M.R. Consulting Services came to the rescue.... http://www.mrconsultingservices.com (Shameless plug!)

Ok, here is what you do. (And what I did to save Steve Riggins!)

Download the Airport 4.2 Installer, located here: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airport42formacosx1033.html

It will download a DMG file titled "AirportSW42.dmg" to your computer.

Locate where you downloaded the file, possibly your Downloads folder in your Users folder, or maybe your desktop.

The installer may auto run, if it does, quit it.

If the image auto mounted, open up on your desktop the icon that says "Airport 4.2 Update". If the image did not auto mount on your desktop, locate the "AirportSW42.dmg" file and double click it. If the installer runs, quit it.

Open the disk image on your desktop, the one that says "Airport 4.2 Update".

You should see an icon that looks like a cardboard box with a yellow transparent cube in it. The file will be named "AirPortSW.pkg"

RIGHT-Click (Or, if you have a one button mouse, or are on a laptop, hold your CONTROL key down, then click once only) on the "AirPortSW.pkg" file.

A menu will come up, choose "Show Package Contents".

A window will open with one folder called Contents. Double click the "Contents" folder to open it up.

You should then see a file called "Archive.pax.gz" in the folder you just opened. Double click on "Archive.pax.gz"

That will in turn, uncompress the gunzip file (the .gz file) and give you a folder called "Archive" on your computer. The location of where this file uncompresses is uncertain. I've had it open in different folders on all computers. Rest assured, that generally "where ever" it uncompresses to, a window will open up showing you that "Archive" folder. If you can't find it, press Command-F and do a search for Archive. See if you can find it that way. Or call me. :) (Shameless plug again!)

Inside of this new "Archive" folder, you should have four folders, titled "Applications", "Library", "private" and "System".

Open the "Applications" folder.

Open the "Utilities" folder.

Now, you will see the "Airport Admin Utility". Drag this to your Applications folder on your computer. You can find that usually on the left hand side of any open window. Or, put it on your desktop, then drag it to:

Hard Drive / Applications / Utilities

And there you go. Now, the reason I've posted the above instructions is that so all of you as good faithful Mac users can let Apple know how unproductive this is, to have to go through these steps to obtain an older piece of software. We all love Apple but even they make some blunders at times, so it's our job to call them on it.

As a Mac consultant of many many years, I naturally would never let any of my clients go through the above process.

So, if you simply just want to get the software you are looking for, then look no further. Simply go to my website, http://www.mrconsultingservices.com and click on the Software link at the top.

Mac, made easy!

Enjoy!

Matt Riggins President M.R. Consulting Services