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Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for Internet Access

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Use AirPort to provide wireless Internet access and share a single Internet connection among multiple computers in the following ways: • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to a DSL or cable modem. (If the AirPort Extreme Base Station has an internal modem, you can connect it to a telephone line.) The AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express receives content from the Internet, such as webpages and email, via its Internet connection and then sends it to wireless-equipped computers, using the wireless network. • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to an existing network that already has Internet access, such as in a school or small office. Wireless computers connect wirelessly to the base station and receive network and Internet content. Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for Internet Access Like your computer, the AirPort base station must be set up with the appropriate Internet Protocol (IP) networking information to connect to the Internet. To provide the Internet configuration information, you can use AirPort Admin Utility to set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, or use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express and control the AirPort network it creates. Note: You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express using Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1). If you are using Windows 2000, use AirPort Admin Utility to set up your network and base station. AirPort Express Assistant You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to create a new wireless network with an AirPort Express, or join AirPort Express to an existing wireless network. You can also use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express as a wireless bridge and extend the range of your existing AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network. This is known as a Wireless Distribution System (WDS). If you connect AirPort Express to your stereo or powered speakers, you can set up your AirPort Express to play iTunes music using AirTunes. See Chapter 4, "Using AirPort Express," on page 55 for more information. To use the AirPort Express Assistant, you need an AirPort Express, the AirPort Express Assistant (on the CD that came with AirPort Express), Windows XP with SP1, and AirPort 4.0 or later. To play music using AirTunes, you need iTunes 4.6 or later. If you are using Windows 2000, or are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, use AirPort Admin Utility, located in Start > All Programs > AirPort. Chapter 1 Getting Started 7

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Chapter 1
Getting Started
7
Use AirPort to provide wireless Internet access and share a single Internet connection
among multiple computers in the following ways:
•
Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to a DSL or cable
modem. (If the AirPort Extreme Base Station has an internal modem, you can
connect it to a telephone line.) The AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express
receives content from the Internet, such as webpages and email, via its Internet
connection and then sends it to wireless-equipped computers, using the wireless
network.
•
Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to an existing network
that already has Internet access, such as in a school or small office. Wireless
computers connect wirelessly to the base station and receive network and Internet
content.
Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort
Express for Internet Access
Like your computer, the AirPort base station must be set up with the appropriate
Internet Protocol (IP) networking information to connect to the Internet.
To provide the Internet configuration information, you can use AirPort Admin Utility to
set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, or use the AirPort Express
Assistant to set up an AirPort Express and control the AirPort network it creates.
Note:
You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express using
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1). If you are using Windows 2000, use AirPort
Admin Utility to set up your network and base station.
AirPort Express Assistant
You can use the AirPort Express Assistant to create a new wireless network with an
AirPort Express, or join AirPort Express to an existing wireless network. You can also use
the AirPort Express Assistant to set up an AirPort Express as a wireless bridge and
extend the range of your existing AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network. This is
known as a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
If you connect AirPort Express to your stereo or powered speakers, you can set up your
AirPort Express to play iTunes music using AirTunes. See Chapter 4, “Using AirPort
Express,” on page 55 for more information.
To use the AirPort Express Assistant, you need an AirPort Express, the AirPort Express
Assistant (on the CD that came with AirPort Express), Windows XP with SP1, and AirPort
4.0 or later. To play music using AirTunes, you need iTunes 4.6 or later. If you are using
Windows 2000, or are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, use AirPort Admin
Utility, located in Start > All Programs > AirPort.