Your experience is why I believe Apple made a mistake in dropping network devices. The Airport Extreme wasn't inexpensive making it difficult to continue when cheap (cost and operability) WiFi routers flooded the market. Apple was probably losing money on the Airport but everyone who's used one knows how easy it is to configure and use. As we all know, they just work! I've seen other youtube channels pushing Apple to get back into the router business. They kind of are when you look at some of their Home products like the HomePod and AppleTV. Apple has the beginning of a mesh system, only needing one device that could act as the main router (the one connected to the fiber/cable/satellite/not-DSL modem). If done properly, this base station router could be the size of an AppleTV, or built into an AppleTV, using HomePods as nodes, then figure out a way to add the necessary mesh hardware into laptops and desktops, further extending the network. I like wired networks for their speed but addressing mobile devices means you need WiFi. What would it take for Apple to alter the WiFi transceiver in an iMac to provide mesh services? Just software? The iMac's WiFi can transmit and receive at the same time it uses its hardwired ethernet connection. Maybe Apple is already designing a mesh network system that simply uses Apple hardware of all kinds to provide LAN services. All that's needed is a high-speed main router connection. I took apart an older Airport Extreme my brother had messed up and there's not much electronics in the tall cube. There's room for a 3-1/2" HDD (for Time Machine backup) along with an empty area opposite the motherboard.

I too am using the Airport Extremes, now in 2024! I have four total, three are set up as extenders. My first Extreme was bought new, the others all came from garage or estate sales. I have the extenders placed all over the house and they’re all connected to my network with wired Ethernet. I’ve got AT&T Fiber at $54/month and Speedtest shows I’m getting 310 Mbps down and 314 Mbps up in my iPad Pro 12. (Gotta love AT&T’s fiber which is symmetrical!) My Extremes are rock-solid and rarely, if ever, do I have to reboot them. I worry that I’m using older technology for my routers, but someone advised me that stability can be worth more than speed. With three extenders in this house (which is a bit of overkill) I certainly don’t have any weak zones for my Wyze cameras, home automation devices, etc. I too wish Apple would return to the Router market.

APPLE BRING BACK AIRPORT EXTREME- pretty please.

I still use an Apple AirPort Extreme and I love it! The fact that it does have gigabit ports is great, supports all the devices at my home and office, good speed, never crashes.... I bought it in 2016 and works as new.

Using 3 apple airport extreme routers since 2018. Have them linked together as network extenders. Love them and so far they have never failed. Don't care if wifi speeds maxes out at ~600mb/s. Network stability trumps over speed every time!

Honestly hilarious man, i love the editing.

Greetings from the future. My network still runs on the AirPort Extreme. And d-suck the is the router that drove me to the AirPort Extreme. Even though hardware it old, would be to much for apple to send out a firmware update once a year. Thanks for sharing your experience.

been using an Airport Extreme for over 8 years now. it has 100% pass-through 1Gbps speed (if that's the right term) and backs up selected iMacs on our network. will be replacing the hdd today in it to keep it going for another 8 years with reliable speed and backups. UPDATE: Got an 8TB Seagate Barracuda to do the swap / refresh on the hard drive, because a month or so ago, I started noticing incomplete backups to it, and then I got the occasional flashing amber light on the Airport Extreme. Had to power cycle to get rid of it, but then I did a disk util scan and it showed a red-x fail. So, I decided to replace the hard drive. The replacement went just fine (don't break the little connectors!). I share this to encourage everyone to replace the hard drives as soon as you get these recycled units (after you snoop around on the existing drive to see what was there! hah!!!). The Airport Extreme's are bulletproof!

It's really crappy that they didn't support you and glad you are letting everyone know. Sorry for the hassle and thanks for sharing

Since the Apple Airport Extreme came out, I have never used another brand in my house. I know its old and sometimes I have to do some changes to its settings to make it work again, but nothing crazy compared to commercial brand may require. I agree with you on this!

I always liked how the Airport line of products looked. What sort of speeds are you getting on it?

I still using apple Airport Extreme more that 6 years and it still solid, no issue, easy to use. I also pair it with small airport as signal extend for my home. Hope that apple bring this product line back since they now plan to start using there own network module.

I have the last gen AirPort Extreme and Comcast internet using my own modem. I have recently been having random issues with the internet connection dropping. The modem indicator lights show all is “normal”. The only fix is to pull the power on both the modem and the Airport, power up the modem and wait until all lights indicate “normal” and then power up the Airport. Then, everything works fine for a few days until once again -no internet. Very frustrating!

I have used exclusively Asus routers for like 10 years in my parents apartment and recommend them with confidence. We've had d-link and tplink, all were super weird a year after purchase. This Asus one we have had for 5 years? Very stable

If you use both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz channels, does that split the speed on wifi? I have an ethernet cable going directly into my Apple TV from my AEBS, and I get almost the full 1000Mbps. On wifi (5Ghz) right next to the router, I get about 500. That said, I still like my AEBS, and still haven’t found a reason to replace it.

I had a similar issue, setting up a home network in LATAM (LatinAmerica) with D-link products and it was a god damn headache. I ended up using a pair of old Airport extreme FIRST GENERATION, you know, the ones that looked like a plastic Apple Mini, from a thrift store... and everything has been working just fine since. It just works.

I been having my airport time cap and the AirPort Express since they came out an I never stop using them they don’t kick people off an if you have more than one you can extend the Wi-Fi so because of that I used to have a desktop connected to the Wi-Fi extended one in the back of the house an I worked perfectly

The only routers that have been solid for me have been Apple's and Eero. Using an Eero now and very happy with it. Other routers are hot garbage. Good video!

I had a xiaomi R4A GIGABIT (20€) and worked perfectly, then I modded it with OpenWRT because paranoid and worked perfectly even then, except the feature i needed (wireless bridge, have to bridge the connection between floors, but can't drill the pavement xD) Now I upgraded to a Linksys MR8300 (52€), and the wireless bridge functionality flat out didn't work on stock. (Also the web interface is hidden and you could be mistaken you could only configure it via the app) So I I flashed openwrt (on this router you just flash it like a normal update) and it's just the best router I ever had. It's been months on without any drops, except 1 rn because it's funny I guess, looked at the logs (because you can do that on openwrt) and it was the ISP modem+router+ap combo fault.

I'm still using my airport time capsule variant. still working but always showing orange because of heat. might try to reset it to see if it will return to green.

I’ve had routers restart just out of being too hot. Personally I’ve even resorted to moving the router inside my computer case just to provide some extra airflow and it solves my problems. Even had that happen to a cable router back in the day.

I had a similar problem (sort of) with my wireless connection. After my kids were hounding me of how slow the internet was and how the modem kept dropping out (connect disconnect, switch off then on again), I decided to change from one service provider to another. I'd thought I would upgrade the modem so the new provider gave me a Netcomm [blah blah] and it turned out to be worse. The tech support guy from the new provider was really helpful in trying to resolve my issue. After disconnecting every wireless device in the household and only having my MacBook Pro just 1 metre away from the wireless modem, it was still slow. So 3.5hrs later the tech support guy could not work out the issue. So the problem was the modem - the tech support guy later stated that it can only handle 16 wireless devices. No one told me this when I signed up, so I sent back the Netcomm [blah blah piece of crap] for a refund and I reconnected the old modem Saecom [blah blah less piece of crap] and it was better. The problem still is this - a lot of these cheap modems only connect 16 wireless devices at the one time ie: they can only supply 16 IP address. So 5 people in the household x2 devices each (phone and one computer) + son's girlfriend (1 phone and sometimes laptop) + 2x Mac Minis + 2x Apple TVs + 3x my laptops (1 in bedroom, 1 in lounge room, 1 random somewhere) + 2x Android TVs + iMac for video editing + wife's work HP = 23 wireless devices! And this does not include all the other wireless iPhone/iPad/computers that I connect to test around the house. Since this dilemma a year ago, I have had 2x sons move out (plus girlfriend) and I have ethernet cabling running through the house now, so this has resolved most of the issues. I may look at a mesh system soon...

Moving to a new home with under 100 MB speeds, pretty sure I have an airport express laying around do you think it’s worth using this instead of buying a fancy router?

I know my old Airport Extreme is...well...old:) But it still works fine. I need one more Lan port. Any recommendations of an extension to connect give me an additional no more than 2 Lan ports so I can connect another ethernet connection to to my Airport Extreme? If not no worries:) Thx

my having "Location" issues with my Airport Extreme, ie Amazon music app on my Android phone / Mac where it does not work, due to not being able to idenitify my location.. way to bypass was to turn on VPN, selecting "Texas" (Live in Austin) after that it worked, but noticed other hardware has a sensitivity ie AIrTV does as well

I did the same, I bought an Airport Extreme from Amazon and now is working as my router :)

I have an abundance of these I have gotten out of the trash the last few months and they all still work !! Also stumbled across the video never been here before was interesting that I have a dozen of these all good and great condition

Yeah, Apple projects just work. I have used Airport Extremes and Expresses since they came out. Always work fine, also when travelling in hotels in the old days before wifi was every where. I must say that I have also had good experience with Huawei mifi routers, but that is a bit different. NOW, we are moving from fibernet internet connection to a 5g internet with a Huawei router. Have tested it, and seems stable. And it is wildly fast. So, I am decommissioning my Airport Extreme, aiming to use it in Bridge Mode to provide access to an external shared drive (music files). I hope that works. Good video. We should all trash trash products so that they stop being bought and stop being made.

this was a great idea, thanks! those tall airport extremes are so cheap these days, i found a used one for $20 before i had finished the video. I wish apple would start making wifi products again.

