Apple MC340LL User Guide - Page 5

Getting Started 1 1 With this version of the AirPort software you can set up and manage an AirPort network using Microsoft Windows, and wirelessly share a single Internet connection with multiple computers. Instead of using cables to create a network, AirPort uses wireless local area network (WLAN) technology to provide wireless communication between computers. Through a wireless network you can access the Internet, share files, play multiplayer games, and more. If you have an AirPort Express and use AirPort 4.0 or later, you can play iTunes music through remote speakers using AirTunes. Using AirPort technology, you can: • Create a wireless network in your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to the Internet and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. An entire family, business, or classroom can be on the Internet at the same time. • Create a wireless connection between a single computer and a standard computer network. Wireless computers can then have access to an entire network without being connected using a cable. • Connect multiple computers in a wireless "ad-hoc" network so that you can share files or play network games. • Connect a USB printer to the base station and all of the computers on the AirPort network can print to it. • If you are using AirPort Express, connect it to your stereo or powered speakers and use AirTunes to play iTunes music. You can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to the Internet without wires in minutes. But since the AirPort base stations are flexible powerful networking devices, you can also create an AirPort network that does much more. 5