thats great asus is like that. linksys is bad, there customer support is
even worse. your right the old ones from 8 years ago were very simple to use
and accessible. but very sadly not anymore. its great asus isnt changing to
many things.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Airport Extreme
I was only using the name Linksys for an example, its been absolute ages
since I’ve used one of their Routers so I have no idea how accessible or
otherwise Linksys Routers are now but they were certainly very usable 8
years ago when I had one.
The Asus Routers have always been good in all the time I’ve owned them plus
you can upgrade to Open Source firmware which has even better Accessibility
if that’s the sort of thing you’d like to try.
On 21 Dec 2015, at 11:54 AM, Les Gordon <mr...@comcast.net> wrote:
great view to have, linksys routers are horrible for accessibility. i had
one of there new ac routers and forget about accessibility. maybe 2% out
of 100% is accessible, so you basically cant do anything with it. i never
used asus before, i'm sure there very good as well.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Airport Extreme
If you’re happy with what you’re using then fine and if it works for you
then all well and good.
All I’m saying is that - if you have the choice and you’re looking for
something new or to upgrade to something good - then the Airport Extreme -
as a new Router - is not worth considering given what else is available
and I stick by that view.
Yes, the setup is easy but just because the Airport Extreme has an easy
setup doesn’t mean its performance is the best.
Actually let the truth be told, all the Asus Wi-Fi Routers I’ve ever used
also have a very easy setup wizard which will have you up and running in
around 2 minutes so if Asus has an easy setup wizard then I’m willing to
bet that other brands do too.
With the Asus Routers you don’t need to download any special utility for
windows, the minute your computer is connected to your Router the wizard
will show up if the Router hasn’t already been configured.
On 21 Dec 2015, at 11:35 AM, Les Gordon <mr...@comcast.net> wrote:
i have 2 apple airport extreme's and i'd never change to anything else.
the great thing is they just work, no issues, they work perfectly with
the iphone, 100% totally accessible, there is not one thing that isnt
accessible on the airport extreme. setup is the easiest ever.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 7:31 PM
Subject: Apple Airport Extreme
I did some further research on the Apple AirPort Extreme and
unfortunately I was absolutely right regarding the price of the thing.
In Australia it can be purchased for $299 and the Asus RTAC3200 in
Australia is $349 so I need not say any more on the subject <smile>, the
Asus obviously being a far better piece of equipment and I’d gladly pay
the $50 extra.
On 21 Dec 2015, at 5:44 AM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se>
wrote:
Hi!
I’d thought it would support it because my newer airport extreme does
support this protocol.
However you mentioned that it was a bottle neck for data.
Do you have a very big appartment?
I have not so i wonder if this makes any difference?
I also wonder how it can be a bottle neck for data but maybe this is ot
for this list?
I have had problems with my broadband connection which is 8 gb dsl so i
am changing to a 100 mbit cable modem and another carrier next month.
We’ll see how this works because i have had problems with the swedish
radio streaming but not other streams.
/A
19 dec. 2015 kl. 02:13 skrev Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>:
Okay, just checekd the Apple Airport Express on the Apple web site and
unfortunately the unit doesn't seem to support the AAC Wireless
Protocol, a shame but N is certainly better than B or G and the fact
that the Express supports both 2.$ and 5G radio bands is helpful, use
the 5G band if possible because its far less crowded.
On 12/19/2015 11:54 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
Do you still use Macs? I have an airport extreme router that I've had
for several years. It is behind the times, in that it doesn't have the
AC protocol. Then again, I'm using an xp box to type this note, so
there you go. Anyway, one of the things I have appreciated about that
Apple router is that the airport utility is so easy to use from the
Mac. That has not always been true of all routers I've seen over the
years. And it, the router that is, works well with Windoes, android
and
Apple devices of various flavors. But as stated earlier, it is long in
the tooth and could undoubtedly stand to be updated to something more
robust that has the newer protocol for higher speed and better
distance
etc. I have a couple of older airport expresses connected to sound
systems in various parts of the house for airplay streaming from Apple
devices. There again, having that airport extreme as the head router,
so to speak, has worked wonderfully.
Mary
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