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This item is a Grade B
manufacturer refurbished/recertified product.
Grade B means this product has
completed all quality and operational tests ensuring the
unit is fully functional just like a brand new unit. The
overall cosmetic condition ranges from a 7-9 (on a scale of
1-10) where the unit may have mild dings or scratches.
Original packaging and software is not included. Software
can be easily downloaded from Apple.com.
AirPort 3.0.4 for Mac OS X
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Faster Is Better
Now with blazing 802.11n, the affordable AirPort Express is
powerful enough to run a home Wi-Fi network, yet small
enough to take on the road. Here's some of the ways you can
integrate it into your home.
Share your wireless network with up to 10 users, print
documents, photos, and more from any room in the house to
one central printer, play iTunes music through your stereo
or powered speakers using AirTunes, and more.
Product Features
- Take the music from the iTunes library on your computer
and sends it wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your
home.
- Print wirelessly through AirPort Express--it's almost like
having a printer in every room of the house.
- Wirelessly share photos, movies, and other files without
having to worry about slow data transmissions.
- The AirPort Express Base Station now features 802.11n, the
next-generation high-speed wireless technology included with
most shipping Mac computers and some newer PCs with
compatible cards.
- Industry-standard encryption technologies built into
AirPort Express, including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP, plus a
built-in firewall that creates a barrier between your
network and the Internet.
Music
AirTunes takes the music from the iTunes library on your
computer and sends it wirelessly to any stereo or speakers
in your home. All you have to do is plug an AirPort Express
into an electrical outlet near those speakers, then connect
them with an audio cable. In iTunes, you can choose which
speakers you want your music to play on--in your den, living
room, or bedroom. If you have more than one AirPort Express
connected to speakers, you can play the same music on all
your speakers at the same time to create a whole-house
musical experience. Plus, if you already have a wireless
network in place, you can use AirPort Express to add music
to its capabilities.
Wireless Printing
With wireless printing through AirPort Express, it’s almost
like having a printer in every room of the house. AirPort
Express uses the Mac- and PC-compatible Bonjour networking
technology to let everyone in the house take advantage of
one centrally available printer. Wirelessly, of course. If
all you want to do is access your USB printer wirelessly,
you don’t even need a broadband Internet connection. You can
just set up your AirPort Express for wireless printing and
that’s it.
Internet Sharing
With AirPort Express connected to your DSL or cable modem,
up to 10 users at a time can surf the web, send email,
annihilate the competition in multiplayer games, and much
more--wire-free. AirPort Express connects people to each
other as well. You can wirelessly share photos, movies, and
other files without having to worry about slow data
transmissions. Nor do you have to concern yourself with a
difficult network setup. AirPort Express uses the Bonjour
technology in Mac OS X to allow your AirPort-equipped Mac
computers running Mac OS X to find each other with no effort
on your part--they discover each other just by virtue of
being in range of the network.Compact and portable, AirPort
Express is also a great way to share Internet access when
you go on the road.
802.11n
The AirPort Express Base Station now features 802.11n, the
next-generation high-speed wireless technology included with
most shipping Mac computers and some newer PCs with
compatible cards. Based on an IEEE 802.11n draft
specification, AirPort Express features two antennas and
uses a technology called multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
to transmit multiple data streams simultaneously. The
result? AirPort Express delivers data transfer speeds up to
five times those of previous-generation 802.11g wireless
networks--while achieving up to twice the range. And with
its support for both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless
frequencies, AirPort Express reduces the possibility of
interference from appliances and cordless phones that use
the 2.4GHz frequency.
Compatibility
Part Wi-Fi access point. Part wireless router. AirPort
Express just works, seamlessly and wirelessly, with all your
Wi-Fi devices. In fact, it’s the easiest way for everyone in
your family to share a single broadband Internet connection
and USB printer without messy cables.
Security
The AirPort Express Base Station takes strong measures to
keep your online world as safe as possible--from securing
your base station to preventing outside intruders. It starts
with the industry-standard encryption technologies built
into AirPort Express, including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP.1
When you turn on encryption--easy to do using AirPort
Utility--you’ll ensure that only people with the correct
password can join your wireless network. AirPort Express
includes a built-in firewall that creates a barrier between
your network and the Internet. When you set up the base
station, the firewall is automatically turned on to keep the
bad guys out. For computers with a cable or DSL modem, using
AirPort is actually safer than being directly connected to
the modem. 
AirPort Utility
If you think setting up a wireless network is difficult,
think again. AirPort Utility for Mac and Windows guides you
through the process, and you’ll have your network up and
running in minutes. AirPort Utility does most of the work
for you by stepping you through the setup process quickly
and easily. For the most basic setup, all you have to do is
plug your AirPort Express into an electrical outlet and
connect your DSL or cable modem. Then open the AirPort
Utility software and just follow the onscreen instructions.
AirPort Express works effortlessly with any computer that
uses Wi-Fi standards, whether it’s a Mac or a Dell, HP, IBM,
or any other Windows-based PC. That’s because the AirPort
Express is compatible with computers using the 802.11a,
802.11b, and 802.11g specifications, and it also works with
computers that are 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant.
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