SMC 7004 Wireless Broadband Router

Apple Airport Base Station

 Linksys Wireless Access Point

Price

$308-350 + S&H

~$300

 ~$230

Availability

probably online only or special order

authorized Apple dealer or from apple.com

 some retail shops, e-commerce vendors

OS for config

web browser

MacOS, Win32, any OS with JRE 1.1.8+

 Win32, SNMP

Wired Equivalent Privacy

64-bit

64-bit (upgradeable to 128-bit with card swap)

 40-bit

Ext. antenna connectors

none

none (one Lucent proprietary after drilling)

 two TNC female

Output power

+13dBm (~20mW) min., 50mW max.

+15dBm (~31.5mW)

 ?
ISP connectivity

serial port for analog or ISDN modem, ethernet (DHCP or static IP, PPoE)

built-in modem, ethernet (DHCP or static IP)

 none, wireless/ethernet bridge only
LAN connectivity

one 10BASE-T, three 10/100BASE-T

 one 10BASE-T

 one 10/100BASE-T
Access Control

by IP address

by MAC address

 none
Max. users

252

?

32

NAT

yes

yes

 n/a

DHCP server

yes

yes

 n/a

Print Server

yes

no

 n/a
Port Forwarding

yes

yes

 n/a

Packet Filtering

yes

no

 n/a

VPN

yes, via port fwd'ing

maybe with port fwd'ing

 n/a
DMZ

yes

no

 n/a

User-defined firewall rules

limited

n/a

 n/a
Cosmetic

functional square brick form factor

swank "UFO" design

 compact, ergonomic brick design
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