Bestbuy.com Apple - Refurbished AirPort Extreme Wireless Base Station 5th Gen $89.99 Model RF-MD031LL/A

Quote from txagdeals : I bought 5 of these during Thanksgiving sale from BB. They were all in white boxes and 5th generation. I sold tthree to friends and have the other two extending my home network from a time capsule I had purchased earlier. They all work perfectly and stable (never need reboots like my old netgear and linksys). The extremes hand off the wireless access seamlessly as you move through the house so you have excellent signal from anywhere. I have them wired with GB lan between the routers and then the wireless access points serve the clients depending on which part of home you are in. I highly recommend these units. The ones I received looked brand new and worked perfect.

Sweet. I am going to do a similar thing. Did you use WMS or just same network name and settings but different channels?

Quote from uslam : still funny when its in the title it gets +18 while 1400 views on the other gets a -1.... it's not buried so far you couldn't read it in less than 10 seconds... or maybe its just that it needed a salesman.... idk

Yeah but no one clicks on every deal to see if there is another deal inside that is totally unrelated to the deal in the title. In this case an AEBS deal inside a BluRay movie deal titled thread.

Plus who says the -1 wasn't because of the other deals in that thread?

Quote from Comp625 : Here's my turn to ask a question: What is the difference between Apple's routers versus other higher-end ones (e.g. Asus RT-n66u)?

Uses a software program to change settings rather than a webpage. I consider this a downside.

Upside is that it works well and is reliable. Everyone else seems to have rushed to the bottom to create cheap crap that dies, needs to constantly be restarted, etc.

Quote from trip1eX : Well you might see a new model this year since there is a new wifi (draft) standard. But still a good deal.

802.11ac
http://appleinsider.com/articles/...this_year_

Bit the bullet, extending my network! Repped

Quote from Cerocool : Oh so I thought a 'refurb' always meant that it came from the manufacture so really Best Buy would just be the reseller. How is Best Buy qualified to do a refurb? Do they just have one of the Geek Squads plug it in and see if the light it lit?? If thats the case then yes, I would be more skeptical buying something like this from anyone but Apple.

Best Buy is not Apple certified for router repairs. That's why they are supposed to void the warranties before reselling them.


Local Best Buy branches will accept the returns, at which point someone checks to see if all the parts are in the box, then they ship it back to a warehouse. It's checked again to see if it powers on, then repackaged, and sold.


Quality control or product testing does not factor into this at any point. Therefore, even though the webpage may call it "Refurbished", they qualify it with details explaining that it is "As Is" and sold without warranty.

the price is quite cheap, but the reviews seem not so good, i prefer to a new one.

Quote from thenewdeal : could anyone give me some advice on how to test one of these to make sure it is ok - should I run a speed test with my current router prior to buying? Anything to look for? I think it's worth a shot at this price, and amex should add a warranty, i just want to make sure it is not under performing and have not have an idea.

Yeah ditto. What's a simple way to test this? =P

Also, we can look up the SN and it may still have some Apple covered warranty left on it. I believe lol.

this is cheaper than the refurb airport EXPRESS that i bought from apple (officially refurbed by Apple)

i'm tempted to return Express back to Apple store... and then just order this EXTREME from Bestbuy. But reading the reviews on the site scare me...

Should I?

Ugh, all caps means "pay attention to this" right?

Disclaimer of Warranties. ALTHOUGH THIS REFURBISHED PRODUCT IS SUBJECT TO THE RETURN POLICY, THIS REFURBISHED PRODUCT IS SOLD ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

BEST BUY AND APPLE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Back to $129

Also, Best Buy chat person says that refurb process is performed by GEEK SQUAD.

Just the standard 30-day return policy, no additional warranty (as mentioned on product descrip)

Ordered one to replace my Netgear. If it is in bad shape or not 5th gen I will return

Please excuse my ignorance as hardware is more my up my alley than networking, but if i plug my older hp LaserJet 1200 into the Airport, I will be able to print from all the other computers networked in my house, including my ipad, and iphones? I can not get my win7 computers that are wirelessly connected to print. It prints fine on my XP computer it is tethered into, but the three other laptops will not wirelessly print. Everything worked fine with the hp 6300 i had hooked up. Even if I manually install a driver, i cant get the win7 computers to find the printer on the network. I can’t seem to find out if the 1200 is compatible or not, or how difficult this is…thanks in advance.

does this support USB3.0?

Quote from bujji_gadu : does this support USB3.0?

Per the Tech Specs on Apple.com

"USB 2.0 port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive"