Product reviewsAPPLE AIRPORT EXTREME 6TH GEN GENERATION WIRELESS ROUTER ME918B/A A1521 - SEALED

Best ever router

I had been having problems with the various super routers that every company now say they have but suffered continual drop outs and especially with sky Q TV and streaming in general. I had tried EVERYTHING in my box of experienced tricks but just could not get the service advertised. I even made up a specially long Ethernet cable so that I had a hard line connection, no joy
I bought this, at a bargain rate it has to be said, and I did have a few problems setting it up but that's the norm I feel. A quick contact call from Apple had me up and running within 15 minutes and my broadband is rock solid. No drop outs, getting speeds a bit higher than advertised and I can also set up completely separate guest networks, so that if I get visitors stay over, I can give them their own dedicated network and it doesn't give access to ANY of my own files or content. Apparently it's capable of up to running 50 of these. I found no loss of speed by setting up 3 guest networks for people who stayed over after a party
Just one word of caution. Most use this bridged to their current router and that is fine but the way to go, as I see it, is to take away your existing router once you have gone through copying the information, the Apple airport does this for you.
Use this as your main router and forget the one supplied is my advice
Apple are excellent in talking you through this if you find it difficult and they will schedule a call back and mostly within an hour, even at weekends
Without doubt, the best decision and purchase I've made this decade.
I can't believe I did not see the various routers as being problematical in themselves. I'd have saved myself so much work, testing and many many phone calls and stress that goes with that
Highly recommended purchase. It also utilises both 2.4 and 5 gig frequencies at the same time and this is what I believe makes it so solid
I had a guy bring his Amazon firestick here as he was having trouble at his place. Had it up and running IPTV channels in a jiffy.
He now has also bought himself one of the Apple AirPort Extreme routers.
At last and after 17 years, I've had no problems, no need to reset anything nor a single problem with internet. It's marvellous Read full review...

terrible performance.

MY home Virgin Media router is stronger than this router which is good enough to avoid this device.
I think this device meant to be strong at 2013 not now with all these new routers which are extremely strong,
its time for apple to bring new one to beat all of them but certainly not this one.Read full review...

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A big improvement

I have two of these, connected by wire and a Draytek Vigor 130 - my life got a lot simpler, after years of struggle with Airports here and Airports there, trying to get a good service in this stone built office. I recommend the Draytek. When I added mine the sync speed went up by nearly 30%.Read full review...

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An excellent product from Apple

Working as expected. Currently using it as SMB to share files. Slightly slow compared to Synology NAS, but it`s okay for my usage.

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Airport extreme

Very easy to set up. WiFi range is excellent. Using at the back of my garden as a bridge connection. No drop outs loss of signal . Very reliable, better than most .
Good price for an Apple product . I got one in brilliant condition . Would highly recommend.Read full review...

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Apple users grab one now!

apple have stopped making routers. the extreme has all the build quality of apple products but at a great price at present.

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Apple Airport Extreme (6th Gen)

I bought this product on advice received from a friend with view of it helping improve my internal wifi signal in the house. It has done the job, and I am very happy.

The price paid is half from new and was easy to set up.

The delivery was swift and I am completely satisfied.Read full review...

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Excellent product

The set up is unbelievably easy and it just works. There may be some routers which are faster and there may be some routers which are more geek suitable but I am sure there are few which are so user friendly for the average user. It is the way it should be. Open Airport Utility - software in your Mac's Utilities folder - and it takes you through the process.Read full review...

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Best router in the market - I think

So easy to install as with most Apple devices and increased my internet performance from my old router from 18 Mg download to 97. Also I can now get a good reception at the top of my house on the 3rd floor. AwesomeRead full review...

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AirPort Extreme by name and by nature

I have 6 of these scattered around my house to form a mesh network, being an Apple device and having only Apple devices at home, these all work seemlessly together giving me total Wi-Fi coverage at the fastest possible speed, anywhere in my home and garden.
They me be old now but that means they’re super affordable and perform amazingly well especially in an Apple eco system Read full review...

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Good Access Point

Apple access points are great but are no longer available new but are on eBay.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: dage72