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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.1

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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 percent better performance and up to 25 percent 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 unauthorized 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 authorized users to connect to the base station, thanks to its simple setup 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 Windows,and Bonjour for Windows
  • Power cord
  • Printed and electronic documentation

System Requirements

For setup 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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4.5

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    Great!

    Written by JB from Chapel Hill

    Oct 21, 2009

    Just works since the day I took it out of the box. No reboots, no slow service. The device is transparent - exactly what you want from a wireless netwroking device. Delivers great reception throughout the house. I keep this in a enclosed bookshelf, on top of my DVR (not the best location), and it just plugs away. No overheating, no worries. Highly recommended. …More

    86 of 93 people found this useful

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    AirPort Ext. Base Station

    Written by MG from Salt Lake City

    Oct 22, 2009

    This is the best wireless router that I have found on the market and have used. I have never had to reset this
    , never had any kick offs like with other routers. I have it in my basements, in my office. My wife works upstairs
    . She has a mac book pro and I have the 24 IMac, waiting for my new 27 coming today. I have my work PC set up along with a wireless printer and a shared printer as well.     …More

    74 of 80 people found this useful

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    GREAT ROUTER!

    Written by TB from Tomball

    Oct 23, 2009

    I have used this router for 8 months. Great replacement coming from linksys routers. Setup was a bit lengthy but after the setup the router hasn't been off since. Airport Extreme truly sets a precedent when coming to consumer routers. …More

    66 of 76 people found this useful

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    ***Best***

    Written by MV from YUKON

    Nov 1, 2009

    The AirPort Extreme has been the easiest router I have every set up. Being used on a pc w/xp home (soon to be a Mac), under 5min. I have used only NetGear brand Routers in the past. It so clean and sleek looking. Very easy to change the settings or set up your network. AirPort Extreme is being used in a home with two pc's, ps3, xbox360, two apple TVs, and a iPhone 3G. …More

    13 of 13 people found this useful

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    Great, great product

    Written by JC from Portsmouth

    Oct 31, 2009

    I've a mixed network, imac, macbook pro, pc (XP), laptop pc (XP), couple of iphones, wii, 3 printers and a scanner. Was running a netgear router with a 4 port linksys print server. Special drivers, mixed static and dynamic addressing, frequent crashes, slow internet due to confusion at the firewall, inconsistent printing. My 14 year old became an expert at resetting the boxes to get back on line.

    Bought the airport extreme. powered up, it "just worked", and fast. Automatically recognized all products, configured in less than 10 minutes, and it all works great. Plugged a seven port USB expander into the airport usb port and connected all the printers and an external HD. It took a short while to realize that the trick to configuration was to delete all the printers active on all the machines then just let the hardware do it's thing. All devices were correctly recognized and configured.

    Only gripe is that getting Bonjour installed on the windows machines too some retries, and this should be done first to ensure that internet access is available for the down loads (I could never get the bonjour stuff loaded from the disk provided by apple, shame on you guys). Once done, configuring the PCs were as easy as the macs.

    Expensive box, but given the behavior of the USB port and the ability to connect so many devices via that route, this is a great product worth the price (a separate box to add multiple USB devices to connect to a more conventional router will add $100).

    NB Apple: PCs are out there, and often mixed with Macs. Make the PC install work as well at the install on native Apple products and you'll have a winner with broad appeal.     …More

    19 of 20 people found this useful

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  • AirPort Extreme Base Station

    5.0

    The Ease of Apple

    Written by MC from Pontiac

    Oct 30, 2009

    I just recently purchased the Airport Extreme to work with my new 64GB iPod Touch and new Quad-core iMac (which I am patiently waiting for) and I am currently running with my Dell PC. The setup was very easy (unlike my previous D-Link router, which my iPod touch would not connect to) and the Airport Extreme works like a charm. All I had to do was install the software CD, plug in a few cords and follow the simple onscreen instructions (a few clicks of the mouse) and my new network was all set up. Thanks Apple. …More

    12 of 12 people found this useful

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