Latest TimeCapsules and AirPort Extremes Have Better Range and Performance

Both Apple's new AirPort Extreme and TimeCapsule offer improved range and performance, reports AnandTech.

Back in June we posted that the recent update to the AirPort Extreme had given it a 2.8x power boost when broadcasting 802.11n Wi-Fi in 40Mhz wide mode. AnandTech now offers a detailed analysis of the new models finding some significant performance improvements.

The result of the move from Marvell to Broadcom is twofold. First, performance and range is definitely better thanks to more transmit power and the improved sensitivity afforded by newer generation chipsets. Second, the combination of lots of Broadcom in Apple's hardware lineup (from the iPhone, iPad, and MacBooks, to iMac and Mac Mini) with Broadcom in the access point likely allows for the use of frame bursting or some other packet aggregation technique that speeds things up in some scenarios. It's another example of how having that complete hardware control can in fact result in some benefit-in this case, faster WiFi.


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