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AirPort Extreme Base Station

The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station with simultaneous dual-band support is the perfect wireless access point for home, school or small business. It offers fast, 802.11n Wi-Fi access for Mac computers, PCs and Wi-Fi devices such as iPhone, iPod touch and Apple TV.

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Overview

The perfect wireless solution for home, school and small business.

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Easy wireless networking.

Connect your DSL or cable modem to the AirPort Extreme Base Station, then quickly set it up with the easy-to-use AirPort Utility, which is included for both Mac OS X and Windows. In minutes, you and up to 50 others can use your Mac computers or PCs to surf the web, stream video, share photos and more — without wires.1

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Simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi.

For maximum range and compatibility, AirPort Extreme works simultaneously on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, allowing all the devices on the network to use the most efficient band automatically. It uses the latest 802.11n wireless technology, so you can enjoy up to five times the Wi-Fi performance and up to twice the range of 802.11g wireless networks.2 And improvements in antenna design give you up to 50 per cent better performance and up to 25 per cent better range than with the previous-generation AirPort Extreme Base Station.3

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Guest networking.

Set up a separate Wi-Fi network with a separate password for your visitors. Simply enable the guest networking feature, and your guests can use the Internet but can’t access other parts of your private network, such as your computers, printers and attached hard drives.

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Print without wires.

Have several computers in your home or office but only one printer? No problem. Just connect a compatible printer to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station, and the printer instantly becomes available to all the computers (Mac and PC) on your wireless or wired network. (See system requirements.)

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Share your hard drive.

You can share an external USB hard drive over your wireless and wired networks by simply connecting it to the USB port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station. Called AirPort Disk, this feature is perfect for sharing files and more. If you’re a MobileMe member using a Mac with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard, you can even access the files on the drive over the Internet.4

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Strong security and access controls.

Rest easy — AirPort Extreme takes strong measures to prevent unauthorised intrusion into your wireless network. It offers a built-in firewall and supports industry-standard encryption technologies including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP. Yet it’s still easy for authorised users to connect to the base station, thanks to its simple set-up utility and powerful access controls.

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Works with iPhone, Apple TV and more.

AirPort Extreme works with Mac computers, PCs, iPhone, iPod touch, Apple TV and virtually all 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi wireless devices — all at the same time.

What's in the Box

  • AirPort Extreme Base Station
  • CD with AirPort Utility (Mac and Windows), AirPort Disk Utility for Mac OS X and Windows, 802.11n Enabler for Mac OS X v10.4 and Bonjour for Windows
  • Power cord
  • Printed and electronic documentation

System Requirements

For set-up and administration:
  • Mac computer with Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later, CD drive, and Ethernet or wireless networking capability
  • PC with Windows XP (SP3) or Windows Vista (SP1) or later, CD drive, and Ethernet or wireless networking capability
For wireless client access:
  • Mac with AirPort or AirPort Extreme wireless capability
  • PC with 802.11a/b/g/n
For shared printing:
  • USB printer
  • Mac with Mac OS X v10.2.7 or later
  • PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista; Bonjour for Windows included on AirPort Extreme CD
For shared hard drive:
  • Mac with Mac OS X v10.4.8 or later
  • PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista; Bonjour for Windows included on AirPort Extreme CD
  1. (1) Wireless Internet access requires a wireless-enabled computer, a base station or other access point, and Internet access; fees may apply. Some ISPs are not currently compatible with AirPort Extreme.
  2. (2) Performance is based on a comparison with Apple’s 802.11g products.
  3. (3) Based on a comparison with Apple's previous generation 802.11n products. Comparison assumes AirPort Extreme network with 802.11n-enabled computer. Accessing the wireless network requires an AirPort- or AirPort Extreme-enabled computer or other Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a/b/g/n-enabled computer. Actual performance will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network and other factors. Range will vary with site conditions.
  4. (4) MobileMe is available to persons age 13 and older. Annual subscription fee and Internet access required. Terms of service apply.
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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    Simply excellent!

    Written by MM from MORPETH

    06-Nov-2009

    Have had a number of wireless base stations and none had enough range for my house apart from my BT HomeHub which was streets ahead of the rest. I was worried therefore that the AEBS would be like the other routers, however in practice I've found it is at least as good as the HomeHub in terms of wireless and is certainly way ahead of anything else.

    A USB drive attached to this works perfectly with Time Machine, configuration is dead easy with the AirPort utility and it even sends logs to my Linux box with no problem at all. My iPhone and two Macs connect to it very quickly and it wakes up my Macs automatically to access other services when required.

    Disk performance is also very reasonable - it managed to do a 64Gb initial Time Machine backup in a little over 2 hours so I can't really complain!

    It uses just 7w, which whilst slightly more than the HomeHub at 4w, is still pretty good when you consider that it's got two radios.

    My advice is to buy it - yes it's relatively expensive, but you do get what you pay for.....     …More

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