Apple AirPort Extreme User Reviews February 4th, 2007 | by Jason Tomczak
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Average user rating from 11 users |
A piece of garbage!
by Fred on Jul 11th, 2008 at 10:41 AM:
I'd decided to convert from Windows to MAC and at the same wanted to set up a wireless network at home. My first MAC purchase was a MACBOOK and thought I'd go with the airport extreme for the wireless component since I was going MAC. The MACBOOK is great, however, I wish I hadn't gotten the Airport extreme. My job takes me on the road, and I haven't had a bit of trouble connecting away from home. However, when I am at home trying to connect is a chore. I spend most of my time troubleshooting my wireless connection. I've spent hours on various forums learning about the problems that I have and it seems like many people have had the same troubles, but no solutions.
The most frequent problem is suddenly not being able to connect. I've literally recycled my modem and the airport extreme a hundred times. I have done soft, hard resets, all to no avail. Funny thing about all of this is that my window PC connects without a problem.
One final thing, after the latest updates last week, it's gotten worse. Apple is no better then Microsoft, in fact, their worse because they are way over priced!
If you want an expensive white plastic square for decoration, go ahead and buy the airport extreme.
Don't depend on it if you have a PC
by Konrad on Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:37 PM:
I have a Windows XP laptop and the main reason I got it was to hook up a printer and share an external hard drive with my Mac. For a while it was working but after spending hours trying all the solutions I've been able to find in apple and other forums I still can't print or share the hard drive (though I can get online with my PC)...my problem is ignored on the apple user forum. it looks like I'll have to purchase apple care to get any kind of answer. So if you have a lot of time and money to throw at this thing go for it.
Bought one and return it next the next day
by Laurent Geuzaine on Feb 20th, 2008 at 12:17 PM:
This router advertised some great features such as Mac/pc compatibility, Ethernet connection with 1 Gig, USB port... Free basic support for 90 days.
I had been disappointed with a few things after setting it up and some normal usage.
1) I didn't like at all that I had to install software on my pc to talk to the router. In other words, we can't use a web browser and enter the router IP address to access the router settings.
2) After adding network components, I had an error reporting an IP address conflict with another system on the network...
3) After updating my router settings, I was getting an error 6722 on a randomly base reporting an error while trying to access the base station.
4) I was disappointed to only have 3 Ethernet port instead of 4 like any other router.
I decided to bring this hardware back and get something cheaper with hopefully less problem.
Not an Apple guy but I am impressed!
by JP Williams on Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:20 AM:
I purchased my Apple AirPort Extreme Gigaport last weekend at my local almost out of business CompUSA store. I had been doing research on -N-routers for some time but I was not totally satisfied with what I was seeing and reading. A friend of mine who owns a Mac suggested I check out the AirPort Extreme Gigaport and sent me a link. I was resistant but the write-ups seem generally positive. The clincher came when I saw it at CompUSA for 30% off the normal price. I bit and was surprised at the ease of installation. My Vonage came up before I was even able to access the Airport settings. Wireless G speeds are very good (my 2 laptops are not wireless N capable) and my 2 wired desktop systems seem much faster when moving large files. I've ordered (2) giga pci cards and will be installing them into my wired systems this weekend. I'm looking for even better performance when moving large files between systems. I do have one gripe; I hooked up my 500 gig external USB2.0 drive to the USB port on the airport. I was able to access the drive from any of my four systems by mapping to them but was not able to see any of the 100 gig of photos, video and music files on it. It did allow me to create new folders and move data into those folders but I could not access the existing data on the drive. The drive is formatted fat32 as required so I'm not sure what the issue is. I have a smaller 40gig external HD that I had recently formatted to fat32 so I plugged it into the USB port on the AirPort. It is working fine and I can access and move data from any of my 4 systems. It works just like a little server. I think I will remove the data temporarily from the 500 gig, reformat fat32 and place it back into the airport USB port, then restore the 100 gig of data to it. I'm sure this will resolve the issue but it is a real Pain to do so. If anyone has a better solution please let me know. All in all I am very pleased with the ease of install and the performance of this device and I am happy I purchased it.
John
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Works Great light set up
by meborg on Sep 29th, 2008 at 3:37 PM: