AirPort Extreme Base Station

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Awesome product for the beginner

    • Written by from Carlsbad

    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.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    awesome

    • Written by from SAINT CHARLES

    amazing set up coming from other routers and hours of frustration. the setup was awesome. and the fact that i could plug in a 6 year old printer and it instantly made it a wireless printer with no effort on my part is even more amazing.. being that im a big pc guy this deviceis changing my mind a bit about apple products

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing! Best router ever!

    • Written by from Cumming

    I tried a dlink and a linksys before this one. Neither of the first two had enough range for the whole house they would be connected through the whole house but would get bad speed tests when in certain areas of the house and I live in a villa so not crazy big. Got this took 3 mins to setup turned my Mac on selected the wireless and it auto prompted me to set it up. Typed in wifi name and password boom done. For those saying it doesn't have much config it has enough to where you can open ports thats all I need a router to do to RDP to machines outside the network. Easy worth the money thanks apple!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Solved my WiFi connection problems!

    • Written by from Inverness

    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!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Kick-Ass Fast!

    • Written by from San Jose

    I am so happy with my new Airport Exreme Base Station! My old AT&T 2WIRE Wi-Fi could barely send a signal to my old Compaq Desktop Computer upstairs (12 to 18Mbps), including an AT&T internal wireless card. I replaced the card with a NetGear USB Wi-Fi a/b/g/n card, I now have 117Mbps instead of 18, and the downstairs computer in plug into the Ethernet Port, it's now at 1Gbps, instead of 100Mbps! I should of done this years ago, instead of using my iPhone 4 to do all of my Banking... From now on, I am buying only Apple Products...

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Router

    • Written by from Ottawa

    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

    18 of 24 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    A must have for this family!

    • Written by from DACULA

    We have a house run by Apple. Between the kids, my parents, the Mac mini the iPhones, the iPads, the iPod touches, the Apple TVs and friends that come over to visit, it is such a blessing not to worry about signal strength. At any given time we can have 15 to 20 users of various devices doing anything from gaming to homework to downloading music. And it is our back-up. The kids can come home from school and sync and backup the days work without fear. Love it! A must have for this family! We would not live without it.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Read and find out! There's a small catch but it's simple when you know....

    • Written by from Dartford

    At first I was disappointed, great product as usual out of the box. Connected to a Vigor 120 MODEM, one of the best available, the connection speed seemed to be 1/10th of my TalkTalk device speed (1.7mb/s). Not happy. I then played with the Airport Extreme channel settings directly through the iMac wireless and bang!, 12.9 mb/s constantly with seamless connectivity to all my Apple devices. Happy Bunny! It's about interference (Hz band separation)... The device is bigger than I anticipated (I just looked at the pictures which are always nice) but beautiful design and very easy to setup. NB: Be aware though that my speed quotes are unique to me and the connection speed will obviously be dependant on your ISP connection speeds.....

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best router on the market

    • Written by from Macclesfield

    Absolutely brilliant. Had replaced a Belkin 300Mbps router that was constantly crashing and failing to route traffic (note: never buy Belkin routers). It immediately increased the range of the network, increased further by the 5GHz band (for optimum performance change the name of the 5GHz network). It works fine with my ntl:250 modem. The setup was reasonably easy, but I still used Utility 5.6 to fine tune the router to my more advanced networking needs.
    Far superior to many routers, the only brand that can really beat Apple is TP-LINK purely because they are so cheap. If you can afford it, the Extreme is brilliant and well worth the money.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Product

    • Written by from Fairfield

    My old router was dropping signal about every third day, so I decided to upgrade. After a ton of research, I selected the AirPort Extreme Base Station. The setup was simple and took about 10 minutes in all. I am running 2 iMac's, a MacBook Pro, an iPad and 2 iPhones without issue. Great speed and extremely reliable. The coverage is great upstairs, downstairs, and in the backyard. Highly Recommend!!!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic

    • Written by from Columbia

    A great wireless router. My Netgear N600 was still working couldn't keep up with all the gadgets in my house. AEBS is easy to install, network set up was a cake, and can easily handle 2 iphones, 2 ipads, 2 laptops, 1 xbox, 1 PS3, and my bluray player.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best router ever

    • Written by from burnaby

    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!

    10 of 12 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Reliable & Easy

    • Written by from Bristol

    Reliable & Easy to use - it's worked for years with no problems.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    amazing coverage

    • Written by from NY

    Beat nearby wifi router, extremely large coverage with blazing fast transfer speed

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Couldn't be much happier

    • Written by from Montreal

    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

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Upgraded from a Netgear and will never look back!

    • Written by from Tamarac

    I previously had a netgear router which was stable but wouldnt reach to the back of my house. The extreme router reaches to the back of the house and then some. There are no longer wifi dead spots in the house. What a joy to use. And when you activate the 5GHz to work with you IPad and IPhone you notice the speeds on those devices immediately! Way to go apple! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

    21 of 24 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Can't get any better!

    • Written by from Bronx

    I bought this product with standard shipping and it arrived in 3 day. My cousin has had this router for 2+ years without any problems and the signal goes all the way to the back of the backyard. I had to switch from a netgear router because it stopped working thank you apple. You're the best!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing product.

    • Written by from Shreveport

    Easy setup and worth rating. Only had it one day though. So we'll see. But relative to my last one, "link sys", this apple product beats its derriére.

    Also, got an Appple Tv lsat night, amazing investment.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best Router Ever!!

    • Written by from Green Bay

    I have had many previous routers from major brand names and none of them compare to this. Better coverage and connection stability to all types of devices. Recommend this to everyone

    18 of 20 people found this useful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best Router Ever!!

    • Written by from Ewa Beach

    This has been the best router that I have ever used! I had a Linksys, Netgear, and a Belkin before finally getting the Airport Extreme Base Station! Being a family with three macbooks and one pc, this totally suits our needs as our other routers never stay connected at all! Kudo's to Mac Products! They never die!! XD

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