The Original "Graphite" Airport Base Station (M5757)

• Same Graphite color as the first G4 Graphite Tower Power Macs
  
• Up to 10 users
  
• 40-bit encryption
  
• 56k modem built in
  
• WiFi 802.11b only

The "Snow" DUAL Ethernet Airport Base Station (M8440)

(Note: 3 screw holes on top of Snow model)

• Snow White in color like iBooks G3 & G4
  
• Up to 50 users
• 128-bit encryption
• 56k modem built in for dial up connection
• WiFi 802.11b only
  
• extra ethernet port for printers or other RJ-45 perhipihals
• The Airport Card inside this model is the same the "Original Airport Card" and thus many people canabilize this model for it's card and use it in their powerbooks and towers
• The above two Base Stations (Graphite and Snow - M5757 and M8440) share the same Power adapters. The internal cards are different on them, M5757 uses a Lucent Orinoco Wavelan type Card while M8440 uses the Original Apple Airport Card.

The Airport "Extreme" Base Station (Model # A1034)

• Snow White in color like the iBooks G3 & G4
• up to 50 users
  
• 128-bit encryption
  
• WiFi 802.11g & backwards compatible with 802.11b
  
• Mac OS X 10.1.5 or higher (some features like WPA require minimum 10.3 or higher)
  
• Three different configurations of Model A1034 - all called the same "Airport Extreme Base Station"
  1. # M8930LL/A - 2 ethernet ports, 1 usb port
  2. # M8799LL/A - 2 ethernet ports, 1 sub port, 1 56k modem port, external antenna connector
  3. # M9397LL/A - 2 ethernet, 1 sub port, 1 56k modem port, external antenna port, powered by the ethernet cable
  Note: The prices for the 3 different models differ greatly because of the configurations, especially the PoE (power over ethernet)

The Airport "Express" Base Station(Model A1084) (Part #M9470/LL/A)

• looks more like a power adapter for a powerbook
  
• up to 10 users
  
• 128-bit encryption
  
• WiFI 802.11g & backwards compatible with 802.11b
  
• ethernet port, usb port, mini audio jack for analog or digitial sound

  Airport Extreme Base Station (#MA073LL/A)

• Sold under the same name as the previous model A1034
  
• newer faster thru put 802.11n backwards compatible with a,b and g
  
• USB port
  
• 4 ethernet ports

See Newer Models 2007 to present.

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