Flashing yellow light on airport extreme.

My airport extreme suddenly started flashing yellow.  Internet works fine.  I checked the airport utility, and pop-up 'internet' with the green light next to it.  So why it flashes yellow?

When you open AirPort Utility, in addition to the Internet world, you should have seen a photo of the AirPort Extreme. If you have not, then turn off the AirPort Extreme and restart your Mac, then put back up the AirPort Extreme and check once more in AirPort Utility.

The yellow light flashes when an update is available for AirPort Extreme, Apple rejected an update of the firmware a few days ago so maybe it's a clue.

If the image of the AirPort Extreme now appears in AirPort Utility, click on the image of the airport and a small window will appear. If you see a button to update here, and you want to update your AirPort Extreme, click Refresh.

Otherwise, find a list of status and click on the little orange dot it for more information on the problem with a suggested fix.

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