Wireless world

Wifi is everywhere these days and now it's also in my home. I bought the Airport Extreme with the latest and fastest IEEE 802.11n protocol. This latest implementation of the wifi technology is FAST. Typical 200+ Mbps compared to the more common 802.11g which has a 54 Mbps limit. Basically the Airport Extreme will keep up with the fastest broadband internet connection for years to come.

In the past, setting up a network meant that you had to string up the house with these clumsy UTP cables, drill holes in the floors and walls. Keeping the ugly white cables out of sight is pretty impossible too. Wireless networking using the wifi-technology makes life simply easier, more flexible and no messy cables laying around.

The nice thing about Apple's Airport solution is that you can hook up any USB printer and/or USB external harddisk to print from any spot in the house or access the external harddisk from any of the computers. It's obviously both compatible with Macs and Windows. But no Windows machine is allowed in my heck of the woods!