Hi,
I'll leave some past conversation here just to keep things clear:
TK: The Airport Extreme still has the USB port which can be
configured for a network disk, a network printer or both if you use
a hub.
TG: Oh, well, I missed that. I wish I would have looked more
closely at that before I bought a printer with a RJ45 interface.
TK: The Airport Extreme can handle that printer as well using the
RJ45 ports. Although, if you're just commenting on the extra expense
of having purchased such a printer then that's no consolation.
TK: the Airport Extreme comes with Airport Utility which is
totally compatible with VO and allows you to configure the Airport
Extreme rather easily. Myself, I have a Time Capsule which is an
Airport Extreme with a built-in 500 GBHD for time Machine
backups. I also have two Airport Express units connected using
WDS for playing itunes music on either the upstairs or downstairs
stereos. Everything works well and is extremely quick for
Internet access and between devices attached to the network.
TG: What is wds?
TK: WDS stands for Wireless Distribution system. With this you can
configure numerous Airport Extremes and Expresses to wirelessly
connect to each other so that the range of your wireless network is
extended. This is all configured using built-in Apple software.
TG: How do you access an extreme to configure it?
TK: You use the Airport Utility app that resides in the Utilities
folder of your Mac.
TG: The only advantage I can see to the 2wire then would be the
built in modem.
TK: You're probably right. That's assuming that I read the specs
properly on the 2Wire web-site, I don't have one personally.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
