Reviews for AirPort Extreme Base Station

We have BT Infinity broadband, but were getting little of the anticipated performance benefits, having only a fraction of the advertised speed and also constant dropouts (e.g. watching a program lasting an hour using Netflix would typically dropout 4 or 5 times). Our old MacBook would constantly need reconnecting.

We decided to 'bite the bullet' and buy Airport Extreme. What a difference! MacBook's speed increased 6 times! No dropouts! Apple TV works perfectly. My remote iMac now has a speedy and stable internet connection.

Drawbacks? Rather expensive - but at least for us- very good value. My one real gripe is the inadequate instructions. It took me a little while to set it up. Simple language that assumes no previous knowledge would have helped me set it up in seconds.

I purchased this AirPort Extreme Base Station in 5/2009, we have had no issues and 5 computers and 5 phones are running off it. I would not hesitate to buy another one.

Brad M from Oregon City has no idea what he's talking about. I currently have several Airport Extreme Base Stations that have been in full production for far more than 2 years on a college campus without any failures...ever! The product is simple to setup and has excellent coverage. It's easily the best wireless base station I've found.

We have limited broadband due to where we live (<0.5mbs) from a bt hh 2.0. Continually getting movies played through Apple TV freezing. Read the review about this product from someone with similar set up who had much improved performance. Decided to take the plunge and see what difference AirPort Extreme could have. Took 5 mins to set up through bridging it with bt home hub (software prompts you through this). Much improved performance. Apple TV is streamed perfectly with no freezing or buffering. Internet also appears to be much quicker as well even with the same broadband connection!!! Definitely recommend this product as he signal is strong throughout the house. Expensive but excellent value for money

Works great in my house. I have a old house with plaster walls and I've had no problems for the 1st month of ownership. Best wireless router I've ever used.. and very simple to set up.

Airport Extreme is a great product for two years MAXIMUM. After that the Airport Extreme will begin to fail for various issues. After having three fail completely in two years, one for firmware reasons and two for hardware reasons, this product deserves two stars. Even though it is incredibly easy to set up and maintain, the life span is horrible.

I have 100 MPBS cable internet and have been paying the service provider quite a lot of money for this service and used to struggle to get just 2-5 MPBS over wireless one room away. Also iPhones, iPads used to take seconds more to display information. After checking out the reviews here I decided to invest in the Airport Extreme Base Station.

After installing AE, I get 110 MBPS two rooms away on my iMac and information appears on my iPhones and iPad instantaneously. This has simply transformed internet usage at home.

I recently had an issue with my internet line dropping. I upgraded my modem and airport extreme and the issue continued. The AT&T technician ran tests on my line and asked what lights were lit on the modem when it dropped. He indicated that there is a problem with the router. I ended up getting an AT&T combo of modem and router and so far so good.

I previously had an airport extreme and did not have any issues with it, it is just recently this cropped up.

Setting up the airport extreme is a cinch. I don't know whether there is an issue with the firmware or not, but it is very frustrating that the line drops for no reason.

I purchased this item with the primary intent to connect an existing external hard drive, which is connected to my iMac for Time Machine, and enable access to this drive across a network. Despite claiming the supported connection of a hard drive via the USB port. What isn't explained anywhere is the fact this expensive device won't support this functionality, i.e. you can have one or the other, not both. I've wasted my money and should have bought a separate NAS drive.