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Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (draft 802.11n)

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    3.0 stars

    "Great range and speed, but other issues to consider"

    by mwindeler on March 26, 2007

    Pros: Easily a 50% increase in range over my DLINK G

    Cons: No web interface, VPN troubles

    Summary: Range and speed are simply awesome with this router. However, two very troubling issues have soured my opinion of this routing. FIrst, there is no web interface to the router - I don't like that I have to install software on any machines that I want to be able to access the router from. Sorry to all the "apple can do no wrong" folks - but nothing beats the simplicity of a web browser to get to settings. The apple utility is slow and often confusing to navigate. Second, at this time (3/23/07) there are massive problems with VPN support. If you run any of the popular VPN clients, it most likely wont work due to a bug. The only solution supported right now is putting your PC into a DMZ - not a great solution. I'm sure I'll get used to the utility someday and Apple will fix the VPN issues - then I'll rate this a 9.5. Until then, 6.

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