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AirPort Extreme Base Station

Best router i have ever had.

Written by DJ from Tilburg

4-Dec-2009

i just finished installing the AirPort Extreme Base Station and it works like a charm had no problem installing it what so ever and it imediatly worked with al my equipement example: my xbox 360, my psp go, my laptop and my iphone so long to that linksys router i had and hello to the AirPort Extreme Base Station

15 of 16 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

A good investment

Written by KD from Woodinville

2-Dec-2009

I had purchased a Belkin N+ wireless router 6 weeks ago and have had problems ever since. Spent a lot of time on the phone, and on hold, with their tech support, and it would work for a few days before it would stop working again. In the end, I believe the Belkin was not compatible with my ISP provider - Comcast. Purchased this router, had my MacBook Pro, a PC upstairs over the garage, and my iphone all connected and working within minutes. I should have known - stuff from Apple just WORKS. I also love how easy it is for someone visiting to be able to connect as a guest so they can use the internet without having access to your home network.

20 of 21 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Great buy

Written by SS from Rock Hill

1-Dec-2009

I recently installed the AirPort Extreme in my home office. The signal is 5 x 5 throughout our 2400 sq ft house, upstairs and down. Zero issues thus far. It downloads web pages, videos, and large files without any noticeable lag. My VPN connects without issue. Works well with our two Mac desktops and two Windows laptops. I highly recommend this product.

16 of 17 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Great Product

Written by DY from Houston

30-Nov-2009

Bought the Base Station back in 2007 i've kept it plugged in since then and NEVER had problems with it. Like all apple products "it just works". Took it out of the box, installed the CD, hooked it up to my DSL cable and im done.

One of the best purchase I've ever made. I recommend this to everyone!

10 of 13 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

AIRPORT EXTREME - GREAT PRODUCT

Written by MA from Singapore

29-Nov-2009

This is so far the best product I have ever bought apart from purchasing MacBook Air.
I have been using my BELKIN router which has been my trusted router for 3 years. And have swop to Airport Extreme and configuring without any LAN cable. The AIRPORT UTILITY gives me a smooth transition and now I am using a Linksys modem + Airport EXTREME. Worth the time and money spent.

10 of 13 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Best Wireless Router Ever!

Written by JH from Highland

28-Nov-2009

I have recently switched to the AirPort Extreme from a Linksys Wireless Router (WRT54GS) and have never had to restart it. I noticed a large speed increase when I switched to the AirPort. The ability to add a network Hard Drive was great and made using Time Machine even easier. I recommend this router to anyone who is looking to purchase a new router. 6 out of 5 (if the ratings went that high)

10 of 12 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Best router hands down!!!

Written by MK from Corona

28-Nov-2009

I had the older Apple Extreme base station snow drop or whatever its called, and that thing kept dropping a connection after 4 years and im assuming that its because it was so old but im not sure. I tried going over to Netgear and after 7 hours of trying to set it up with a repeater and access point and 2 hours of tech support I went back paid more money and had the best experience setting this thing up! GO apple! I highly recommend this product. You get what you pay for right?

7 of 9 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

A very limited product

Written by RB from ASHTEAD

28-Nov-2009

If you have a multi-function scanner/printer/fax do not buy this product as you will instantly lose the scanner/fax functions. It only works with the printer function - certainly all my attempts to get the scanner on my Canon PIXMA MP63) have failed. Apple should be much clearer and state that non-printer functions do not work at all.

9 of 18 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Fast and Easy

Written by PK from Omaha

28-Nov-2009

Very easy to setup, did it in under 10 minutes. I am using the Motorola SURFboard SBG900 which is also a 802.11g wireless router... I wanted to try the Airport Extreme to see if I can get better reception (router is in basement, I am up on the 2nd level). Reception seems much better and the big plus is it is 40%-100% faster after checking the download speed. I ran multiple download speed tests and it was always faster.

My only wish is that it had 1 or 2 more ports. All 3 are already being used up.

7 of 8 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

simple!!

Written by GH from Studio CIty

27-Nov-2009

Squeeee!! I'm a wi-fi-tard. This was perfect. I had to call my isp to get a little help, and couldn't get it to work (some DHCP nonsense). I turned my modem and Airport Extreme Base Station off and on, POW! No problems. Been running perfectly since. Very, very happy. Will be buying an express.... when I get a bigger place.

