AirPort Base Station (Graphite)

歴史的背景

In 1999, Apple released parallel to the new iBooks its new networking technology Airport which was developed in cooperation with Lucent Technologies. It was a wireless LAN network with up to 11 Mbps (faster than a 10 Base-T ethernet card). The Base Station was basically an ethernet hub and modem router for sharing an internet connection between Macs in the Airport wireless network.