Editing AirPort (section)

===Discontinuation===
In approximately 2016, Apple disbanded its wireless router team.<ref name="Mark Gurman, Bloomberg 2016.11.21">{{cite news |last1=Gurman |first1=Mark |title=Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec |access-date=2021-10-07 |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=21 Nov 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Apple formally discontinued all of its AirPort products, exiting the router market.<ref name="Mark Gurman, Bloomberg 2018.04.26: official discontinuation">{{cite news |last1=Gurman |first1=Mark |title=Apple Officially Discontinues Its AirPort Wireless Routers |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/apple-officially-discontinues-its-airport-wireless-routers |access-date=2021-10-07 |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=26 Apr 2018}}</ref> Bloomberg News noted that "Apple rarely discontinues product categories"<ref name="Mark Gurman, Bloomberg 2018.04.26: official discontinuation" /> and that its decision to leave the business was "a boon for other wireless router makers."<ref name="Mark Gurman, Bloomberg 2016.11.21" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Overview of AirPort (AirMac)-branded products
|-
! Family brand
! Image
! Functions
! Introduced / Discontinued
|-
! Card
| [[File:Apple_AirPort_7877.jpg|alt= Card not Base Station|125px]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Adds wireless networking interface to Macintosh personal computers
| 1999–2005
|-
! Base Station
| [[File:Minns du? Apple AirPort m 1999. Jag har tre (Graphite), kan sälja två om någon samlar. (14243015299).jpg|125px]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Wireless networking switch and internet router
| 1999–2003
|-
! Extreme
| [[File:Airport Extreme Base Station - 08 (14496189685).jpg|125px]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Wireless networking switch and internet router; USB print server. Later (square-shaped) versions added network-attached USB storage & backup.
| 2003–2018
|-
! Express
| [[File:Apple Airport Express.jpg|125px]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Wireless networking switch, access point, bridge; internet router; USB print server; streaming audio receiver
| 2004–2018
|-
! Time Capsule
| [[File:Appletimecapsule.jpg|125px]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Network-attached backup storage, wireless networking switch, and internet router
| 2008–2018
|}