I didn't say which apple product. Go with the Extreme. The express is for the cheapest users just needing to put a Printer in a room. //update: I'll repeat what we all know to be true: You get what you pay for in hardware. you want plastic and <$100 you get a product that isn't the most reliable. But if you're willing to spend a little more for a better built piece of hardware... you'll get a very reliable piece of hardware. Florin Iucha wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 12:02:05PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> So... an Apple Airport fits the bill. It's software is free, it's run on >> a flavor/port of Linux... >> > > I'll chain myself to Cisco before buying Apple hardware again. > > Look at the feature(s): > > "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" > > 10 users? How generous. Or performant. > > Plus, it has no built-in gigabit switch. I'd like to use the router > to separate the mail/web server into a real DMZ, but I still want to > access it a gigabit speed from the wired boxes - some e-mails can be > quite large, and some photos can run into tens of megabytes too. > > Cheers, > florin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >