Review: Apple Airport Extreme
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What
“The sleek, easy-to-use Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station with simultaneous dual-band support is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. It offers fast, 802.11n Wi-Fi access for Mac computers, PCs, and Wi-Fi devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV.”
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Why
Airport Extreme combines wireless networking and a gigabit Ethernet capabilities which is an ideal solution if you are planning to have an external network hard drive. Gigabit Ethernet is significantly faster compared to the normal routers. Thus using external network hard drive is no different from using an internal hard drive from performance point of view. Airport Extreme follows Apple’s simple design philosophy so is an ideal choice as an wireless gigabit router in your living room. This means that you can place the router nicely to TV bench as it is a lot more stylish than other wireless routers I have seen before. You can also connect an external USB hard drive to the Airport Extreme to turn it as a network hard drive. This is very useful feature if you wish to share media files between differet computers.
Another point in getting Apple Airport Extreme as a base station is that you can extend the wireless network range with Airport Express. Airport Express is a smaller and lighter version of the Extreme and is ideal for extending a network if you already have another Apple router. Setting up is simple and easy thanks to the Airport Utility that comes in the package. The Airport Extreme is compatible with both Mac OSX and Windows computers.
Pros
- It just works
- Easy setup (suitable for beginners)
- Gigabit ethernet speed is very fast
- Long and powerful wireless range
Cons
- Sometimes lose signal temporarily
- Sometimes rebooting required
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