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Old 02-06-2007, 12:20 PM
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Got a Airport Extreme with 802.11n up and running....

The speed is very impressive and the new form factor is 10 times better than the old UFO thingy. The status light glows like the Airport Express now and I had no problem getting all 3 of my old G standard Airport Expresses hooked up.

The new Airport 7.0 software is still limiting when you want to do a lot of port forwarding but you can now monitor DHCP, WAN and wireless connections without using another program. The logging function works from within the Airport 7.0 software and is very easy for those that are not terminal savvy.

If you are thinking of upgrading and waiting for early adaptors to discover the problems I could not find any, to bad only one devise is at the N speed so far.
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Old 02-06-2007, 02:20 PM
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Sweet.

I'm still on the fence whether or not I should upgrade from my Airport Express though...
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Did you have to re-initialize all your device security settings (passwords ect) or did those get installed at installation ? By port forwarding you mean???????

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The speed is very impressive and the new form factor is 10 times better than the old UFO thingy. The status light glows like the Airport Express now and I had no problem getting all 3 of my old G standard Airport Expresses hooked up.

The new Airport 7.0 software is still limiting when you want to do a lot of port forwarding but you can now monitor DHCP, WAN and wireless connections without using another program. The logging function works from within the Airport 7.0 software and is very easy for those that are not terminal savvy.

If you are thinking of upgrading and waiting for early adaptors to discover the problems I could not find any, to bad only one devise is at the N speed so far.
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No you will need to go to each Express and reconfig to the new set up, other services will just need the password added to the keychain for the new setup.

Port forwarding is where you send specific traffic from port "X" to computer "Y" on your network or open a specific port for a specific activity. Bittorrents and games are the best examples of uses of port to be forwarded to specific machines. Airport and Apple don’t give you much flexibility in this area. I’d not even use Apple routers if it was not for the really smooth integration you allow me. I have to use other software to do more complicated port configurations.
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are the 802.11ns stable? i always heard they were a little glitchy and instable because it's still relatively newer technology.
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OK. Yep understand Port forwarding now. We haven't had the need thus the reason it escaped me. Thanks

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No you will need to go to each Express and reconfig to the new set up, other services will just need the password added to the keychain for the new setup.

Port forwarding is where you send specific traffic from port "X" to computer "Y" on your network or open a specific port for a specific activity. Bittorrents and games are the best examples of uses of port to be forwarded to specific machines. Airport and Apple don’t give you much flexibility in this area. I’d not even use Apple routers if it was not for the really smooth integration you allow me. I have to use other software to do more complicated port configurations.
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are the 802.11ns stable? i always heard they were a little glitchy and instable because it's still relatively newer technology.
Only the first full day of use but I have not had any disconnects or anything.
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are the 802.11ns stable? i always heard they were a little glitchy and instable because it's still relatively newer technology.
I think the biggest problem here is inter vendor operating.
Because the technology is new and the standards haven't been fully ratified many manufacturers are trying to get to market early.
If you stick with the same manufacturer for the access point and PC card you shouldn't see any problems.
If you start mixing manufacturer products, you may see interoperability issues and a drop in throughput.
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This technology is at least 2 years old. It should have very few glitches by now and for those who use Apple products i believe the issues should few if any as Apple does their best to make hardware and software speak the same language.

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I think the biggest problem here is inter vendor operating.
Because the technology is new and the standards haven't been fully ratified many manufacturers are trying to get to market early.
If you stick with the same manufacturer for the access point and PC card you shouldn't see any problems.
If you start mixing manufacturer products, you may see interoperability issues and a drop in throughput.
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Isn't it a $1.50 upgrade for macs that are supported?
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