AirPort Base Station

Original (Graphite)

 History

Introduced: July 21, 1999

Discontinued: November 13, 2001

Original Retail Price: $299

Model #: M5757

Tech Specs

Wireless Band: 802.11b

Speed: up to 11 Mbps

Ports: Power, dial-up modem, Ethernet

Condition & Notes

This unit is in excellent condition, and is complete with all the original packaging, power cable, mounting bracket & hardware, software CD, and documentation.

This is the original AirPort Base Station, introduced at Macworld New York 1999 alongside the original iBook. It was Apple’s first wireless base station, and uses the 802.11b standard which operates at up to 11 Mbps. It was succeeded by the “Snow” version in 2001.

It is mostly useful today for the purpose of connecting older devices (e.g. iBooks) to the Internet wirelessly.