AirPort



AirPort is a discontinued series of Wi-Fi devices sold by Apple. AirPort was one of the earliest consumer products providing Wi-Fi functionality to an existing home or small office network, and is credited as being a catalyst to the widespread adoption of Wi-Fi.

While the AirPort series of consumer products is formally discontinued, the name is still used internally to refer to the hardware and corresponding software implementation of Wi-Fi in macOS and iOS. The AirPort name was used to refer to Wi-Fi functionality in the Mac OS X user interface until 10.7 Lion, where it was renamed to Wi-Fi.


 * AirPort routers provide a Wi-Fi access point for devices to receive internet access from, along with features dependent on the model such as Ethernet switch ports, an AirPlay receiver, and network-attached storage featuring support for Time Machine backups.
 * AirPort cards provide Wi-Fi client functionality to Macs as a user-installable expansion card, or internal daughterboard.