Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station User Manual

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Chapter 2

Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station

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If your base station has a built-in modem and you connect to the Internet using it, the
base station can provide Internet access to computers connected to both Ethernet
ports (WAN

and LAN

G

).

Step 2:

Use the AirPort Setup Assistant on a Macintosh computer

The AirPort Setup Assistant:

Sets up your AirPort network

Configures your computer to access the AirPort network created by the AirPort
Extreme Base Station

Note:

You can’t use the AirPort Setup Assistant to set up some advanced features. Use

AirPort Admin Utility, located in Applications/Utilities.

To use the AirPort Setup Assistant to configure the AirPort Extreme
Base Station:

1

Make sure you have plugged in the base station and the middle light is on.

2

Open the AirPort Setup Assistant (in Applications/Utilities on a Mac, and follow the
onscreen instructions.

Use AirPort Admin Utility on a Windows XP or Windows 2000 computer
See the document “AirPort Networks for Windows” that came on the AirPort CD for
detailed instructions for setting up your AirPort Extreme Base Station using AirPort
Admin Utility.

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