appleinsider.com — Apple's new AirPort Extremes, which weigh a couple of pounds, come nestled in rather uneventful packaging of relative dimensions. The router itself rests atop a cardboard platform bearing the "Designed by Apple in California" digression. Underneath are a power brick, power cord, AirPort Extreme install disc, setup guide, access point...
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suitcase874Feb 4, 2007
It'd take a lot less time to take those pictures than install custom firmware on your WRT54G or even just configure pretty much any other router in the first place.If there's one thing Apple's routers are good for, it's that they work more easily than any other and conform quite well to the "it just works" philosophy Apple are known for. Now run along and start bitching about the fact OS X doesn't have as many games, or whatever comes to your mind first.
cvayalaFeb 4, 2007
I've read plenty of hardware reviews (for PC products) whose first page is the "unboxing", hell, some even talk about the packaging of the box within the shipping box. Lately I've also seen a couple of unboxing videos, usually for game consoles.
groupofoneFeb 4, 2007
Look closer. Upper right side of each port, there is an Ethernet activity light. Looks almost like the pinhole reset switches on many routers.
avalontorFeb 4, 2007
this is about the packaging of a router. well done again digg, you are Heroes without equal.
countsessineFeb 4, 2007
I know, I know, but seriously - think about this again. I have a C2D Macbook pro with gigabit ethernet ports. Every imac Apple has been selling for the last few years has had gigabit ethernet. But the airport extreme only has 100mbps ports. Why?
phasetwoFeb 4, 2007
Very calm my friend. Your point previously was Linksys was superior because you could chrank the xmit power from 28 mW to 251 mW. The engineers at FCC and all the other wireless companies are all wrong. Darn we could have told eveyone to boost power 900%. Wonder why we never thought of that?Some might things you might not know about Apple wireless...- You can turn down the power. (Not up as it ships from factory)- When it boots, and is set to auto (default) for channels, it actually samples the spectrum and picks the quietest channel. Ever run an analyser and viewed all the neighbours Linksys-Cisco (and other) routers on all the same channel 6.- it has a proper power supply not one of the cheap RF noisy "bricks" which block AC outlets.- The USB can be used to plug in a hard drive and share it and printer to other Mac, Windows and UNIX.- The have a working WDS for some time now and it easy to make work with WEP/WPA/WPA2 security.I think it's great you playing with Linksys. You clearly have an interest in wireless and routers. But don't berate Apple for making this wireless router which anyone can properly use. Please don't suggest the Linksys is a better wireless router because you paid for an extra firmware to hack into extra features. The Linksys is perhaps a better router for us RF/router nerds who like to play in this area. Apple is superior for the others who have interests in other things a want some which works well and is dead easy to configure.That's my point.
Closed AccountFeb 4, 2007
"no antennas?"It has an internal atenna array designed for very high range and performance, attaching an antenna would only interfere with this and cause a performance hit.
Closed AccountFeb 4, 2007
Yeah you probably buy your clothes from walmart too
melvinye51Sep 19, 2007
Yer. I bought a wall mount from www.applemountingbracket.com, works fine.
melvinye51Sep 24, 2007
If you are looking to wall mount the new apple airport extreme (Why didnt they just a bracket in the box???) then I found a company that do them at www.applemountingbracket.comGot mine mounted and its working fantastically.