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Apple's New, Improved Airport

Posted by timothy on from the a-bump-in-specs-beats-a-bump-on-the-head dept.

timbck2 writes: "Apple has just released a new and greatly improved version of their Airport 802.11b wireless network access point, with better WEP encryption (128-bit now instead of 40-bit), better non-Mac PC integration, and a new LAN connection port. Here are the tech specs." An anonymous reader pointed to Apple's rather bland press release as well. This is a good upgrade to the Airport, with thanks probably due in part to companies like Linksys who are making much less expensive 802.11 base stations (which work great with Airport cards, too), though lacking a modem.

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  1. Firewall? by autarkeia · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple's press release touts that the new Airport has a built-in firewall; it has, in fact, always had one. They are simply marketing-droid-ing DHCP/NAT.

  2. Re:What an unfortunate name... by supagoat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, you're an idiot. I was referring to the recent events in real life airports and pointing out that maybe airport is no longer a good name for a product.