The goal of this is to eliminate dead spots in a house by flexibly scaling the network. Most notably, there are a number of products that are characterized as, “Whole home Wi-Fi,” meaning they essentially are systems composed of multiple nodes spread throughout a house to create a wireless mesh network. The market for home Wi-Fi solutions in 2019 is quite different from what it was in 2011. Also, technology changes rapidly, so while this information may give you an idea of what to look for when making your decision, it should not be considered authoritative. Everyone’s needs are different, and all of these products have a place. Note: I made this determination based on my own considerations of performance, simplicity, and accessibility. Enter the long, complicated process of comparing products in a very crowded space. After trying and failing to restore it, with and without the help of Apple support, I decided I needed a new router or home Wi-Fi system. The Airport Extreme connected to my cable modem, the one responsible for hosting the network, had completely stopped responding. Then, one day, I suddenly lost my Internet connection. While I was intrigued to read about this phenomenon on tech blogs, I had a sort of, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” mentality when it came to appliances like wireless routers. Apple never caught on to this trend and in 2018, officially discontinued all Airport products. However, since then, the market for home Wi-Fi has changed, owing to the increased popularity of mesh Wi-Fi systems.
EERO VS AIRPORT EXTREME UPGRADE
The upgrade to 802.11ac technology in 2013 brought even further improvement to my Wi-Fi network’s performance. The improvement was so great that I went ahead and bought a second Extreme to extend coverage to an area of the house that didn’t get the best signal strength. Setup with Airport utility was straight forward and in almost no time, I had massively increased my network performance and reliability. For this reason, in January 2011, I bought an Airport Extreme to replace my aging Netgear router. Having gone way too long with a basic Netgear router that constantly needed rebooting and had spotty signal throughout the house, I was looking for something that was fast, reliable, and accessible.Īt that time, Apple’s router business was at the top of its game, making, in my opinion, some of the best wireless routers the industry has ever seen. Since 2011, my home Wi-Fi network had been powered by an Apple Airport Extreme base station.
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