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What You Need for a DSL or Cable Modem Connection Components Internet account with cable modem or DSL service provider AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express Check √ Comments Does your service provider use a You can get this information static IP or DHCP configuration? from your service provider. Place the base station near your DSL or cable modem. Optional Ethernet hub Check √ If you want to add more than one computer to your AirPort Extreme network using Ethernet, you need an Ethernet hub. What to Do To set up a base station using AirPort Admin Utility: 1 Make sure that your DSL or cable modem is connected to the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to the Ethernet port on your Airport Express. Important: If you are using a cable modem, turn the power off on the modem after connecting it to the base station, wait a few minutes, and then turn it back on. 2 Open AirPort Admin Utility, select your base station, and click Configure. 3 Click Internet. Choose Ethernet or "PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)" from the "Connect using" pop-up menu, depending on which one your service provider requires. If your service provider gave you PPPoE connection software, such as EnterNet, choose PPPoE. Note: If you connect to the Internet through a router using PPPoE and your base station is connected to the router via Ethernet, you do not need to use PPPoE on your base station. Choose Ethernet from the "Connect using" pop-up menu in the Internet pane, and deselect the "Distribute IP addresses" checkbox in the Network pane. Contact your service provider if you aren't sure which one to select. 4 If you chose Ethernet from the "Connect using" pop-up menu, choose Manually or Using DHCP from the Configure pop-up menu, depending on how your service provider provides IP addresses. If your provider gave you an IP address and other numbers with your subscription, use that information to configure the base station IP address manually. If you aren't sure, ask your service provider. If your service provider asks you for the MAC address of your base station, use the address of the Ethernet WAN ( ) port, printed on the label on the bottom of the AirPort Extreme Base Station. If you are using AirPort Express, use the Ethernet port address, printed on the power adapter side of AirPort Express. 24 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs

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Chapter 3
AirPort Network Designs
What You Need for a DSL or Cable Modem Connection
What to Do
To set up a base station using AirPort Admin Utility:
1
Make sure that your DSL or cable modem is connected to the Ethernet WAN (
) port
on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to the Ethernet port on your Airport Express.
Important:
If you are using a cable modem, turn the power off on the modem after
connecting it to the base station, wait a few minutes, and then turn it back on.
2
Open AirPort Admin Utility, select your base station, and click Configure.
3
Click Internet. Choose Ethernet or “PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)” from the “Connect using”
pop-up menu, depending on which one your service provider requires. If your service
provider gave you PPPoE connection software, such as EnterNet, choose PPPoE.
Note:
If you connect to the Internet through a router using PPPoE and your base
station is connected to the router via Ethernet, you do not need to use PPPoE on your
base station. Choose Ethernet from the “Connect using” pop-up menu in the Internet
pane, and deselect the “Distribute IP addresses” checkbox in the Network pane. Contact
your service provider if you aren’t sure which one to select.
4
If you chose Ethernet from the “Connect using” pop-up menu, choose Manually or
Using DHCP from the Configure pop-up menu, depending on how your service
provider provides IP addresses. If your provider gave you an IP address and other
numbers with your subscription, use that information to configure the base station
IP address manually. If you aren’t sure, ask your service provider.
If your service provider asks you for the MAC address of your base station, use the
address of the Ethernet WAN (
) port, printed on the label on the bottom of the
AirPort Extreme Base Station. If you are using AirPort Express, use the Ethernet port
address, printed on the power adapter side of AirPort Express.
Components
Check √
Comments
Internet account with cable
modem or DSL service provider
Does your service provider use a
static IP or DHCP configuration?
You can get this information
from your service provider.
AirPort Extreme Base Station or
AirPort Express
Place the base station near your
DSL or cable modem.
Optional Ethernet hub
Check √
If you want to add more than
one computer to your AirPort
Extreme network using Ethernet,
you need an Ethernet hub.