Fixing orange light flashing on Airport

I use an Airport Extreme Base Station for a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.11.5 and the yellow LED flashes. So far I'm not having any problem, but I don't want to suddenly have a problem when I REALLY need an internet connection. I found a thread of community Apple earlier that said to download the latest version of Airport utility software. However, when I down load 6.3.1 which was the latest version that I could find, I was told that it was not compatible with my OSX. All of the suggestions.

The MacBook Pro running 10.11.5 already has the latest version of installed AirPort Utility, which is 6.3.6,, so don't worry about this.  You can check if you like... it just open AirPort Utility and click the AirPort Utility menu in the upper left corner of the screen next to the Apple icon. Then, click on about AirPort Utility to display the version number.

The yellow light blinks because your AirPort Extreme has a message for you. To find out what it might be...

Open AirPort Utility and click on the image of the AirPort Extreme

In the window that appears, you see a button update?  If you do, then there is an update of the firmware for your AirPort Extreme. Click Update to install the firmware if you have the most current firmware for your airport.

If you don't see a button not update, then search for a list of status and click on the little orange dot it for more information on what could be the issue and one suggestion to remedy what the airport is whining.

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