Airport Extreme Updated With Gigabit Ethernet

Squonk said:
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?
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Oh man do i hope its a software thing. I got two extremes that i bought within the last month that could use the update.
 
Very good news. I was planning to buy one sooner or later, but waited (hoping for gigabit) since I won't really need it until late September anyway.

Well, no need to wait any longer, time to order. :D
 
Kaptajn Haddock said:
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.
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Yeah, I feel your pain. I really don't understand why it was left out of what otherwise was hands-down the best wireless router out there. I'm just holding out hoping for an upcoming sale. (I recently lost my student status and am having a hard time adjusting to the higher prices.)
 
dang, and i already have one. but i don't use the wired, just wireless. i was actually thinking of getting another one to extend my network....
 
Edit: beaten to the quote (now deleted).

Hmm I'm really thinking about getting one now.

peace said:
A Gigabit port looks different than the standard 10/100
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No. Looks exactly the same. It's the circuitboard behind the port that makes the difference.
 
Peace said:
ummm..skunk.They updated the AEBS with gigabit ports.It's not a software update.
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I know what they did: all I'm saying is that mine has started working properly for the first time today. I haven't even tried it for months. Maybe it's pure coincidence, or maybe a recent sw update I hadn't noticed.
 
JPark said:
Take it back and buy a new one. Yeah, it's a bit of a hassle, but if you really want it it's probably worth it.
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you'll prob. have to pay the restocking fee if there's nothing wrong with it

I'm just keeping mine.
 
Well, when I take my fathers back to the store for an exchange maybe I'll get the gigabit version.

His wan port is goofed up. Sometimes it refuses to see anything plugged into it, then if you do manage to get online, upload speeds are non existent.

And yes, I've changed network cables, tried it with a mix of wired and wireless computers, tried it on 2 different cable modems/internet connections, tried all 3 different firmwares, etc etc etc.

At my fathers, his upload when using a belkin pre n was 639K. It was 5 with the AEBS. 5K. At my house, after a series of powercycles, unplugging ethernet cables, etc, my upload (which is the same as his) was 199 but then the internet connection died. Powercycle modem/router. You have nothing plugged in the wan port...plug/unplug/plug/unplug/....weird..
 
RedTomato said:
Edit: beaten to the quote (now deleted).

Hmm I'm really thinking about getting one now.



No. Looks exactly the same. It's the circuitboard behind the port that makes the difference.
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You're right.my appologies.I was thinking of Firewire 400 vs. 800 DO'H! :eek:
 
Squonk said:
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?
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Interesting that the refurb says gigabit already. Think it's a typo?
 
Just looked at the UK apple store.

Dang, it seems to have been removed from the Wireless section. (It's there in the US store).

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...se&node=home/mac_accessories/airport_wireless

A search turns it up. And yes, it now says gigabit ethernet.

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E0B8&nplm=MB053

Blimey, I'd forgotten how expensive it is. £120! That's double to triple the price of most other gigabit base stations out there in the UK.

And most of these include ADSL modems (the most common internet connection in the UK), which the AEBS doesn't. Means I'd have to keep my old wireless router modem plugged in for the ADSL modem part. Bit of a shame.
 
RedTomato said:
And most of these include ADSL modems (the most common internet connection in the UK), which the AEBS doesn't. Means I'd have to keep my old wireless router modem plugged in for the ADSL modem part. Bit of a shame.
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Yeah, back when I had DSL, I almost ordered one of the not-for-North-America Netgear 802.11n+Gigabit+ADSL routers from a UK site; but then my DSL service started to suck, and I moved to Cable. AEBS+n soon after. (It's nice, though, I found a cable modem with a 6.5"x4" footprint, so it sits happily under my AEBS.)
 
How nice for me! Afther the iMac announcement I was talking to my mother about it and advertising it's feautures and blaming her for just recently bought a Vsita laptop and not a Macbook. She payed the same price but got lower specs etc. She hated she couldn't work wireless and I told her to got the Apple base station, now even with this. She was convinced and told me: Ok kewl, I'll order it! So in a few days Ill be having this nice piece of hardware!
 
ehurtley said:
Yeah, back when I had DSL, I almost ordered one of the not-for-North-America Netgear 802.11n+Gigabit+ADSL routers from a UK site; but then my DSL service started to suck, and I moved to Cable. AEBS+n soon after. (It's nice, though, I found a cable modem with a 6.5"x4" footprint, so it sits happily under my AEBS.)
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What modem do you have if you don't mind sharing?
 
skunk said:
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! :)
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funny..mine just stopped finally working reliably. need to reboot it now several times a week for no reason I can figure.
 
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