Reviews for AirPort Extreme Base Station

Where do i begin? LOL, this out beats Cisco in a long shot.

Why I buy it?
-we needed a new router bc our linksys router kept dropping the signal to all our wifi devices at the same time and even right next to it.
-I liked the specs it had.

our wifi devices connects to extreme in a hart beet, turn them off and back on? less than a second your connected right away.

Our net speed jumped from 10MBPS to 21MBPS. (<BIG Difference)

It sounded so good that i was lookn at this thing and features and reviews for the last week and finnaly bought it.

so easy to install and connect.
- no internet yet after plugg in?
- unplugg all your internet service in your house like comcast modem plus the wireless modems connecting to your modem itself and replug it in and you should be up in no time.

Now my laptop is even faster ever than before, Linksys N310 was givn me 144MBPS, with this AirPort Extreme, my laptop is going 300MBPS out of the WILD ZOO!! my friend is in colledge and he couldnt believ his eyes of the imgs from speedtest on my FB page he was seeing. almost fell right out of his seat.

our devices like ipods and ds's n such are loading on the net alot faster than what our old router was doing, old router was loading to slow.

now to upgrade our broken ethernet cords to stay in the router with faster speeds, =D

I recommend you getting this, one of my friends decided to get himself one too.

MY family loves our new router all ready and its only been 2 days. :)

this base station beats all of the other routers wired and wireless hands down,it is simple to set up it has great, no wait exceptionally great wireless range hands down i would venture to say that in this writers opinion there is The Apple Airport Extreme base station at the top and then there is rest,thats enough said.

I hooked up our new AEBS today, replacing a 5 year old WR54TG WiFi router that dropped out aperiodically and often with our new Macbook Pros. Our system has the MBPs, iPhone, iPad, wireless Epson printer and a 7 year old Samsung HDTV connecting WiFi through a Sony Blu-Ray DVD player with a USB wireless stick. The router connects to a Comcast cable modem (cable/internet/voice). Completely powered down the Comcast modem (and removed the battery) for a few minutes. Ran the AirPort Utility to set up the network which simply asked for a new password. Turned on the Comcast cable modem and it worked perfectly. Set each device to the new password and everything works fine. Total time to do this was a couple of minutes. This thing is blazing fast - I have never seen download speeds pushing 25 Mbps but that's what's happening here. Nice product!

Great wifi router. Connections are very fast, stable and offer good range. I have had mine for over a year and I have only had to reboot it twice in that entire time after power interruptions.

For the features it offers I would give it full marks however I do think not including an audio out port to enable airplay streaming was a mistake on Apples part. I feel like despite owning the Airport Extreme and 2 Airport Express devices, I still need one more Airport Express to complete my set up.

Easy to setup and easy to use. Great range as well.

I used to have the old AirPort Extreme for more than five years, so i want something better, some one told me about buffalo routers, i really don't know where i was when i hear this guy, for more than six months i suffer with buffalo, so i decide to buy right away AirPort Extreme, so what can i tell

1.- easy configuration ( very)
2.- good range, i have a big house with a lot of concrete walls
3.- Reliable network i dont have to restart everyday

Its amazing

I've been using my AEBS for a couple of years now and it still works great. Fast speeds, easy to use, etc. Just thought I'd share a review from someone who's been using it for a couple years now.

I've had the extreme set up for a week now and it's working very well. Was having many issues from ISP supplied wireless router not covering home well at all. Using this extreme with an express in extend mode and I'm getting very good performance in areas that previously wouldn't even connect at all, much less provide good performance.

Also backing up macs in the house to a 2TB hard drive being hosted by the extreme.

Most of all, it took no time at all to set up. I spent more time trying to figure out how to turn off the wireless network on the other router. Airport Utility is great.

For me, the extreme is a no fuss solution that delivers in all the needed ways.

I have had my Airport Extreme for two years now. It has worked flawlessly for the majority of the time. It is the hub for our wireless network including a Win 7 desktop, Win Vista (stop snickering) laptop, Mac Mini, iPhone 3GS, iPad 4, iPad Mini, and Lexmark Printer. Up until recently, all devices connected flawlessly with stable connections at impressive speeds.

This all changed about two months ago. I am not sure if it was due to a firmware update, increase in network traffic in our building, or that the device itself is failing, but the range of the Airport Extreme has been literally cut in half. Now, we can barely get a signal even in the next room. I went through all the channels thinking it might be signal interference before buying an Airport Express in hopes of extending, strengthening, and stabilizing the connection. Nothing seems to work. The connections are weak and intermittent.

The Airport Extreme was awesome when it was working properly, but a mere two years later, there is definitely something wrong. I do not know if the device has simply reached the end of its life cycle or if the recent software updates crippled it. Either way, I think the love affair with my Airport Extreme is over; it is obviously time to move on.

I tried 2 other brands in the $40 to $50 range. The first one needed reset daily, and the 2nd caused all sorts of delays and hang-ups using AirPlay (I couldn't get music to stream). I have AT&T U-verse or home Internet, which is supposed to be fast. I loved when I powered up the AirPlay, and connected my IPAD - It walked me through it! Now I'm pushing Pandora over Airplay, while watching Netflix, and push my home network really hard. It doesn't flinsh. I haven't played with any advanced network features and really don't care to. Nothing's more important that reliability and speed.