Airport Extreme n Speed - What Apple Advertises

I successfully set up my airport extreme n router, updated the firmware, and have an all "n" network - the router is set to "n" only and my network adapters are all "n". Apple advertises on its Apple Store website and so do many of its competitors up to a fivefold increase in speed for an "n" network over a "g" network - up to a 300 mbps speed for the extreme "n" router. I am getting, according to my windows computers, a 130mbps speed, a far cry from the advertisement. Apple says there is nothing wrong with the router so they cannot help. Does anyone have any ideas or are you experiencing anything similar? Point of Note: when I click "connect to a network" in Windows and hover my mouse over my network name - a popup appears saying "Radio Type - 802.11g". I have disabled my g adapters that are installed inside my notebooks so that should not be an issue. I have external adapter cards which are "n" and are the only enabled adapters. I will definitely appreciate anyone's help or experience with this speed issue. Thank you.
Dell Inspiron 8600, Mac: Original 17" Flat Panel Imac, Dell 9200c, and eMachine M6811 Windows Vista
Dell Inspiron 8600, Dell Dimension 9200c, Mac Original 17" inch Flat Panel Imac, and eMachine M6811 Windows Vista

I also have an Apple TV. I don't believe that there has been a significant problem with streaming from iTunes to the Apple TV (this is not an Apple TV forum so I want to make this quick). Where things really slow down is when you are syncing your computer (iTunes Library) and downloading songs to the Apple TV via a wireless system - it is really really slow. I downloaded 4000 tracks from my G5 tower to the disk in my Apple TV and it took in the neighborhood of 12 hours. If I would have done it via ethernet it would have been much faster but the Apple TV and my main household computer are four floors apart.
Also note that my system, although I have an 802.11n AEBS, is all b/g - two desk tops and two laptops.
I also have three Expresses at various levels of my house as part of a WDS that have powered speakers attached and to extend range and they all work flawlessly with superb sound from my JBL Thing speakers. Couldn't be happier.

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The AirPort Extreme does not have a built in hard drive.
The Time Capsule does. They come in 2 TB and 3 TB versions.
Time Capsule

We have an old titanium PowerBook that will not connect to our AirPort Extreme network. What gives.

We have an old titanium PowerBook that will easily connect to any WiFi cafe or hotel network, but will not connect to our AirPort Extreme network. What gives.
When the Apple Tec. installed our network for our 3 iMAXs, he couldn't it to connect either. Of course our two iPads have no trouble connecting.
We are also having trouble getting it to upgrade from OS 10.5.8 to 10.6, even though I have a Snow Leopard up date family pack.

What is your Wireless Security setting on the network? Since you are running Leopard, I may not have the desired answer, but some of the Airport-equipped laptops, like the TiBooks, are said not to support all of the settings. I have an AE network which supports b and g, with "WPA2 Personal" settings and the TiBooks connect with that one OK with 811.b Airport.
Oh, and no way to upgrade beyond 10.5.8 Leopard for PPC machines like the Titanium G4 Powerbooks, as 10.6 and above require Intel processors.
EDIT: I didn't notice this, but the TiBooks may be connecting with WPA encryption on my network, as I have the following display on my settings:

Can airport extreme backup to non-Apple external hard drive?

Can airport extreme backup to non-Apple external hard drive?

Apple does not make external HDDs so you will most likely be using a non-Apple drive for backups.
However, I want to understand your question. Are you asking can you connect an external HDD to an AirPort Extreme for Time Machine backups? If so, Apple does NOT support this feature and I would recommend against it.

What's the actual Airport Extreme-N speed?

Hey guys, I'm starting to think about getting one of those nice Airport Extreme (n) stations for all the nice features it has (printer and hdd usb port).
I'm also looking at other brands such as Netgear or Belkin. They seems to be very bold to state what are their max speeds whereas Apple (as far as I've seen) doesn't really say what's the max speed. Apple only says it runs as fast as 2.5x, but what is that? 135Mbps?
Does that make sense? One of the Netgear products I was looking at states it runs at up to 270 Mbps.
Anyway, I suppose I'll have to think about it, there's many things to consider yet such as the price (of course), the features others offer, and also the possibility of a new Aiport Express-N base station coming soon (just to benefit from the AirTunes feature). This last thing I don't know for sure since somehow I've got the feeling that the AppleTV seems to be the ultimate Airport Express.
Any input is welcomed and thanked for.

