Apple Airport Express | 
| Brand: Apple
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $79.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 138
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Macintosh
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3 x 1.1 x 3.7
MPN: MB321LL/A
Model: MB321LL/A
UPC: 885909200979
EAN: 0885909200979
ASIN: B0015YJOK2
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| Features:
| • | Take the music from the iTunes library on your computer and sends it wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your home | | • | Print wirelessly through AirPort Express--its almost like having a printer in every room of the house | | • | Wirelessly share photos, movies, and other files without having to worry about slow data transmissions | | • | The AirPort Express Base Station now features 802.11n, the next-generation high-speed wireless technology included with most shipping Mac computers and some newer PCs with compatible cards | | • | Industry-standard encryption technologies built into AirPort Express, including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP, plus a built-in firewall that creates a barrier between your network and the Internet |
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Product Description
Now with blazing 802.11n, the affordable AirPort Express is powerful enough to run a home Wi-Fi network, yet small enough to take on the road. Share your wireless network with up to 10 users, print documents, photos, and more from any room in the house to one central printer, play iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers using AirTunes, and more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
Good Product, I'm not 100% satisfied. April 4, 2008
Tarun Chachra (Hillsborough, NJ USA)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have a decent setup at home with a Apple Base Station (wireless N) and this Express which is used to extend my wireless connection to other areas of my house. Again all is wireless N.
The Express disconnects every so often and computers attached to it are unable to get any network access. It has to be unplugged and plugged back in to get the connectivity back.
The streaming of music is ofcourse awesome, however every 2-3 songs you have to remind your computer to use the express....why? Simply because the express loses its connectivity.
I took it to Apple and the Genius told me that its my network connectivity. I said ok..I would make sure I was close to my base station and test again.
I did....I plugged it in 10 feet from my basestation and connected a apple hi-fi for audio. Again...disconnects every few songs and we were back to the same thing again.
I have tried this with 3 different mac book pro's in our home and the results are similar. I am hopeful that the next firmware will fix things up but until then....this product gets 4 stars.
It does what it should...but not at 100% all of the time....just most of the time.
 Extremely Difficult To Set Up for Networking with Mac and PC March 29, 2008
ZippyO (Salem, OR United States)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Let me start off by saying, that once we got all the bugs worked out, this is an awesome little piece of technology. But I must also say, that it took an entire week to get all the functions to work correctly between just two computers on our home network (my I-Mac and my wife's Vista based laptop). Apple claims this is a "plug and play" item like everything else they sell. And being a die-hard Mac supporter, I can say up to this point, that has always been true. Yet for those of us out there that are not familiar with setting up a Wi-Fi network, which Apple claims this product is for us, beware, you need to understand and know a lot about Wi-Fi, your cable internet (if that is what you have), and much more before you can get this thing to work. Even though most Mac's have the correct drivers (Airport Utility, etc.) already installed. Don't bother with them, install what comes on the disc supplied with your AE, this will save you about an hour of headaches. And for Vista users, don't bother with what is pre-installed or what is on the disc, download the latest version of Bonjour from the Apple website, this will save you days worth of troubleshooting on how to get the printer recognized by your PC. But, like I said, now that everything is running (haven't tried the Air Tunes because I don't care about that feature), it is like all Apple products, very, very, nice, compact, and smooth running. Apple needs to send out more detailed instructions with this product and provide better support, after all, we expect that type of service from them, not the "it doesn't work and takes forever to fix" type of service most of us have come to know and love from Microsoft.
Great for extending your network March 24, 2008
D. Jason Spruance (Cincinnati, OH)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I originally bought the G model and returned it because I had trouble getting it to connect to my old Linksys WRT54G model running WEP. I have since upgraded to the Airport Extreme for my main router and the compatibility is flawless. So I cannot speak to how it works with other G/N routers but if they support WPA, it should be fine.
Let me back up and tell you why I needed this product. I recently installed a wired media player and Tivo HD in my bedroom and needed a way to get them on the network. I looked at wireless bridges but the one's that supported wireless N were well over $100. Then I looked at the power ethernet adapters and those usually run about $150 for a pair. I was disregarding this product because I didn't think you would use it as a wireless bridge, but I found in a MacAddict forum that it is an undocumented feature. So I bought it.
Setup was pretty simple using the Airport Config tool that comes with it. I configured it wirelessly and the config tool recognized it was on the network. Simply tell it to join a wireless network, and select the network from the list. Put in your WPA password and boom, it is online. Then I connected a 4 port switch to it, plugged in my other devices in the bedroom, and they were on the network with pretty good performance. I hooked up some speakers to test the iTunes streaming and it works just fine.
I haven't tested it using it as a standalone AP, but I imagine it is pretty much the same story.
Pros:
- Small and portable, can be taken to a hotel or on the road
- Share printers in any part of the house
- Windows and Mac compatible
Cons:
- May not work with existing WEP networks
- Can only share connectivity with up to 10 machines
I gave it four stars because I couldn't get it to work with WEP.
 When is USB not USB? No sound in Front Row nor iTunes video. April 4, 2008
John (New Zealand)
5 out of 20 found this review helpful
First up, I purchased the Airport Express primarily to share a printer, and I'm happy with that. It works well.
I was however disappointed to learn that the USB port on the Airport Express won't allow other USB devices to be connected to it. It's only a Printer USB port!
Secondly, while using iTunes, the Airport Express picks up songs and audio podcasts and plays them through my stereo very well, it's almost magic, however when it comes to watching and listening to a Video Podcast (also in iTunes) the sound can only be head with though my MacBook Pro speakers. I'm very disappointed.
I also would have thought that Front Row would have had supported the Airport Express sound, so not only does it not pick up the sound from the Video Podcasts, audio from Front Row is not recognised.
Apple has sold itself short with this new version of the Airport Express, a product that on the fact of it promised a lot but only partially delivers.
As a reasonably recent convert to Mac, I continue to admire Apple's design and comparatively exceptional interface. Setting up the Airport Express was a breeze.
 Excellence, yet again, from Apple May 4, 2008
S. Fitzpatrick (Maui)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a road warrior that uses this Airport Express to create a small wireless network, protected of course, within my hotel room. I just plug the AE into the 110v desk plug and then plug the hotel's internet cable into it. Instantly lets me un-tether from the desk to the couch, the other room, the bed, you name it. I was waiting for the "n" speed and am quite happy with this device. It never leaves my computer bag except at the hotels.
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