Apple AirPort Networks User Manual
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Chapter 3
AirPort Network Designs
Setting Up Roaming
Several AirPort Extreme Base Stations or Time Capsules can be set up to create a single
wireless network. Client computers using AirPort can move from device to device with
no interruption in service (a process known as roaming).
To set up roaming:
1
Connect all of the AirPort Extreme Base Stations and Time Capsules to the same subnet
on your Ethernet network.
2
Give each device a unique name.
3
Give each device the same network name and password.
4
Set up the devices as bridges, following the instructions in the previous section.
If you want one device to assign IP addresses using DHCP, also do the following:
1
Set up one device to act as the DHCP server.
2
Set up the other devices as bridges, following the instructions in the previous section.
The device acting as a DHCP server can also receive its IP address via DHCP from a
server on an Ethernet network or from a cable or DSL modem connected to an Internet
service provider (ISP).
to Ethernet port
to Internet
Ethernet LAN ports
AirPort Extreme
DSL or cable modem
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Time Capsule
Ethernet WAN port
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2.4 or 5 GHz
2.4 GHz