Editors’ rating: 8.5

Apple Airport Extreme

By Jeremy Roche on 02/05/2007 Tagged with: wireless, wi-fi, extreme, apple, airport, 802.11n

The bottom line: If you've got compatible 802.11n-ready gear now, Apple's Airport Extreme takes Wi-Fi speeds up a notch. The USB port for sharing disks is handy, however, network speed takes a hit if you put legacy 802.11b/g devices on your network.

RRP: AU$259.00

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 165 x 165 x 34 mm
  • Weight
  • 753 g
  • Wireless standard
  • 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • Interface type
  • RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem, Three RJ-45 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices, USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive, 802.11 wireless
  • Security
  • WPA/WPA2, WEP (40-bit and 128-bit encryption), MAC address filtering, NAT firewall, Support for RADIUS authentication, 802.1X, PEAP, LEAP, TTLS, TLS, FAST, Time-based access control

More Information

  • Other
  • NAT, DHCP, PPPoE, VPN Passthrough (IPSec, PPTP, and L2TP), DNS Proxy, SNMP, IPv6 (6to4 and manual tunnels)

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows XP, Mac OS X