Wonder if there's a way to toss an alt firmware on it and if that would fix it? Though that's also opening another can of worms. Personally, though, I've never had good luck with Linksys, Cicso, or D-Link. I bought a used Asus router on a whim though because it was dirt cheap...and pleased to report I've never had a bad experience with them AT ALL. Given I've had less-than-stellar experiences with Asus' other products, it was a pleasant surprise.

Man, i'm paying $30 American a month for 1 Gig FIber. Those DLink and other brands make some FUGLY routers. Until recently, I was still using an older first generation Apple Time Capsule, the flat one that is kinda shaped like an old Apple TV or Mac Mini. Then it started dropping the 5Ghz signal every so often and I would have to reset it. I looked up to see if there were any repair options, and then saw I could get a newer Airport Extreme for like $20-30 on eBay. I skipped getting the newer Time Capsule since I never really used it. With the old Time Capsule, I would only get around 200 Mbps, even on the 5 Ghz band, only around 60 Mbps on the 2.4 Ghz band. Now with the newer Airport Extreme, I get around 200 Mbps on the 2.4 Ghz band, and around 600 Mbps on the 5 Ghz band. I was so impressed with how much faster the newer router was, I ended up getting a second Airport Extreme. The Airport Utility app makes it so simple to create a mesh network too.

If Apple is going to be the privacy leader, I don’t see how they can’t eventually restart their AirPort Extreme line. Maybe they’ll combine it with HomePod to make it more appealing.

That Jay character drinks with style!

I still use an AirPort Extreme as my main router to this day. I extend it using Ethernet in another area of the house with one AirPort Express. I get extremely good speeds and they never have any issues whatsoever. Devices switch between them so seamlessly you don't even realise it has happened!

Yep I still use these old AirPort Extreme basestations. I really wish Apple would make these again, dreading when they eventually go/are no longer usable 😬

3:43 omg your cat knitting i think the word is. And its so cute 😊 my cat also does that all the time

Stick rocking my Extreme. It needed a battery change which was not too hard but that's it.

i found one at salvation army thrift store should I get it ?

I have two Airport Extreme 5th gen and one 6th gen at home working perfectly for years and actually I have just bought another 6th gen in Ebay for 40 euros.

Currently I use a rogers Modem but wanna switch over to Airport

I've had nothing but trouble with D-Link routers for my clients over the years.

I have an AirPort Extreme AC and unfortunately it just doesn't get updates anymore, including security. So I don't suggest using it. Plus, I have set up my own VPN and I don't believe the AirPort would be easily configured to accommodate that.

AirPort has always worked and I’m going back to it! AC is still the dominant Wi-Fi system so it’s good!

Agree D-Link and TP-Link is a big disappointment for me, Family and friends had asked for help Buying new Routers. Bought brand new,With the latest firmware installed Very good Wifi signal at First,after 2-6 months, the connection starts to fail, and becomes so bad ,that i cant update a Laptop in the same room 5 different units With the same problem Have a Xiaomi ax 3600 that have been Ok But no EU firmware uppdate after late 2020? My AirPort Extreme is up and running again ,after been put away for a year,have never failed me, bought New in 2017 Greetings from Sweden

I just bought a D-link(less) usb wifi adapter. Installed the drives, plugged it in, connected the … you know … and I had wifi for shockingly … 6 minutes😮

I think I never buy Wi-Fi router with visible external antenna

I have an Apple AirPort Extreme 892.11ac and 1000mbps internet. Is the AirPort Extreme capable of providing fast download speeds to our devices? I can’t get more than 150mbps speeds on my Speedtest. Thanks

Hopefully, instead of dealing with DLink again, Memory Express will take it back instead. They should, under the Sale of Goods Act, be responsible for it.

"Piece of" ... pause ... "Hardware" ... yeah, we know what you **WANTED** to say!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Airport Extreme is the best router I ever had, still works as of Sept of 2023, in fact, have two (extended).