All of the above use multiple streams of data to get speeds of 300Mbps or higher. The approved 802.11n draft, in fact, spells out data rates as high as 600Mbps in some cases. 802.11n will also have backward compatibility with current Wi-Fi products. Metalink's Rude says, "That interoperability is a market requirement that's not questioned — it's a given." Chances are good (though not guaranteed) that such "Pre-N" products using the above chips will be software upgradeable to the final 802.11n standard when it's finalized.
These fiqures apply to all N Draft Wireless Routers. (ALL)
Don

Airport Extreme reducing speed by at least 10 Mbps

Hi - I have verified that my ISP is providing the speed they say they are (25 down / 2 up) by connecting my MBP directly to the modem.
But when the Airport is connected, and I check the speed of my internet connection, I am only getting about 12-14 Mbps download rates. How can I improve this? Or is the router going bad?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Mike

Which model of AirPort Extreme do you have? The model number is usually embedded in the foam base. It starts with an "A" followed by four numbers. Something like A1143 for example.
You mention that you have connected the MBP directly to the modem and get @25 Mbps. What speed to you measure when you temporarily turn off the wireless on the MBP and connect it to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AirPort Extreme?
If you turn the wireless back on and click the AirPort icon at the top of the MBP, how many other wireless networks can you see?
If you can, download and install a utility like WiFi Explorer or WiFi Scanner that will reveal more information about the quality of your wireless connection on some future checks that we may need to run.
Mac App Store - WiFi Explorer - iTunes - Apple
Mac App Store - WiFi Scanner - iTunes - Apple

Airport extreme throughput not what it should be!

I have an airport extreme base station distributing IP addresses as a router and connected to a cable modem. My tests are with my Powerbook G4 Ti 1 GHz that only has 802.11b and not g. The extreme is set up for the b/g setting but I think I tested it with just b and got the same results. Basically, when I connect direct to the ethernet side of the base station I get about 5.6 mbps throughput using the test at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ But when I connect wirelessly I only get about 2.7 mbps. I took my airport express out of the picture so this is just direct to the extreme.
When I was at my sister's house with her Linksys router I got about 4.6 with a similar raw cable speed. So it seems as though the airport extreme is losing quite a bit of throughput from what it should be. I am running the latest firmware on the extreme and the Powerbook has all the latest also, but the throughput has always been about this. Anybody have any comments on this, or tips to improve it? I tried turning off IPV6 and it improved slightly but not significantly.
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There's a discrepancy between the OS and the DVD manufacturer in the way capacity is measured on the media.
The media manufacturer (much like a hard drive manufacturer) uses a decimal measurement, so they are going to consider a gigabyte to be 1,000,000,000 bytes. (1000 x 1000 x 1000). So, your 4.7GB DVD is 47 billion bytes. (47,000,000,000 bytes.)
However, the OS is going to consider a gigabyte to be slightly more, because its measurements are in binary. To the OS, a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes. (1024 x 1024 x 1024). In this case, your 4.7GB DVD looks like 4.37GB.
The OS will only allow you to burn as much as it can recognize as being available space, which would be about 4.3GB.

Airport Extreme Upgrade Speed Increase???

1) We currently have an Airport Extreme version 7.6.4 in our home. What version of wireless is this running? How do we determine this?
2) How much speed will we gain if we upgrade to the newest version of the Airport Extreme which offers next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology (assuming that all of the portable devices in the house are upgraded as well to the newest technology)?
3) As part of this query, we have a Comcast modem that feeds straight into our current old Airport Extreme. To get any of the hoped for speed increases, would we have to do anything with this Comcast/Xfinity cable modem?
Sorry these are such basic questions that likely reflect my poor understanding of this technology. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Last question first.
3) As part of this query, we have a Comcast modem that feeds straight into our current old Airport Extreme. To get any of the hoped for speed increases, would we have to do anything with this Comcast/Xfinity cable modem?
The Internet connection speed on your network will not improve. That speed is limited by your modem and the plan that you have with your provider.
Right now, the current AirPort Extreme that you have is capable of far greater speeds than your service provider can ever hope to deliver, so a new AirPort Extreme will not provide any improvement in terms of Internet performance.
) How much speed will we gain if we upgrade to the newest version of the Airport Extreme which offers next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology (assuming that all of the portable devices in the house are upgraded as well to the newest technology)?
The wireless speed capability will double to triple over what you have now, but these higher speeds will only be realized when you have both an 802.11ac router and 802.11ac capable devices.
There are no 802.11ac capable iPhones or iPads, so you will pick up faster speeds on a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or iMac, etc.
The faster speeds will only help you if you are copying data from one computer to another or making backups of one device to another.
As mentioned previously, your Internet connection speeds will remain the same that they are now.
We currently have an Airport Extreme version 7.6.4 in our home. What version of wireless is this running? How do we determine this?
Please look on the bottom of the AirPort Extreme to locate the model number. It will start with an "A" followed by four numbers. Example.....A1143......A1301.....A1354.....A1408.
Post back with the model number, and we will tell you a bit more about the product.

