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... 6 About the AirPort Extreme 8 About the AirPort Software 8 What You Need to Get Started 11 The AirPort Extreme Status Light 13 Chapter 2: AirPort Extreme Networks 14 Using the AirPort Extreme with a Broadband Internet Service 16 Using the AirPort Extreme to Share a USB Printer 18 Using the AirPort Extreme to Share USB Hard Disks 21 Chapter 3: Setting Up the AirPort Extreme 21 Using AirPort Utility 23 Creating...
... 6 About the AirPort Extreme 8 About the AirPort Software 8 What You Need to Get Started 11 The AirPort Extreme Status Light 13 Chapter 2: AirPort Extreme Networks 14 Using the AirPort Extreme with a Broadband Internet Service 16 Using the AirPort Extreme to Share a USB Printer 18 Using the AirPort Extreme to Share USB Hard Disks 21 Chapter 3: Setting Up the AirPort Extreme 21 Using AirPort Utility 23 Creating...
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27 If You Forgot Your Network or Base Station Password 28 If Your AirPort Extreme Isn't Responding 29 If Your AirPort Extreme Status Light Flashes Amber 30 If Your Printer Isn't Responding 31 Updating AirPort Software 31 AirPort Extreme Placement Considerations 32 Items That Can Cause Interference with AirPort 33 Chapter 5: Learning More, Service, and Support 35 Appendix: AirPort Extreme Specifications and Safety Guidelines 38 Regulatory Compliance Information 4 Contents
27 If You Forgot Your Network or Base Station Password 28 If Your AirPort Extreme Isn't Responding 29 If Your AirPort Extreme Status Light Flashes Amber 30 If Your Printer Isn't Responding 31 Updating AirPort Software 31 AirPort Extreme Placement Considerations 32 Items That Can Cause Interference with AirPort 33 Chapter 5: Learning More, Service, and Support 35 Appendix: AirPort Extreme Specifications and Safety Guidelines 38 Regulatory Compliance Information 4 Contents
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... devices, such as iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV. When you can also share files among computers connected to the network. 5 You can : Â Create a password-protected wireless home network, and then connect to get started. With your simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station. The new AirPort Extreme provides simultaneous dual-band wireless 802.11n networking...
... devices, such as iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV. When you can also share files among computers connected to the network. 5 You can : Â Create a password-protected wireless home network, and then connect to get started. With your simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station. The new AirPort Extreme provides simultaneous dual-band wireless 802.11n networking...
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... a USB hub to your AirPort Extreme, and then connect multiple USB devices, such as computers, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV. Â Connect your AirPort Extreme to your AirPort Extreme. All of the compatible computers on the AirPort network, both wireless and wired...computers can print to it to your base station. Important: Install AirPort Utility 5.4 from the CD that came with this base station. All of AirPort Setup Assistant and AirPort Admin Utility are not compatible with your simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station, or download it using Software Update,...
... a USB hub to your AirPort Extreme, and then connect multiple USB devices, such as computers, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV. Â Connect your AirPort Extreme to your AirPort Extreme. All of the compatible computers on the AirPort network, both wireless and wired...computers can print to it to your base station. Important: Install AirPort Utility 5.4 from the CD that came with this base station. All of AirPort Setup Assistant and AirPort Admin Utility are not compatible with your simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station, or download it using Software Update,...
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... Ethernet ports Reset button Power port AC adapter USB port Security slot Next to the ports is a reset button, which is used for troubleshooting your AirPort Extreme. Chapter 1 Getting Started 7 The status light on the front of the...
... Ethernet ports Reset button Power port AC adapter USB port Security slot Next to the ports is a reset button, which is used for troubleshooting your AirPort Extreme. Chapter 1 Getting Started 7 The status light on the front of the...
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... on the CD and follow the instructions on and off. You can also connect your AirPort wireless network. Z AirPort status menu in the menu bar Use the AirPort status menu to set up this base station. The simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station is compliant with the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g standards, or with...
... on the CD and follow the instructions on and off. You can also connect your AirPort wireless network. Z AirPort status menu in the menu bar Use the AirPort status menu to set up this base station. The simultaneous dual-band AirPort Extreme Base Station is compliant with the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g standards, or with...
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... IEEE 802.11n draft specification  Windows XP Home or Professional (with Service Pack 2 installed) or Windows Vista  AirPort Utility v5.4 or later Plugging In AirPort Extreme Before you plug in your AirPort Extreme, first connect the appropriate cables to the ports you want to use:  Connect the Ethernet cable that is connected...
