Hi and welcome. Routers are always a puzzle for folks these days.
The D link router is a mainstage router meaning that there is a direct line feed from your phone line etc to the router, unless you're using cable where as I understand in the USA there's a direct connection, the airport unit / time capsule unit is primarily a router taking a feed from your main modem device if you know what I mean. I'm stating this as here in the UK, the airport extreme and other similar models in the range can't be used as combination DSL modems and routers, they are only routers requiring a feed from a master modem from the phone line. As regards USB, the USB interface can be used for storage devices like connected hard drives or printers which don't support wireless connections, etc or CAT5 connections for that matter. So using either the airport and it's family of products or the DLink routers will give you the same level of connectivity and support. the only difference is direct connectivity. the airport has direct connectivity to access settings and controls, where as the DLink uses a connection to it's inbuilt web server portal. either will do. the beauty behind DLink is they are owned by HP enterprise networking solutions, so DLink will offer you greater support compared to cheaper products on the net. lew On 10 Mar 2012, at 20:50, Traci wrote: > Hi all, > > A little introduction here. Traditionally, I love to read and research > technology. The exception is wireless routers. I find them confusing and > frustrating! > > Currently, I'm comparing a dLink wireless N router and the airport extreme. > On one hand, I want to take the easy route and buy the airport extreme. I > have had nothing but good experiences with Apple products. > > On that other hand, the dLink gets good reviews on Amazon and it is half the > price. > > Please, guidance is welcome. We live in a 2 story townhouse and the router > is usually upstairs. We have around 10 various devices that will be > wirelessly connecting to the router at times. Usually, 2 or 3 at the same > time. > > To extend this question further. Both of these routers have the USB > connection on the back of the unit. Am I understanding it correctly, that > this is how we could wirelessly listen to our music collection? > > Thanks all, hopefully you can help me sort this out. > > Traci > Sent by Macbook Air Mail > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
