[CUBE] Somewhat OT: Airport questions

Eagle eagle243 at mac.com
Fri Jun 18 11:47:30 PDT 2004


Or if you can wait a month or so, you might want to look at the Airport 
Express for $130.

On Jun 18, 2004, at 14:42, Ann Billups wrote:
> Riba,
>
> Instead of going with eBay, check out the Apple Store. They often have 
> refurbed Airport Extreme base stations for about $160. These are not 
> the ones with the modem or the usb port, but they will work great with 
> your DSL. I already had an Extreme BS but was not getting the 
> coverage. The second one acts as a relay and now my whole house and 
> outside is covered at less that what an extra antenna would have cost. 
> I can use my PB anywhere, and when I relocated my Cube for my 
> husband's use in his area of the office, I didn't have to run ethernet 
> cables.
>
> On Jun 18, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Riba wrote:
>> Hello people...I need some feeback on this.
>>
>> Few days ago I got the DSL connecion at home, and considering that I 
>> already have airport card in Cube and a brand new Powerbook on the 
>> way next week, I thought it might be nice to put the wireless router 
>> somewhere and forget about the cables.
>> I'm not a wireless freak though, and I'm even cosidering getting a 
>> 802.11b wireless router because I believe this is more than enough 
>> for the planned use. Of course for just a  bit more $ I can get a 
>> 802.11g router, but considering that my cube has the old airport the 
>> speed would be bumped down even with 802.11g router when using the 
>> Cube.
>> What I'm actually considering is to get an older graphite base 
>> station (I noticed one can get them for a decent price on ebay). I 
>> recall about some older base stations exhibiting some problems and 
>> recalls so I'm a bit wary at the moment. Anyone on the list selling a 
>> graphite base station? :)
>>
>> Am I stupid for considering buying and older technology? Would I 
>> regret it down the road? Any other suggestions?



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