Product Description

The sleek, easy-to-use AirPort Extreme Base Station is the perfect wireless access point for home, school, or small business. Get up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of conventional 802.11g routers. Quickly set up your wireless network with AirPort Utility, available for both Mac OS X and Windows, to your DSL or cable modem. Within minutes, you and up to 50 other users can stream videos, share photos and more without wires. Next-generation 802.11n wireless technology features multiple antennas to deliver maximum speed and range. You can even connect a printer to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and it will instantly become available to everyone on your wireless or wired network. AirPort Extreme offers a built-in firewall and supports industry-standard encryption to prevent unauthorized intrusion into your wireless network. WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP let authorized users to connect to it easily with simple setup utility and powerful access controls.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB053LL/A
• Released on: 2007-08-31
• Dimensions: 1.30" h x 6.50" w x 6.50" l, 1.66 pounds

Features

• Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices
• Wireless networking router based on the 802.11n draft standard
• Interoperable with Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Mac computers and Windows-based PCs
• Up to 5 times faster and twice the range of 802.11g routers
• USB port turns external hard drives, printers, and other devices into network resources

From the Manufacturer
Introducing the new AirPort Extreme Base Station, the perfect wireless solution for home, school, and business. As it blankets your space with a blazing-fast, secure wireless network, it opens up a world of possibilities for home entertainment, backups, printing, and more.

With the new AirPort Extreme Base Station, you and up to 50 of your friends, colleagues, or family members can enjoy a robust wireless network offering up to five times the performance and up to twice the range of networks created with the earlier 802.11g standard.

Easy as a Mac.
Setting up a network should be as easy as setting up a Mac. And it is--if you're using a new AirPort Extreme, which features a completely redesigned setup utility. Just take the AirPort Extreme out of the box. Plug it in. Install the software, and in five minutes or less, you're good to go.

Surf the web, chat, send email, or exchange photos from any computer or from your iPhone. Print or access a shared hard drive--wirelessly. Set limits for when your kids can access the Internet. Secure your network with a firewall and strong encryption. Even use AirPort Extreme as the perfect companion to Apple TV.

Elegantly simple.
Just 6.5 inches square and 1.3 inches tall, the new AirPort Extreme features a simple, elegant design that will fit almost anywhere--your desk, a table, a bookshelf, or any flat surface.

Superfast, supercompatible.
The AirPort Extreme Base Station features 802.11n,2 the next-generation high-speed wireless technology included with most shipping Mac computers and some newer PCs with compatible cards. The AirPort Extreme is also Wi-Fi Certified to work with the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless standards--which means the systems you're already using will work seamlessly with the new base station.

What's in the box:
Airport Extreme Base Station, AirPort Utility for Mac and Windows, AirPort Disk Utility for Mac and Windows, 802.11n Enabler for Mac, Bonjour for Windows, power cord, printed and electronic documentation.

Customer Reviews

So Far, So Good
I bought this unit because of how easy Apple products are to set up. I have a brand new Dell 1720 w/Vista and the network connected right away...I know nothing about setting up networks...but with a little computer intuition, I got through it. Connecting my WD 500GB External Drive was another story, but this is because Apple doesn't mention that external drives MUST be formated as FAT32 and NOT NTFS, which my drive was. Since the Extreme wasn't recognizing my external drive as NTFS, I had to transfer all my file to the laptop, and then reformat the WD drive as FAT32, but only after downloading some software from WD to get it back to a single FAT32 drive. I wish Apple would state that the Extreme will not recognize NTFS to begin with. Other than that, it's great, fast and nice looking.

apple router a bit slow
it is the only router to work with a macbook but its really slow. Apple is no real help on the phone about it either

perfect!
I have been putting off going wireless for far too long.......ordered AIRPORT EXTREME from Amazon, at a discount no less (apple products rarely are on sale), and COUNDNT BE HAPPIER!!!!