It does not work with AppleTalk...doesn't support AppleTalk packets. But I suggest you just use TCP/IP anyway and turn off AppleTalk...that is if you use OS X. AppleTalk has a tremendous amount of overhead and actually slows down the transfer speed of files from Mac to Mac over Airport. I really don't find AppleTalk necessary with OS X.

I bought one of these as a repeater to boost my signal when I'm outdoors...although my Airport is still the main wireless unit.

Edited by author 07-11-2002 09:49 PM

Caveat emptor comes to mind on this one: while I haven't heard anything very recently (within the last 6-8 months) I've heard quite a number of reports of unhappy transactions with TigerDirect.

I have, it's true, heard the occasional good report, but since the Southeast Florida Better Business Bureau gives TigerDirect a writeup that I read as "sucktastic and craptacular," I think that there is reason for some caution.

Edited by author 07-11-2002 03:02 PM
If I'm understanding this correctly, the Airport basestation comes with a modem built in, correct? I'm not sure this one does.

Wired Mag, in its July issue compared the Airport to two other wireless hubs. They recommended one by Linksys.

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It's just as good for providing wireless connections. I'm not sure if it supports AppleTalk, which means that you might get a better file-sharing and printer-sharing experience out of your Airport. Also, the Airport has a modem, too, so you can use it to connect to a dialup network as well as a DSL/Cablemodem pipe. Finally, the new Airport APs have a second Ethernet port for connecting them to hubs and hence wire LANs, which this doesn't have. OTOH, this is $60.

so, will this work as well as an apple basestation?