EXCELLENT Im glad i found this video, Ive been using Apple Extremes since 2012 when they released the 5th version of it, I have a larger sized home so I have 4 Airport extremes hard wired throughout my home and one other extreme on my patio thats not hard wired, Ive picked these up over the years through craigslist and ebay for lest than $50 each and you cant step foot on my property without getting ridiculously fast internet signals, these things are old but my goodness they still work great, plus when all the new extenders are all wireless these still give you the ability to connect hardwired, great to see others are still using these too.
I have two AirPort Express units in a “mesh” one on the ground floor and one on the first floor, both connected with Ethernet. The Wi-Fi isn’t the best you can get these days, but for a decade old Wi-Fi router it works surprisingly well to this day.
Man you guys are wild for using outdated routers. That's asking to become part of a botnet. Should consider flashing OpenWRT on a cheap router and using the apple as an access point.
I have a bunch of these and where I currently live a single AirPort Extreme 802.11ac covers the entire house easily. They are absolutely fantastic. They are the best HomeKit router I have ever used for stability.
Agreed, my HomeKit devices have never worked as seamlessly since moving to the Airport router. That's the Apple integrated ecosystem working its magic!
I was just watching some random tech videos and yours played next. I thought I was watching another tech RUclipsr as I looked for another tech review of yours and upon further checking I found out that you just started few months ago. haha. I must say the production definitely serve! Anyway, the Apple AirPort Extreme is definitely reliable, never experienced any issues with mine and it’s my main router. I’m also looking to add another one. Easy to set up and it syncs across to your Apple devices and can be easily configured when needed. Looking forward to your upcoming vids! Keep it up! +1 Subscriber! 😊
Thank you so much! I’m still learning a lot about the video production process, but I have a lot of ideas and there’s more to come soon! Definitely grab another one if you can find it for cheap, it was seriously so easy to add a second one to extend my network. I set it up right from my iPad too!
Love my old time capsule got the drive replaced before the service era stopped and honestly crushes have service in the backyard and all over the house
really great and informative video, I just got my hands on an AirPort Extreme time capsule myself to set up when I move! You made very clear and easy to understand video. Great work!
Wait until he finds out that a few of the people who were apart the Apple AirPort team now work for Ubiquiti and are part of the Unifi line of products.
i love that you added how apple basically created the consumer wifi market as we know it now, as a lot of people don’t realize it. generally all there was before them was clunky and expensive commercial options. very great video! I use the last gen time capsules for my main mesh network and use an older 2nd gen thats firewalled but connected to the main network and allows older computers to connect without much worry of hackers or whatever.
I have an ARRIS SD2800 modem with no WiFi. Connecting it to my 25 year old Apple Time Capsule (1TB back up, WiFi & router), I got a stronger WiFi signal than with Xfinity's WiFi Rental.
Sorry, can you help me please? I want use my airport capsule to extend my WiFi but without create a new line, only extend the existing. Now time capsule create a separate WiFi. PLEASE HELP ME.
11:24 back when Apple actually cared about the environment and didn’t shove in Activation Lock into everything product they released, completely shafting the second-hand market
Yes, it needs to be wired to a modem to access and broadcast the internet. Extenders can be hardwired to ethernet as well, but can also connect to the main Airport router wirelessly.
i was just recently given the airport extreme gen 4 but it is so unbelievably bad i can’t get more than 10 mbps standing next to the damn router, and once i go around one wall, the entire connection is gone. and the airport express, i can get maybe 8mbps if i’m lucky
i’ve found that there’s some sort of failure rate with these, which i believe to be related to too much heat and not enough airflow, thanks to apple design. yours has probably succumbed to this, would be worth trying another one if you can find it cheap, out of the 4 i have only 2 seem to work properly.
Why you don’t use a Wi-Fi password 1234 and celebrate how easy it is to connect? That is exactly the security that device has, people really deserve have their devices hacked, don’t complain one day, you get what you paid for.
@@kunchography3725 The last Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1 was released in May 30 of 2019 more than 5 years ago, there isn't a single a update since then. I have several ( Not in use of course ). This devices are not secure anymore.
@@pbrigham that’s because they’re secure. There’s no way into them other than on the local network through the AirPort Utility. There’s no web interface. You can get into them through debugging on terminal but that’s about it.
If production quality is this good when you’re just starting out, you’ll be going places
Thanks, I appreciate that! I’m still figuring out how to make videos, so I’m doing my best 😅
EXCELLENT Im glad i found this video, Ive been using Apple Extremes since 2012 when they released the 5th version of it, I have a larger sized home so I have 4 Airport extremes hard wired throughout my home and one other extreme on my patio thats not hard wired, Ive picked these up over the years through craigslist and ebay for lest than $50 each and you cant step foot on my property without getting ridiculously fast internet signals, these things are old but my goodness they still work great, plus when all the new extenders are all wireless these still give you the ability to connect hardwired, great to see others are still using these too.
Glad to know they've been working great for others for so long too - they're truly some of the most underrated router systems!
I have both the 2nd and 3rd gen AirPort Extremes, they still work very well!
I have two AirPort Express units in a “mesh” one on the ground floor and one on the first floor, both connected with Ethernet. The Wi-Fi isn’t the best you can get these days, but for a decade old Wi-Fi router it works surprisingly well to this day.
