Apple Airport Express
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Now with blazing 802.11n, the affordable AirPort Express is powerful enough to run a home Wi-Fi network, yet small enough to take on the road. Share your wireless network with up to 10 users, print documents, photos, and more from any room in the house to one central printer, play iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers using AirTunes, and more. Product details and pricing info |
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60 Customer Reviews Posted
- Not Impressed
- Purchased 3 of these units to work with a Linksys N router, Netgear N router, and an Apple N router in a large (6000+ sft) home. The Airport Expresses did not live up to our expectations. These units will work well if you already have a medium to strong wireless signal from your other routers. I had hoped the airport express would be able to boost a weak signal in small areas of the home, but without much luck. The airport express had trouble maintaining a connection to the network in any room with a weak signal. even when the express was able to connect to the network, the wireless signal produced was sub-par and did not even cover the room, let alone any rooms nearby. we tried multiple locations and orientations of these units to no avail. my recommendation would be to spend the couple extra bucks and get another airport extreme.
- 2008-10-22, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Simple. Small. Fast. And it works... with proper setup
- I use the Airport Express primarily with a MacBook Pro, but I also use it occasionally with an iMac. It works flawlessly and is very fast. Aside from its ability to share printers and iTunes, what I really like about this Apple product is the simple fact that it is so compact. At home, it adds wirelss connectivity to my DSL/router network, but I can easily slip it into my laptop case to take on the road. Then, if I'm at a location that only provides a wired network port... voila, I've got my own wireless network.
Here's a simple overview on setup options that may help clarify how to set up your wireless network. Some DSL/cable modems have the username and password already saved within them. In these cases, you'll use the Airport Utility application to set the Airport Express to "Bridge mode". Then, your computer uses "DHCP" in the Network preferences under the "TCP/IP" pane. Other DSL/cable modems pass along the username and password information from your computer or Airport each time you log in via PPPoe. If you have one of these types of connections, then you'll need to use the Airport Utility application to save the username and password into the Airport Express under the PPPoe pane (a one-time setup). Again, the wireless computer would use "DHCP" in the Network preferences under the "TCP/IP" pane. - 2008-10-22, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Only piece of equipment I've ever thrown away in frustration
- Bought mine about three years ago. After 6 hours trying to make it work, I succeeded after following the advice on this forum and others. Then I bought a standard linksys wireless N router, decided to use WEP security, and my laptop would not recognize the AE again - even after another 4 hours of trying everything that had worked before. 80-90% of the world still uses Windows. The fact that Apple makes it so hard for Windows users is unacceptable - they should instead state it is a Mac only product so the rest of us don't waste our time.
- 2008-10-21, 0 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- How simple
- Just plug it it -- connect the internet cable -- the light turned green and instant wireless internet access in my daughters dorm room! Couldn't be simpler.
Did I tell you about connecting to my home stereo? Requires a special cable -- but now my iTunes is available throughout my house.
Apple AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit with Monster Cables - Power / audio cable kit - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , mini-phone 3.5 mm / TOSLINK (M) - RCA, TOSLINK (M)
Great product! - 2008-10-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Ideal for Slingbox
- The setup directions are almost useless, not unusual for consumer networking devices no matter who makes them. The most important thing to keep in mind is it takes time for the unit to connect to your router, just restarting after being powered off is slow. So don't get impatient.
The instructions included in the review by S. Monroe "gadgethead" are very helpful and will get the job done just follow them and allow time for the device to connect.
I use it to connect a Slingbox as well as the Air Tunes feature. It's perfect for both and is easily the most stable wireless access point I've used. - 2008-10-09, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
