[mac4theblind] Re: Just as a FYI
- From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:01:47 -0500
That is a matter of choice. If your router is working fine, don't fix what
isn't broken, to be honest.
The Extreme Base Station and the Time Capsule will handle any mixture of
Apple and non-Apple devices. I have had Windows machines, an Android phone and
other items access the network without any trouble.
I believed the Airport Extreme Base Station is $179 and the Time Capsule is
$399 and $499 for the 2 or 3 TB models respectively.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Jan 31, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Mark Gilland wrote:
> How much is an Apple Airport router?
>
> Would it benefit my mom and I any over our Linksys cisco WRT54G V4 router? We
> have about an equal amount of Microsoft devices as well as Apple devices on
> the network. Let's see... we have one of the older Kendles, 2 windows based
> laptops one on XP, one on Windows 7, an HP Photo Smart 4780C Pritner which is
> interfacing via WiFi to my Mac running Lion, one IPod Touch 4G, an IPhone 4,
> not the 4S, my macbook, my Apple TV, and a T-Mobile Motorola Charm Android
> 2.1 phone.
>
> I'm just not sure if it would be more suitable to look at the Apple router to
> replace this Linksys, as actually this WRT54G is fairly old, admitedly.
> Nothing's wrong with it, I just wonder if there're any benefits of one over
> the other.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <pfhj2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:10 PM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Just as a FYI
>
>
> Got the new router firmware.
> But it sure threw me for a few minutes until I figured out how to get to
> things. I haven't used the IOS app that much to be familiar with it. So, when
> I upgraded and couldn't figure out how to get to anything, it really baffled
> me for a few minutes until I just pressed enter on one of the items as a whim
> and sure enough, there were the items I expected.
> Also, I have seen an article which states that the new firmware makes it
> possible to get to files on an external storage device connected to the
> router via the cloud. However, the article is vague about how this is
> accomplished.
> In the previous firmware, there was something that one could set up called
> back to my mac. One would leave their mac on and could then get to their
> files from another mac remotely.
> is this the same or different? How does one get to the files via the cloud
> from another computer or device like the iPhone or iPad?
> If one uses a windows machine remotely, how does one get to the files on the
> storage device?
>
> On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:50 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> For those of you interested, Apple updated the Airport Utility to 6.0 for
>> Lion and 5.5 for Snow Leopard, and also did so for the firmware for all 3 of
>> their routers, the Airport Express, Airport Extreme and Time Capsule.
>>
>> As a note of interest, the interface for the Airport Utility has changed
>> to resemble the one that can be found in the iOS Airport Utility App, which
>> is free.
>>
>> The nice thing from the VoiceOver user's perspective is the interface is
>> completely accessible. When you, for example, see the image for your
>> router, it will tell you if it is working properly and what color light is
>> being shown on the device. I really must commend Apple for making sure that
>> the utility can be used by the blind, and you should check it out if you own
>> any of the devices.
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>
>>
>>
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