<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">It should also be pointed out that it is possible to purchase an Airport Extreme base station with a modem. This is not an option for Airport Express. So if the client was using their old base station to access a dial-up connection with wireless, a base station with a built-in modem would be required as a replacement.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Tim<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 18, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Albert Willis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 18, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Gurukarm Khalsa wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have a user who needs to replace an older Airport base station at home, and I'm a bit confused about which of two stations as shown on the Apple MIT B2E store website is her correct solution.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Of course I need to save money for our department (this is for a departmental laptop she uses when working from home), so the Airport Express Base Station with AirTunes for $119.00 is more attractive than the AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port) for $179.00.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But, do the two items do essentially the same tasks? Would she be able to connect her laptop wirelessly with the Airtunes version?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Gurukarm</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>The short answer is yes.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The slight disadvantage with the AirPort Express is that it has one ethernet port for connecting to a DSL or cable connection. This is only an issue if a user has an ethernet network at home they wish to add wireless to, where they would need a second ethernet port to connect the AirPort Express to the local area network.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>An inexpensive hub solves this problem. Of course, if there's no existing ethernet network to worry about, than this isn't an issue.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Using AirTunes music streaming is totally optional.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> -- Al</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">______________________________</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Albert Willis</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Information Services and Technology</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"><A href="mailto:awillis@mit.edu">awillis@mit.edu</A></FONT></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Macpartners mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Macpartners@mit.edu">Macpartners@mit.edu</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/macpartners</A></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>