| Apple MA073LL/A AirPort Extreme Base Station |
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Model: MA073LL/A
Brand: Apple
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 65
Operating system: Windows XP Home Edition
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Ethernet WAN port
Wireless networking router based on the 802.11n draft standard
Backward-compatible with 802.11a/b/g devices
Up to 5 times faster and twice the range of previous AirPort Extreme Base Station
USB port turns external hard drives, printers, and other devices into network resources |
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| Description: |
| The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. Blazing fast, it delivers up to five times the performance and up to twice the range compared to 802.11g routers. And you can use it with both Macs and PCs. |
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| User Reviews (65 total): |
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good hub and features; great hub after setup!, March 3, 2007
By Chatham Mac (Chatham, NJ)
Connected to this hub: 7 macs of various vintage, wired ethernet lan via ethernet switch, 3 AirPort Express base stations (for remote connection via ethernet port, AirTunes port, and USB printer), USB2 hard drive. All features work well. Faster and better range than Express; using all 3 ethernet ports and AirDrive for family shared drive (great for backup or shared files). Covers entire house over 4 levels and entire length from one end where base station is located.
Only hitch was in configuring the AirPort Express stations, which required hard reset and use of WPA2 security instead of the old WEP; this required a couple of hours on the phone with AppleCare, but could be viewed as a comment on "Express", not "Extreme". After setup, everything seems to be great.
Would recommend this if you plan to use its features.
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Excellent WiFi/Hub, March 1, 2007
By journalist (Chicago, IL)
Just got the new Airport Extreme "n" version. We were replacing a really old Airport Base Station we've had in the home office since 2001.
First here is a list of items that connect wirelessly throughout our home:
iBook 500mz, w/standard Airport card
iMac Core 2 Duo 24", w/Airport Extreme card
Nintendo Wii
Tivo, Series 2
Tivo, Series 2 Humax DVD
HP Officejet 7410
The switchover went fairly smoothly - plugged in the Airport Extreme, switch the Ethernet cables from the Linksys Router (we has DSL coming in), then went about configuring it. Only took a couple of minutes. Then went to the Macs and selected new network, and was was connected!
The Wii was the same, very easy to just select the new network.
The Tivo caused a bit of a problem, both connected via Linksys WUSB11 Wireless-B USB Network Adapter, and even though I set up the AE to be B & G compatible, Tivo would not accept it. In the end I purch 2 Tivo "G" Network Adapters ($100 for both) and then configured Tivo.
Here is a rundown of assumed speed increases, please note no benchmark testing was performed-this is just my perceptions!
iBook-nada, same as before
iMac-faster (finally the Airport Exteme card could take advantage of "G" network
Wii-no idea! Don't know internal specs
Tivo-Big increase in transfering programs between Tivos-actually makes it worthwhile, and a general increase in getting updates etc.
The negative of course, is we are not taking advantage of the "n" network because no one supports it!! We gained because we went from "B" to "G". I will probably rant went we need to replace all the network adapters and airport cards when the hardware becomes available for "n".
One final benefit we will be using, is the option to add a NAS USB Hard Drive (AirDisk), we are looking at the NewerTech miniStack, as it has the same footprint and will hopefully stack below the AE.
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Worth the price, great WiFi station, February 26, 2007
By Jeff Heaton (St. Louis, MO)
I owned the previous model, and never had any problems with it, so I upgraded to this one. No dropped signals, a very solid WiFi network. Works with both my Wifi-N based Mac, as well as PC's.
However, this unit also allows you to share several hard drives. Unlike some network attached unit makers, the Apple product does NOT require you to format the hard drive to a special format. Just take existing hard drives and share them onto the network. You will have to move all of the files to a shared directory, but this allows you to not share the entire drive, if you desire.
Only one USB port is provided, but you can attach a hub and use multiple hard drives, as well as a printer. Network printing and hard drives are the way to go if you have several computers. This allows you to print anywhere and backup to one common location.
If you are upgrading to this product from the previous Apple router, make sure you remove your old airport utilities. They do not work with the new hardware.
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