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SMC 7004 Wireless Broadband Router |
Apple Airport Base Station |
Linksys Wireless Access Point |
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Price |
$308-350 + S&H |
~$300 |
~$230 |
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Availability |
probably online only or special order |
authorized Apple dealer or from apple.com |
some retail shops, e-commerce vendors |
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OS for config |
web browser |
MacOS, Win32, any OS with JRE 1.1.8+ |
Win32, SNMP |
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Wired Equivalent Privacy |
64-bit |
64-bit (upgradeable to 128-bit with card swap) |
40-bit |
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Ext. antenna connectors |
none |
none (one Lucent proprietary after drilling) |
two TNC female |
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Output power |
+13dBm (~20mW) min., 50mW max. |
+15dBm (~31.5mW) |
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| 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 |
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NAT |
yes |
yes |
n/a |
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DHCP server |
yes |
yes |
n/a |
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Print Server |
yes |
no |
n/a |
| Port Forwarding |
yes |
yes |
n/a |
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Packet Filtering |
yes |
no |
n/a |
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VPN |
yes, via port fwd'ing |
maybe with port fwd'ing |
n/a |
| DMZ |
yes |
no |
n/a |
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User-defined firewall rules |
limited |
n/a |
n/a |
| Cosmetic |
functional square brick form factor |
swank "UFO" design |
compact, ergonomic brick design |
| Picture |
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