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#Apple airport express ports mac

The Time Capsule, because it supports convenient wireless backups. For more wired devices an inexpensive switch or an AirPort Extreme would be a better choice. The AirPort Express, if only one or no wired LAN devices have to be supported. And the external power supply (if it’s the 2011 model) is inconvenient as well. Using the external hard drive for Time Machine backups is not possible. Having a computer without any backups is not very smart, because computers and hard drives break all the time. It has the same features as the Time Capsule but no internal backup drive. The AirPort Extreme is somewhere in-between. Instead your only option is to connect a hard drive to your computer. But you don’t get Time Machine backups over the air. If you want to have AirPlay to stream your music to your home stereo however the only choice is an AirPort Express. You will be asked if you want to restore this backup which copies all your data to your new computer and you can safely delete your old one. You just connect to your network at home while powering up your new computer and macOS will find the Time Capsule and your backups. You can restore a Time Machine backup any time, even when you bought a new computer. You just have to be connected to your network and Time Machine and Time Capsule take care of the rest without you having to remember to connect a drive to your computer.

It uses less power than second computer or a base station and an external drive. A Time Capsule is the easiest way to have automatic hourly backups via wireless or wired network connections.

If you don’t have a backup solution, the Time Capsule is the best choice.

#Apple airport express ports mac

large enclosure: 197 x 197 x 36 mm / 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches (same size as an aluminium Mac mini).internal hard disk for Time Machine backup or storage ( NAS).Time Capsule 802.11n 4th generation (2011).USB 2.0 port to connect a printer or hard drive.supported users or devices at the same time: 50 four Gigabit Ethernet ports: one for Internet, three for wired LAN devices.AirPort Extreme 802.11n 5th generation (2011).supported users or devices at the same time: 10 optical (digital) and normal (analog) audio out for music streaming using AirPlay.small enclosure: 98 x 98 x 23 mm / 3.85 x 3.85 x 0.9 inches (the same size like an Apple TV).

no Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s), but “only” Fast Ethernet (100 Mbit/s).

only two fast ethernet ports: one for Internet, one for a wired LAN device.

AirPort Express 802.11n 2nd generation (2012).

The newer devices (2013 and later) also support 802.11ac (1,300 Mbit/s) and the wireless reach has been extended. Guest networks allow to have guests using your wireless without you having to give them your password. For a Mac user like myself it’s the obvious and reasonable choice to buy an Airport base station.Īll devices support 802.11n at 300 Mbit/s (simultaneous dual-band 2.4 and 5 GHz), 802.11g at 54 Mbit/s and have guest networks. I want to reduce my device zoo so I have to figure out which wireless router by Apple would be best for me.