Apple Airport Express

[OldSaw]

My wireless router bit the dust last night, so I bought a new Apple Airport Express today. It was the easiest setup of any wifi unit that I have ever had. Anyone else have one of these? What have your experiences been like?

 

[mretzloff]

I do not have the Express, but I purchased the Apple Airport Extreme about four to five years ago because my Linksys and Netgear routers kept failing. I have never had a problem with mine.

 

[OldSaw]

I do not have the Express, but I purchased the Apple Airport Extreme about four to five years ago because my Linksys and Netgear routers kept failing. I have never had a problem with mine.

I debated about getting the Extreme, but decided that my household usage didn't warrant the upgrade.

 

[oc_in_fw]

I use a netgear, so I cannot offer any opinion.

 

[Toothpick]

i dont have one but i WANT one. i've heard many many many people say its the easiest in the world to set up. plus i have iphone, ipad, mac mini, magic keyboard, magic mouse, soon to be apple TV once HBO Go app is available for it so it only makes sense to have the airport router. i dont even like apple........

 

[Member357]

i dont have one but i WANT one. i've heard many many many people say its the easiest in the world to set up. plus i have iphone, ipad, mac mini, magic keyboard, magic mouse, soon to be apple TV once HBO Go app is available for it so it only makes sense to have the airport router. i dont even like apple........

I suspect that you do, in fact, like Apple.....

 

[xillion]

I've been using an Airport Express to extend the wifi network of my Time Capsule for a few years with no issues. I also have an optical cable connected from the Express to my stereo system that I use to stream from my iTunes library, iPod touch, and iPad. It is very easy to use.

 

[Kentos]

My wifi routers always crap out after 2 years or so. Sounds like the Apple ones last longer?

 

[jumper]

You really can't go wrong with the Airport Express. You can also use one as a cheap way to extend you network as well. I keep one in my bag for travel.

 

[oc_in_fw]

My wifi routers always crap out after 2 years or so. Sounds like the Apple ones last longer?

Same here. I have have had three 2wires from AT&T in three years, then got the netgear. Guess we will see how long it lasts.

 

[Edcculus]

I have an Airport Extreme set up for our wireless access in our Graphics department. Works like a charm. Its probably 5 or 6 years old at this point. I've never had to reset it, unlike the *** Belkin router at my house. I also have a 1TB drive attached to it to perform Time Machine backups.

 

[Seraphim]

We've had an Airport Express (I think its the Express, maybe the Extreme? durned if I know...) for like 5 years or so, no problemo.

We just picked up an iTV the other week, and that is a great tool if you have other Apple products. I can direct beam pics from my vintage 3GS iPhone to the TV easy as pie. Watch/listen to any of the content on your computers, iPads, iPhones, iCloud, iDontknows...whatever. Also access Youtube, netflix, Hulu, etc, etc.

 

[mretzloff]

I debated about getting the Extreme, but decided that my household usage didn't warrant the upgrade.

Other than more Ethernet ports and size, what is the difference?

 

[Edcculus]

http://www.apple.com/wifi/

 

[DaveNJ74]

I have the Airport Express. This is my second one. My first I had since 2008 or so and it went about a year ago. The new one is still good. Its very easy to set up.

 

[Kentos]

I have the Airport Express. This is my second one. My first I had since 2008 or so and it went about a year ago. The new one is still good. Its very easy to set up.

Hmmm. So your first lasted around 2 years or so too? Might just be the luck of the draw...

 

[OldSaw]

I have the Airport Express. This is my second one. My first I had since 2008 or so and it went about a year ago. The new one is still good. Its very easy to set up.

It certainly was easy to set up, but I sure hope s lasts much longer than that.

 

[Edcculus]

Other than more Ethernet ports and size, what is the difference?

I posted the link last night, but now I have a little more time to post

extreme
-can support printers and hard drives (can create networked printers and a sort of NAS storage)
-longer range
-has 4 faster ethernet ports

express
-only supports printers via usb
-has 2 slightly slower ethernet ports

 

[OldSaw]

So now I'm thinking about getting an Apple TV.

My home is gradually being taken over by Apple. We've got iPods, iPhone, Mac. The thing I like best about all this stuff is that it just works. There might be other stuff of equal quality/value and probably even a few things better, but getting everything to play together nicely isn't always so seamless and headache free as with the Apple stuff.

 

[mretzloff]

Look into the Roku. I love Apple's products, but I feel like the Apple TV gets beaten by a few of its competitors.