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    New Apple Airport Extreme Base Station?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by thekingdavids, Feb 18, 2007.

  1. thekingdavids

    thekingdavids Notebook Consultant

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    If I buy the new Apple Airport extreme base station, will the wireless range in my house improve if I am using it with a mac mini.

    I understand that the new base station is 802.11n compatible but my mac mini it not. Will it still improve range though?

    Thanks
    thekingdave
     
    thekingdavids, Feb 18, 2007
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  2. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    your Mac Mini being in the network just make the router use 802.11g, which should also be using the range that G is capable of, nto 100%

    but honestly the range should still be fine even using G

    is the Mac Mini Connected via ethernet cable? maybe if the Mac Mini is connected through ethernet maybe you can still use your MacBook Pro using the N connection.
     
    circa86, Feb 18, 2007
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  3. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    You won't see any difference with the min since it is not N. Also, I would not recommend the AirPort Extreme Base Station to anyone for several reasons, but mainly that it does not perform as well as most N routers and it has no gigabit ethernet, which it should for that price.
     
    cashmonee, Feb 18, 2007
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  4. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Are there any reasons to get the Apple base station compared to your typical home Linksys router? I think they're way overpriced.
     
    sp00n, Feb 18, 2007
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