Questions & Answers for AirPort Extreme Base Station

The new iMac comes with AirPort connectivity built in. You would be able to use it with an existing wireless network if you already have one set up. If you don't have a wireless network, you would need to get a Base Station like this one of an AirPort Express.

• Answered by Eli H from Salt Lake City
• 23-Nov-2009
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No.
There are several printers in stores that you can buy with built-in Wi-Fi. With these printers, all you must do is tell the printer what network to connect to, and install a software on your computer, then the printer would print wirelessly without any additional hardware needed at all! (I have one of these printers, the Kodak ESP 7 All-In-One, and it works perfectly <With Snow Leopard, this printer is a little trickier to set up, must enter IP address manually.)

The other solution would be to buy the less expensive apple router, the Apple Airport Express, which has a USB port to support wireless printing along with all the basic features most other routers have. (Internet via Ethernet Port, etc.) Keep in mind that it only has one Ethernet port for internet, so computers would need to be connected wirelessly. *The airport express can only support up to 5 wireless devices connected at one time. Also keep in mind the express' USB port does NOT support ext. Hard Drives.

• Answered by Bradley D from East China
• 12-Oct-2009
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To maximise the affective radius of an AirPort you should try to place it in a central place to all the computers that will use it and try to minimise putting it near or on metal objects such as shelving units and fridges. also try not to place it on the other side of brick walls to the computers networking with the airport. if you continue to have problems with extending the range you can get an AirPort express and when configured (the Apple set up software can help you with this) can connect to your current network and extend the range both wirelessly and the through the ethernet port.

• Answered by Storm S from Helensvale
• 23-Feb-2011
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No. For airport extreme to distribute a wifi signal it would need a wifi connection. Presently planes do not give you an ethernet cable with your seat, so you would have no broadband connection to plug in and so no wifi for the airport extreme to send out to any devices.

• Answered by Luis G from Joliet
• 20-Oct-2009
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I have a very similar setup. I have my first Airport Extreme Dual Band in the basement where the cable comes in. I have my second Airport Extreme Dual Band upstairs in my living room connected to my new HD TV and Blu ray player so I can stream Netflix movies over the internet. This second Airport also gives my wireless network a boost upstairs. Setting this up took a whole 10 minutes. On the one down stairs i check marked a box that said " allow network to be extended". On the second one I set it up to "extend a network". It works like a charm, like apple products always do!! I would think that you could get away with the Express for your stereo connection. the Extreme would be overkill unless you connect a computer or some other device by cat5 cable in that location.

• Answered by Sheryl R from Lincoln
• 7-Dec-2009
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(approx.) 75-inch cable from wall plug to adapter plug; 116-inch cable from other side of adapter to plug for Extreme; 4.25-inch length power adapter; plus misc. plugs and connectors

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• 1-Dec-2010
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Yes, you could connect your DSL modem to the Airport Extreme and then plug your PC into the Airport Extreme with an ethernet cable since it can serve as both a wired hub and a wireless access point. You would be able to connect the Macbook Pro via your new wireless network.

I have a similar setup except that I have an iMac instead of a PC connected to the Airport.

• Answered by Arne S from Denver
• 8-Jan-2010
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The difference is quality and technology. Apple is far ahead of the competition.

This router was actually certified full three-stream 802.11n on Dec 03, 2009 (as was the Time Capsule) while Netgear, Linksys, Cisco, Thompson, Belkin and almost all other manufacturers still today do not have a competing router product certified full three-stream 802.11n.

D-link had a single competitive product certified Dec 30, 2009.

• Answered by Andrew H from Carmel
• 22-Mar-2010
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Yes, it is compatible with those computers, as long as each has built in wireless capabilities (we know the iMac does, and assume the Windows computers do). After setting up the new wireless network, you will need to make sure each device (including the printer) connects to the new network.

• Answered by Mark B from Barto
• 28-Jul-2010
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