I saw these at OfficeWorks and Dick Smith.
Were $179 at Apple Australia, until recently, now RRP$119, save $20, which is not bad considering it is Apple.
Apple Airport Express Base Station with AirTunes $99 at OfficeWorks and DSE
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With a USB port and a 3.5 output.
Also has 3.5mm stereo jack (or toslink). Hook it up to your hi-fi then stream from iTunes or iPad or iPod or iPhone.
Also a print server via USB plug.
This now retail's at Apple Stores for $119….so the saving is $20.
As stated in the post
yeah i was qualifying the relevance of $179 being the RRP something like a year ago
They were actually $129 a few years back and then went up to $179 for no apparent reason. Good to see the price dropping again. Planning to use a few around the house for multi-room audio.
Also, in my experience, this performs way faster than a big ugly, off-black $200 Belkin 4-port modem/router, particularly at distances further from the router. Speeds remain consistent as hell, unlike the Belkin, which struggled to load webpages just because I was upstairs.
Oh, and Apple routers are about 1.8 million times easier to configure.
So despite all those lovely features you mentioned it still doesn't deserve a "+"?
SO? Just because you pay a fortune for a Belkin from Harvey Norman doesn't make them the Rolls Royce of routers, try a decent router like say a Billion. You also realise there are multiple models of Belkin modems, all with different features (ie. was it N or G, MIMO, etc) so such a broad statement like you made is pretty useless. Besides unless you have cable you are still going to need an "ugly" modem in addition to this…
Jesmond, if you are using a mac, this apple Airport express works so well as the same chipset is used for the the wireless networking, or you have a PC with a broadcom card.
The Belkin probably uses some other chipset.
Crownanchor, I have both Airport Extreme and Express and both work seamlessly between PC and Mac.
This is a wireless N technology and has nothing, nothing to do with wotever chipset.
Get your facts right :)
No he is right, there a different vendors that make the chipsets, Intel, Atheros, Broadcom,etc and some are better than others even though they all work on the 802.11b/g/n protocol. Then also antenna design and it's radiation pattern will play a very big part in how the WiFi performs…
Exact same goes for ADSL, sure they all feature the same modulation standards, but for example a Broadcom chipset responds better to high attenuation lines than a Trendchip/Connextant, however on short distance lines they can often sync lower in comparison…
Learn your own facts before you start dishing out advice!! ;)
in my experience, this performs way faster than a big ugly, off-black $200 Belkin
Just about anything is better than a belkin device
Apple routers are about 1.8 million times easier to configure.
Just not though a web browser, and impossible if you do not want to install software just to configure a router.
if this is a wireless router, can this be connected to a modem-router?
This is not a router, it's the base station for 1 connection only to a PC or Mac.
Airport Express is generally used as a wireless bridge. You plug an Ethernet only device and it joins your existing wireless network.
You can plug this into an existing adsl modem and use it as a wireless router but keep in mind it has no wired ports (you need the Airport Extreme for that).
Worth having a look at the Apple web site to find out more as this is one sexy bit of gear.
Thanks OP! Been waiting for this kind of deal.
I will buy this just for the airtunes feature alone. With ipad/iphone/ipod touch as remote, just nice for multiroom audio.
I bought a TP-LINK TL-WR700N 150M for less than $13. Airport Express totally beaten.
This is just a wireless n router?