use. They require you to use web-based interfaces. They present you with page after page of configuration information, myriad checkboxes and radio buttons that are either not well-described or not described at all, clad in techno jargon. Setting up a Wi-Fi router can be tremendously intimidating to the layperson. Hell, I worked in IT, and I find setting these things up intimidating.