Airport Extreme Maximum speed

I was wondering if the Airport Extreme has a maximum speed? I have the n version dual band.
I just got a QWest DSL yesterday and they try a speedtest and was accessing the web at 35 to 38MB (I'm paying for 40MB/s, so on the technician laptop the speed was impressive.
I hook they modem to my AE and wirelessly on my new iMac I get max 25MB.
Is there anything I could do to improve the speed regarding setting in my AE.
I can provide info but not sure what needed.
Thanks for any input
Thierry
Actually an update: I tried from QWest site: http://seattle.speedtest.qwest.net/ and I get 38MB. I try from the speedtest site: http://www.speedtest.net/ and I get 25MB. Both test are run from the same company: Ookla. Very strange
Thierry
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Welcome to the discussions, ThierryR!
I just got a QWest DSL yesterday and they try a speedtest and was accessing the web at 35 to 38MB (I'm paying for 40MB/s,
Most service providers specify the rate in Mbps, not MB, so I think you meant to use Mbps here.
I was wondering if the Airport Extreme has a maximum speed?
That would be 1000 Mbps for an ethernet connection
300 Mbps for a wireless connection on the 5 GHz band
130 Mbps for a wireless connecton on the 2.4 GHz band
As you can tell, your Internet connection is the major "choke" point on your network.
I hook they modem to my AE and wirelessly on my new iMac I get max 25MB.
25 Mbps is very good, about 4-5 times the average that most users are getting. There is always going to be some loss in the routing process and performance of the firewall in the AirPort Extreme. You may be able to bet a bit higher speed if the computer is closer to the AirPort Extreme and/or you minimize any obstructions in the signal path.

Airport Extreme N speed test????

I just installed my airport extreme. did a few speed test. The fastest speeds I'm getting are 1436 kbps download and 190 kbps upload.
The N channel is enabled on the iMac (I checked).
Now I just ran a speed test on the same wireless newtwork with my 3 year old PC laptopwith a 802.11b card and I got faster speed..***???? (1453 kbps download and 192kbps upload respectively)
So is this N channel just a bunch of BS???
did I wast $179 on my airport extreme??? I was running a cheap $10 wireless B+G router with okay results
Or am I doing something wrong??
Thanks for any advice.

So is this N channel just a bunch of BS???
No. I presume you did a speed test off the Internet. The Internet connection you have tops out at, perhaps, 1500Kbps down and 256Kbps up. An 11b connection is capable of real-world speeds of about approx 6000Kbps, an 11g capable of 25000Kbps and 11n much faster than that.
The limiting factor here is your Internet connection. Having a faster link between your iMac/laptop and the router is not going to get you any faster speed than what your Internet connection can give you.
did I wast(e) $179 on my airport extreme???
In a sense, yes. Especially if all you do with the wireless link is access the Internet. If you do frequent computer-to-computer file transfer within your home network, then you will be able to benefit from the faster link. Otherwise, even the 11b would have been fast enough for you.

Airport Extreme Card for my Apple Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.3) Late 2005 - M9591LL/A - PowerMac 11.2 - A1117

Hello there, I have an Apple Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.3) Late 2005 - M9591LL/A - PowerMac 11.2 - A1117.
What Airport extreme & Bluetooth card I need? why the memory are so hard to find? can I use another faster DDR2 memory?
Sorry for to many question but I search on "Saint Google" and there is too much information not precise.
Tnxs a lot
Pablo

You need an Airport Bluetooth module with the required runway card.
Here is the kit:
http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-AirPort-Extreme/Bluetooth-Upgrade-Kit-for-Power -Mac-G5-Dual-Core--Quad-Core-Late-2005--MA252G/A---Refurbished-p-36513.html
Get memory here:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/PowerMac-G5-Memory
100% compatible and lifetime guaranteed....
You can use a faster memory, but it will not run faster, will likely report wrong and may give other issues.

Airport Extreme Sudden Speed Problems

Router: Latest Airport Extreme model with the most up to date firmware
Main Device: 2012 Retina 15" running 10.9.4
Problem
I am having a rather unusual problem with my router. Until about 3 days ago, my computer iPad and other devices had consistent internet connection quality and speed. Now I am experiencing a slow internet connection, constant dropped calls in Skype, failure to access that App store, and a host of other internet problems on my Retina display 2012 15" macbook as well as slow connection on my iPad and iPhone. Websites will "hang" as they begin to load, nothing will happen, and then they will load a bit later. Streaming of videos is very slow and large file streaming and downloading is significantly inhibited (if it works at all). I have a fast broadband connection that is working very well with Xbox live (direct connection to the router) so I am quite sure that the router is the issue, not the internet connection. Interestingly, when I clock my speed my connection I get 10 and 1 mbps (using speedtest.net). I have all full wifi signal strength according to the indicator in the upper right.
Strange Airport Utility Readings
In airport utility, the internet symbol appears to be going orange (disconnected) and back to green. In the past, I have noticed a flashing orange light on my airport extreme but I would just restart it and it would go green. The light is currently green.
Troubleshooting
I have tried a factory reset and it has not done anything to help. I have tried changing the channel and it also does not seem to help.
Any help or direction would be much appreciated. I am hoping this is a problem that can be resolved here at home but I am beginning to suspect I may have a faulty router.

Yes, pack it up and take back to apple for checking / replacement. I think they are often unreliable.
See the long thread about this issue.
New Airport Extreme (6th Gen) Dropping Connection from Time to Time.
This has been ongoing since the AE gen6 came out..
And there are many many threads started like yours that don't get much attention.. but it is the same today..
Wireless issues with airport extreme for external sites only
And it is better to just let Apple deal with it..

Airport Extreme - Ps4 , Sonos system , apple tv and other apple products

I need some help, i'm thinking of changing routers i currently have a belkin n750 db , and its not compatible with my sonos system , but i also like to game. I was wondering if the airport extreme would be able to handle all of my gear . ( iMac , 2 iPhones , iPad , ps4 and apple tv ) as well as anything i may add in the future .

If you are a "gamer" the very first requirement on your list would be router that supports UPnP......Universal Plug and Play.....that automatically opens the ports that the game console will require.
The Apple AirPorts do not. That is about all that needs to be said about that.

Airport Extreme Internet Speed Loss

Hello All,
Just bought a Airport Extreme base station and i have the following issue.
When i connect my iMac directly to the Cable Modem is receive a speed of:
UP: 9.97Mb/s
Down: 118.91Mb/s
Ping: 8ms
But when i connect my Base Station to my Modem and connect the iMac (wired) to the Basestation, i receive:
UP: 8.74Mb/s
Down: 78.90Mb/s
Ping: 9ms
This is nog occasional, this is each time i switch between Modem or Basestation.
Can this have to do something with the settings?
Please help...
Thanks,
Richard

Wow, I'm jealous. I pay $60 monthly for 30mbps. I've heard the US is way behind the rest of the developed world in internet access but I didn't know we were that far behind... Thanks for the reply.

Airport Extreme modem speed

My Airport Extreme will connect at 28.8 only even though the Airport Utility modem is set for v90.. it never ever connects at any higher speed... the modem in the iBook will connect at higher speeds when directly pluged into phone line.. is there some restriction built into the Airport regarding connect speeds? Or some other settings I should try?
Stuck in dial-up country (ugh)
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A simple reset of powering off the AirPort Extreme for a minute, then powering it back up will force the device to conduct a scan of channels that are available for a wireless connection in your area, so hopefully that might improve things a bit.
If you are unlucky enough to live a crowded area like an apartment complex, condo, etc. there often are not enough wireless channels available to handle all of the wireless routers that are trying to use them. The result is overcrowding, with slow and/or dropped wireless connections.
You should not expect wireless to equal the speed of a direct connection, so if you have your computer about 10-15 feet away from the AirPort Extreme with line-of-sight between the devices, you might get 85%-90% of the direct connection speed. As the computer moves further away from the router, or there are any obstructions in the signal path between the computer and AirPort, the speed will drop as well.

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