Vala isikhangiso

Uma usunesithakazelo enkampanini ye-Apple isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke akuyona imfihlo kuwe ukuthi esikhathini esidlule manje kwakukhona ama-routers ayisithonjana ekunikezeni kwayo. Umdondoshiya weCupertino wanikezelwa ekuthuthukisweni nasekudayiseni amarutha ayo, anegama elithi AirPort futhi eza emakethe ngezinguqulo eziningana ezihlukene. Isiqephu sokuqala ngqa esibhalwe ukuthi I-AirPort Base Station yaqala ukukhonjiswa ngo-1999 futhi yayingeyimbi neze ngaleso sikhathi. Yayinesixhumi se-Ethernet, ama-diode amathathu njengezinkomba zokuxhuma kanye nomklamo okhethekile ocwebezelayo.

Ukuqala kolayini we-AirPort

Imodeli eshiwo ngenhla ye-AirPort Base Station yabuyekezwa eminyakeni emibili kamuva (2001), lapho i-Apple iyipha isipho sesixhumi esengeziwe. Kodwa umdondoshiya weCupertino wayengeke ayeke ngale modeli eyisisekelo. Ngo-2003, i-AirPort Extreme Base Station yakhululwa ngedizayini efanayo, kodwa uma iqhathaniswa nocezu olushiwo, yanikeza nothi lwangaphandle nesixhumi se-USB. Ngokuphuma kwayo, i-AirPort Base Station yesibili nayo yayekwa. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izizukulwane ezintsha nezintsha zafika namagajethi ahlukene. Isibonelo, ngonyaka olandelayo, i-2004, nayo yaba nezithelo, lapho i-AirPort Extreme ithola ukusekelwa kwamandla phezu kwe-Ethernet, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo yakwazi ukusebenzisana namakhasimende axhunyiwe angafika ku-50. Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-AirPort Express yokuqala yafika emakethe. Kwakuyirutha ephathekayo ekwazi ukudlala umculo, ishaje ama-iPod, futhi inike amandla amaphrinta ukuthi asebenze ngaphandle kwentambo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Le modeli yabe isithuthukiswa ngo-2008 futhi yathola ukuklanywa kabusha ngo-2012. Okubalulekile ngayo ukuthi ifike nesici se-AirTunes, esichaza i-AirPlay namuhla.

Isikhumulo Sezindiza Isiteshi
Isikhumulo Sezindiza Isiteshi

I-AirPort Extreme ibithola ukugxila okukhulu noma kunjalo. Ithole ukuhlelwa kabusha okuthakazelisayo ngo-2007. Ekugcineni, lokho akulona iphuzu elingako, njengoba izindaba ezinkulu zaziwukuthi umzila ushintshile kusukela ku-802.11b/g standard kuya kwesimanje 802.11a/b/g/n. Ukuthuthukiswa kwamarutha we-Apple kumele kube ngesivinini esigcwele. Izingcezu ezintsha nezithuthuke kakhulu zazifika emakethe, ezazikwazi ukudlala indima yazo futhi zihlangabezane nakho konke okwakulindelwe. Ngo-2011, bebenikela ngezinti ezithuthukisiwe, futhi bekukhona nenketho yokusebenzisa Umshini Wesikhathi ukwenza ikhophi yasenqolobaneni ye-Mac yakho kudivayisi yangaphandle.

Lesi sici esishiwo ngenhla soMshini Wesikhathi sihlobene ngokuqondile nerutha ye-AirPort Time Capsule kusukela ngo-2008, eyathuthukela ukuxhumana phakathi kwamanethiwekhi namakhompyutha akwa-Apple ngendlela engenakucatshangwa mayelana nobuchwepheshe. Kwakuyi-router kanye neseva ngesikhathi esifanayo, eyayinomthamo wokugcina we-500 GB noma i-1 TB. Lesi sikhala sisetshenziswe ukwenza isipele ikhompuyutha ngokwayo. Ngo-2011, abasebenzisi be-Apple babekwazi ngisho nokuthenga imodeli enamandla angu-2 TB kanye no-3 TB. Umdondoshiya weCupertino wabe eseshintsha futhi ijazi lamarutha aso, lapho, ngokwesibonelo, ukubheja kwe-AirPort Express ngendlela yesikhungo semultimedia se-Apple TV.

