[kharvel]

Hello,

I would prefer to use the Airport admin utility to control all the wireless devices. Are there any third party brands that will work seamlessly with the Airport admin utility?

If the utility works only with Apple Airport gear then what brand is the easiest to use and the most compatible with Airport hardware? I heard that Buffalo is very easy to use and set up but I might be wrong. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks.

[ghporter]

Apple is the ONLY company that I know of that still uses a separate utility to manage its wireless equipment. EVERYONE ELSE uses a browser interface so you just punch in an IP in your browser and get all the configuration options.

ALL the other brands have their pluses and minuses. I like Linksys, but anyone who can read and bothers to can manage their router/base station/access point/whatever without much problem. There are some issues with terminology (again Apple is the odd one out with this issue), but other than that, you see what the manual says about a setting and make the changes you want. It is NOT rocket science, brain surgery or even playing Scrabble®. It's more like setting up a TV for your local service.

[kharvel]

OK, thanks for the info. Which brand is the easiest to use and set-up? And which will play best with Airport Express? Thanks.