AirPort

This article is about a series of products by Apple Inc.. For airports in general, see Airport. For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation).

AirPort
First three AirPort Base Station models, including the AirPort Extreme to the right
DeveloperApple Inc.
TypeWireless base stations and cards
Release date1999
Discontinued2018

AirPort is a discontinued line of wireless routers and network cards developed by Apple Inc. using Wi-Fi protocols. In Japan, the line of products was marketed under the brand AirMac due to previous registration by I-O Data.[1][2]

Apple introduced the AirPort line in 1999. Wireless cards were discontinued in 2009 following the Mac transition to Intel processors, after all of Apple's Mac products had adopted built-in Wi-Fi. Apple's line of wireless routers consisted of the AirPort Base Station (later AirPort Extreme); the AirPort Time Capsule, a variant with a built-in hard disk for automated backups; and the AirPort Express, a compact router.

In 2018, Apple discontinued the AirPort line. The remaining inventory was sold off, and Apple later retailed routers from Linksys, Netgear, and Eero in Apple retail stores.[3]

  1. ^ "Wn-Apg/A". Iodata.jp. September 15, 2006. Archived from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "アップル – AirMac Express". Apple, Inc. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Apple officially discontinues AirPort router line, no plans for future hardware