Amamodeli akamuva

Kodwa ngemva kokuphenduka kweminyaka eyishumi, kwakungaseyona i-hit parade. Kusukela lapho, ama-AirPorts amasha afika kuphela ngo-2012 no-2013, lapho abasebenzisi be-Apple babona ukuthuthukiswa kwesivinini kanye nokwengezwa kwamachweba e-USB engeziwe, phakathi kwezinye izinguquko zokuklama. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho izinguquko ze-hardware zaphela khona. Ngokusemthethweni, ithimba elalisebenza kuma-Apple AirPort routers lahlakazwa ngo-2016, futhi ngemva kweminyaka emibili, ukukhiqizwa nokudayiswa kwamamodeli ngamanye kwaphela ngokusemthethweni. Kusukela lapho, abaseyona indlela esemthethweni yokuzithola, futhi kufanele kukhulunywe ukuthi bebengenzi kahle ekuthengiseni eminyakeni yamuva.

I-Apple Airport Time Capsule
I-AirPort Isikhathi Capsule

Kungani i-Apple iyeka ukuthuthukisa amarutha

Njengoba sikhombisile ngenhla, ukuthandwa kwama-Apple router akubanga phezulu kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Okubi kakhulu ukuthi okuphambene akukaze kube njalo. Ungase uzibuze ukuthi ngabe ama-AirPorts awelele emuva yini kulo mqhudelwano ngokobuchwepheshe. Kwakungenjalo neze. Ngesikhathi sabo, lawa mamodeli anikeze konke ongakucela futhi asebenza ngokunethezeka ezindlini nasemabhizinisini. Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu, uma kuqhathaniswa nomncintiswano, beza nezinga elithile lokunethezeka, njengoba bekulula kakhulu ukusetha futhi "bangaqalwa" ngesikhathi esifushane. Nokho, nalokho akuzange kuqinisekise impumelelo yabo.

Ngamafuphi, i-Apple ayikwazanga ukuhambisana nemakethe futhi yaqala ukukhubeka kancane. Ngamafuphi, lo mncintiswano ubushesha kancane ekuqalisweni kwezinto ezintsha nangesivinini esikhulu, nakho okwenze ngenani eliphansi kakhulu. Imikhiqizo enelogo ye-apula elunyiwe ayikho phakathi kweshibhe, ngeshwa iphinde yasebenza emikhiqizweni yochungechunge lwe-AirPort. Isibonelo, i-AirPort Express enjalo ibiza ngaphansi kwemiqhele eyizinkulungwane ezintathu, kuyilapho uzokhokha imiqhele engaphansi kwezinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili nge-AirPort Time Capsule eno-2 TB wesitoreji. Pho kungani ukhokhela into ongayithola kancane kakhulu ngekhwalithi efanayo noma ephakeme? Amarutha we-Apple asanda kuletha idizayini entsha nesimanjemanje ngokungangabazeki "enganonga" ikhaya ngendlela, kodwa imayelana nakho. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kunengqondo ukuthi i-giant Cupertino yahamba ngendlela ehlukile futhi yakhetha ukunaka imikhiqizo ethandwa kakhulu.

isikhungo sokulawula i-airdrop

Naphezu kwazo zonke izinkinga, ukuthuthukiswa kwama-routers akuzange kufike ize. Ngenxa yalokhu, i-Apple ithuthukise ubuchwepheshe obuningi obuthokozisayo obukhona ngandlela thile emikhiqizweni yayo kuze kube namuhla. Kulokhu, isibonelo, umsebenzi oshiwo ngenhla we-AirPlay wokwenza isibuko okuqukethwe noma ukudlala izingoma noma Umshini Wesikhathi wokulondoloza ngokuzenzakalelayo ama-Mac, kuyilapho umsuka we-AirDrop, osetshenziselwa ukwabelana ngamafayela phakathi kwamadivayisi we-Apple, nawo ungatholakala ku- uchungechunge lwe-AirPort.

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