Airport extreme\Time Capsule

[Serban]

Please i need your help.
First of all i want to know your opinions on these new products.
It is true that the new AE\TC has 8 antennas and the last generation only 4? A guy from my reseller store told me that and i want to check with you.

Now second i need again your opinions: I have for the last 4-5 years a d-link router for my wired windows XP desktop and for my wifi mac/iphone/ipad/macbook. Now from other than the router room i get around ~20Mbs, and if i go where the router is i get over 40Mbs. Now maybe the router its show its ages i don't know but im considering to buy a new AE or TC, maybe i will get even more than 20Mbs thanks to the extra antennas or for that beam forming, do you recommend for me or should i stick with my older d-link?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Not sure how many antennas there are (and not curious enough to go check) but you can see the teardown at www.ifixit.com to see the internals. There are definitely antenna improvements from the past generation to the current Tower model.

I saw considerable improvement in my Wi-Fi speeds when I moved from an older router to my AirPort Extreme 5th gen last year. As to whether you'll see speed improvements, can't say for sure - so many factors of building construction, interference, etc. to consider - but I think it's likely you'd see an improvement. In fact I'd say that if you are still getting slowdown in the other room with the new AExp, then you have an environmental issue that is going to be difficult to surmount, other than by perhaps installing a remote AirPort Express as an extender.

 

[Serban]

ok but can i have internet on windows xp wired ?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Yes, the AirPort Express has three Ethernet LAN jacks.

 

[Serban]

yes i saw that..but is compatible with win xp?
thank you

 

[whsbuss]

Yes, the AirPort Express has three Ethernet LAN jacks.

I'm sure you mean the Airport Extreme

 

[btbrossard]

yes i saw that..but is compatible with win xp?
thank you

The ethernet ports on an Airport Extreme are going to be compatible with almost any computer with a working ethernet port.

I see no reason why they wouldn't work with an older XP based computer.