Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Overall, it should be just fine for whatever people wish to do. Sure, you can have 10 GB performance with newer, more modern routers, but the bottleneck is your Internet connection. The fastest residential Internet connections, for the most part, is 1 GB or less. The Airport Extreme and

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Depends on who you’re asking. I think its ok for my purpose but its no longer made. /A > 26 okt. 2019 kl. 03:56 skrev Dave Carlson : > > So, is the AirPort Extreme also a dinosaur? > > Dave Carlson > Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician > > > > > > -- > The fo

RE: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Airport Time-capsule Okay Simon. Still have the Airport Extreme and a 2 Tb Lacie drive attached for Time Machine backups. Satisfied for no, unless a newer router from Brand X-Y-Z is so good as to tempt me away. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodw

RE: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
4:32 PM To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Airport Time-capsule Cool. I see several Netgear models ranging from $99 to $599. Speeds ranging from 1.8 Gb to 10.2 Gb. Nothing more in our home than a smart TV and three computers, two iPhones, and an iPad, plus a Wireless

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
If you’re happy with what you have then there’s probably no reason to change. My Rooter is 4 years old now and since I bought it my network has expanded at a rapid rate to the point where you notice the Rooter struggling to manage and process data from coming in all directions. > On 26 Oct 2019

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
ote: > > But is that a reason to say it wont work as a back up drive any longer? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 10:27 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sub

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dave Carlson
Cool. I see several Netgear models ranging from $99 to $599. Speeds ranging from 1.8 Gb to 10.2 Gb. Nothing more in our home than a smart TV and three computers, two iPhones, and an iPad, plus a Wireless irrigation controller. So far our AirPort Extreme seems to be handling the traffic just fine

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
lto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Dave Carlson > Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 2:57 PM > To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Subject: Re: Airport Time-caps

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay well firstly security, you want to get a Rooter that is of recent production as it has firmware to stop hackers getting into your systems, computers, backups or whatever else is on your network. Modern-Day rooters can handle a larger amount of traffic than the Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme,

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dave Carlson
Okay Simon. Still have the Airport Extreme and a 2 Tb Lacie drive attached for Time Machine backups. Satisfied for no, unless a newer router from Brand X-Y-Z is so good as to tempt me away. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following informa

RE: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 3:06 PM To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Airport Time-capsule That’s amazing. What is/are the latest, and why so much better than an Apple AirPort Extreme? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pione

RE: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
airport express and streme should work fine as access points but they aren’t what I’d use for connecting to the internet From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 2:57 PM To: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Ai

RE: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Simon A Fogarty
But is that a reason to say it wont work as a back up drive any longer? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 10:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Airport Time-capsule Hi, The Airport

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dave Carlson
That’s amazing. What is/are the latest, and why so much better than an Apple AirPort Extreme? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or conc

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Compared to modern-day rooters yes. > On 26 Oct 2019, at 12:56 pm, Dave Carlson wrote: > > So, is the AirPort Extreme also a dinosaur? > > Dave Carlson > Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dave Carlson
So, is the AirPort Extreme also a dinosaur? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you fee

Re: Airport Time-capsule

2019-10-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi, The Airport Time Capsule has come and gone in the scheme of things here for a variety of reasons. The device used to be my main rooter however technology has passed it by and the rooter I’m now using is far more efficient when it comes to handling Network traffic, far more secure etc. My Tim