News: Airport Express with 802.11N Released

Submitted by jcost on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 07:40.

airportexpress_125.jpgApple has updated their product line to include the ultra portable Airport Express wireless base station to 802.11 N standard.

Priced at $99, it offers a premium mobile base station that offer Airtunes (iTunes streaming) and USB Printing. The Airport Express includes a built-in combination digital and audio audio connector, which will allow you to connect it to your home stereo or powered speakers. iTunes will detect this and permit you to stream music wirelessly to it.

While this is great, the real feature is the portability of the base station, offering you WPA/WPA2 & WEP 128 bit encryption, and built in firewall. Perfect for your first wireless access point, a portable to take with you, or simply extending the range of your current network.

With this new update, Apple now has 802.11 N compatibility across the board in all of it's wireless base stations.


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