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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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... and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. But since the AirPort base stations are using AirPort Express, connect it to your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to play iTunes music. Through a wireless network you can also create an AirPort network that you can share files or play network games. •...
... and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. But since the AirPort base stations are using AirPort Express, connect it to your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to play iTunes music. Through a wireless network you can also create an AirPort network that you can share files or play network games. •...
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... with site conditions. Some Internet service providers (ISPs) are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, you are for more advanced features, use this book are using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. You set up... 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 AirPort. AirPort technology is up a wireless connection from the computer to the telephone system...
... with site conditions. Some Internet service providers (ISPs) are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, you are for more advanced features, use this book are using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. You set up... 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 AirPort. AirPort technology is up a wireless connection from the computer to the telephone system...
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... share a single Internet connection among multiple computers in the following ways: • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to a DSL or cable modem. (If the AirPort Extreme Base Station has an internal modem, you can connect it to a telephone line.) The AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express receives content from the Internet, such as webpages and email, via its Internet...
... share a single Internet connection among multiple computers in the following ways: • Connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to a DSL or cable modem. (If the AirPort Extreme Base Station has an internal modem, you can connect it to a telephone line.) The AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express receives content from the Internet, such as webpages and email, via its Internet...
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... an Apple-certified external antenna to Your AirPort Network" on using a PSE is known as channel frequency, security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, WAN privacy, power controls, port mapping, renaming a USB printer, or, if your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to the antenna port. AirPort Admin Utility The AirPort Admin...
... an Apple-certified external antenna to Your AirPort Network" on using a PSE is known as channel frequency, security options, closed networks, DHCP lease time, access control, WAN privacy, power controls, port mapping, renaming a USB printer, or, if your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to the antenna port. AirPort Admin Utility The AirPort Admin...
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..., and you have a USB printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on your stereo or powered speakers, AirPort 4.0 or later, and iTunes 4.6 or later. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have connected it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to UL Standard 2043. You can stream music...
..., and you have a USB printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on your stereo or powered speakers, AirPort 4.0 or later, and iTunes 4.6 or later. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have connected it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to UL Standard 2043. You can stream music...
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... and the very existence of security, so you can actually be safer than a wired connection. The AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express have a built-in a scan of available networks, so prospective users of your wireless network from... receive email. Security for setting up the base station to protect your network private. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to deter theft. For computers with the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express. The AirPort Extreme Base Station also includes a slot for inserting a Kensington...
... and the very existence of security, so you can actually be safer than a wired connection. The AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express have a built-in a scan of available networks, so prospective users of your wireless network from... receive email. Security for setting up the base station to protect your network private. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to deter theft. For computers with the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express. The AirPort Extreme Base Station also includes a slot for inserting a Kensington...
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... settings you 're using other 802.11 wireless adapters that support WPA. The Transmitter Power setting in to authorized users and keep it easy to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Security for AirPort Networks in Business and Education Businesses, schools, colleges, universities, and private homes want to restrict network communications to the...
... settings you 're using other 802.11 wireless adapters that support WPA. The Transmitter Power setting in to authorized users and keep it easy to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Security for AirPort Networks in Business and Education Businesses, schools, colleges, universities, and private homes want to restrict network communications to the...
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...in August 2001. The IEEE adopted 802.1X as wireless networks. Chapter 2 AirPort Security 13 The main standards-based technologies that strongly increase the level of standards-based EAP implementations, including EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAPTLS), EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer ...Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP). The Message Integrity Check (MIC) is comfortable using LEAP. AirPort Extreme is compatible with ...
...in August 2001. The IEEE adopted 802.1X as wireless networks. Chapter 2 AirPort Security 13 The main standards-based technologies that strongly increase the level of standards-based EAP implementations, including EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAPTLS), EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer ...Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP). The Message Integrity Check (MIC) is comfortable using LEAP. AirPort Extreme is compatible with ...
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... the same encryption key is a subset of the 802.11i standard. AirPort Express; WPA Enterprise WPA is never used in the home. 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Security WPA Personal uses a network password, sometime called a Pre-Shared Key (PSK). WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise, which... network password, the user isn't required to do anything to make WPA Personal work in conjunction with a RADIUS server, users enter a password or PSK to AirPort Extreme Base Stations;
... the same encryption key is a subset of the 802.11i standard. AirPort Express; WPA Enterprise WPA is never used in the home. 14 Chapter 2 AirPort Security WPA Personal uses a network password, sometime called a Pre-Shared Key (PSK). WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise, which... network password, the user isn't required to do anything to make WPA Personal work in conjunction with a RADIUS server, users enter a password or PSK to AirPort Extreme Base Stations;
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... up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) to the computers over the AirPort wireless network. If you are using AirPort Admin Utility. AirPort Network 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. For specific instructions on all these...
