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Power Over Ethernet for AirPort Base Station

Posted by pudge on from the now-we-just-need-power-over-wifi dept.

An anonymous user writes, "With Apple's recent announcements I took a quick stroll through some other items on the site and noticed that there's now a third AirPort Extreme Base Station. This model, at the same price as the model with modem and antenna ports, does not have a built-modem, however it does have an antenna port, supports Power Over Ethernet, and conforms to UL 2043. Great news for those that have wished they could put their Base Stations out of reach of a power outlet."

3 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Re:$300!?! by Moofie · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And there are so many anti-Mac users out there, that even when Apple designs a pretty damn good product, that's well-engineered and well designed, that somebody just wants it to be cheap cheap cheap. If it's Apple, it must be a gyp.

    --
    Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
  2. Value of Airport Base Station by reidconti · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I had a snow ABS I bought for $300.

    Used it for a year and a half

    sold it for $180 on ebay, bought a linksys for $60.

    The linksys just sucks. Apple's hardware simply works way better. You get what you pay for.

    Sticking with the linksys because I don't feel like laying down the cash for the ABS, but I should have just kept the Airport originally..

  3. Anyone know when apple will allow WDS with WPA by adrianm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Currently I can only use Wireless Distribution System (WDS) with WEP not WPA. WDS was one of the major selling points for me with the Airport. I would love to move to WPA, I sort of assumed that the client portion of the WDS code would need to be updated to be WPA capable.

    Adrian