Airport Express or Extreme Router?

Pak^Man · Nov 30, 2012, 10:11 AM

Hi MR Community!

Im looking for advice on what kind of a router to out up on my sister's home network. I have myself used Airport Extreme for about 4 years now.

However in her case, given that she needs just something that hums along (with no need for a hard drive sharing etc.), and given that new Airport Express has dual antennas, I was wondering if that would be the more cost effective solution? Plus the smaller size would a small positive for her su well.

Would there be any downsides I'm missing vis a vis range, etc?

The network would probably have 3-5 users commecting to it at most, with no guest users.

Thanks!

yinz · Nov 30, 2012, 11:35 AM

I think the new airport Express can do guest network.. it's pretty crazy.

weckart · Nov 30, 2012, 01:52 PM

The Express only has 10/100 WAN/LAN ports. That obviously limits the speed of your internet connection once it exceeds 100Mb/s.

Nov 30, 2012, 10:11 AM	#1
Pak^Man macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Columbus, OH	Airport Express or Extreme Router? Hi MR Community! Im looking for advice on what kind of a router to out up on my sister's home network. I have myself used Airport Extreme for about 4 years now. However in her case, given that she needs just something that hums along (with no need for a hard drive sharing etc.), and given that new Airport Express has dual antennas, I was wondering if that would be the more cost effective solution? Plus the smaller size would a small positive for her su well. Would there be any downsides I'm missing vis a vis range, etc? The network would probably have 3-5 users commecting to it at most, with no guest users. Thanks! __________________ "If you can dodge a wrench; you can dodge a ball..."
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Nov 30, 2012, 11:35 AM	#2
yinz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2012	I think the new airport Express can do guest network.. it's pretty crazy.
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Nov 30, 2012, 01:52 PM	#3
weckart macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2004	The Express only has 10/100 WAN/LAN ports. That obviously limits the speed of your internet connection once it exceeds 100Mb/s.
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