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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
kvn said 10:52AM on 1-14-2007
i already have an N router i just want the drivers for my imac =/
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Wheels said 11:57PM on 1-10-2007
"Our own former C.K. Sample III...."
Did he change his identity?
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Rob said 1:15AM on 1-11-2007
Hopefully this disk sharing utility will be able to be utilized by Time Machine when it's released.
Apple's currently bundled backup solution is extremely poor. It's bad enough that Backup! costs $99/yr, but it has some significant deficiencies to boot.
Time Machine to a remote disk would be some useful free functionality to have. I wonder if I could boot from an AirPort Disk though -- bare metal recovery (god forbid) would be nice.
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Chris Holmes said 12:32AM on 1-11-2007
Given the form factor, should sit and work nicely with the various Mac mini external Hard Disk enclosures.
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Gandhi said 9:51AM on 1-11-2007
Okay, I have a question. I have a gen-1 Macbook, that obviously does not have 802.11n. If I have one of these new Airport extremes and pair it with the new Apple TV, and use my gen 1 Macbook, would all the wireless work over 802.11g, or would the Airport and Macbook use 802.11g, while the Apple TV and the Airport will use 802.11n?
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RLH said 12:52AM on 1-11-2007
This feature is very exciting. It make me wonder about the USB port on the Apple TV-- what does *it* do?
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Monty said 1:03AM on 1-11-2007
The one downside to this router is that the network ports are only 10/100 and not gigabit. It is unfortunate that the 100mb port could be the bottleneck as it is slower than the 802.11n spec.
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Rob said 1:57PM on 1-11-2007
Here's something to think about on AppleTV.
Go to the product page. Notice something? "Select". Not "Add to Cart" like items in the store, but "Select", similar to items with multiple models or build-to-order options.
Prediction: There will be additional goodies for Apple TV in the near future (TV tuner perhaps?), or additional models (larger local disks for syncing).
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Florin said 1:37AM on 1-11-2007
Jan pointed to the USB port on the AppleTV. Apple's explanation about "service" is ridiculous, it's more probable that they have in the pipeline a number of other products based on the mini form factor, designed as flexible pieces in an integrated home theater - computer network environment. USB may very well be the choice for a very simple way to interconnect those pieces, without the mess of cables you use today. It looks like there is a piece missing, something like a "smart" storage device. Think about it, why Apple TV's storage is so meager?
Another way to look at it is as a strategy to encourage third parties to develop products based on the same form factor which will plug in with no hassle into the chain.
Guess in a couple of months it will be more clear.
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Mephistophelian said 5:04AM on 1-11-2007
Ok here is what this thing should be.
It should be a wireless modem-router with USB hard drive sharing (basically as it is but with an inbuilt DSL modem and a phone line connection on the back).
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Todd Sieling said 2:32AM on 1-11-2007
Fun! I can imagine an always-on backup disc and media server to start with. That has lots of possibilities.
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Dan Woods said 7:02PM on 1-11-2007
Here's an idea for LaCie and all the other Mini-Form-Factor Enclosure Manufacturers; A Power Brick will Multiple Outputs.
The Apple TV doesn't use a Power Brick, but the new AirPort does, and so do all the AfterMarket Mini-Form_Factor HDD Enclosures. They also all have the same Voltage and Current requirements.
A Brick which accepts a standard Figure-8 Power lead, but has multiple outputs for HDDs and USB Hubs etc, and one output for the Airport Extreme would get rid of most of the Cable Clutter that a Multi-Unit Device generates.
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stephen hawkyns said 3:44AM on 1-11-2007
For me the biggest problem is that it does not seem to support Power Over Ethernet. You can get a airport now that IS compatable with this standard so as much as I would love to buy one of these, it looks like I will be making some last minute purchases of the POE enable devices that are out now.
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Patrick Baird said 11:24PM on 1-11-2007
does anyone know if this airport device supports vpn connections???
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Diego said 10:22AM on 1-11-2007
Is the HDD-sharing plug-n-play or does one have to reformat the drive to some non-HFS+ system like with other NAS devices?
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icerabbit said 10:23AM on 1-11-2007
I was very excited about this until I saw it only has fast ethernet. It is 2007 - why not gigabit ethernet? Every mac has it.
I have 2 NAS drives on fast ethernet and they're too slow. Good for the occasional document, photo and stuff, but it can sustain a data rate to show a movie from it.
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icerabbit said 10:47AM on 1-11-2007
Above I obviously meant: it can't sustain a data rate.
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Russ said 10:28AM on 1-11-2007
I use a Netgear router and it has a URL block list (e.g. it intercepts HTTP requests to URLs that contain strings found in the block list). I have configured it's URL block list (50 entries max) to block sites that provide banner ads (e.g. doubleclick) and spyware/tracking which gives me a nearly ad-free web experienct (that and Adblock in Firefox). Does anyone know if Apple routers offer a feature like this?
Russ
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bob wilson said 10:35AM on 1-11-2007
No Gigabit Ethernet. This means its crap to network all your new Macs that ALL have gigabit built in. What were they thinking? Dumb.
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gobenho said 12:01PM on 1-11-2007
I really like the Printer Sharing/Harddrive Sharing possibilities on this router.
What sucks for me is that all of my external drives are FireWire.
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