Apple: Airport extreme, 3 questions

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Published on 2010-05-29T10:42:24Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 10:53 UTC
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1) Can I use airport extreme + external hard disk as a server ? I mean, can I run operating systems such as ubuntu on it ?

2) Is it a bit noisy ? Can I place it in my sleeping room ?

3) Can airport extreme expand networks ? On the Apple website they say only Time Capsule can do it: www.apple.com/wifi/

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