I had an old 802.11G router and wanted to upgrade to 802.11N because
time machine backups were taking too long. I got a D-Link DIR-628 and
after much fiddling I finally gave up on it. My wife's old Macbook and
my MacBookPro both would randomly drop connection only to have it return
a minute
Well, I want to thank you all for assisting me in this tech challenge. :)
I've bit that bullet and bought the Airport Extreme.
Wish me luck, and fingers crossed we're happy with our wireless network.
One thing I keep seeing with our current set up, is our wireless shows up as
60% strength,
a wireless printer can be conected to the airport extreme directly. basically
you set up the printer to the router, then mac to printer. you basically add
the printer you're using by printer settings in preferences, adding the printer
through wireless and there you go. simple as that.
lew
On
Traci,
Your windows machine will work fine. I am not sure I understand the purpose of
entering your user ID and password to access the printer. So, if this is a
printer that services multiple machines (because it is a network printer) then
there will be no difference in how you access it today
*Grin,* maybe we are making the printer more complicated than necessary.
All I know, is there is a little screen on the printer and we need to enter the
info for our wireless network, so all of our devices will work. It's cool,
that our printer does not need to be connected to any device or
I shouldn't think apple would need to expand on the range of airport extreme
systems, after all, they have the airport extreme on it's own and the time
capsule systems as well which are both router and storage system with suitable
storage capacities.
lew
On 11 Mar 2012, at 16:55, Traci wrote:
Hi all,
A little introduction here. Traditionally, I love to read and research
technology. The exception is wireless routers. I find them confusing and
frustrating!
Currently, I'm comparing a dLink wireless N router and the airport extreme. On
one hand, I want to take the easy route and
Hi and welcome.
Routers are always a puzzle for folks these days.
The D link router is a mainstage router meaning that there is a direct line
feed from your phone line etc to the router, unless you're using cable where as
I understand in the USA there's a direct connection, the airport unit /
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Should I choose Airport Extreme?
Hi all,
A little introduction here. Traditionally, I love to read and research
technology. The exception is wireless routers. I find them confusing and
frustrating!
Currently, I'm comparing a dLink wireless N router
Hey tracy, I recently got the airport extreme and so far I like it. First it
was very easy to setup with no sighted assistance. I am not sure about the
other router you are looking at but the airport extreme is a dualband which is
where some of the cost comes from. This will make a difference
There are more reasons to go with an AirPort router over any other model. There
are security reasons among many more. I cannot recommend Linksys routers as
they are not nearly as secure as Apple routers. I'm sure many will not agree,
but you go with an APple router and you will not regret the
Thanks all,
So, the Airport Extreme sounds more and more tempting.
I've been doing further reading tonight and have some more questions.
One thing we'll need is to use our wireless printer. I see websites mentioning
connecting USB printers, but how about our wireless one? If I remember
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