Airport Extreme Base Station Model

Apple's AirPort Extreme wireless networking products lets you surf the Internet from almost anywhere in your home or business, and enables schools to provide Internet access to multiple students without installing expensive cabling. It's a snap to exchange files or play multiplayer games at data transfer rates of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). And because AirPort Extreme uses radio waves for communication, it can even work through walls. The Airport Extreme Base Station is compatible with Airport Extreme network cards.

Brand: Apple Model: M8930LL/A Platform: Mac OS X Original language: English Dimensions: 3.10" h x 6.90" w x 6.90" l, 1.10 pounds Features a compatibility mode that automatically supports not just the AirPort Extreme Card (at data rates up to 54Mbps)

Customer Reviews more useful 22 of 22 people found the following review helpful. It's a nice boy NutMac I use a Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b for some years. Not a bit short, his Never Let Me Down. After looking at cheaper alternatives, I bought the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) as my second router.Pros WiFi: - It looks really nice ... and small, the signal strength is better than Linksys BEFW11S4 innovative USB printer supports Beautiful AirPort Admin Utility and Mac OS X tight integration with other WiFi Bridging the station via WDS (the range to expand) - Wall mountable (includes wall mounting kit) - AOL and RADIUS server support cons: - Sensitive to signal loss (ie when using the microwave) - more expensive than most 802.1 No-11g routers web configuration of the LAN-Only 1 portWhen you run the AirPort Admin Utility for the first time, you can detect an old firmware and proceed with the automatic update (if I may, of course) The new firmware (5.0 .4 as I write this) problem fixed wireless connection drops. For some strange reason, the problem persists until I manually downloaded and downloaded the latest firmware. I tinkered with the channel selection for best results. Performance of the microwave can cause the WiFi connection to decline once again, the AirPort Admin Utility however.The is a pleasure to use, it is also full of functions. Among the options are a choice of 11 channels operating in WiFi 802.11b, 802.11g mode or mixture, adjusting the transmission power from 10 to 100% implementation of the Internet via DHCP, static IP, PPPoE, ADSL and AOL, and port mapping. You can change the security on 40-bit or 128-bit WEP to improve, to build a cohesive network to hide SID (Station ID), and add Access Control (MAC address filtering) By the way, if you use Windows , go to Apple website and download the AirPort Admin Utility for Windows. It is not set AEBS, but believe me ... works.Oh it, did I mention how beautiful the AEBS? I put my ugly Linksys, where nobody can see (which probably hampered WiFi broadcast), but not so with AEBS. On the front is beautiful metallic Apple logo and three graphite-status indicators (WiFi, Ethernet and power). On the back reset button 100/10BASE-T WAN port 100/10BASE-T LAN connection, USB printer port and power port are (very long cable is included). If you need more than one LAN connection, AEBS with an ethernet hub.The level is stronger than the Linksys BEFW11S4 mate. I get full signal almost anywhere in my apartment, including those where Linksys was common. If you have a greater range (larger house), believes that bridge Abe with another Abe via the built-in support WDS (Wireless Distribution System) or Abe's buying with modem and antenna port (and one of the few external Abe's antennas) Finally I must mention the built-in USB printer port. Connecting one of the many supported printers via USB and you'll be able to print wirelessly from your Mac OS X Rendezvous feature. Neat! 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. mixed feelings - often begins by digikat On the positive side: - This is a very nice tool. Stylish, not too large, wall-mountable. Long cord into an outlet to get away .- It seems to be sturdy and not flimsy .- Provides an extremely fast internet (compared to some other routers I've used) .- Take a piece of cake to use the AirPort Setup Assistant .- Works with both Mac and PC, although I always some problems to configure my computer to work with .- - Wireless printing - great idea if the printer can not be next to your computer, or you do not want another USB cable connected to the computer displays a note in the "dark side" part .- Very safe. You can do WEP encryption, or (better yet) create a closed network, indicating the Ethernet ID of each specific computer can join. Nobody will do.