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One of the smartest things I’ve done in the last two years was to stop reseting, coaxing and otherwise living with a failing D-Link router. That device was replaced by an Apple Airport Extreme Basestation, which has been superbly reliable and provides dual-band support for our family’s faster Macs and generally not so fast iPhone, iPad and iPod touches.

• [p] AirPort Express Base Station, $69 (99)
— 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

• [p] AirPort Extreme Base Station, $129 (179)
— Simultaneous dual-band, 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

• [c] AirPort Extreme Base Station, $149 (179)
— Support for dual-band, Personal Area Networking (PAN), share USB printer, AirPlay

• [p] 1TB Time Capsule, $209 (239)
— Wireless backup, TimeMachine support, dual-band 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

• [p] 2TB Time Capsule, $249 (499)
— Wireless backup, TimeMachine support, dual-band 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

• [c] 2TB Time Capsule, $259 (299)
— Wireless backup, TimeMachine support, dual-band 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

• [c] 3TB Time Capsule, $429 (499)
— Wireless backup, TimeMachine support, dual-band 802.11n, share USB printer, AirPlay

[p] previous generation, [c] current generation

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