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Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit) MB053LL/A Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Works like a man-a-war: Jerky, but strong.
Comment: The airport is fantastic. It stops working about once a day for a couple of hours, and I have to completely reconfigure it once a week, but we can't really blame it, because the amp and lights go out around the same time. Could an electrician journeyman have been included in the package? Possibly. Was he? No. So four stars for taking a long time to restart after the electricity shorts out. Other than that, it's perfect. Shipping was quick and fabulous, although in the future, there should be small holes in the box. So the electrician can breathe.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Thank you Apple for providing me with my first reliable router
Comment: I bought the Airport Extreme to replace my absolutely horrible Belkin N1 router. Prior to purchasing the Airport Extreme I experienced constant random disconnects, duplicate IP problems, and insufficient range. I am happy to report that the Airport Extreme solved all of these problems in a matter of minutes, while providing me with a boost in speed and some great new features.

I was incredibly surprised when I saw the fast connection speeds that my new router could achieve. I did not expect a huge difference in speed, as my previous router had wireless N capabilities, but the Airport Extreme proved to be much quicker. The range was also greatly improved. My house has a few concrete walls that absolutely destroyed any hope for decent range on my Belkin, but the Airport has been seemingly unaffected. I also enjoy the incredibly useful printer sharing feature. I can't believe that I went for so long without it.

Above all else, this router is a must buy due to its reliability. I have not experienced one network dropout yet. I have a whole lot of devices connected to the Airport at once (3 PC's, 3 Macs, PS3, Wii, PSP, and an iPod Touch) and none of them have any trouble obtaining IP addresses in a matter of seconds. The included Airport Utility is a fantastic application that makes configuring the router a breeze. It may seem standard to expect great, reliable performance from a router, but none of the routers that I have owned have been able to produce the same results as the Airport Extreme. I can not recommend this router highly enough. If you are in the market for a router, you can stop searching. This is the one that you need to buy.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit) MB053LL/A
Comment: Product was received as described and works great! I would definitely do business with the seller again.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Manages my complex home network nicely
Comment: Over the past 8 years, I've used the Linksys WRT54G, a Belkin wireless G, and a D-Link DI-524 wireless G. None of these products ever broke down on me, but they all suffered a weakness: the occasional dropped connection and requirement to a hard reset (i.e. unplug and restart). In fairness, each of these routers was $20 - $50, and so the savings over the Apple router was substantial (and ignoring the fact that they are all wireless G vs. Apple's wireless N).

Here's the verdict on the Apple Airport Extreme router. In almost 45 days of continuous use, it has not dropped a connection or ever required a restart in any way. To me, that's worth spending extra money.

I have a fairly complex network:
Cable modem >> Apple Airport Extreme >>...
1. Gigabit port 1 connects to SMC Gigabit 8-port switch, which connects 5 other devices around the house via Ethernet
2. Gigabit port 2 connects to a Vonage Motorola VOIP router.
3. Gigabit port 3 connects to a TivoHD

The wireless router is serving an HP laptop and a Tivo series 2 (both using WPA encryption).

The USB port is serving an HP LaserJet 6L, which has a parallel-to-USB cable. The Apple Bonjour software made this printer a breeze to install. Multiple computers (Windows XP and Apple) now print to this printer.

I also have 2 airport express units (wireless G models) connected to the wireless network to serve iTunes music to other parts of the house.

The setup and configuration of this unit is superior to the Linksys, Belkin, and D-Link. The only minus is that I cannot seem to find a DHCP table that shows me all devices connected to the network (and corresponding IP address).

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Buy
Comment: This product is excellent. It took me a couple of tries joining the other computers on my network to the domain, but once set, this worked flawlessly. The usb printer disconnects occasionally, but nothing that unplugging and replugging the usb won't fix. Overall, this is great.

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