Apple Releases new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule Models
— ♣Among its sweeping hardware releases today, Apple took the wraps off of a significant upgrade to its Airport Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule networking solutions.
Both devices now offer dual-band support for 2.4 GHZ and 5 GHZ bands, allowing Macs, phones, and other wifi devices to use the band best suited for each without impacting performance of the network overall. Previous versions would down grade to support the highest standard available on all connected devices.
They also now offer a new guest network feature, allowing you to set up a second wifi network to give guests access to the Internet without opening up access to your network drives, printers, and computers. This guest network can be password protected as well, if you choose.
The pricing for the new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule models has not changed. The Airport Extreme lists at $179. The Time Capsule is available in 500 GB and 1 TB configurations for $299 and $499 rspectively.