Do i need a new airport extreme  my current one is 8 years old?

my airport extreme is 8+ y.o. do i need a new one?

An AirPort Extreme from about 8 years ago would be an 802.11g (flying saucer) model. It would be capable of supporting both 802.11b or 802.11g clients with wireless security up to WPA2 Personal.
Whether or not, you need to replace it, would probably lend itself to the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, if performance is important to you and especially if you want to be able to support 802.11n wireless clients, then you may want to consider upgrading to the latest generation (currently the 5th) of the AirPort Extreme, the 4th generation Time Capsule or 2nd generation AirPort Express. Which will depend on your networking requirements.

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    maxyourmacs, Welcome to the discussion area!
    I am wondering if I should turn off IP distribution on the Airport Extreme and let the Linksys router handle all that?
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  • I own an imac 2011 running osx 10.6.8. I want to the new airport extreme. but it says in the system requirements that it needs osx lion 1.7.5 or later. would it work with my older osx 10.6.8?

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  • For the new airport extreme what type of cable do I need to connect to my cable modem. Is Cat5 OK or will that bottle neck things?

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  • Help setting up Open DNS with new airport extreme

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  • New Airport Extreme, new problems.

    Hi all. I have just purchased and installed a new airport extreme and am having some issues with it already. Last night during install, When it got to the end of the setup process, the computer screen said that the Airport extreme was to restart. Well, that seemed to take forever, and then the airport that was visable from the Airport utility disappeared. The Green light on the unit was on, indicating no problems, but I was not able to access the internet. I played with it for a while, and tried resetting and going through the set up 2 more times, with the same result. I had given up and was going to contact apple in the morning when suddenly my Ipad received a message from my friend who had sent the message about an hour before. I assumed that the internet was now working, which I confirmed with my Ipad and my Imac. All seemed ok. I even downloaded the Airport app for my I pad and could see the device from the screen.
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  • New AirPort Extreme Problems

    Hello,
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  • New Airport Extreme only connected with N protocol

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    As luck would have it, over the holidays I acquired the NEW Airport Extreme w/ 802.11n... have these issues been fixed?
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