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I still run my house on three of the last airport base stations placed around the house like a mesh network, and airport express scattered around the house for iTunes.
I was informed by my fiber provider that my Airport Extremes were super insecure a couple years ago.
Your fiber provider is full of shit.
It hasn’t been updated in years, I’m sure it’s full of vulnerabilities
2019 was the last update… a full year after they discontinued it. They agreed to support it for five years, which would end this year.
I'm glad that "you're sure," now please provide actual evidence.
Most people never update their router firmware anyway.
Googling is easy, but sure here’s a whole list of them
And that impacts this conversation how? That just means that other routers are also vulnerable
Wow look at that, they're all for non current firmware.
Nice self dunk
What’s with the downvotes, this is the way. Rock solid for 6 years with no resets ever.
Aren't the express models pretty slow if you're using a faster modern internet connection? They only have 100mbps ethernet. Or is the idea that you use them only in mesh and they rely purely on the wireless n?
Youre right about this. My Expresses are used only for airplay, so the WiFi mode is either off, or set to “join a wifi network,” depending on their proximity to an ethernet switch. They are basically acting like any other device on a wifi network, and not as a router.
I have three of the latest/last Airport Extreme towers, and two of those are the only ones with the wifi turned on to “Extend a network.” Since they are all on ac, theoretically there should be no slowdown to n speeds.
Ah interesting. I still have an express and an extreme I'm not using. I switched to google home routers but I'd love to still connect my express to the network and use it as an airplay device.
I had to scroll way down here to find people that still use them.
This is me right now https://i.imgur.com/MOUgJwL.png
Express are mostly for Airplay, but still serve WiFi.