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Price: $179
Platforms: Management and disk auto-mount from Windows and Mac clients; gateway/router capabilities accessible to all Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n clients; file and print services available to all platforms that support CIFS (common internet file system) or Apple File Protocol sharing; clients running Apple Bonjour or compatible zero-config software can connect to base station and services without name server access
Executive Summary: At $179, Apple's AirPort Extreme 802.11 draft-n wireless base station is priced like brand X, but Cisco couldn't have done it any better. Apple's claim of 5X performance and 2X coverage relative to 802.11g is no mere boast; it was proven for this review. Apple's new base station is easy to manage from Windows and OS X, and current AirPort Extreme admins will appreciate the rewritten AirPort Utility's expert features like logging and performance charting. If you plug a USB printer and a hard drive into AirPort Extreme's USB port, it will automatically be shared to Windows, Mac and other platforms able to work with these platforms' native network protocols. As for security, you can keep unauthorized clients off your network and limit the periods during which authorized clients can connect. From corporate campuses to LAN parties, AirPort Extreme is a base station that blurs the boundaries between base station and server.
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