Is Airport extreme as fast as wired ethernet connection?

I was thinking of using my x-mas Apple gift cards to buy a refurbished Airport Extreme base station, though I am hesitant to use it if it will be slower than using the ethernet cable coming from my wired router directly. Also, I live in a house with other people, some of whom cannot use a wireless router, one of the cables from the router comes to my room. will I be able to plug that cable into the Airport Extreme base station and use it that way?

I was thinking of using my x-mas Apple gift cards to buy a refurbished Airport Extreme base station, though I am hesitant to use it if it will be slower than using the ethernet cable coming from my wired router directly.
For reference, here are the maximum bandwidths for different networking media types, from fastest to slowest:
o Gigabit Ethernet: 1000 Mbps
o 802.11n (5 GHz): 300+ Mbps
o 802.11n (2.4 GHz): 130+ Mbps
o Fast Ethernet: 100 Mbps
o 802.11a/g: 54 Mbps
o 802.11b: 11 Mbps
o Ethernet: 10 Mbps
So, for example, if the Ethernet connection between the current wired router is Gigabit Ethernet you would already have the best bandwidth available.
Also, I live in a house with other people, some of whom cannot use a wireless router, one of the cables from the router comes to my room. will I be able to plug that cable into the Airport Extreme base station and use it that way?
Yes, that is one possible configuration.

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Mac-mini looses wired ethernet connection

Hey out there.
I know this topic has been covered, however i could not find a solution that works for me.
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As I mentioned before, sometimes clarity is missing.
I realize that there are no "Apple Networks". What I should have asked was "Will an Airport Extreme when connected to a non-Apple modem/router provide a wireless signal that can be used by my iPhone" - and my MacBook Pro, and my ...
There are literally hundreds of posts both here and on other Apple Discussion boards that warn/advise against using a Cisco/Linksys/Belkin/Buffalo/whatever product in the network chain (wired or wireless) with Apple products.
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Click the Internet icon at the top of the window
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Even though you don't mention it, I am assuming that somewhere in this gordian mix you have a router. Beyond that, I cannot fathom what it is you are trying to do here. You may be making things way more complicated than they need be.
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I have an airport extreme. i am trying to connect a laptop with windows 7 to a wireless printer, with no luck. any ideas?

The problem is not the router.. the issue is the vpn has put your computer in a different IP range with a different gateway. When you turn off the vpn the computer returns to local lan and can print.
Some vpn software allows you to set gateway to use local net instead of remote gateway or access to other webistes or local lan.
Read up the issue.
http://stevejenkins.com/blog/2010/01/using-the-local-default-gateway-with-a-wind ows-vpn-connection/
Cisco vpn client..
https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/239113
I did not search much.. just grabbed the first article I could find that explains the issue.
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