5 of 6 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Incredible router

Written by AS from Ozark

26-Nov-2009

Does anything you could ever need it to do and more... anyone that has trouble setting up the AE is an idiot... because its idiot proof. Plug and play with fast speeds and great mac to mac sharing capabilities. and the strength of the signal is outrageous! grab one of these bad boys and an airport express for some wireless music and your wireless life is set up! the perfect one-two punch for you media heads out there!

3 of 4 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Airport Extreme a waste of time

Written by JW from Ballwin

24-Nov-2009

BUYER BEWARE: I received my AE today and have not been able to get it to communicate with my modem. I've wasted 8 hrs of my life messing with this product, and now Apple wants to charge me to get it working. I don't think so! I'll skip this junk product and keep my $180. Don't waste you hard earned money on this product--Apple doesn't even want to support this defective piece of junk. Moreover, the internet it full of people complaining about this product.

26 of 198 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

excellent product!

Written by JL from east hanover

24-Nov-2009

wonderful piece of hardware and software from apple! worked right out of the box, with just the right time taken to setup my 1 wired computer and 3 wireless laptops, some running XP some - Vista. Comment: if you are replacing your older wireless router with the new one, do not forget to restart (turn off then on) your cable modem after switching your wireless routers. this step was not in the manual.
Printer discovery via Bonjour worked like a charm from all machines. Previously, i tried using iomega ix2-200 NAS with print server functionality - it was asking me to reinstall printer driver every time i tried to print from a different pc. sent it back. AirPort prints from all pc's without a glitch.
did not try attaching my external usb drive yet - waiting for the usb hub to come in the mail.
download speed with this apple's 801/n is much faster than what i had before with my netgear 801/g. love the product! will buy more apple's going forward.

32 of 36 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

simplicity without sacrifice

Written by MM

23-Nov-2009

After moving from PC to MAC, and seeing the benefits of how much more user friendly the Mac OS is compared to anything else available, it's no surprise that their hardware is equally as impressive. The automated installation walked me through the entire process of setting up my home network, and not just a simple one, but with multiple hard-drives, Time-Machines, printer, Sonos music system and other peripherals. It detected all attached devices, and set itself up to allow access to all. My Macbook and Mac-Mini were recognized, and within minutes i was able to move files from one machine to another, to use my iPhone to control Sonos, and to set up a secure network in less time than it took me to read the installation instructions for my previous Routers. I've read the problems associate with the dedicated "time-capsules" and i can only say that my base-station with attached HD's set up as time-capsules and extra-storage has proven to be another example of why Apple is the one to beat.

46 of 50 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

A little sensitive, but fully functional.

Written by KO from APO

23-Nov-2009

I'll admit that it was a little difficult to set up a new network straight out of the box, but I was starting from the ground up and some of it might have been user error. Since then I have not been disappointed. I have reliable wireless internet that can be reached in insane places around the house. My biggest complaint could be a weakness or a strength--you must set up a good password. My neighbors a few houses down can pick up my network. It's a very weak signal, but if it weren't password protected, the whole neighborhood could "borrow" my internet.

15 of 17 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

AirPort or Time Capsule

Written by TK from Birmingham

23-Nov-2009

I recently became a Mac user and made the leap into wireless networking as well. Since I already own a large external HD I elected to buy the AirPort. What a great piece of hardware. The set-up was a breeze and my external HD is now networked. The speed and range of the wireless n connection are great. However, if I didn't already have an external HD I would have definitely purchased the Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is a bargain at that price since it has both a 1TB HD and a wireless router in one neat package.

14 of 17 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

New Model MC340LL/A

Written by NS from paramount

19-Nov-2009

The new model is a wonderful piece of hardware. I've had Netgear and Linksys routers before. Nothing compares to this Airport. The Airport Extreme is 10 times better than the any other router. It works really well with my mac, my brother's vista pc, and my windows xp pc plus my xbox 360. Definitely recommend it to everyone!!

21 of 23 people found this useful

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Good but buy a time capsule

Written by MR from Sneads Ferry

18-Nov-2009

This is a great router but the time capsule is a better bang for the buck. If they would have come out with that first I would have jumped on it. Oh well.

11 of 18 people found this useful