Reviews for AirPort Extreme Base Station

Like many of you I'm an Apple fanatic. Yet I'm seriously underwhelmed by the Airport Devices.

The Airport Extreme can't share it's drive as a Time Machine volume (See Apple's article PH4327), or better, the website Pondini .org which actually provides details.

You can connect a printer, but the Airport Extreme not going to add AirPrint (for iPads) to that printer. (Not that this would be hard for Apple)

I returned an Airport Express for this because the 2012 Express kneecapped ethernet at 100mbs/sec (vs GB). I'm reticent about getting a Time Capsule as that has many 2 star reviews mainly complaining that it has poor throughput as a router and the disks fail dismally after ~2 years.

Might as well get a 3rd party NAS for disk sharing. At least those are competitively overpriced. But that makes me wonder - why bother with the Extreme?

Works great even with 15 to 20 wifi devices working at once to retrieve signal from the router!

It's A Great Router But I Can't Connect A Stereo To It Like The Express Apple Please Add This Feature To The Airport Express And The Time Machine Plus Their Both More Expensive Than The Express Don't You Think They Would Have The Same And Better Features And More. But Otherwise You Should Buy It.

This is by far the easiest router to use. I have set mine up fora year and a half ago and haven't had to reset or even touch this amazing thing. Just amazing I come from history of a dozen linksys router which were terrible..

One again, Apple knocks it out of the Park. I have used them all including 2 of the most recent Cnet top 5's (June 2012) and returned both to Staples. My network now consists of AirPort Extreme and 3 Airport Express (2 used as Extenders and one for AirPlay on my sound system)

Performance is unmatched and the seamless switch between the 2 bands is incredible. It is very easy to set up via the OSX on board AirPort Utility app. Once set up you can download the iOS AirPort Utility app for you iPhone, iPad or iPod.

Apple just does things right and while not flashy the AirPort line of products are unequalled.

I have recently replaced a perfectly functional router with an AirPort Extreme.
Unbelievably easy to set up, it was significantly faster for both PC & Mac clients than my Belkin router, and in a test, faster too than a Cisco Aironet AP.
I have not yet used the USB hard drive/printer connection on the device so can't comment on that, but everything else works exactly as you'd expect. The three ports at the back are very fast, and I upgraded this from an AirPort Express unit specifically so I could plug in three LAN cabled devices in my media area for streaming/using content anywhere within the wireless network.
I also have 3 AirPort Express units that are used as wireless range extenders in a big old house with solid stone walls (at least 3 feet thick). These were very easy to set up to the base AirPort Extreme, and far faster (almost 3 x as fast Data speed) than the powerline adapters to get Internet across the building.
In short, simply brilliant and I have no idea why I didn't do this before... It would have saved huge amounts of time and much more money than these devices cost me...

Just one thing would make this product perfect , Airplay and an optical audio out like the Airport Express. its a shame it does not have this

I LOVE this router. Have had it for two years now and have never had an issue. I cannot say enough good things about it. I got tired of having to replace my router every year so decided to invest in an AirPort, am so glad I did. Like everything else Apple, it is so low-maintenance and just figures everything out itself. No complicated installation, it literally worked itself out. Another great feature is how quickly it alerts you if you go offline. Every router I've had in the past has made it difficult to determine whether the router or the modem is the issue, the AirPort just pops right up and tells you. This product is worth every dime, you will not regret it!

I was having trouble with my belkin so I decided to try this. The reviews were correct. Works great and was a snap to set up. Now I try and setup my printer.