... IEEE 802.11n draft specification  Windows XP Home or Professional (with Service Pack 2 installed) or Windows Vista  AirPort Utility v5.4 or later Plugging In AirPort Extreme Before you plug in your AirPort Extreme, first connect the appropriate cables to the ports you want to use:  Connect the Ethernet cable that is connected...
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... glows amber while it has started up completely, the status light flashes amber until your AirPort Extreme has been updated with the correct settings. The status light glows solid green after your AirPort Extreme is no power switch. There is properly set up . When you plan to use... Started After it starts up and connected to the power port, and plug your AirPort Extreme. Power port Ethernet activity light AC adapter Important: Use only the AC adapter that came with your AirPort Extreme into a power outlet, the status light flashes green for all the devices you plug...
... glows amber while it has started up completely, the status light flashes amber until your AirPort Extreme has been updated with the correct settings. The status light glows solid green after your AirPort Extreme is no power switch. There is properly set up . When you plan to use... Started After it starts up and connected to the power port, and plug your AirPort Extreme. Power port Ethernet activity light AC adapter Important: Use only the AC adapter that came with your AirPort Extreme into a power outlet, the status light flashes green for all the devices you plug...
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... pop-up . Light Off Flashing green Solid green Flashing amber Solid amber Flashing amber and green Solid blue Status/description AirPort Extreme is completing its startup sequence. AirPort Extreme is starting up. AirPort Extreme is unplugged. The base station is ready to allow a wireless client access to the network or the Internet, or is on and working properly...
... pop-up . Light Off Flashing green Solid green Flashing amber Solid amber Flashing amber and green Solid blue Status/description AirPort Extreme is completing its startup sequence. AirPort Extreme is starting up. AirPort Extreme is unplugged. The base station is ready to allow a wireless client access to the network or the Internet, or is on and working properly...
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AirPort Utility is located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Windows XP or Windows Vista. 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started What's Next After you plug in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Mac OS X, and in your AirPort Extreme, use AirPort Utility to set it up to work with your Internet connection, USB printer or hard disk, or an existing network.
AirPort Utility is located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Windows XP or Windows Vista. 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started What's Next After you plug in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Mac OS X, and in your AirPort Extreme, use AirPort Utility to set it up to work with your Internet connection, USB printer or hard disk, or an existing network.
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... on page 21 to find explanations of the different ways you can set up using AirPort Utility to get your AirPort Extreme network up your AirPort Extreme. See Chapter 3, "Setting Up the AirPort Extreme," on the AirPort CD and at www.apple.com/support/manuals/airport. 13 This chapter provides some examples of the different kinds of what you can...
... on page 21 to find explanations of the different ways you can set up using AirPort Utility to get your AirPort Extreme network up your AirPort Extreme. See Chapter 3, "Setting Up the AirPort Extreme," on the AirPort CD and at www.apple.com/support/manuals/airport. 13 This chapter provides some examples of the different kinds of what you can...
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Using the AirPort Extreme with a Broadband Internet Service When you set up your AirPort Extreme to provide network and Internet access, Macintosh computers with AirPort and AirPort Extreme Cards, and 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and IEEE 802.11n draft specification wireless-equipped computers, can access the wireless AirPort network to share files, play games, and use Internet applications like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz 2.4 GHz DSL or cable modem < Internet WAN port 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks to Internet It looks like web browsers and email applications.
Using the AirPort Extreme with a Broadband Internet Service When you set up your AirPort Extreme to provide network and Internet access, Macintosh computers with AirPort and AirPort Extreme Cards, and 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and IEEE 802.11n draft specification wireless-equipped computers, can access the wireless AirPort network to share files, play games, and use Internet applications like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz 2.4 GHz DSL or cable modem < Internet WAN port 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks to Internet It looks like web browsers and email applications.
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... ports can also access the network and connect to the Internet through your AirPort Extreme. To set it up: 1 Connect your DSL or cable modem to your AirPort Extreme Ethernet WAN port ( All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows), select your base station, and then click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network. (See "Setting...
... ports can also access the network and connect to the Internet through your AirPort Extreme. To set it up: 1 Connect your DSL or cable modem to your AirPort Extreme Ethernet WAN port ( All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows), select your base station, and then click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network. (See "Setting...
