AirPort Extreme Base Station is flaky...

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kickahakickaha
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Alright, Amorph, I should have listened to you. Just bought an AEBS, and it's a bit... touched. Well, more like I have to touch it a couple times a day to restart the flippin' thing. It goes off into la-la land and forgets it should be routing packets. :P



Any ideas? Further reports? Possible fixes?



Just call Apple and whine mightily?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    what did amorph tell you to do?



    is it the cheapo one or the one with the modem?



    approximately when did you buy it?
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    Flog it on eBay and get another brand of 802.11g base station. Pocket the difference, marvel at the extra features.
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Amorph's anecdote was that he'd seen a couple of flaky ones. Well, I got one.



    Cheap one, no modem. Purchased a week ago.
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    I agree with l337 slx0r or whatever his name is... other companies have better 802.11g base stations that cost less. They just don't look as cool.
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    coolmaccoolmac Posts: 259member
    After purchasing two AEBS and being continuously frustrated by their setup and performance in a 2 Mac & 2 PC network I went out & purchased a Netgear WGR614 802.11g router.

    All four computers immediately recognized the Netgear router, setup was much easier than the AEBS, range is much better than the Airport. I was having interference problems with the Airport Base Station but non with the Netgear in the same exact place.



    Here's the kicker, after rebate the Netgear cost me $67.95!

    Even purchasing a wireless print server (which would allow placement of the printer away from the AEBS)comes in less than the cost of the Airport in total.



    Oh, and did I mention how small & cool the Netgear router is? Matches a G5 mutch better than the Airport Base Station.



    I love most Apple products but Apple has dropped the ball with this one.
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    Hmm...I hadn't ever seen this brought up before with the older 802.11b Snow base stations, but it was a consistent problem with the one I had. I tried using it in my dorm room (since I had to use a short proprietary cable to get online, I figured I'd just go wireless), but it got to be much nonsense. I got a cheap 10/100 switch and a lot of Cat5 cable and didn't think about doing the wireless network thing again. But with hearing about this deal that other-branded wireless routers are working out more simply, without complications, I might reconsider...
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