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About to pull the trigger on the new Base Station BUT......

daneoni

daneoni

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something keeps shouting Noooooo! in my head. I dunno why im bugging since my dad is buying it for the house in general to replace our ageing Dlink. I guess its the reports that Airport Extremes fail after two years. I need this router to last 5 yrs minimum.

Few questions, whats the warranty like is it just one year and is it extendable. Second my house has a significant amount of PCs so i wanna know if the Base Stations play nice with PCs in general???.

Also i have a C2D MacBook Pro so i want to know if i can get n functionality or if i have to pay a fee like my US counterparts?
 
I'm looking to maybe buy one of these too. But no one can make an informed decision at least until the user manual is available to download. The standard Apple warranty is one year but you can buy applecare to extend that to three years.


I don't see any reason to order a product before it is shipping and we can read the reports from the first users.
 
I have had no problems with any of the Airport base stations I have owned (both original, and 2 airport expresses...one for home and one for travel) They have had a great range, even through walls, and up-and-down flights of stairs. No malfunctions on them at all. My friends are pc users and they can access them with no trouble. I am looking at upgrading my home network to a airport extreme and expect the same results (I am only upgrading to add a networked hard drive, as well as my networked printer.) Hope this helps!
 
I've just ordered one to replace a Netgear router and a Mac Mini I was using as a network drive in conjunction with a 500GB Mini-style HD, figuring that it will act as a print server as well as connect to the HD through a USB hub.
At least that's what Apple claim...

My Airport Express has been trouble-free for three years - although I am aware that some people have experienced failures.
 
Ahhh, really? For what it's worth, the AEBS has only been around for 4 years as of this month. The Airport Express has only been around for 2.5 years....

Anyway, though, I guess I should take a look at that thread over on Apple's site. :eek:
 
daneoni said:
I need this router to last 5 yrs minimum.
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Um, ok.

Seems to be a fairly crazy request of any piece of current technology (as it won't be very current in 5 years), but if it's your need. :D

I'm trying to remember what LinkSys routers were like 5 years ago...
 
aristobrat said:
Um, ok.

Seems to be a fairly crazy request of any piece of current technology (as it won't be very current in 5 years), but if it's your need. :D

I'm trying to remember what LinkSys routers were like 5 years ago...
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My current Dlink router is on it way to its 5th year, thats why.
 
I've just pulled the trigger, i had to buy it now as my Father goes back home from the holidays in in 48 hrs. Estimated Delivery Date........2nd March.
 
daneoni said:
My current Dlink router is on it way to its 5th year, thats why.
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My point was that wireless technology improvements would probably warrant getting a new access point before the access point failed, but I forget that not everyone jumps when wireless gets faster. :)

Congrats on getting the new one!
 
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