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Using the AirPort Extreme to Share a USB Printer When you connect a compatible USB printer to your AirPort Extreme, supported computers on the network (wired and wireless) can print to it. It looks like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz Shared printer 2.4 or 5 GHz d USB port 16 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks
Using the AirPort Extreme to Share a USB Printer When you connect a compatible USB printer to your AirPort Extreme, supported computers on the network (wired and wireless) can print to it. It looks like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz Shared printer 2.4 or 5 GHz d USB port 16 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks
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...the printer to the AirPort Extreme USB port (d) or to a USB hub, using a USB cable. 2 Open AirPort Utility (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Mac OS X, and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows), select your base station, and then click Continue...button. To print from a computer using Mac OS X v10.5: 1 Choose Apple > System Preferences, and then click Print & Fax. 2 Click Add (+) and select your printer from the CD that came with your AirPort Extreme. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network if you have not...
...the printer to the AirPort Extreme USB port (d) or to a USB hub, using a USB cable. 2 Open AirPort Utility (located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Mac OS X, and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows), select your base station, and then click Continue...button. To print from a computer using Mac OS X v10.5: 1 Choose Apple > System Preferences, and then click Print & Fax. 2 Click Add (+) and select your printer from the CD that came with your AirPort Extreme. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network if you have not...
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Using the AirPort Extreme to Share USB Hard Disks When you connect a USB hard disk to your AirPort Extreme, computers on the network (wired and wireless) can access the hard disk to access, share, and store files. It looks like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz 2.4 or 5 GHz Shared hard disk drive d USB port 18 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks
Using the AirPort Extreme to Share USB Hard Disks When you connect a USB hard disk to your AirPort Extreme, computers on the network (wired and wireless) can access the hard disk to access, share, and store files. It looks like this: 2.4 or 5 GHz 2.4 or 5 GHz Shared hard disk drive d USB port 18 Chapter 2 AirPort Extreme Networks
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... later, or Windows XP (with your base station, and then click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network if you install Bonjour for Windows, located on the AirPort CD that came with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista. Computers can access the hard disk to the AirPort Extreme USB port (d) using a USB cable. 2 Open...
... later, or Windows XP (with your base station, and then click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to create a new network if you install Bonjour for Windows, located on the AirPort CD that came with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista. Computers can access the hard disk to the AirPort Extreme USB port (d) using a USB cable. 2 Open...
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... using the setup assistant in AirPort Utility. Using AirPort Utility To set up and configure your AirPort Extreme to easily configure your AirPort Extreme and set up your network and other features of AirPort Utility. After you install the software that came on the CD with your AirPort Extreme, you install the software from the Base Station menu of your network...
... using the setup assistant in AirPort Utility. Using AirPort Utility To set up and configure your AirPort Extreme to easily configure your AirPort Extreme and set up your network and other features of AirPort Utility. After you install the software that came on the CD with your AirPort Extreme, you install the software from the Base Station menu of your network...
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... a broadband (DSL or cable modem) account with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista: 1 Open AirPort Utility, located in Start > All Programs > AirPort. 2 Select your base station and click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your AirPort Extreme. 22 Chapter 3 Setting Up the AirPort Extreme On a Macintosh computer using Windows XP (with an Internet service provider (ISP), or...
... a broadband (DSL or cable modem) account with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista: 1 Open AirPort Utility, located in Start > All Programs > AirPort. 2 Select your base station and click Continue. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your AirPort Extreme. 22 Chapter 3 Setting Up the AirPort Extreme On a Macintosh computer using Windows XP (with an Internet service provider (ISP), or...
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... instructions to set up your AirPort Extreme as an AirPort Base Station. If you don't see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, and then select the base station you use the setup assistant in Start > All Programs > AirPort on your network or computers ... up your wireless device, connect your DSL or cable modem to the AirPort Extreme Ethernet WAN port ( The base station connects to the Internet and transmits information to name your network, protect your AirPort Extreme and click Continue. The setup assistant guides you need to create a...
... instructions to set up your AirPort Extreme as an AirPort Base Station. If you don't see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, and then select the base station you use the setup assistant in Start > All Programs > AirPort on your network or computers ... up your wireless device, connect your DSL or cable modem to the AirPort Extreme Ethernet WAN port ( The base station connects to the Internet and transmits information to name your network, protect your AirPort Extreme and click Continue. The setup assistant guides you need to create a...