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Q: What router should I buy to go with my Airport?

What router should I buy to go with my Airport?

Airport Time Capsule 802.11ac, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Sep 28, 2016 10:39 AM

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Q: What router should I buy to go with my Airport?

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  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Sep 28, 2016 10:42 AM in response to bob925
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    Sep 28, 2016 10:42 AM in response to bob925

    http://www.apple.com/airport-extreme/

    or anyone that supports your device.

    Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points - Apple Support

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Sep 28, 2016 10:48 AM in response to bob925
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    Sep 28, 2016 10:48 AM in response to bob925

    Airport as in the wifi card in your Mac?

     

    Or Airport as in an Airport Extreme or Express base station?

     

    Why do you think you need a different router?

     

    Does your ISP not provide you with a router?

  • by Tesserax,Helpful

    Tesserax Tesserax Sep 28, 2016 10:55 AM in response to bob925
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    Sep 28, 2016 10:55 AM in response to bob925

    Unfortunately, your question is a bit vague. By "Airport" are you referring to one of the AirPort base stations (aka, routers), or the wireless component inside a Mac computer or laptop?

     

    If you are talking about the latter, than any brand W-Fi router should work. If you are referring to the former, then it would depend on your overall networking goals with both routers.

  • by bob925,

    bob925 bob925 Sep 28, 2016 10:58 AM in response to Tesserax
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    Sep 28, 2016 10:58 AM in response to Tesserax

    thanks for your answer. I screwed up. I have a Airport Base station and need a recommendation for a high quality modem. I am reasonably close to a Best Buy.

     

    THanks again.

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Sep 28, 2016 11:02 AM in response to bob925
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:02 AM in response to bob925

    A modem will need to meet your ISP's specifications as it needs to connect to them for internet service. You'll need to contact them and see which modems they support or suggest.

     

    Most ISP's will provide you with one, however, to fit the type of connection and bandwidth being used.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Sep 28, 2016 11:20 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:20 AM in response to Phil0124

    No problem, just want to be sure I understood your question.

     

    Three things:

    1. Most important, get a simple modem, not a combination modem & router. These are also known as gateway devices.
    2. Get a modem that is on the approved list of your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
    3. We have heard that there may be potential issues with Arris/Motorola SB61XX-series modems when used in conjunction with AirPort base station. Neither are bad in themselves, they just don't "play nice" together. Ones that seem to work "best" are those from Cisco or Zoom, but there are many other brands that will work just fine.

  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Sep 28, 2016 11:29 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:29 AM in response to Phil0124

    Phil0124 wrote:

    A modem will need to meet your ISP's specifications as it needs to connect to them for internet service. You'll need to contact them and see which modems they support or suggest.

     

    +1

    to reiterate what Phil just said check with your provider, you may be tied to some manufactures device because your ISP requirements when something cheaper and better is not available to you and it wont work under any circumstance.