Airport Extreme not using Gigabit speeds?

Can anybody tell me how reliable the signal is at around 100 feet away from the base station. I was thinking of purchasing one to take advantage of the increased N range with my new macbook but was wondering if it would be worth it because I would be 100 feet away from it 95% of the time.

Note that most of his problems were from ignoring the sticker on the software disc that said "install software before connecting base station".

I installed mine last night and it offered 1000MBit/full duplex in the pop up, so no problems. But I never checked to see if it was connected at GigE speeds. I'll do that tonight.

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple did accidentally ship an incorrect unit... I ordered iLife '08 Family Pack, and received iWork instead..

Daniel, the gigabit (1000) link speed is for wired computers using ethernet, not for wireless connections. 130megabit is what should be reported if you're using the 802.11n wireless.

i was just curious to how you even check the router speed? becuse i purchse the gigabit airport extreme yesterday with my new iMac do i need the enabler? or is it included in these new computers?
right now im in netwok utility and i think the link speed says its at 130mb is that right? shouldnt it be at 1000

While gigabit is nice, no doubt it was a missing piece, the big question for me is whether or not they have spec'd the router to 2.0 of the draft-11N certification for optimum 802.11n throughput and performance.

We just posted the box shot from the airport extreme. We have tested both pretty extensively and one shows the gigabit and the other won't. You can see the box shot at the bottom of the article.

My guess is that you need to spend $1.99 on the gigE enabler software from Apple.

Mine works fine...

BTW, the "old" 100Mbit AirPort Extremes now ring up as $159, so you can save yourself $20 if you don't need gigabit.

Woops. Ignore me, I'm an idiot...