Airport Extreme Base Station Model

AirPort is the cutting-edge wireless networking technology that lets you get on the Internet from anywhere in your home, school or office - without cables, additional phone lines, or complicated networking hardware.A small device, similar to the base station of a cordless telephone, that plugs into your telephone outlet, DSL or cable modem, or Ethernet network, the AirPort Base Station receives web pages and email from the Internet and sends them to your computer - without wires. Communicate and collaborate wirelessly with others up to 150 feet away. Your wireless network can extend across several rooms and even outdoors from a single base station.

Brand: Apple Model: Base Station

AirPort is the cutting-edge wireless networking technology that lets you get on the Internet from anywhere in your home, school, or office--without cables, additional phone lines, or complicated networking hardware. And AirPort is fast: with a data rate of up to 11 Mbps, AirPort enables high-speed wireless communications within a radius of approximately 150 feet from a base station. As thousands of Mac users have discovered, to their delight, AirPort lets you use your Mac for work, play, surfing the Web, or sending and receiving e-mail from just about anywhere. Similar to the base station of your cordless telephone, the AirPort base station includes a 56K modem for your phone line, plus two Ethernet ports. AirPort is broadband ready. And because Apple designed the hardware and software--and designed them to work smoothly together--you'll find AirPort simple to set up and use. AirPort is based on the IEEE 802.11b wireless standard and is WiFi certified for interoperability with other 802.11-compliant products (including PCs). That means you can use your AirPort card at thousands of wireless-enabled locations--including airports, coffee shops, and at least 90,000 hotel rooms in the U.S. alone. If you're running a network of PC users, all you need is one AirPort-enabled Apple computer (iBook, PowerBook G4, iMac, or Power Mac G4) to set up your base of wireless operations. The AirPort base station comes with a handy 10/100Base-T Ethernet connector that can act as the hub of your cross-platform universe.

Customer reviews more useful to 9 of 9 people found this review helpful. Wi-Fi Apple Made Simple - Airport Rocks! From Apple AirPort Base Station goatswood is just easier to deploy and easy 802.11b wireless access point solutions available online today. Like all Apple products, I recently purchased in less than 10 minutes out of the box, this product has been fully setup and operational support for iBook and iMac with multiple networks, wireless signal strength is made even more impressive connection.But complete with a high high speed internet which is really interesting is that even if you have a fast connection to the Internet, you can always share a dial-up connection to the Internet via the AirPort network. Like many other routers on the market, this RJ-11 uplink, I have an airport to a Linksys 4-port router and turned off NAT and DHCP functions of the airport - only to continue to serve Linksys NAT and DHCP - with the Airport as a bridge (and a wireless access point), instead of a router, but the airport can serve as the primary router if you have any additional hardware - I would not want my Linksys switch, turn into an expensive A hub or switch, the uplink Ethernet connector can be connected if several wired LAN functions is necessary. This product is a breeze, either in OS 9.x or OS 10.1 setup (and even easier in OS X 10.2). Ensure that the latest AirPort software for your operating system (currently version 2.0.4 for OS X 10.1.5 and OS 9.2.2). AirPort Setup Assistant and Airport Admin Utility (Applications -> Utilities folder in OS X) you're friends - just the airport to connect your LAN or modem, run the wizard, and the next thing you know, you will have the enjoy freedom only Wi-Fi can give no more cables! If your an Apple user who is looking for a Wi-Fi solution, look no further. You want the AirPort Base Station - a purchace you will not regret it! 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. connection to the Internet by magic By A. Freed AirPort Base Station is the coolest and most under-appreciated device I own. It connects two iBook and a desktop with the Internet, and is incredibly easy to use. I've used non-Apple routers in the past, and it was almost too easy to install. I v.1 model and the newer versions have more features like an additional port. If you want easy wireless, use this. If you want to save money and deal with the headache, get something else. 11 of 13 people found this review helpful Absolutely the best for Mac - but to get the latest version of HA Grant and the airport may not have all the bells and whistles of some of the competition is by far the best solution for Mac users. I use it at home to support a mix of Mac and PC, and found it a breeze to configure and use.It is also very easy to upgrade, unlike some other wireless routers I've used. Apple continues to add new features that you can download for free ... (Eg, 128-bit encryption, support for PPP dial-in, and PPTP) -. NB If you use a Windows PC to access the corporate network through a VPN, then you need to check the Apple website to download the latest version of the AirPort software (version 2.0.4). Earlier versions of the software does not support Microsoft PPTP Tunneling Protocol, but the latest version works fine (you also must run MacOS X 10.1.5). An upgrade is a breeze, after installing the update on your Mac, you simply hit the "Refresh" button in the toolbar confugration airport! No messing around with the setting up TFTP or serial connections all 16 customer reviews ....