2009-06-30 17:39:00
As described earlier I got one of those new Airport Extreme base stations for our new IT setup at home. I have to say, it's really something!
Of course the setup was a snap and I easily set it up like our old AExpress. Connecting to the new 5GHz network was a snap as well, and the old Kilala network's still there for my iPhone and Kaijuu's laptop. But what's astonishing is the range of the new 5 gig net! I'm typing this up in the attic, where (according to Speedtest.net I'm getting a 12.2 / 1.7 Mbps connection. One floor down in the bedroom we're at 27.3 / 2.5, just like downstairs. That's pretty damn good! The old 2.4 Ghz net would not have reached up into the attic.
Now all I need to do is worm the cat5e cable through the house, to get full 1 Gbps upstairs for backups, file sharing and printing.
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Posted by Kaijuu (website)
Cool stuff dude!
I ordered a new wireless modem from my ISP; they will lend it to me for free because I prolonged my contract. Not that I was planning on leaving them. :)
Posted by Thomas
@ Jasper:
Yeah, the "reset for every change to the config" has always irked me as well. On the other hand, I've never had stability issues. Usually Ziggo's network connection would crap out before the AExpress did (which usually took a month or three).
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2009-06-30 18:48:00
Posted by Jasper
Glad to hear someone is enjoying their airport extreme :) I really miss my Linksys WRT54gl with custom firmware.. there were tons of options, and it just worked.. perfectly! Too bad it only had a WAN to LAN throughput of about 50Mbps..
I don't like how you need an extra application to config the airport (of course included with macOSX), how it needs to just cut off your whole internet when you change something as small as an extra static IP in the DHCP server.. And after a couple of weeks the wifi just wasn't connectible anymore, and I had to hard reset the device to make it all work again.
Though good things include Timemachine with any USB HDD, the range, the separate 2.4 and 5ghz, and the possibilities of a guest account.