I went through the steps again with the new 5th gen AirPort Extreme, and everything works great. I had problems with the old router setting up outside access to some of my NAT drives, such as the Iomega StorCenter 4 TB ix2 that requires port forwarding. Speed - You can read the technical articles about how the AirPort Extreme stacks up against other routers, but based on my heavy use, I can tell you that it does quite well.This will be perfect for the 2012 TDS Workshop season. They have full access to the Internet, but not to my machines. Guest Network - I love this feature! In addition to my working network that supports my various hard drives and computers, I can enable a second network for visitors just by checking a box in the setup menu.Some of the particulars that I enjoy with the AirPort Extreme 5th Gen include: I usually have a number of devices on WiFi at any given moment, and after a month of testing, I have not experienced a bottleneck. The AirPort Extreme has dual band support, so the devices that use the 2.4GHz band (iPhone for example) and the computers that can use the 5GHz band (MacBook Air) can tap their respective bands at the same time. I also have 3 WiFi printers on the network, plus the iHome iW1 Wireless AirPlay Speaker System and various computers and iOS devices. I discuss this setup in the article, Personal Cloud Storage for Photographers, and in the podcast, Create Your Own Cloud. I have 3 networked drives connected to the 3 network ports on the back of the router. I began by adding a new Airport Extreme 802.11N 5th generation router. Of course now that the project is finished, I'm loving it. But when my 4-year-old AirPort network pooped out, I had no choice but to upgrade. You need them, but there are so many other things you'd rather do with the resources. When you're a photographer, spending time and money on your WiFi network is like having to buy tires for the car.
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