Another Reason Not To Buy Apple's Current Airport Extreme Router

A while back, I wrote about how Apple’s nonsensical omission of Gigabit Ethernet was a reason to avoid buying the unit until Apple corrected it. Well, Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle found another reason. He took a unit and ran it against Gibson’s “Shields Up” website (http://www.grc.com). You can see what he found here.

In short, Apple’s unit is less secure than almost any other unit on the market. Like the Gigabit Ethernet omission, Apple’s rationale is that this doesn’t matter to consumers. Well, I’m a consumer, and I say both of them do. I can get both of those features and “N” networking by buying a D-Link DIR-655 wireless router for $50 less than Apple’s Airport Extreme. That’s sad, especially when I would like to buy the Apple product.

Let me put it another way, Apple. I already have those features on my current 802.11G router. Why would I want to go backwards?