A Google search shows they stopped selling them in stores about 6 months ago, and the decision may be linked to the FCC deadline for compliance with the new 5 GHz rules.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 10:48 AM To: af <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Apple abandoning development of wireless routers Good riddance!!! I hate those things... The switching to bridge thing is still a nuisance sometimes, but I it's usually preferred anyway. The biggest problem with them is the UI, things that should be simple, like changing a channel seems to be nearly impossible if you aren't using a Mac, and even then it's pain to try and talk someone through over the phone. On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: "(3) They would usually default to bridge mode, and saturate the local DHCP pool" Is this because you're not IPing your network properly? Usually this only happens if you're handing client RFC1918 addresses in which case bridging is appropriate behavior for the router. The rest I'd say are valid complaints. ----- Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> _____ From: "Bill Prince" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 10:32:09 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Apple abandoning development of wireless routers The biggest issues for me was that (1) they were constantly changing the UI of their proprietary "airport admin" tool, (2) The Windows version was always a few revs behind (or would not work), (3) They would usually default to bridge mode, and saturate the local DHCP pool, (4) would not allow simple adjustments to channel frequencies, (5) their admin tool was proprietary, and not just a simple web server. There are probably another half dozen or so issues that I'm not recalling now. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/28/2016 8:13 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I know some WISP's beef with them was because the WISP wasn't properly IPing their network. What other concerns are there? ----- Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> _____ From: "Bill Prince" <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: "Motorola III" <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 10:07:21 AM Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Apple abandoning development of wireless routers Finally! There routers have caused more than their fair share of support calls. I say good riddance. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
