Airport Extreme Updated With Gigabit Ethernet

MacRumors · Aug 7, 2007, 04:39 PM

In Apple's press release for the iMac, they make a small note that the Airport Extreme has been updated to include gigabit ethernet.

Apple's 802.11n Airport Extreme base station had only included 10/100 Base-T ethernet, which had been a sore-spot in reviews considering all Macs now ship with Gigabit ethernet, and the theoretical wireless performance would outstrip the wired performance.

As of this writing, Apple has yet to update the product page for the Airport Extreme to reflect the change.

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Grimace · Aug 7, 2007, 04:41 PM

woohoo!! I was just thinking of getting one anyway!!

Le Big Mac · Aug 7, 2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimace

woohoo!! I was just thinking of getting one anyway!!

about time. they should be embarassed that it took this long--probably why they didn't make more of it.

spaceballl · Aug 7, 2007, 04:43 PM

And yes, for all that were wondering, I do feel screwed for buying the one without the gigabit ethernet a couple months ago...

Small White Car · Aug 7, 2007, 04:43 PM

Well, nice job finally.

Too bad I had to help my parents buy another brand's router last month for exactly this reason. (As did I for myself.) I wonder how much money Apple saved by leaving this feature out of the first version. Did it even make up for the 2 lost sales in my family alone?

Kaptajn Haddock · Aug 7, 2007, 04:44 PM

Where does it say that? All it says is that the iMac has gigabit ethernet not that the Airport Extreme does. It would be pretty low of apple to upgrade the AE so soon after release.

L3X · Aug 7, 2007, 04:44 PM

hmm, just got my AE a few weeks ago. Owell, i really only use the wireless N on it anyway.

longofest · Aug 7, 2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaptajn Haddock

Where does it say that? All it says is that the iMac has gigabit ethernet not that the Airport Extreme does. It would be pretty low of apple to upgrade the AE so soon after release.

keep reading...

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Additional options include: new Apple Wireless Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse; AirPort Express® and AirPort Extreme Base Station (now with Gigabit Ethernet); the AppleCare Protection Plan; and pre-installed copies of iWork™ ’08, Logic® Express 7, Final Cut® Express HD 3.5 and Aperture 1.5.

iJUNKY · Aug 7, 2007, 04:47 PM

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...44B&nplm=MB053

updated??
- from the uk store

ortuno2k · Aug 7, 2007, 04:48 PM

Great news!
Now I can finally purchase one!

Kaptajn Haddock · Aug 7, 2007, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by longofest

keep reading...

Damn! I feel so cheated, that they upgrade a brand new device so soon after its been introduced. This SUCKS!

MacAnkka · Aug 7, 2007, 04:49 PM

The Airport Extreme tech specs still says:
RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem
Three RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices

suneohair · Aug 7, 2007, 04:50 PM

Good, maybe I will buy one now.

Nicky G · Aug 7, 2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Small White Car

Well, nice job finally.

Too bad I had to help my parents buy another brand's router last month for exactly this reason. (As did I for myself.) I wonder how much money Apple saved by leaving this feature out of the first version. Did it even make up for the 2 lost sales in my family alone?

Hmmm, your family really really needed Gigabit to transfer huge files between their machines? Or was it their greater-than-100Mbit internet connection? Or maybe, it was your inner-geekiness that's hooked on specs more than functionality that made you go with a much-harder-to-maintain router from another company?

macca · Aug 7, 2007, 04:55 PM

I can't believe they even considered selling it in the first place without gigabit...if I had been in the market for a router, I'd have gone to another brand too.

Same goes for AppleTV - they should pride themselves on getting high performance products out the door first time, not selling under-par components until the left over bin runs out

bdj21ya · Aug 7, 2007, 04:58 PM

As the owner of an AEBS (purchased before this update), I would have to recommend to anyone considering getting one: please stop considering it.

Stop considering it, and go buy it! This router has features and functions that other router makers just never even thought of. I have a Lacie Mac-Mini sized drive that fits underneath it perfectly and provides me excellent storage via the airdisk feature. Also, I don't know how I ever lived without wireless printing, so convenient! There are a bunch more features I appreciate, as well as a few I haven't used that might really benefit some (printing and airdisk access from out on the internet).

The main reason I considered not getting one was because of the lack of gigabit ethernet (great when you need to transfer something REALLY big). However, because of the target disk mode option on Macs, I decided I could live without gBit ethernet. Now that it has gBit ethernet, this router kicks a.

offwidafairies · Aug 7, 2007, 04:58 PM

bugger
i bought one recently

Squonk · Aug 7, 2007, 05:00 PM

Interesting. I just purchased one last week off the refurb site. I just looked on the refurb site and it is now showing them as being Gigabit as well. Do y'all think this is a hardware or software change for this?

stompy · Aug 7, 2007, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdj21ya

As the owner of an AEBS (purchased before this update), I would have to recommend to anyone considering getting one: please stop considering it.

Stop considering it, and go buy it!

You got me.

JPark · Aug 7, 2007, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaptajn Haddock

Damn! I feel so cheated, that they upgrade a brand new device so soon after its been introduced. This SUCKS!

Hilarious, considering that the common complaint against Apple is that they don't refresh their hardware often enough.

skunk · Aug 7, 2007, 05:07 PM

Well, something has been updated, because my AEBSn has finally started working as advertised, connecting to my 500GB MicroNet MiniMate and mounting multiple partitions and my iPod without the usual foul-up at the password stage. Result!

Kaptajn Haddock · Aug 7, 2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JPark

Hilarious, considering that the common complaint against Apple is that they don't refresh their hardware often enough.

He he yep, but this is just to damn soon. Seems like they made a bummer and let the fast buying consumers pay for it.

Royale w/cheese · Aug 7, 2007, 05:09 PM

This is good considering Powermacs have had gigabit internet for what 7 years now?

Peace · Aug 7, 2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by skunk

Well, something has been updated, because my AEBSn has finally started working as advertised, connecting to my 500GB MicroNet MiniMate and mounting multiple partitions and my iPod without the usual foul-up at the password stage. Result!

ummm..skunk.They updated the AEBS with gigabit ports.It's not a software update.

suneohair · Aug 7, 2007, 05:10 PM

I knew it was only a matter of time. I don't understand why anyone bought one to be honest.

Aug 7, 2007, 04:39 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Airport Extreme Updated With Gigabit Ethernet In Apple's press release for the iMac, they make a small note that the Airport Extreme has been updated to include gigabit ethernet. Apple's 802.11n Airport Extreme base station had only included 10/100 Base-T ethernet, which had been a sore-spot in reviews considering all Macs now ship with Gigabit ethernet, and the theoretical wireless performance would outstrip the wired performance. As of this writing, Apple has yet to update the product page for the Airport Extreme to reflect the change. Article Link

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Aug 7, 2007, 04:43 PM	#5
Small White Car macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Washington DC	Too late Well, nice job finally. Too bad I had to help my parents buy another brand's router last month for exactly this reason. (As did I for myself.) I wonder how much money Apple saved by leaving this feature out of the first version. Did it even make up for the 2 lost sales in my family alone?

Aug 7, 2007, 04:44 PM	#7
L3X macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chesapeake, VA	hmm, just got my AE a few weeks ago. Owell, i really only use the wireless N on it anyway. __________________ 2.2 SR MBP; 8GB iPhone 3G; 30GB 5.5G Black iPod; Airport Extreme; Work: 2.8 Dual-Quad Mac Pro, 10 GBs RAM, ATI HD 3870

Aug 7, 2007, 04:47 PM	#9
iJUNKY macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Belfast, Ireland	http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...44B&nplm=MB053 updated?? - from the uk store __________________ MacBook Pro, 1.83Ghz, 1Gb Ram, 80Gb HDD

Aug 7, 2007, 04:43 PM	#4
spaceballl macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Silicon Valley	And yes, for all that were wondering, I do feel screwed for buying the one without the gigabit ethernet a couple months ago...

Aug 7, 2007, 04:44 PM	#6
Kaptajn Haddock macrumors regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: Denmark	Where does it say that? All it says is that the iMac has gigabit ethernet not that the Airport Extreme does. It would be pretty low of apple to upgrade the AE so soon after release.

Aug 7, 2007, 04:48 PM	#10
ortuno2k macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Miami, FL	Great news! Now I can finally purchase one! __________________ 15" C2D MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz with 3GB of RAM, 320GB HDD on 10.6.1

Aug 7, 2007, 04:49 PM	#12
MacAnkka macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Finland	The Airport Extreme tech specs still says: RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem Three RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices __________________ MacBook Core Duo 1.83ghz, 1gb RAM, 60gb HDD Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 2G iPod Nano 2gb (sitting somewhere, gathering dust)

Aug 7, 2007, 04:50 PM	#13
suneohair Banned Join Date: Aug 2006	Good, maybe I will buy one now.

Aug 7, 2007, 04:55 PM	#15
macca macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Beyond the Black Stump	belatedly... I can't believe they even considered selling it in the first place without gigabit...if I had been in the market for a router, I'd have gone to another brand too. Same goes for AppleTV - they should pride themselves on getting high performance products out the door first time, not selling under-par components until the left over bin runs out

Aug 7, 2007, 04:58 PM	#16
bdj21ya macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006	As the owner of an AEBS (purchased before this update), I would have to recommend to anyone considering getting one: please stop considering it. Stop considering it, and go buy it! This router has features and functions that other router makers just never even thought of. I have a Lacie Mac-Mini sized drive that fits underneath it perfectly and provides me excellent storage via the airdisk feature. Also, I don't know how I ever lived without wireless printing, so convenient! There are a bunch more features I appreciate, as well as a few I haven't used that might really benefit some (printing and airdisk access from out on the internet). The main reason I considered not getting one was because of the lack of gigabit ethernet (great when you need to transfer something REALLY big). However, because of the target disk mode option on Macs, I decided I could live without gBit ethernet. Now that it has gBit ethernet, this router kicks a.

Aug 7, 2007, 04:58 PM	#17
offwidafairies macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia	bugger i bought one recently __________________ K.I.S.S I'm a Human Being Not a Human Doing!!

Aug 7, 2007, 05:00 PM	#18
Squonk macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2005	Interesting. I just purchased one last week off the refurb site. I just looked on the refurb site and it is now showing them as being Gigabit as well. Do y'all think this is a hardware or software change for this? __________________ iSwitched in 1988 MP quad 2.8 (4GB/1.5TB/ATI 2600), iPhone, iPods

Aug 7, 2007, 05:07 PM	#21
skunk macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Republic of Ukistan	Well, something has been updated, because my AEBSn has finally started working as advertised, connecting to my 500GB MicroNet MiniMate and mounting multiple partitions and my iPod without the usual foul-up at the password stage. Result! __________________ "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted the spoons." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aug 7, 2007, 05:09 PM	#23
Royale w/cheese macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2007	This is good considering Powermacs have had gigabit internet for what 7 years now?

Aug 7, 2007, 05:10 PM	#25
suneohair Banned Join Date: Aug 2006	I knew it was only a matter of time. I don't understand why anyone bought one to be honest.

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