Apple Airport Express Base Station with 802.11n and AirTunes

The AirPort Express is a compact multi-function wireless device from Apple, AirPort is their branding for the Wi-Fi standard ... so you don't have to worry about compatibility, it will work with all standard Wi-Fi wireless devices. The Express is the lower end "router", lacking support for gigabit Ethernet connections and other built in services such as USB hard drive sharing. Although it makes up for this with other services, including music streaming and a USB print server. The Express is a versatile little device, you can use it for the following purposes: to create a wireless network, to extend a wireless network, to create a wireless bridge (for ...  Read the complete review

The Apple AirPort Express is an interesting bit of kit. It's a wireless device that you can use in one of three ways [or, in fact, in all three ways]. It can create a wireless network to allow your desktop, laptop, wii, PSP etc to talk to each other. It doesn't have a built in modem, so won't connect directly to the internet, but it does have an ethernet port and so could be used with a modem to connect the network to the internet. However, I think the interesting things come when you use it as a receiver. It has a USB port, into which you could plug a USB printer. This then makes you printer usable from any machine in the house, without having to ...  Read the complete review