AirMac Extreme 802.11n 5Ghz @ 300Mbit/s ??

[UltraNEO*]

Hiya People, got myself a new add-on today.

Just curious, how I enable the 5Ghz option? I'm in Japan by-the-way and as far as I know there are no restrictions here.

I've gotten the APE to work just fine however checking my link in Network Utility, it only states I'm connected at 130Mbit/s. When I use the Buffalo router I can see it at 300Mbit/s. What's wrong?

 

[mavis]

Hiya People, got myself a new add-on today.

Just curious, how I enable the 5Ghz option? I'm in Japan by-the-way and as far as I know there are no restrictions here.

I've gotten the APE to work just fine however checking my link in Network Utility, it only states I'm connected at 130Mbit/s. When I use the Buffalo router I can see it at 300Mbit/s. What's wrong?

I'm having the same problem. Apparently there are restrictions on 5GHz band usage which apply to Apple exclusively, as the other manufacturers (for example Buffalo, as you stated) are selling 300Mbps draft-n products here, no problem.

Any luck getting your AEBS fixed?

 

[Gordy]

Please read this thread here

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/536214/

It will show you how to unlock the true wireless n speed.

Hope that helps.

 

[mavis]

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Please read this thread here

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/536214/

It will show you how to unlock the true wireless n speed.

Hope that helps.

Thanks, Gordy. But the problem is, there is only one country listed in the drop-down list: Japan. So that method doesn't work.

 

[brand]

AirMac Extreme

AirPort Extreme

 

[mavis]

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AirMac Extreme

AirPort Extreme

No, it's AirMac in Japan. Another company (IO Data, IIRC) owns the rights to "AirPort" ...

 

[Gordy]

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Thanks, Gordy. But the problem is, there is only one country listed in the drop-down list: Japan. So that method doesn't work.

Damn that's annoying. Maybe they do a custom version for japan.

 

[mavis]

Damn that's annoying. Maybe they do a custom version for japan.

That's the thing - I think the hardware is exactly the same; the limitations seem to be firmware based.

I could always just buy an AEBS from the States, but then I don't even know if it would work at 300Mbps with my Japanese-purchased AppleTV, which is the only device I'm really concerned about anyway.

 

[Gordy]

That's the thing - I think the hardware is exactly the same; the limitations seem to be firmware based.

I could always just buy an AEBS from the States, but then I don't even know if it would work at 300Mbps with my Japanese-purchased AppleTV, which is the only device I'm really concerned about anyway.

If you could somehow get the worldwide firmware for it, that would be the best solution. However I doubt it's available to just anyone.

I know the UK version is the same as the us just different in the default settings. Which can all be changed with the drop down. Maybe shipping a 5ghz capable device is illegal in japan so Apple had to do a special version of the firmware for that market.

 

[mavis]

Maybe shipping a 5ghz capable device is illegal in japan so Apple had to do a special version of the firmware for that market.

Actually, when the draft-N AEBS was launched, it WAS illegal. But since then (June 2007, to be precise) the Japanese gov't passed a Radio Reform law, making it ok to use wide channels. The new draft-N AirPort Express (launched after the law change) is sold locally with 300Mbps ability, however the AEBS is not.

The more I look into this, the more it seems to just be a matter of laziness/stupidity on Apple's part.

 

[mavis]

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Any ideas, anyone? I just got off the phone with Apple and was basically told I'd have to wait for a new AEBS to be released. In other words, I've just thrown away $200 ...

Surely there must be some way to get this POS to work properly?

 

[mavis]

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Any ideas, anyone? I just got off the phone with Apple and was basically told I'd have to wait for a new AEBS to be released. In other words, I've just thrown away $200 ...

Surely there must be some way to get this POS to work properly?

Sorry for the bump, but I'm still looking for a solution to this. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[applevx]

Me too, I got AirMac Extreme N (Japanese Edition) in 2008. But still could only have 130 Mbps max speed.


I am very interested to see anyone can fix this problem.


Thanks in advanced.


P.S. I am living Ireland now. ( AirMac just has one country can be set, which is Japan! )