Current Airport impractical design

[cube]

I would have bought an ac Airport Extreme a long time ago if it were not for its impractical design. I wonder how much sales have been lost to this.

The design is totally rack-unfriendly. I don't care if a rack partly blocks the signal, I have a dual band Extreme working very well in such an environment at its lowest power setting.

Provided it does not perform slower as an Extreme, an Express would be a good alternative if it had a gigabit port, simultaneous dual band ac, and supported hard drives, as I use my old Extreme only as an access point and slow NAS (I will not buy a Capsule, even with a rack-friendly design).

 

[Altemose]

I found the design to be much more practical as it can be tucked into corners easily and offers much better range with the beamforming antennas.

 

[cube]

I guess one size does not fit all.

I doubt you are using multiple ethernets in a corner.

And what about all the empty hard drive space in a Extreme?

 

[Altemose]

I guess one size does not fit all.

I doubt you are using multiple ethernets in a corner.

And what about all the empty hard drive space in a Extreme?

I figure that to get beam forming the design is the best. I use them tucked away on my network rack so it actually works better than the old design. Granted, there is a lot of wasted space due to the lack of a hard drive.

 

[cube]

Find a way around it to bring back a flat unit.

 

[chabig]

I guess you're not going to buy an Airport Extreme.