Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11ac (6th Generation) jailbreak:
*Works with a Kubuntu 24.04 system as of June 2025.
sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
sudo npm install --global node-acp
*Connect to Airport Wifi.
acp --host airport-extreme.local setprop dbug 0x3000
acp --host airport-extreme.local reboot
*Wait a few minutes to reboot.
ssh -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa root@airport-extreme.local
*Enter you're WiFi password.
*System uses striped down NetBSD 6.0 from 2012.
Has very little storage (Flash: 16 MB) and ram (128 MB ram) Also very low storage in the MBs).
Sources:
Airport SSH on Github
[Tutorial] How to jailbreak an Apple AirPort Device [Reddit]
AirPort Extreme 802.11ac - Technical Specifications [Apple Official Website]
node-acp wiki on Github
error: dns_sd.h: No such file or directory [Reddit]
What is Apple AirPort? [MacWorld]
Node-acp on Github
AirPyrt on the Airport Wiki {Internet Archive cache]
Airport Extreme on Wikipedia
Airport Extreme AC Review on SmallNetBuilder
OpenWRT: Supported devices
Date: June 5th 2025.
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