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... Wireless Internet Access Is Provided 7 Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for Internet Access 7 AirPort Express Assistant 8 AirPort Admin Utility 8 Extending the Range of Your AirPort Network 9 AirTunes 9 Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express 10 Sharing Your Computer's Internet Connection 11 AirPort Security 11 Security for AirPort Networks at Home 12 Security for AirPort Networks in Business and Education 13...
... Wireless Internet Access Is Provided 7 Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for Internet Access 7 AirPort Express Assistant 8 AirPort Admin Utility 8 Extending the Range of Your AirPort Network 9 AirTunes 9 Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express 10 Sharing Your Computer's Internet Connection 11 AirPort Security 11 Security for AirPort Networks at Home 12 Security for AirPort Networks in Business and Education 13...
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... that you can share files or play iTunes music through remote speakers using AirPort Express, connect it . • If you can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to the Internet without being connected using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to an entire network without wires in your stereo or...
... that you can share files or play iTunes music through remote speakers using AirPort Express, connect it . • If you can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to the Internet without being connected using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to an entire network without wires in your stereo or...
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... to other computers on your network. How Wireless Internet Access Is Provided Wireless Internet access requires an 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter, an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, and an account with an Internet service provider (fees may vary with Windows XP and Windows 2000. Note: This version of...
... to other computers on your network. How Wireless Internet Access Is Provided Wireless Internet access requires an 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter, an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, and an account with an Internet service provider (fees may vary with Windows XP and Windows 2000. Note: This version of...
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... network. • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to play music using Windows XP with SP1, and AirPort 4.0 or later. Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for more information. AirPort Express Assistant 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 your AirPort Express to an existing...
... network. • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to play music using Windows XP with SP1, and AirPort 4.0 or later. Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express for more information. AirPort Express Assistant 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 your AirPort Express to an existing...
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...Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. A PSE is a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your base station has a modem, remote dial-in the air-handling space above suspended ceilings. Note: If you are using PoE, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to Your AirPort..., WAN privacy, power controls, port mapping, renaming a USB printer, or, if your base station configuration. Some models of the AirPort Extreme Base Station can extend the range of Your AirPort Network You can receive power through the Ethernet WAN port when connected to 802.3af-compliant ...
...Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. A PSE is a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your base station has a modem, remote dial-in the air-handling space above suspended ceilings. Note: If you are using PoE, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to Your AirPort..., WAN privacy, power controls, port mapping, renaming a USB printer, or, if your base station configuration. Some models of the AirPort Extreme Base Station can extend the range of Your AirPort Network You can receive power through the Ethernet WAN port when connected to 802.3af-compliant ...
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... for CD-quality transmission of iTunes music over Ethernet, the USB port is disabled. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have a USB printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on the stereo using AirPort Express, and you have connected it . Some external antennas are using AirTunes. AirTunes If you are...
... for CD-quality transmission of iTunes music over Ethernet, the USB port is disabled. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have a USB printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on the stereo using AirPort Express, and you have connected it . Some external antennas are using AirTunes. AirTunes If you are...
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.... For information and instructions for inserting a Kensington lock to share a single Internet connection. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to protect your network private. The AirPort Extreme Base Station also includes a slot for setting up in firewall that travels over it . 11 Apple gives you ways to provide multiple levels of security, so you can actually...
.... For information and instructions for inserting a Kensington lock to share a single Internet connection. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to protect your network private. The AirPort Extreme Base Station also includes a slot for setting up in firewall that travels over it . 11 Apple gives you ways to provide multiple levels of security, so you can actually...
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...Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP), to as the AirPort ID. For AirPort and AirPort Extreme Cards, the MAC address is not on a centralized server allows many base stations to access the list and makes it safe. When transmitting data and passwords, the base station uses up a list of security mechanisms....data safe from prying eyes, so AirPort hardware and software provide a robust suite of MAC addresses and restrict access to the network to only those users whose MAC addresses are available only to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; MAC Filtering Every AirPort and wireless card has a unique ...
...Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP), to as the AirPort ID. For AirPort and AirPort Extreme Cards, the MAC address is not on a centralized server allows many base stations to access the list and makes it safe. When transmitting data and passwords, the base station uses up a list of security mechanisms....data safe from prying eyes, so AirPort hardware and software provide a robust suite of MAC addresses and restrict access to the network to only those users whose MAC addresses are available only to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; MAC Filtering Every AirPort and wireless card has a unique ...
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... EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP). WPA is dropped. The main standards-based technologies that the IT administrator is designed to each compute and then compare the MIC. The MIC provides a strong mathematical ...control for wired as well as a standard in conjunction with Cisco's LEAP security protocol, enabling users to have WPA support. AirPort Extreme is compatible with the IEEE, has developed a strongly enhanced, interoperable security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). In ...
... EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP). WPA is dropped. The main standards-based technologies that the IT administrator is designed to each compute and then compare the MIC. The MIC provides a strong mathematical ...control for wired as well as a standard in conjunction with Cisco's LEAP security protocol, enabling users to have WPA support. AirPort Extreme is compatible with the IEEE, has developed a strongly enhanced, interoperable security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). In ...
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... the wireless network. WPA Personal For Small Office/Home Office (SO/HO) and private home networks, WPA runs in the home. 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Security WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise, which uses a RADIUS server for user authentication, and "WPA for home/small...
... the wireless network. WPA Personal For Small Office/Home Office (SO/HO) and private home networks, WPA runs in the home. 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Security WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise, which uses a RADIUS server for user authentication, and "WPA for home/small...
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... Designs 3 3 This chapter provides overview information and instructions for your ISP and configure how the base station shares this connection with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. Use this chapter. 15 Configuring your AirPort network and an Ethernet network, set advanced security options, set up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) to implement a network design...
... Designs 3 3 This chapter provides overview information and instructions for your ISP and configure how the base station shares this connection with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. Use this chapter. 15 Configuring your AirPort network and an Ethernet network, set advanced security options, set up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) to implement a network design...
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... of the AirPort ID (also known as the MAC address), located on the label on the bottom of the AirPort Extreme Base Station, and on the power adapter side of a new AirPort base station is "Apple Network xxxxxx," where xxxxxx is selected. The network name (or SSID) of AirPort Express. To connect to set up or modify an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express.
... of the AirPort ID (also known as the MAC address), located on the label on the bottom of the AirPort Extreme Base Station, and on the power adapter side of a new AirPort base station is "Apple Network xxxxxx," where xxxxxx is selected. The network name (or SSID) of AirPort Express. To connect to set up or modify an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express.
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...-click the Wireless Network Connection icon and choose View Available Networks. 3 Select the network of the base station's current settings. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 17 To temporarily reset the base station password to public, press and hold the reset button for five full seconds. If you want to... open AirPort Admin Utility, you may see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If you want to set up the AirPort network it will create. To enter or change ...
...-click the Wireless Network Connection icon and choose View Available Networks. 3 Select the network of the base station's current settings. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 17 To temporarily reset the base station password to public, press and hold the reset button for five full seconds. If you want to... open AirPort Admin Utility, you may see the base station you want to configure, click Rescan to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If you want to set up the AirPort network it will create. To enter or change ...
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... you have more than one base station on an Ethernet network with multiple base stations. The default password is a good idea to change the base station password to prevent unauthorized changes to locate a specific base station on your AirPort network a name. It is public. Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your network. 6 In the AirPort pane, enter a base station name and password, a name...
... you have more than one base station on an Ethernet network with multiple base stations. The default password is a good idea to change the base station password to prevent unauthorized changes to locate a specific base station on your AirPort network a name. It is public. Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your network. 6 In the AirPort pane, enter a base station name and password, a name...
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When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Choose standard 40-bit encryption for maximum compatibility, or choose 128-bit encryption, which is set up a network that ... computers with individual user accounts. The password you choose can be able to join your network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of wireless security options. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 Any computer with a wireless adapter or card can choose from a number of the following...
When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Choose standard 40-bit encryption for maximum compatibility, or choose 128-bit encryption, which is set up a network that ... computers with individual user accounts. The password you choose can be able to join your network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of wireless security options. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 Any computer with a wireless adapter or card can choose from a number of the following...
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... Designs Example: password12345 If you want to authenticate the user before joining the network. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; AirPort Express; Joining a WPA Personal Network If you were given a password that is protected by "WPA for home/small ...want to use. Check with your network administrator. Note: WPA security features are usually case-sensitive. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.2 or later, and Windows XP or Windows 2000 clients using 802.11 wireless adapters that contains ...
... Designs Example: password12345 If you want to authenticate the user before joining the network. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; AirPort Express; Joining a WPA Personal Network If you were given a password that is protected by "WPA for home/small ...want to use. Check with your network administrator. Note: WPA security features are usually case-sensitive. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.2 or later, and Windows XP or Windows 2000 clients using 802.11 wireless adapters that contains ...
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...base stations should be set up multiple base stations in the AirPort pane of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. If you probably won't need to change the channel frequency, client computers shouldn't need to make any changes. Note: Using the closed network option hides the name of AirPort Admin Utility. Computers with AirPort... you change the channel frequency. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 21 Changing the Channel The "channel" is the radio frequency over which your base station is set to channel 1, base station B should have at 802.11g speed, up...
...base stations should be set up multiple base stations in the AirPort pane of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. If you probably won't need to change the channel frequency, client computers shouldn't need to make any changes. Note: Using the closed network option hides the name of AirPort Admin Utility. Computers with AirPort... you change the channel frequency. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 21 Changing the Channel The "channel" is the radio frequency over which your base station is set to channel 1, base station B should have at 802.11g speed, up...
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...Increase the rate to reduce the power the base station uses and limit the range of devices that can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an AirPort Express. Client computers will need to be modified... without good reason. You can reduce the range of the base station. The NTP server is in order to each...
...Increase the rate to reduce the power the base station uses and limit the range of devices that can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an AirPort Express. Client computers will need to be modified... without good reason. You can reduce the range of the base station. The NTP server is in order to each...
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... Internet Access The next step is setting up your base station's Internet connection and sharing its Internet access with one another through the base station. What It Looks Like Cable/DSL modem AirPort Extreme Base Station To the Internet How It Works • The AirPort Extreme Base Station connects to the Internet through the base station. • Wireless computers and Ethernet computers communicate with...
... Internet Access The next step is setting up your base station's Internet connection and sharing its Internet access with one another through the base station. What It Looks Like Cable/DSL modem AirPort Extreme Base Station To the Internet How It Works • The AirPort Extreme Base Station connects to the Internet through the base station. • Wireless computers and Ethernet computers communicate with...
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...printed on the power adapter side of the AirPort Extreme Base Station. Note: If you connect to the Internet through a router using PPPoE and your base station is connected to the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to your AirPort Extreme network using Ethernet, you chose Ethernet from...choose PPPoE. If your provider gave you an IP address and other numbers with cable modem or DSL service provider AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express Check √ Comments Does your service provider use a You can get this information static IP or DHCP ...
...printed on the power adapter side of the AirPort Extreme Base Station. Note: If you connect to the Internet through a router using PPPoE and your base station is connected to the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to your AirPort Extreme network using Ethernet, you chose Ethernet from...choose PPPoE. If your provider gave you an IP address and other numbers with cable modem or DSL service provider AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express Check √ Comments Does your service provider use a You can get this information static IP or DHCP ...