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I did the 7.6.1 update about a week ago and everything in the house that I've tested (2 Macs, 2 iPads, 1 Dell laptop, 2 iPhones) improved. All wireless bands a, b, g and n improved. I'm getting much more consistent results, and a much improved range. I'm using it in Bridge mode connected to a 10/100 wired router. I'm getting pretty much my ISP (RoadRunner Cincinnati) max speeds even at over 40 feet thru 2 walls and kitchen cabinets on the iPad and nearly that on the iPhone on WiFi. I'm getting the same speeds now on the iPad that I get on the iMac on wired Ethernet through the 10/100 router and Time Warner provided Motorola cable modem. Too bad the modem maxes out at about 8-9 Mbps down and 0.9 up. One note on the update. At first the iPhone speeds were only about 1/2 of their prior averages on Wifi. I looked on the Apple Support Airport forum and a lot of people had the phone slow down issue. the fix was to change the AEBS 2.4 GHz channel from automatic (was on ch 6) to a different fixed channel (I chose 10). That fixed the phone. People surmised that the firmware update changed the gain of the unit and that interference from neighbor's wifi on ch 6 was bleeding more of their signals into the unit and worsening the noise figure. I did note using the Airport Utility that the signal to noise ratio was better, and that 3 more of the the neighbor's networks showed up on the list of networks showing. Even the older Dell laptop 802.11a is running faster. And the the 2006 MacBook Pro with 802.11g is running as fast as the "n" devices-which shows me that Time Warner and their equipment are the bottleneck, not my gear - confirmed with a direct wired connection to the cable modem. They want more money per month to get faster service. I wonder if they would even have to change any of their equipment other than the cable modem.