On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:04:14 -0500, Michelle Steiner wrote
(in article <michelle-7CEE45.12041429022008 DeleteThis @news.west.cox.net>):
> In article
> <jollyroger-D406E0.12232529022008 DeleteThis @earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Next time I'm in the market, I'm going to give Apple's router serious
>> consideration. Last time I looked (before the Airport Extreme was
>> announced), there were some things lacking that broke the deal for
>> me.
>
> I'm going to retire my Belkin router today; I'll be leaving the house in
> a few minutes to drive to the Apple Store; they're holding a 500 Gig
> Time Capsule for me. They don't have the 1 TB model in yet, and I can't
> afford the extra $200 it would cost.
>
>
The current AirPort Utility (5.2.2, for my year-old AirPort Extreme) allows
setting of DHCP leases by typing in a number and then selecting from a
pull-down menu whether that number was for minutes, hours, or days. I
currently have it set for 4 days.
It also allows for quick and easy DHCP reservations, and allows for quick and
easy DHCP exclusions. My server and network printers all use fixed IPs from
outside the DHCP pool. All other machines (desktop or laptop) which are
normally on the net use reserved IPs. (Visitors, of course, don't get in
without the WPA key if wireless or without my running a cable if not... and I
get the MAC address and IP and record 'em either way.) This makes sharing
files/folders over the network simple, and printing even easier. Yes, I had
to go to each machine and get its MAC address, but that was trivial, and
adding the MAC addresses (and the IP addresses reserved for those MAC
addresses) to the Excel spreadsheet I have with the computer names, serial
numbers, OSes, etc was also trivial. Printing out little labels for the
computers and the Ethernet cables for wired machines wasn't much more
trouble.
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