Can i place some device on the airport extreme case ?

as i can't find anything on this in the manual, i was wondering if i can place some device (cablemodem) on the airport extreme case; the airport extreme case is getting pretty hot so is it safe or does it need free air for ventilation ?
tia, michiel

I'd think you may not want to add fire to fire. Keep the router and modem running as cool as possible. You could place it on the Extreme if you configured some sort of smallish "platform" which would not smother the Apple into being too hot.

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Doubtful it's going to work.
Does it see the same disk if it's formatted just Journaled (ie, not encrypted)?
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aksello wrote:
I have a Mac Mini from 2013 with OSX10.7.5 and a MBP from 2009 with OSX 10.6.8.
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Power-up the gateway; wait at least 10-15 minutes.
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+"I also have a MACPro desktop. I was hoping to configure my airport using it and hoped not to have to worry about configuring the other 2 pcs."+
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Another way of saying the same thing is that it will take a minimum of two Apple 802.11n wireless routers to extend a signal wirelessly.
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