Airport extreme apple

The routers were called AirPorts, with the last iteration of them being the sixth generation AirPort Extreme. Apple's sixth-generation of the AirPort Extreme was released in 2013, but the AirPort Extreme and its AirPort brethren were officially discontinued in 2018.

The AirPort Extreme is a residential gateway combining the functions of a router, network switch, wireless access point and NAS as well as varied other functions, and one of Apple's former AirPort products.

Give the AirPort Extreme a minute to restart to a slow blinking amber light status and then unplug the device from power. As the AirPort Extreme does not include an internal HDD, like the Time Capsule, just performing a factory default reset should be sufficient in making it ready for resale or gifting.

On your device, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then tap the name of your base station (for example, “AirPort Extreme 0affff”) listed under “Set up new AirPort base station.” Follow the onscreen instructions. The setup assistant automatically provides the best solution for extending your network.

about 5 years. 3 years is about average for a Time Capsule. An AirPort Extreme averages out at about 5 years, since it is router only (without a hard drive).