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Features:
Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
Wireless networking router based on the 802.11n draft standard
Interoperable with Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Mac computers and Windows-based PCs
Up to 5 times faster and twice the range of 802.11g routers
Editorial Review:
The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. Get up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of conventional 802.11g routers. Quickly set up your wireless network with AirPort Utility, available for both Mac OS X and Windows, to your DSL or cable modem. Within minutes, you and up to 50 other users can stream videos, share photos and more without wires. Next-generation 802.11n wireless technology features multiple antennas to deliver maximum speed and range. You can even connect a printer to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and it will instantly become available to everyone on your wireless or wired network. AirPort Extreme offers a built-in firewall and supports industry-standard encryption to prevent unauthorized intrusion into your wireless network. WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP let authorized users to connect to it easily with simple setup utility and powerful access controls.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Manages my complex home network nicely
Over the past 8 years, I've used the Linksys WRT54G, a Belkin wireless G, and a D-Link DI-524 wireless G. None of these products ever broke down on me, but they all suffered a weakness: the occasional dropped connection and requirement to a hard reset (i.e. unplug and restart). In fairness, each of these routers was $20 - $50, and so the savings over the Apple router was substantial (and ignoring the fact that they are all wireless G vs. Apple's wireless N). Here's the verdict on the Apple Airport... more info
Excellent Buy
This product is excellent. It took me a couple of tries joining the other computers on my network to the domain, but once set, this worked flawlessly. The usb printer disconnects occasionally, but nothing that unplugging and replugging the usb won't fix. Overall, this is great.
a must if you have both PC's and Macs
First off don't be put off by the price, you can get this used from Apple for only $150 (full warranty) or even less on resale sites. The main advantages of this router are steady (but not super spectacular) speed, rock steady performance, and the incredible ability to mount MAC formatted HFS+ disks and FAT 32 disks with USB connections and any usb printer so that all your computers can read/write/print to them (I don't run linux so can't vouch for that OS.) I recently upgraded both the PC's (two... more info
Got my money's worth
I bought a used unit, a few months back, on craigslist for $120 after a great deal of thinking and I'm really happy I went with it.
I knew what I wanted to do with it: 1) Use it for quick network based backups of my data, without having to hookup an external hard drive physically to my Macbook Pro. 2) should be able to support my airport express so that I could send the music on my computer to my Home Theater system. 3) Most importantly function as a fast home router that didn't look ugly sitting in... more info