My old 3rd gen AP-Extreme is in dire need of replacement.. as i'm constantly transfering large files between my MBP and Mini server 802.11ac would be a very welcome upgrade!
My old 3rd gen AP-Extreme is in dire need of replacement.. as i'm constantly transfering large files between my MBP and Mini server 802.11ac would be a very welcome upgrade!
Or you could just use a wired connection and eliminate all of those RF issues.
Try to look beyond your own specific situation and realize that there's probably a very small percentage of people who need more than 3 wired connections to their router, seeing as the majority of all purchased devices these days are wireless. How many people have more than 3 wired devices in the same room as their router, or willing to run ethernet cables through their walls? I can't imagine that this would be a practical requirement in anything other than an office environment, in which case needs are totally different and an AE might not be the best choice of device anyway.
I think quite a few people do... My airport extreme is in my living room, feeding off the 70 Mbps Internet connection from my cable modem. I need ethernet cables to my bluray player, my receiver, my Xbox and my IP telephone. My IP telephone adapter actually supports pass through, so I can get by with 3, but just barely.
The increased speed would also be nice. I have a 70 Mbps connection, and while the theoretical speed of 802.11n is more than this, in practice I get a "paltry" 50 Mbps over wireless.
An 802.11ac airport can't come out soon enough! I need 3 immediately for my HT environment as I stream almost all my content. I was hoping the out of stock meant something but it usually doesn't take more than a couple of weeks for the out of stock to equal a new release.
Well, that was a huge dissappointment. A month has passed and it doesn't look like the shortage actually indicated anything. I really need 3 802.11ac units soon for streaming. Seems there are pretty mixed reviews on the Asus and other units.
Well, that was a huge dissappointment. A month has passed and it doesn't look like the shortage actually indicated anything. I really need 3 802.11ac units soon for streaming. Seems there are pretty mixed reviews on the Asus and other units.
Streaming what, exactly? How many simultaneous streams, and at what bit rates?
Was really looking forward to a new 11ac-Extreme router getting announced today along with the iPad Mini. My girlfriend is getting me a NAS for my birthday and I'd love a new router to go along with it.
With the stability and easy setup/configuration of the Apple routers. I'd rather pay for their older mid2011 Extreme router that supports up to N.. than risk other brands new 11ac models. If theres one lesson I've learned in consumer electronics, is a fast/stable wireless router is one of the most important devices in your home. I've bought Dlink, Belkin and NetGear products before and dealt with too many headaches, resets, firmware updates, closed NATs, ports that wont open, etc.. to ever go back to using one of those again.
About the only non-Apple router I trust.. is my trusty 7 year old Linksys WRT-54GL.
So very very dissappointed that we never got the 802.11ac airport this week. I would love to use them bridged for streaming to my TVs from my PC. 802.11n on the current airport is a little short of bandwidth for streaming BR quality media.
Too bad this was completely untrue. I want an airport 802.11ac right now bridged for 1080p streaming but it looks like we won't see one until 2013 as apple falls behind Asus, netgear, cisco and belkin.
I currently have 2 airports - latest generation. Since asus, cisco, buffalo, netgear all have 802.11ac routers - that would make apple "behind" all of them.
I currently have 2 airports - latest generation. Since asus, cisco, buffalo, netgear all have 802.11ac routers - that would make apple "behind" all of them.
The first movers aren't always the best.
Also, Apple just updated about half thirds of its product line last week, updated two thirds of its product lines in the past two months. That's quite unusual in itself. I don't think that means that the remaining one third is necessarily being ignored. It's possible it just isn't quite ready.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
That should be Megabits per second not Kilobytes per second.
Yes. Mucho thanks... Got my data bits misrepresented... Wow that is crazy fast huh???
As the article stated:
"The company also secretly included support for "draft-n" in its previously released Core 2 Duo Macs."
Maybe Apple did it, and they haven't said anything about it just yet. Maybe.
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Originally Posted by AnalogJack
Wireless hula hoop! I want one.
I like the way he used the MacBook to prove that the hula hoop was WiFi !
Or you could just use a wired connection and eliminate all of those RF issues.
It won't work unless it complies with 802.11hh.
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Originally Posted by Slurpy
Try to look beyond your own specific situation and realize that there's probably a very small percentage of people who need more than 3 wired connections to their router, seeing as the majority of all purchased devices these days are wireless. How many people have more than 3 wired devices in the same room as their router, or willing to run ethernet cables through their walls? I can't imagine that this would be a practical requirement in anything other than an office environment, in which case needs are totally different and an AE might not be the best choice of device anyway.
I think quite a few people do... My airport extreme is in my living room, feeding off the 70 Mbps Internet connection from my cable modem. I need ethernet cables to my bluray player, my receiver, my Xbox and my IP telephone. My IP telephone adapter actually supports pass through, so I can get by with 3, but just barely.
The increased speed would also be nice. I have a 70 Mbps connection, and while the theoretical speed of 802.11n is more than this, in practice I get a "paltry" 50 Mbps over wireless.
I believe AE is coming out soon with the new Gigabit WiFi 802.11AC.
I believe the iPad IV in March 2013 will be the first Apple device to receive Gigabit WiFi.
An 802.11ac airport can't come out soon enough! I need 3 immediately for my HT environment as I stream almost all my content. I was hoping the out of stock meant something but it usually doesn't take more than a couple of weeks for the out of stock to equal a new release.
Streaming what, exactly? How many simultaneous streams, and at what bit rates?
Was really looking forward to a new 11ac-Extreme router getting announced today along with the iPad Mini. My girlfriend is getting me a NAS for my birthday and I'd love a new router to go along with it.
With the stability and easy setup/configuration of the Apple routers. I'd rather pay for their older mid2011 Extreme router that supports up to N.. than risk other brands new 11ac models. If theres one lesson I've learned in consumer electronics, is a fast/stable wireless router is one of the most important devices in your home. I've bought Dlink, Belkin and NetGear products before and dealt with too many headaches, resets, firmware updates, closed NATs, ports that wont open, etc.. to ever go back to using one of those again.
About the only non-Apple router I trust.. is my trusty 7 year old Linksys WRT-54GL.
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Originally Posted by JeffDM
Streaming what, exactly? How many simultaneous streams, and at what bit rates?
Video - 1080p 30 DTS MA - 1 stream normally sometimes 2 - not that rediculously compressed netflix stuff but BR quality streaming.
Originally Posted by boed
I want an airport 802.11ac right now bridged for 1080p streaming…
Which you can do right now…
You'd use an ac router if you wanted to stream four 1080p files simultaneously.
Apple's not "behind" anyone. Have you ever used an AirPort family product?
I currently have 2 airports - latest generation. Since asus, cisco, buffalo, netgear all have 802.11ac routers - that would make apple "behind" all of them.
Originally Posted by boed
Since asus, cisco, buffalo, netgear all have 802.11ac routers - that would make apple "behind" all of them.
Just like Apple was "behind" everyone that used the 45nm LTE chips, yeah? ????
The first movers aren't always the best.
Also, Apple just updated about half thirds of its product line last week, updated two thirds of its product lines in the past two months. That's quite unusual in itself. I don't think that means that the remaining one third is necessarily being ignored. It's possible it just isn't quite ready.