Apple Announces New Airport Base Station and Time Capsule with Faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi

[satcomer]

I was thinking of buying this to replace my ATT Uverse stock two year old modem/router combo. I have been pretty unhappy with the wireless strength, and have been mulling the idea of adding the airport extreme, or just another access point. Thoughts?

Go into router and turn off the wireless portion. Plus putting another router after that router (that is still doing NAT)and put the Apple Extreme in "Bridged Mode" (this turn off NAT in an apple router) and it will still work great and you won't get that dreaded "DoubleNAT" error.

 

[HE15MAN]

Another access point will probably be best.

Go into router and turn off the wireless portion. Plus putting another router after that router (that is still doing NAT)and put the Apple Extreme in "Bridged Mode" (this turn off NAT in an apple router) and it will still work great and you won't get that dreaded "DoubleNAT" error.

Any recommendations on which ones?

 

[ApplNat]

I've been trying out this new Airport Time Capsule Extreme over the past 2 days and I am going to return it to Apple. I realized I need my router and backups to be separate. Plus, I like to tweak router settings to a level that is not possible with the Airport solution. Also, because I have older devices on my network, not all can join a 5ghz network, which limits me as there are 2 different networks. Bottomline: the Airport Time Capsule extreme is an elegant piece of engineering but it's not the right solution for my particular needs. I'm going back to my Dlink router and will get a separate backup drive.

 

[Xgm541]

Any recommendations on which ones?

Sorry for the late reply. I do not have any specific recommendations as I don't use a range extension for my wifi at home. I would recommend looking into other options rather than apple express however because of the price...

 

[Gaelic2]

I have the last iteration of Apple's base station. I use it with a new iMac, iPod touch 5th gen and an iPad 3 gen. Would installing this new station do anything at all for me? Do I need the new equipment on my en d as well before this can make a difference?

 

[RedGeminiPA]

I have the last iteration of Apple's base station. I use it with a new iMac, iPod touch 5th gen and an iPad 3 gen. Would installing this new station do anything at all for me? Do I need the new equipment on my en d as well before this can make a difference?

I upgraded to the new Time Capsule from a 2nd Gen Time Capsule yesterday, and overall network speed seems better. Range is much better, overall. I live in a very old plank house, so it definitely makes a difference when penetrating walls and floors.

As for 802.11ac, I won't be able to test that out until Apple updates the Mac mini and I buy one.

 

[John Kotches]

does anyone know if the Airport Extreme supports jumbo frames?

Its not specified and I do realize this is an unusual requirement for consumer level gear.

 

[potatis]

I know Apple says Lion is required but has anyone tried setting them up with Snow Leopard and succeed?

 

[Kwill]

Apple ABS lipstick to go with Mac Pro ashtray.

 

[16navidr]

SPEEEEEEED!

Great product if you don't mind the lack of advanced setup features...
I love the tall design. It's beautiful and a nice change from the old ones.

It's useless for me and my 802.11n 2011 iMac 27" though

 

[AtomicGrog]

Have 3 in my house (The prev gen obviously), was rather looking for next iteration to (a) shrink (b) have some decent new features like mesh (c) did i say shrink.

I look at Google Wifi and then look at this monstrosity and it makes me sad.

 

[ChrisA]

I look at Google Wifi and then look at this monstrosity and it makes me sad.

Notice how old this thread is.

I think this is why Apple got out of the router market. The competition was just miles and miles ahead.

 

[AtomicGrog]

Yes odd, I just replied to another 'trending thread' and it was ancient