Reviews for AirPort Extreme Base Station

We have been having "issues" with our internet for months now. We thought maybe it was just poor service until we decided to update our router and came across the AirPort Extreme. We are a household with many devices that connect to the internet (laptop, iPads, iPhones, iPods, kindles, tv, playstation, etc etc) I only wish that we had found this a long time ago! It only took about 10 minutes to set it up and have the wi-fi working. I also really like the guest network that you can set up so now when my daughters have friends over we can connect them to the guest network. Since installing this we have not been disconnected once!!! It is truly an amazing product and I would highly recommend this to anyone.

To provide better coverage in a multi-level home, I recently replaced a Linksys router with the Extreme and a single Airport Express. From opening the boxes to a functioning network required about 15 minutes and the performance is outstanding. Easily connected a HP 1102W for wireless printing from two Windows PCs, iMac, MacBook, two iPads and two iPhones.

I love this product. I didn't know much about computers and/or wifi setups. When i bought my MacbookAir the guy at the store suggested I get this because it also has memory storage built in. The setup was the easiest and now all my devices are connected to Base Station. (I also bought the Apple TV and i have an iPhone 4s)
All my photos I take from my phone automatically download to the Base Station when I get close to home. I dont have to worry about running out of space on my computer either with the 2tb of memory. It's a great product that makes using my computer easy.

The router worked well for about 8 months. Now it takes forever for our devices to connect, and the speed is often much lower than a wired Ethernet connection, even after the channel is changed to reduced interference.

Just reaced my 10 year old router with an AirPort Extreme and am pleased it resolved the sporadic connection issues I was experiencing with my iDevices and wireless HP Photoprinter. Setup was very simple and quick with all my devices. I'm a past Windows user and am still surprised how easy it is to setup Apple products, I'm fully Appleized now!

I replaced a Linksys DIR 655 with a new Apple Extreme Base Station. Wireless coverage throughout my entire house is way better. I have 5 bars where I previously had 1.
Everything works better!

Should have bought one of these years ago

While I like the feature specifications and performance, Apple seems to be going down their usual road of we'll do everything we _think_ you need and you can't do any more yourself. Most notably, the Airport Utility version 6 and up does not allow you to see what IP addresses the device has assigned on your network.

So, if you buy a new toy, plug it into your network and then need to know its IP address you can no longer find it. There are hacks out there for installing an older version of Airport Utility but in the Apple world those will break sooner or later and you're stuck with this very horrible experience.

I bought a new NAS device, booted it and now have no idea how to get to it to set it up. Boo Apple, Boo!!

If these situations do not affect you, then I would recommend this piece of hardware. If they do, look elsewhere. I personally have had many good experiences with D-Link.

I have had my Airport Extreme for two years now. It has worked flawlessly for the majority of the time. It is the hub for our wireless network including a Win 7 desktop, Win Vista (stop snickering) laptop, Mac Mini, iPhone 3GS, iPad 4, iPad Mini, and Lexmark Printer. Up until recently, all devices connected flawlessly with stable connections at impressive speeds.

This all changed about two months ago. I am not sure if it was due to a firmware update, increase in network traffic in our building, or that the device itself is failing, but the range of the Airport Extreme has been literally cut in half. Now, we can barely get a signal even in the next room. I went through all the channels thinking it might be signal interference before buying an Airport Express in hopes of extending, strengthening, and stabilizing the connection. Nothing seems to work. The connections are weak and intermittent.

The Airport Extreme was awesome when it was working properly, but a mere two years later, there is definitely something wrong. I do not know if the device has simply reached the end of its life cycle or if the recent software updates crippled it. Either way, I think the love affair with my Airport Extreme is over; it is obviously time to move on.

I love this router! It is amazing and is very very fast. I haven't had one outage yet and is better than my old router. My old one got 3 mbps and the Airport Extreme has 6.12 mbps! Everyone should get this router because it is awesome!

I just purchased this airport extreme 5th gen, i've more then 9 wi-fi devices, every thing is working flawlessly, the stability of the network is incredible ....

Thank you very much, really worth the price