I also just reintroduced my Airport Extreme to my home network, in bridge mode to supply wifi from my ISP router to my home and a couple of other wireless access points. The ISP router's wifi didn't play well with the access points and I had frequent drop-outs, but the AE works perfectly! I was getting

Wow, sorry and happy to see your video...why u ask? after going thru the same thing with 3 or more different "new" routers I to have gone back to the Airport extremes and time capsules. I now own more than 20 of them...yes twenty. use about 7 in my system for backup and storage along with extending wifi throughout the home. Easy, just work, no issues for power users including gaming on all systems. Absolutely despise all the others made today. Mesh blah......even tried those. Terrible user experience. I am not an IT person, but as a work from home high bandwidth user I need reliable network coverage. both wifi and wired. Have wired throughout the house too. All plays nice. Wish Apple stayed in the router business.

I am watching this video courtesy of my Apple Airport Extreme !

With D-Link, you become "delinked". That's why I buy Netgear.

As with my experience with D-Link…it’s in the name Doesn’t-Link!

They spent the money on the cool Dlink router "look" and......

I didn’t stop to use them until today

I LOVE it when your audio kicks in to HI-SPEED & ur TECH-INSANITY-MONTAGE tweaks straight-out. I concur with your professional opinion of the respective companies. AND YOU ARE FUNNY AS A MOTHERFUCKER, Man! Cheers! Sixstringspaceboy Shreveport, LA

Everyone knows Dlink sucks. LOL. I’m STILL clinging on to my Airport Extremes for a few more years (months?) before I give Eero a shot. Love the shades, btw!

This is why the mandatory 2-year warranty imposed by the EU is so good. Stupidly the UK decided they didn't want this level of consumer protection any more but we still get it for now...

Takeaway, the internet is evil.

D-Link gonna De-link. The hammer is the best bet. That being said, I'd bet (canadian) money that it's just the power brick dying and if you grabbed any other 12V / 1A brick laying around it would work better. UniFi or Mikrotik will treat you much better.

well I have UniFi at home and it works beautifully. after you go Enterprise you'll never go back.

I'm sorry, but after watching the movie "Idiocracy" I can't watch your videos normally. Glad you liked Apple Airport Extreme. From Russia with Love. ☺

what about Security ?

DIR?? More like DOA amirite?!?

D-link has always been shit, it's Netgear or Asus only! I'm not kidding I install home wifi, and Netgear Orbi is by far the best mesh router systems, even if the price is eye-watering! You will have complete coverage with full speeds all the way out to the distance limit, hell many of my customers report being connected to their network inside their neighbor's home next door. Ubiquity is a joke unless you run a business and have advanced networking requirements. Go with Asus routers if you want a single access point (apartments) or are a gamer where every millisecond counts. TP-Link will suffice if you're on a budget. Also wireless N vs 6E, really, N is up to 900Mbps while I can buy a 6E Orbi that has a throughput of 10.8Gbps or about 12x fast and at least 4x further! Make sure not to rent your modem either the Netgear CM2000 (no phone) or CM2050v (home phone) they pay for themselves in about 2 years (after that it helps pay for the WiFi system!), are faster, better quality, and prevent a lot of statistical data on your browsing from your ISP.

I like memory express sometimes

Ddwrt or openwrt it and …. No problems

dude get a asus router end of story! their mesh system is great!

D link is trash. I had issues with them and also customer service is garbage and not help after 90 days your SOL

D-Link products are bullshit! When I was looking for a router, all sellers recommended D-link to me, and I ask, is it better than TP-link? - they answered: "Yes! Of course! Are you still asking?" and I relied on it.. and I endured all the troubles that happened with this damn router for a year... until I changed it.. I am an ordinary user, without special needs... Most of my friends and acquaintances had ordinary and inexpensive TP-link routers and they worked smoothly and without problems from the moment of their first configuration.. So, friends, if you are reading this, do not be fooled what they can tell you in stores... do your own research and look for users of the products you want to buy and ask their honest opinion. And D-link products it's a crap!

D-Link stuff is a pile of crap in my opinion (and from my experience too) Stick with the AP for now.

In Japan 2023 1gb internet speed plan only support, 2023 routers some say they support 10you have to buy a new router every year !and does not support English set up of all the computers, are obsolete and I have no wifi to update iOS and cafe Wifi does not allow data only surfing the law in Japan you must have wifi registered and your IP address find my device is fixed with updates no updates in 2 years

You should follow EU rules and you'll have 2 years warranty!

That's why i have HUAWEI Wifi Ax3, HUAWEI Is the best, even apple suck.