strange AirPort problem

I picked up a new AirPort Express N model the other weekend to replace our aging original AirPort Express that would go dumb on the cable modem from time to time. It went in with only a little bit of a fight, and all seemed mostly okay on the PC side of our network. On the mac side though I noticed that the laptop would keep trying to pick up PPOE. Now this is suppose to be handled by the airport. It didn't seem to make a big deal on performance on the macbook pro, but it was annoying to have it scrolling off and on up there. On my iBook though running Tiger it was a constant scroll, and it seemed to be degrading performance on the wireless. I also noticed that I wasn't getting N speeds internally. Strange...

A bit of digging today and it seems that a lot of folks were having this problem. I logged into the airport again this morning with the pro in order to double check some settings and low and behold, there is a firmware update for the AirPort. Version 7.3.2 seems to fix the issues. No more is it constantly trying to aquire PPOE, and I'm getting N speeds internally now.

So, if anybody on my flist is having a strange issue with their AirPort Express N model, try the 7.3.2 firmware.