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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $143.95
You Save: $36.04 (20%)
New (13) Used (9) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 369
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows & Macintosh
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.5 x 1.3
Warranty: Parts- 1yr limited, Labor- 90 days limited
MPN: MB053LL/A
Model: MB053LL/A
UPC: 885909171057
EAN: 0885909171057
Release Date: August 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome Router! October 16, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I had a Linksys router before I purchased this one that served me well. However, I began getting too many signal drops. I decided it was time to purchase a new router. I thought this was going to be easy, but it wasn't. I purchased another Linksys router, but I kept getting a signal drop occasionally on my Macbook. It was driving me crazy. I returned it and purchased a D-Link router. I experienced the same problem - dropped signals. So, I bit my lip and bought the Apple Airport - the most money I ever spent on a router. I was at my wits end. Since this was my first Apple router, I wasn't going to wing it in installing it on my computers (a Windows Vista desktop, Dell laptop running Windows XP SP2, and Macbook) - so I called Apple support. Awesome support, let me tell you. The guy walked me through everything I needed to do to set up the router and get all the computer's connected to it. I also have my Canon printer connected through it through the USB port. It works fantastic as well! So far, and I had this router for about 4 months now, I received no dropped signal at all.
Also, let me mention that I have a Nintendo DS that I also use with this router and I've had no problem setting it up either.
Needless to say, I am EXTREMELY pleased with this purchase and definitely recommend this product.
100% Flawless December 10, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I owned a trouble-free D-Link wireless router for years but was ready for faster 802.11n speeds. I connected the Airport, inserted the DVD, ran through the setup on a Windows XP notebook, and presto - everything worked. I was EXTREMELY impressed to find that I could even connect my Brother multifunction to the USB port on the back of the Airport and print wirelessly. I still can't figure out how Apple pulled that off considering I never downloaded any drivers - it just seemed to happen magically.
For fastest speeds, use Airport Utility software to switch the radio mode to the 802.11n 5 Ghz frequency. You will lose backwards compatibility with 802.11g devices but for me that didn't matter (and I'm happpy to keep my connection invisible to neighbors!)
I am using the Airport with a ThinkPad T60 and a MacBook Pro, both of which connect flawlessly at speeds at least 4x faster than my previous 802.11g router allowed.
Overall, this is a 5-star product in a sleek and sim design. Highly recommended.
I have an Apple addiction October 4, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Let me just start by saying that I am completely bias on Apple products. I have a MacBook Pro. I have talked family members into buying Apple's. I have convinced people where I work to get Apple machines for video purposes. The reason I keep doing this is because the products just work.
I bought the Airport and had it up and running in less than 5 min. I went in and did some tweaking of course, but total time was still less than 30 min.
The Airport had a firmware update which I was alerted to from Apple's Software Update. That was downloaded and installed quickly. The router rebooted and I was good to go. Services which didn't work before between my computer and MacBook ( Such as iTunes sharing ) started to work. My MacBook no longer has issues joining my wireless network after waking up, and I have great range.
I say if you don't have a router, don't waste your money on something cheaper. You get what you pay for.
Great Product! October 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I originally purchased a Netgear WNR854T (Wireless-N gigabit router). I had nothing but problems trying to get this to work. Internet connection kept dropping or connection to router from PC would go down.
I eventually gave up and purchased the Apple Airport Extreme as a replacement.
The Apple Airport was easy to setup. I was on the Internet literally within 10 minutes without any issues. My PC to the Airport is connecting at gigabit speed via one of the lan connectors on the back.
I haven't had any problems with it all. The utility to configure the Airport is easy for the novice or the more experienced who want to manually configure some of the Airport's options.
I used a Netgear wireless-N adapter to connect from a pc in another part of the house. Works fine with the Apple Airport.
A Nintendo Wii connects and works perfectly with the wireless connection.
a must if you have both PC's and Macs August 5, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off don't be put off by the price, you can get this used from Apple for only $150 (full warranty) or even less on resale sites. The main advantages of this router are steady (but not super spectacular) speed, rock steady performance, and the incredible ability to mount MAC formatted HFS+ disks and FAT 32 disks with USB connections and any usb printer so that all your computers can read/write/print to them (I don't run linux so can't vouch for that OS.)
I recently upgraded both the PC's (two thinkpads with gigabit wired/ABG wireless and a WMC box I built myself) with our nest of Macs (three minis, G4, G5, ipod touch, ibook) and successively worked my way up from our old Linksys GS up to two new linksys N routers (110 and 310) and the Dlink DIR-655) Never though to look at the Airport since its 50% more expensive than the others. However I wanted gigabit ethernet and needed to access two specific DNS routers for our company VPN. The only one that would do this was the Dlink, (the VPN feature is flaky on the new Linksys models) but none of them had a network USB port so I tried the apple on a whim and am glad I did. Its not as easy to set-up with its arcane menus but it does have an utility that works fine with either PC's or Macs that are hardwired to the router, and it easy to save the settings even if its difficult to find them, thank Heaven for the user groups!
Anyway I have an old HP laser printer and two USB dirves hooked up to this, one was the dedicated backup for the G5, and much to my surprise I can see and print/access all of them from our thinkpads. That right there is more than worth the price difference. As for raw speed the D-Link seems faster on our mixed G/N network though the signal strength from the Airport is stronger a few rooms away than any of the others. Interesting in that the apple seems to have a setting that affects the speed it downloads video files so they don't timeout on buffering. All the other routers would hiccup when I was looking at CNN, film trailers, or other internet news feeds, but not the airport - its sweet and stable and makes watching all those video clips way too easy.
There are a few cons, being an apple product it integrates flawlessly with the Apple hardware, but since my laptops are company secured we can't run bonjour so we had to hardwire access to the disk drives and printers (again thanks to Google and user groups) And it takes a while to handshake with one of our laptops running WPA2 security, but doesn't drop it once it locks on.
If you didn't care for the port options and were only running PC's I think the DLink would be the better choice, its under $100 now and work well in mixed mode like we have and kicks at pure N. The linksys 310 was and okay contender, but wouldn't keep the VPN settings which I need to access our company servers, and it runs pretty hot.
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