Apple's AirPort in the age of mesh networkingApple hasn't updated AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, or Time Capsule in three years — and now everything's a mesh.
Rene Ritchie has been covering Apple and the personal technology industry for almost a decade. Editorial director for Mobile Nations, analyst for iMore, video and podcast host, you can follow him on Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter @reneritchie.
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The original AirPort wireless basestation was introduced by Steve Jobs at MacWorld New York in July of 1999. The current version, which supports the 802.11ac wireless networking standard, was released in June of 2013. That's more than 3 years ago. Since then the standards haven't evolved much, but wireless networking has — it's gone mesh.
Mesh-works
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Apple's AirPort in the age of mesh networking
