AirPort Extreme Base Station Now Sports Gigabit Ethernet

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Apple slipped a quiet upgrade out on Wednesday morning for the AirPort Extreme Base Station. The companyis 802.11n-compatible wireless access point now includes Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of the 10/100 ports found on earlier models.

The new AirPort Extreme Base Station includes three local network ports, and one WAN port that support Gigabit Ethernet speeds. It also includes the shared USB 2.0 port found on the Base Station it replaces, and continues to support the older 802.11a, b, and g standards.

Appleis 802.11n-compatible AirPort Extreme Base Station is priced at US$179.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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