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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit) MB053LL/A
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List Price: $179.99
Our Price: Too low to display
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Apple
EAN: 0885909171057
Feature: Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Apple Computer
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Model: MB053LL/A
Modem Description: None
Platform: Macintosh
Publisher: Apple Computer
Release Date: 2007-08-31
Studio: Apple Computer
Warranty: Parts- 1yr limited, Labor- 90 days limited
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Features
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Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
Wireless networking router based on the 802.11n draft standard
Interoperable with Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Mac computers and Windows-based PCs
Up to 5 times faster and twice the range of 802.11g routers
USB port turns external hard drives, printers, and other devices into network resources
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Editorial Reviews:
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The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. Get up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of conventional 802.11g routers. Quickly set up your wireless network with AirPort Utility, available for both Mac OS X and Windows, to your DSL or cable modem. Within minutes, you and up to 50 other users can stream videos, share photos and more without wires. Next-generation 802.11n wireless technology features multiple antennas to deliver maximum speed and range. You can even connect a printer to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and it will instantly become available to everyone on your wireless or wired network. AirPort Extreme offers a built-in firewall and supports industry-standard encryption to prevent unauthorized intrusion into your wireless network. WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP let authorized users to connect to it easily with simple setup utility and powerful access controls.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your money if you are running intel Macs and Leopard 10.5 up
Comment: Junk on intel Macs
Written by GW from vallejo
SHAME SHAME SHAME ON APPLE WITH THIS FLUB!
I am typing this review on my living room floor with the ethernet cable swapped from the back of the Tivo box and into my MB Pro to the Airport Extreme. Thats how confident I am that it will stay wirelessly connect to either my new Intel macs. It, or they, won't stay wirelessly connected. EVER.
When you spend double on an over marketed Apple product that whose generic equivalent you could purchase at Fry's for half the cost, not to mention the wasted Sundays standing in line at the overcrowded Apple store for return, then Steve Jobs needs to have his Olympic Golf Course membership terminated, fire the wireless R&D team and demote everyone in quality control. Oh, and pay those Chinese workers a little more and they might not spend their off time selling fake Iphones on eBay.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Piece of Cr-Apple!
Comment: OK, so I bought the extreme because the wife was experiencing very slow download speeds with the Linksys wireless router and Apple promised lightning fast speed/downloads. The extreme delivers when it works, no doubt. I own a Macbook Pro and the set up was easy. I experienced similar problems with the wireless network randomly dropping. I would wake up in the morning and it would be off, so I would replug it and it would work for an unknown period of time before it dropped again. I returned it twice to the Apple store and they gave me another one (total of 3). I've replaced everything: the DSL modem, ethernet cable, phone cord to the DSL modem, I even had the Road Runner guys come to my house to check for faulty wiring within the walls. I love Apple products, but this has caused me more heartache and wasted hours than I want to admit.
It works fine with ethernet, but as other reviews mention, the point is to be wireless! I scoured through the discussion forums and tried every reset known to man to get this thing to work. No joy. So now it sits there next to my modem like a big white paper weight-how depressing.
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Summary: Best Router I've ever owned.
Comment: I'm not a novice. I know a lot about routers and how they work. I'm also familiar with their limitations, and I can honestly say that this is the best consumer router I've ever used.
I do a lot of downloading with bittorrent clients and this is the first router I've used that allows me to download wirelessly without killing the wifi connection to the other computers in the house, as well as my own ability to browse. Seriously - I've got Azureus crankin' at full speed and I can still enjoy Youtube. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, trust me - that's good. If you do know what I'm talking about, then you know that this is a remarkable product.
People are complaining about compatibility with PC's/Windows, saying that they just can't connect at all. I'd bet money on the fact that this is because they have the Airport set to use WPA2 only, and their PC is probably only set up to use WPA1 - whether it be the Windows wireless settings or the driver/settings for their wireless adapter itself. This can be solved by either updating Windows and/or your wireless driver and settings, or by simply configuring the airport to use both WPA1 and WPA2 (it's a choice in a dropdown menu in the Airport utility). I run Windows via Boot Camp on my MacBook and WPA2 wouldn't work (in Windows) until I upgraded to SP3.
Oh yeah - and the shared printer set-up? Simple and Fast. Awesome.
I feel like a fool for putting off buying the Extreme. Like everyone else, for years I was reluctant to drop this much money on a router. After using it for several months now, I can honestly say it was money well-spent. Highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: AirPort is easy to set up
Comment: This device makes going wireless very easy. Just follow the instructions and you are online. We have an iMac and several Windows-based PCs and were a little concerned whether they would all work. No problem.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Apple Wireless
Comment: This was one the easiest installs that I have had in regards to wireless devices. For someone not familiar with mac, this could prove to be tricky, so some research would be helpful. Ever since I installed it, I haven't had any issues with the it. My old wireless, I had to constantly reset and turn on and off for a variety of reasons. This has been very rock solid.
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