Man you guys are wild for using outdated routers. That's asking to become part of a botnet. Should consider flashing OpenWRT on a cheap router and using the apple as an access point.
I have a bunch of these and where I currently live a single AirPort Extreme 802.11ac covers the entire house easily. They are absolutely fantastic. They are the best HomeKit router I have ever used for stability.
Agreed, my HomeKit devices have never worked as seamlessly since moving to the Airport router. That's the Apple integrated ecosystem working its magic!
I just found a listing for three of these units with three Apple TVs and the original airport extreme and I got it shipped for 80 bucks lol
I was just watching some random tech videos and yours played next. I thought I was watching another tech RUclipsr as I looked for another tech review of yours and upon further checking I found out that you just started few months ago. haha. I must say the production definitely serve!
Anyway, the Apple AirPort Extreme is definitely reliable, never experienced any issues with mine and it’s my main router. I’m also looking to add another one. Easy to set up and it syncs across to your Apple devices and can be easily configured when needed.
Looking forward to your upcoming vids! Keep it up! +1 Subscriber! 😊
Thank you so much! I’m still learning a lot about the video production process, but I have a lot of ideas and there’s more to come soon!
Definitely grab another one if you can find it for cheap, it was seriously so easy to add a second one to extend my network. I set it up right from my iPad too!
Love my old time capsule got the drive replaced before the service era stopped and honestly crushes have service in the backyard and all over the house
really great and informative video, I just got my hands on an AirPort Extreme time capsule myself to set up when I move! You made very clear and easy to understand video. Great work!
Thank you! Hopefully your setup goes as easily as mine did and you can get some great use out of your Time Capsule too!
Wait until he finds out that a few of the people who were apart the Apple AirPort team now work for Ubiquiti and are part of the Unifi line of products.
That's pretty neat to learn about actually!
Ain’t that good news :)
@@spencereevesWiFi 5 can hit a gig
i love that you added how apple basically created the consumer wifi market as we know it now, as a lot of people don’t realize it. generally all there was before them was clunky and expensive commercial options. very great video! I use the last gen time capsules for my main mesh network and use an older 2nd gen thats firewalled but connected to the main network and allows older computers to connect without much worry of hackers or whatever.
Can I connect it as a signal repeater using my Google Nest as a router?
I’m still using one. Works for me.
I have an ARRIS SD2800 modem with no WiFi. Connecting it to my 25 year old Apple Time Capsule (1TB back up, WiFi & router), I got a stronger WiFi signal than with Xfinity's WiFi Rental.
It’s still so surprising how well the Apple routers have held up to this day!
Sorry, can you help me please? I want use my airport capsule to extend my WiFi but without create a new line, only extend the existing. Now time capsule create a separate WiFi. PLEASE HELP ME.
When you first set up the capsule in the Airport Utility, it should give you an option to "Extend an existing network"
@@spencereeves yes, but it not connect with the existing network… i think I’ve to do a hard reset, i don’t know how do it. Please help me 🙏🏻
Awesome video!
Do you recommend any alternatives routers good as this one? Sonce Apple doesn't makes them anymore
11:24 back when Apple actually cared about the environment and didn’t shove in Activation Lock into everything product they released, completely shafting the second-hand market
I was a little shocked it was so easy to factory reset for an Apple product, but I guess a router doesn't have much reason to be locked to an account
What is unclear to me is do you need to connect ethernet wire to a modem to make it work or can it work wirelessly?
Yes, it needs to be wired to a modem to access and broadcast the internet. Extenders can be hardwired to ethernet as well, but can also connect to the main Airport router wirelessly.
@@spencereeves Thanks! But can we use the Airport as extender to another kind of router?
It can :)
Will this work with my new MacBook Pro ?
Yep! It will work great with basically any modern Wifi-enabled device. I've never lost connection on my MacBook M1Pro
@@spencereevesI purchased the backup version with the 2tb inside. Any idea what the usb can do. Assume an expansion
You do know they overprovision, right?
What do you mean?
On slower speeds they add around 10% to what package you have so you will see the speed on a speed test
i was just recently given the airport extreme gen 4 but it is so unbelievably bad i can’t get more than 10 mbps standing next to the damn router, and once i go around one wall, the entire connection is gone. and the airport express, i can get maybe 8mbps if i’m lucky
i’ve found that there’s some sort of failure rate with these, which i believe to be related to too much heat and not enough airflow, thanks to apple design. yours has probably succumbed to this, would be worth trying another one if you can find it cheap, out of the 4 i have only 2 seem to work properly.
@@davidsimeone i’ll have to look around for one and i’ll keep you updated!
Why you don’t use a Wi-Fi password 1234 and celebrate how easy it is to connect? That is exactly the security that device has, people really deserve have their devices hacked, don’t complain one day, you get what you paid for.
That is absolutely NOT true and Apple still release firmware updates for these for critical security vulnerabilities.
@@kunchography3725 The last Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1 was released in May 30 of 2019 more than 5 years ago, there isn't a single a update since then. I have several ( Not in use of course ). This devices are not secure anymore.
@@pbrigham that’s because they’re secure. There’s no way into them other than on the local network through the AirPort Utility. There’s no web interface. You can get into them through debugging on terminal but that’s about it.
@@kunchography3725 forget I said anything, I give up, good luck.