![]() ![]() Notably, I had none of these issues with the Airport Extreme running the network. The Wifi coverage and strength is great- the problem is most certainly based in the AEs. Employing any of the last 3 firmware versions. I can get anywhere from seconds to minutes of music, from either my desktop Mac (running Catalina) or my iPhone but it will randomly drop the connection. My router is NOT an Apple product (1 Time Capsule and 2 Airport Extremes burned out in a year and I gave up). They aren't, as appearances would first imply, simply a 6.5圆.5in Airport Extreme extruded up to be taller.I am at my wits end because I have tried MANY things and my 4 Airport Expresses (Second gen with 2 Ethernet ports) refuse to operate as simple wireless Airplay extenders. The new models have somewhat more volume than any of the previous units, so they are a bit larger. So the new Extreme/Time Capsule are now exactly the same footprint as the current Airport Express (A1392). The big difference here is that the footprint is down to 14in2, and the height is now 6.6in. I'm not sure how high mounted the Time Capsule's HDD is, but that could change the stability dynamics a bit if it is high-middle mounted. The upper antenna area should be mostly empty, so neither unit should be especially prone to tipping (bottom weighted). Both devices now have the transformer inboard and right at the base of the device. It seems that the new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule have identical measurements to each other, with the Time Capsule weighing more. (Note: in favour of simplicity, I did the area calculations and then subtracted a small but arbitrary amount for the edge chamfers, it won't be accurate, but should be ballpark). The power transformer for the Airport Extreme was external, whereas the Time Capsule transformer was internal. The prior model Time Capsule (A1409) has a footprint of around 58in2, and is 1.4in tall. The prior model (A1408) has a footprint of around 40in2, and is 1.3in tall. Spoony - Monday, Jlink It is smaller than it looks.I'm curious whether the new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule are the same hardware inside, with a vacant SATA slot lurking inside.Īt time of announcement Apple also noted inclusion of 802.11ac in the new MacBook Air and Mac Pro. I searched around Moscone for the new hardware but was told it wasn't out being shown off, however availability in Apple stores June 12, at $199 for the AirPort Extreme, $299 for a 2TB Time Capsule, and $399 for a 3TB Time Capsule. There's no optical toslink or analog audio out on the back of the new hardware, that only gets included on the AirPort Express. On the back are a USB 2.0 port for printers or attached storage, three gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, gigabit WAN, and power. It's unclear at this point what chipset is inside the new hardware, but from the feature support and I/O it's pretty safe to guess Broadcom. The reason of course is to accommodate the 6 antennas inside, 3 for 2.4 GHz and 3 for 5 GHz for optimal orthogonality for 802.11ac's new beamforming. From the outside, the new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule look like a taller version of the AirPort Express which was released in 2012. The two include 3x3:3 802.11ac with support for a PHY rate of up to 1300 Mbps and of course simultaneous 3x3:3 802.11n on 2.4 GHz (ac applies to 5 GHz only of course). During the opening WWDC 2013 keynote, Apple announced a refresh of its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule with support for 802.11ac. ![]()
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