Damn, I’m downloading this right now as I type, maybe this would fix my AE audio dropping issue, but somehow I highly doubt it, because I think the problem is microwaves interfering with the WiFi as they both use the ISM band…

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):

Apple and their engineers do seem to have been reading the endless posts on their support forums about dropping Airport Express audio streams and other issues. Tonight, they’ve released two firmware updates–one for the Express (v6.3) and one for the Extreme (v5.7)–that claim to address this and other issues.I’ve updated the base stations in my WDS network and the only issue I was having–dropped streaming audio–hasn’t recurred, so tentatively, I’ll say it’s been a successful update.

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I finally figured out the cause of my WiFi dropping once in a while; microwave. When I or any of my neighbors use our super powerful GE stainless steel microwave, my WiFi deteriorate so bad that I can’t even load a web page. (and AirTunes just pauses and it might or might not resume, depending on how long it takes to cook the shit in the microwave ;))… Maybe I’ll finally get a old-fashion router+switch, my place is pre-wired, but I just didn’t feel like having a wire… switching to 802.11a isn’t really an option, having an extra pc card as bad as plugging in a cable…

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