Any reviews of Gigabit Airport Extreme

md63 · Aug 14, 2007, 10:18 AM

For anyone who has the new airport extreme, could you please post your experience with hardwire transfer rates? Are you seeing true gigbit speeds? Also, does this router accomidate jumbo frames? I've seen the question asked before but have yet to see any answer.

Thanks

Trepex · Aug 14, 2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by md63

For anyone who has the new airport extreme, could you please post your experience with hardwire transfer rates? Are you seeing true gigbit speeds? Also, does this router accomidate jumbo frames? I've seen the question asked before but have yet to see any answer.

Thanks

Umm... I just got it last night and love it already, but as far as I know the lan ports are only 100mbps and Wireless-N performs the best in N-only 5GHz mode. You will not see speeds approaching 300mbps in G+N mode.

Objectivist-C · Aug 14, 2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Trepex

Umm... I just got it last night and love it already, but as far as I know the lan ports are only 100mbps

They just issued a new revision with 1gbps ethernet.

Trepex · Aug 14, 2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Objectivist-C

They just issued a new revision with 1gbps ethernet.

How do I know if I have gigE??? And when was it issued?

Kilamite · Aug 14, 2007, 05:48 PM

Was one of the silent updates they did during the summer keynote when the new iMac's were released.

They also updated the Mac Mini to Core 2 Duo.

Trepex · Aug 14, 2007, 05:50 PM

Ahh the sneaky little......

I guess I'll return this one to BestBuy and order it online. I'd really like gigE and it was the only thing I didn't like about the AEBS.

Anyway, sorry for the hijack.

zv470 · Aug 22, 2007, 02:56 AM

Hi, I've found this thread on Apple Support Discussions.

I rang Apple and they confirmed that yes it does support jumbo frames. But when I asked if it supported jumbo frames over wireless N, and they said yes... I wasn't sure if I could take their word for it. Does anyone know if jumbo frames are possible over wireless N?

Also... could someone please post some transfer times, comparing jumbo frames turned off with on?

Thanks

Aug 14, 2007, 10:18 AM	#1
md63 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2007	Any reviews of Gigabit Airport Extreme For anyone who has the new airport extreme, could you please post your experience with hardwire transfer rates? Are you seeing true gigbit speeds? Also, does this router accomidate jumbo frames? I've seen the question asked before but have yet to see any answer. Thanks

Aug 14, 2007, 05:48 PM	#5
Kilamite macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland	Was one of the silent updates they did during the summer keynote when the new iMac's were released. They also updated the Mac Mini to Core 2 Duo. __________________ - MacBook Pro Unibody 15" 2.8GHz 'anti-glare' - Apple TV 1TB (work in progress) - iPhone 3G 8GB - MobileMe // OS X 10.6.2

Aug 14, 2007, 05:50 PM	#6
Trepex macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada (The Great White North)	Ahh the sneaky little...... I guess I'll return this one to BestBuy and order it online. I'd really like gigE and it was the only thing I didn't like about the AEBS. Anyway, sorry for the hijack. __________________ Proudly Mac and never turning back! 15" MacBook Pro SR Core2Duo / 2.2GHz / 2GB / OSX Leopard 10.5

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Aug 22, 2007, 02:56 AM	#7
zv470 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Zealand	Hi, I've found this thread on Apple Support Discussions. I rang Apple and they confirmed that yes it does support jumbo frames. But when I asked if it supported jumbo frames over wireless N, and they said yes... I wasn't sure if I could take their word for it. Does anyone know if jumbo frames are possible over wireless N? Also... could someone please post some transfer times, comparing jumbo frames turned off with on? Thanks