Airport extreme and windows home server

But this delivers today what home users need: fast wlan, printer and HD sharing. And you can set it up with ease. These rally are not directly comparable products … not on the surface. Oh, and the Mac item is the one with only three digits! Or not. And the built-in OS, or not! The Apple hardware offers less capability for much less money. So … why compare them? Well, because they are targeting the same consumers?

Apple is targeting its usual top-of-the-line consumer while MS is trying to grab the bottom of the Pro family — and these are much the same buyers! DLMeyer — the Voice of G.

Xbox on Windows? I thought they used PowerMac G5s to code it all in a unix language… right? People who have actually purchased the new base station and attached a USB drive to it are reporting ver y slow HD access speeds, slower than the max wireless speed. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I think it's the same problems with the proper ports not being open, not having the UPnP on the Extreme router Yea not sure what's going on with it disconnecting when transferring files.

Guess I need to call HP tech support but I hate doing that because their routing is terrible But once you get there, they seem to have pretty good support. YOu know how to keep the smb shares to stay and not disconnect? It's that they disconnect when either your mac goes to sleep or the server goes to sleep. In CORD you should not have to use the domain. As for keping SMB shares connected, they should unless you shut down, log off, or restart. They should not drop off.

Are you talking about during a transfer? Posted: Sat Apr 11, pm. Am using Time Capsule, and could not access the server to set it up. I waited a couple minutes, then things went ok. If anybody has any other fixes, I'd be pleased to get your email to discuss. It actually disconnects sometimes when it has been sleeping for awhile, after it has woken up, but sometimes it will just disconnect with not sleeping.

Posted: Sun Apr 12, am. Page 1 of 1. Previous topic Next topic. In contrast, Apple has designed products that solve some of the same problems as the plans offered by Microsoft every year, but in original ways that just make more sense.

In a similar fashion, the new AirPort Extreme delivers the idea behind Windows Home Server in a unique and different way that simply makes a lot more sense. How many consumers really want to buy a clunky looking, mini PC box with expensive, dedicated hardware? How many people want such a server in their home, running non-stop? Here's what's involved in the deal:. There is no Active Directory, so no roaming profiles or shared accounts.

It's just a Snap server-type product sold in a limited set of configurations. Rather than forcing the user configure how their data and disks are managed, it simply creates shared folders, and mirrors data behind the scenes across multiple disks for redundancy.

Most users who are sophisticated enough to decide they need a server in their home will want more control than Windows Home Server offers. Sounds great, but how does Windows know what files are duplicates? Once again, power users are set up to be disappointed by the inner-workings of a system that tries to hide everything from the user.

One novel feature of Windows Home Server is that it provides remote access to stored files and PC screen sharing from a remote web browser Internet Explorer, of course. The device is a headless server, and is configured using a Windows-only utility program that connects via SMB. It basically assumes users will pay a premium for an embedded box that happens to be running a version of Windows Server rather than an server appliance based on BSD or Linux.

That seems to be a faulty assumption. Or install internal drives for sharing? Windows Home Server is just another always-on PC eating up power.