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Title: Tips for replacing an Apple AirPort network Post by: HCK on May 22, 2020, 04:05:16 pm Tips for replacing an Apple AirPort network
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple’s AirPort Base Station was a revelation in 1999. While it cost $299 plus required a $99 AirPort Card in every Mac you wanted to use with it, this was much cheaper than all other options and it came with the friendly AirPort utility for configuration—far easier than competitors’ tools. (Apple actually licensed the hardware and software to package in its unique way.)</p><p>Apple abandoned its Wi-Fi base stations years ago, it seems preferring to not compete in a market that increasingly produced inexpensive—but difficult to configure—base stations. And it sat out the mesh-networking revolution (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3212444/mesh-network-explained.html), which dramatically simplifies Wi-Fi network setup, but can cost two to four times comparable old-style Wi-Fi routers.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3543960/tips-for-replacing-an-airport-network.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Tips for replacing an Apple AirPort network (https://www.macworld.com/article/3543960/tips-for-replacing-an-airport-network.html#tk.rss_all) |