The company says the software update is recommended for all Apple 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations.įirmware update 7.8.1 improves the security of your base station and is recommended for all Apple 802.11n Wi-Fi base stations including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule.Īs is par for the course, Apple isn’t providing many details about the update itself. The new software is version 7.8.1 and it “improves the security of your base station”. I fully expect Macs and even AppleTV's to come with built in 5G chips in the coming years and for Watches and iPads to come with cellular chips standard.It has been more than a year since Apple discontinued the AirPort router lineup, but the company has just released an important security update anyway.Īpple on Thursday officially released a new update for the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule. Apple wasn't looking at the short term when they decided to abandon AirPort. Mesh networks are experiencing a bit of a moment now but I don't think that will last as 5G is deployed and people start relying on their future iPhone's 5G connection when data prices drop to the price of traditional home internet prices. We have to see this from a consumer perspective and so for consumers, a direct internet connection via a 5G chip built into each device makes far more sense than configuring WiFi networks at home. It was always primarily a consumer device. IT departments didn't buy a bunch of AirPort to build networks. Commercial networks were never AirPort's focus. Some people will probably say that this isn't viable for offices. Speeds are expected to exceed terrestrial internet and available bandwidth will enable ISP's to charge the same for wireless data as they do for traditional internet - with the added benefit that it's much cheaper to deploy 5G infrastructure than it is optical cabling under city streets and on poles.
But LTE data is expensive and Macs and AppleTVs consume large amounts of data. iPhones connect to the internet directly via LTE and can even get other devices online like Macs and iPads. The obvious piece that's missing is of course internet access. These functions constitute the majority of uses for a home network. Printers connect directly to each device, without having to configure them manually.
iCloud puts storage in the cloud where any device can access it, even outside of a traditional local network. The reliability of transferring files via AirDrop has gotten to a point where it really does just work. Every Apple device recognizes Apple devices around it and seamlessly creates a network of all devices logged into the same Apple ID and known Apple ID's. The answer is that each Apple device is its own piece of a mesh network.
If we look closely at Apple's hardware releases in the last several years, it's possible to interpret their strategy and understand why Apple got out of the router game.
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