AEBS 802-11N with fast ethernet ports?

Hi
One year (januari 2007) ago I bought the new model of the AEBS 802-11N. I always thought it had 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Just now when trying to install the new 7.3.1 firmware, I only can install the Fast Ethernet firmware. It seems that the AEBS only has Fast Ethernet ports instead of Gigabit ports.
Who can confirm that the AEBS (release jan. 2007) has only Fast Ethernet ports?
Jurgen

JurgenS, Welcome to the discussion area!
Who can confirm that the AEBS (release jan. 2007) has only Fast Ethernet ports?
Yes that is true.
The Gigabit version was released in August 2007.

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this just worked finally for me now and have tested this 7 times and all seems ok now..
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