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You're Using an Existing Ethernet Network, Setting Up Client Computers, What It Looks Like - a airport express base station

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Setting Up Client Computers To set up client computers to connect to the wireless network, see "Setting Up Client Computers" on page 28. You're Using an Existing Ethernet Network You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express for Internet access through an existing Ethernet network. Use AirPort Admin Utility if you are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or you need to adjust optional advanced base station settings. See "Setting Advanced Options" on page 39. What It Looks Like AirPort Extreme Base Station To the Internet via an Ethernet network Ethernet hub How It Works • The base station uses your Ethernet network to communicate with the Internet through the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on an AirPort Extreme Base Station, or through the Ethernet port on an AirPort Express. • AirPort and Ethernet clients access the Internet and the Ethernet network through the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 33

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Chapter 3
AirPort Network Designs
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Setting Up Client Computers
To set up client computers to connect to the wireless network, see “Setting Up Client
Computers” on page 28.
You’re Using an Existing Ethernet Network
You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express for Internet
access through an existing Ethernet network. Use AirPort Admin Utility if you are
setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or you need to adjust optional advanced
base station settings. See “Setting Advanced Options” on page 39.
What It Looks Like
How It Works
The base station uses your Ethernet network to communicate with the Internet
through the Ethernet WAN (
) port on an AirPort Extreme Base Station, or through
the Ethernet port on an AirPort Express.
AirPort and Ethernet clients access the Internet and the Ethernet network through
the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express.
Ethernet hub
AirPort Extreme
Base Station
To the Internet via
an Ethernet network