Recommended uses
Play music wirelessly. Share a printer wirelessly. Take it on the road. Apartment, smaller home, or dorm.
Share an external hard drive and printer. Create a large, high-speed network. Router with four Gigabit Ethernet ports. Larger home, office, or classroom.
Back up wirelessly with OS X Leopard or later. Expand or create a high-speed network. Print wirelessly. Any home, office, or classroom.
Wireless networking that works with most Wi-Fi enabled devices, including Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and more
Wi-Fi specification
802.11n
Dual-band
(2.4GHz or 5GHz)
802.11n
Simultaneous dual-band
(2.4GHz and 5GHz)
802.11n
Simultaneous dual-band
(2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Ethernet ports
One 10/100BASE-T
Four Gigabit
Four Gigabit
USB port
For printers only
For printers and external hard drive
For printers and external hard drive
Number of users
10
50
50
Guest networking
-
AirPlay
Stream iTunes to external speakers
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Built-in wireless storage with automated OS X Time Machine backup
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-
2TB or 3TB
Price
$99
$179
$299 (2TB), $499 (3TB)
