Old airport (2003) versus new AEBS

Hi, what is the difference between the old airport versus the new? I have two macs & iphones that will be connected to it? Is it faster and better range? Both macs are intel. Any help is appreciated. I'm working from home and setting up my network and want to get the best connection I can get.

The circa 2003 Airport Extreme has 802.11b/g wireless, two 100 base-T Ethernet ports (dedicated LAN/WAN) and a USB port for printers only. A dialup phone modem and power over ethernet were optional features.
The newest AEBS (introduced today) is a much more capable unit. It offers simultaneous dual-band 2.4 and 5 GHz 802.11n and b/g modes so you don't have to compromise n speeds if you're also using b/g equipment. It has three Gigabit LAN ports and one WAN port. The USB port can also be used to connect a hard disk drive. It's also a lot less expensive than the original AEBS.
Before today you were limited to creating an 802.11g network if you wanted to use an iPhone with your home network. This eliminates that concern.
Better range... probably, I only say that since I have an Express "n" that's operating b/g compatible with my older AEBS. I have its transmitter power reduced to the minimum of 10% otherwise it dominates my home, and I want my older AEBS to serve as the primary access point.
The simultaneous dual band is a great move on Apple's part. It remains to be seen if Appletalk is supported - I'd rather doubt it since Apple seems to have turned its back on Appletalk as of late. No phone modem either

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Well, what can I say... Of course, I could not give up
Finally I got it to work. For future reference, here's how:
I first set up the AEBS to create a network, then used the Wizard of the Airport Utilitiy to add the AX as a WDS-device (it sets up the whole WDS automatically). Then I flipped the settings - set the AX to be main and the AEBS to be the remote.
I also had to adapt the Internet-Settings. Both base stations were set to bridge-mode, which doesn't work in my case because I only get two IPs from my ISP. So, I set the AX (the main) to share an internet connection and get its IP by DHCP. The AEBS on the other hand needed to get an IP manually (outside of the address space of the DHCP server created by the AX, but within its subnet).
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Is there a way to connect an old Sunflower iMac (OSX 10.4.11) to a new Time Capsule?
I can’t claim to completely grasp the issue(s) you’re describing, but the underlying problem is presumably your iMac’s obsolete AirPort card. Whatever the case, an obvious (if not particularly helpful) answer to your stated question would be to connect your iMac with an ethernet cable, using powerline adapters as an alternative if you don’t want to have wire running all over the place.
My still fully functional clamshell iBook, with an original AirPort card, connects wirelessly to my 4th Generation TC network by means of a cheap 802.11b/g/n USB Wi-Fi adapter. This might be an option for you too.
Another question--before I used MAC addresses to control who could access network. Now on Time Capsule I don't see anything about this
When you edit your TC's settings the access controls appear under the Network tab, don't they?

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I am wondering if I can just buy an ethernet switch and have it "split" the ethernet from my modem to both the camera and the Airport (I do need to check with my ISP provider if they give me two separate IP address... but if they do, would this work?).
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