[iBook] Airport Repairs??

[Michael Elliott]

Perhaps someone could enlighten my about why they buy Airport Extreme  
base stations in the first place?  I've never once purchased one of  
Apple$ base stations, electing instead to buy a much cheaper wireless  
router from Netgear, DLlink, Belkin, etc.  I don't think I've paid  
more than $10 (after rebates) for any of my routers, which are  
typically the "draw" items at heavy discount in the weekly compusa,  
bestbuy, officemax, or Staples ad circulars.

Is there some great feature to the Airport station that I'm not aware  
of?

Michael

On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:45 AM, Pat wrote:

> My just out of warranty Airport Extreme base station appears to  
> have just quit working.  It is my second in about 3 years.  Two of  
> the lights work, but the one on the left should be flickering and  
> it isn't.  I spent a couple of hours with an Apple tech in India  
> and he had me do two hard reboots and it still doesn't seem to  
> work.  Right now I'm using a 25' ethernet cable and wondering if  
> anyone can shed light on what's happening to them and also if  
> anyone repairs them.  This is both maddening and expensive.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat