Apple Airport Express 802.11n

Apple Airport Express 802.11n Product Description

Presenting AirPort Express.
Featuring Air tunes for playing your iTunes music wirelessly on your home stereo or powered speakers, AirPort Express brings not only the Internet but your music to wherever in your home you like to enjoy them most whether you use a Mac or Windows PC. Unmatched in its ease of use, it delivers data rates up to 54 megabits per second, fits in the palm of your hand so you can take it wherever you go and it costs just R825.

Driving the Wi-Fi Revolution
In 1999, Apple sparked the wireless revolution with the introduction of AirPort, the first affordable and easy-to-use solution for accessing the Internet without restrictive cables. In 2003, AirPort Extreme took your unwired connection to the next level by harnessing the superfast 802.11g wireless standard for data rates nearly five times those of the 802.11b standard that the original AirPort used and many current wireless networking devices still use. With AirPort Express, Apple continues to advance wireless, delivering the first device to pack wireless networking, audio, printing and bridging capabilities into a single affordable, portable unit.

AirTunes Unleashes Your Music
AirPort Express with AirTunes brings your iTunes music in your Mac or PC into your living room or wherever in your home you have a stereo or a set of powered speakers. All you have to do is connect your sound system to the audio port on the AirPort Express Base Station using an audio cable (included in the optional AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit) and AirTunes lets you play your iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers wirelessly. iTunes automatically detects the connection of your remote speakers, so you just have to select them in the popup list that appears at the bottom of the iTunes window and click play.

Enjoy your playlists, set iTunes to shuffle through your entire library or repeat your favorite songs over and over again however you like to enjoy your music on iTunes, you can now enjoy it that way through your stereo speakers, wherever they\'re located in your house.

Buy more than one AirPort Express Base Station and connect one to every stereo or set of powered speakers in your house one to your stereo in your living room and another to a pair of powered speakers in your kitchen, for example. Its small size and affordability make it perfect for having more than one. Imagine being able to play your iTunes music on whichever speakers in your house you prefer.

Because AirPort Express is so compact, you can also easily take it along with your laptop to a friend\'s house and share your unique musical taste on your friend\'s stereo.

Add Music to Your Current Wireless Network
If you already have a wireless network in place, you can use AirPort Express to add music to its capabilities. Let\'s say, for example, you have AirPort Extreme set up in your den. There\'s no need to scrap this setup and create a whole new one with an AirPort Express Base Station, your DSL or cable modem, printer and stereo all in one place. Simply connect AirPort Express to your stereo in your favorite music room and plug it into an electrical outlet it wirelessly links to your existing network, letting you play your music in your room of choice without moving anything or connecting anything else.

Connect Wirelessly
AirPort Express uses the 802.11g wireless standard to deliver blazing data rates up to 54 Mbps.(3) It supports both Macs equipped with an AirPort Extreme Card and Wi-Fi-compliant 802.11g Windows PCs, as well as Macs with the older AirPort Card and 802.11b Windows PCs. Everyone in your family can surf the web wire-free because AirPort Express provides simultaneous wireless Internet access via your DSL or cable modem for up to 10 computers.

AirPort Express connects you and everyone in your family not only to the Internet but to each other. Since it employs the powerful 802.11g standard, you can wirelessly share photos, movies and other files without having to worry about slow data transmissions. Nor do you have to concern yourself over a difficult network setup procedure. AirPort Express uses the revolutionary Bonjour technology in Mac OS X to allow your AirPort-equipped Macs running Mac OS X to detect each other with no effort on your part they discover each other just by virtue of being within the range of the network.

Extend Your Network
If you already have a wireless network in your home and would like to extend its range, AirPort Express is your answer. Suppose you want to connect to the Internet with your PowerBook in an area that lies beyond the 150-foot range of your AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station. You can use AirPort Express as a wireless bridge to extend the range of your primary base station.

There\'s no need for extra wires or cables serving as a bridge, AirPort Express doesn\'t have to be physically connected to your primary base station or to your DSL or cable modem. Simply place AirPort Express within the range of your primary base station and near the area where you d like to enjoy your wireless connection.

Apple Airport Express Technical Specifications:
Audio: Using AirPort Express and iTunes together will allow you to play your music from your desktop or laptop computer wirelessly through your Hi-Fi system.
Expansion: USB port for wireless printing, Mini Jack LineIn for wireless music, Ethernet port for an internet connection (ie: ADSL) or to a router for extending into a ethernet network.

Apple Airport Express System Requirements

For Mac Users

For Wireless client access
Mac with AirPort or AirPort Extreme wireless capability

For shared printing with a USB Printer
USB printer; Mac with Mac OS X v10.2.7 or later

Software:

• Users with Mac OS X v10.4 or later can:
• Access an AirPort Express wireless network
• Set up an AirPort Express Base Station
• Use AirTunes to play music
• Share a USB printer
• Use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2)

For PC Users

For Wireless client access
PC with 802.11a/b/g or 802.11n draft 2.0 card

For shared printing with a USB Printer
USB printer; PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista; Bonjour for Windows (included on AirPort Express CD)

Software:
Windows XP or Windows Vista
WPA support requires a Wi-Fi Certified PC solution