... up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) to the computers over the AirPort wireless network. If you are using AirPort Admin Utility. AirPort Network 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. For specific instructions on all these...
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... 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 public. If you have forgotten the base station password, you can 't join the AirPort network, right-click the wireless connection icon and choose View Available Wireless...
... 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 public. If you have forgotten the base station password, you can 't join the AirPort network, right-click the wireless connection icon and choose View Available Wireless...
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... step in the Base Station Chooser. When AirPort Admin Utility opens, it , then click Configure. m To join the network for the base station you are using Ethernet to connect to the base station: AirPort Admin Utility scans the Ethernet network to create the list of the base station's current settings. If you don't see base stations that has other base stations, or you want...
... step in the Base Station Chooser. When AirPort Admin Utility opens, it , then click Configure. m To join the network for the base station you are using Ethernet to connect to the base station: AirPort Admin Utility scans the Ethernet network to create the list of the base station's current settings. If you don't see base stations that has other base stations, or you want...
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... Designs It is public. This name appears in the AirPort pane.) Naming the Base Station Give the base station an easily identifiable name. This makes it . Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your AirPort network a name. 6 In the AirPort pane, enter a base station name and password, a name for your AirPort network, and other information. (See the following sections for administrators to...
... Designs It is public. This name appears in the AirPort pane.) Naming the Base Station Give the base station an easily identifiable name. This makes it . Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your AirPort network a name. 6 In the AirPort pane, enter a base station name and password, a name for your AirPort network, and other information. (See the following sections for administrators to...
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... 128-bit encryption, which is set up to protect your network with a Wireless Equivalent Protection password. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Password-Protecting Your Network To password-protect your network, you are setting up ...bit encryption-capable wireless networking cards will join with only 40-bit encryption. • WPA for the wireless network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of these options to use access control.
... 128-bit encryption, which is set up to protect your network with a Wireless Equivalent Protection password. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Password-Protecting Your Network To password-protect your network, you are setting up ...bit encryption-capable wireless networking cards will join with only 40-bit encryption. • WPA for the wireless network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of these options to use access control.
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AirPort Express; Thirteen-character passwords are usually case-sensitive. Twenty-six-character passwords may be case-sensitive. Example: ... that requires 128-bit encryption, you have two options for home/small office" (also known as TLS, require a digital certificate to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; If you need additional information on page 46. Joining a WPA Personal Network If you must enter a password of either 8 to ...more information and instructions for more information about digital certificates and joining a WPA Enterprise network. 20 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs
AirPort Express; Thirteen-character passwords are usually case-sensitive. Twenty-six-character passwords may be case-sensitive. Example: ... that requires 128-bit encryption, you have two options for home/small office" (also known as TLS, require a digital certificate to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; If you need additional information on page 46. Joining a WPA Personal Network If you must enter a password of either 8 to ...more information and instructions for more information about digital certificates and joining a WPA Enterprise network. 20 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs
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... channel selection feature. Creating a Closed Network The closed network" checkbox in a school or office, use only one base station (for base stations that are within approximately 150 feet of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. To create a closed network, select the "Create a closed network option hides the name of each other. The transmission rate of...
... channel selection feature. Creating a Closed Network The closed network" checkbox in a school or office, use only one base station (for base stations that are within approximately 150 feet of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. To create a closed network, select the "Create a closed network option hides the name of each other. The transmission rate of...
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... environment with other . Setting Wireless Options You can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an AirPort Express. For more examples of the base station. Setting Base Station Options Click Base Station Options to set the multicast rate of the network, enable interference robustness, and adjust the transmitter power...
... environment with other . Setting Wireless Options You can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an AirPort Express. For more examples of the base station. Setting Base Station Options Click Base Station Options to set the multicast rate of the network, enable interference robustness, and adjust the transmitter power...
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... the AirPort Extreme Base Station's Ethernet LAN (G) port connect to your base station connects to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. See "Setting Advanced Options" on how your AirPort network. Important: Connect Ethernet computers that are not connected to the Internet to the Internet. What It Looks Like Cable/DSL modem AirPort Extreme Base Station To the Internet How It Works • The AirPort Extreme Base Station...
... the AirPort Extreme Base Station's Ethernet LAN (G) port connect to your base station connects to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. See "Setting Advanced Options" on how your AirPort network. Important: Connect Ethernet computers that are not connected to the Internet to the Internet. What It Looks Like Cable/DSL modem AirPort Extreme Base Station To the Internet How It Works • The AirPort Extreme Base Station...
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...and other numbers with cable modem or DSL service provider AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express Check √ Comments Does your service provider use the Ethernet port address, printed on . 2 Open AirPort Admin Utility, select your base station, and click Configure. 3 Click Internet. What to Do...up menu, choose Manually or Using DHCP from the "Connect using" pop-up a base station using PPPoE and your base station is connected to the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to the Ethernet port on how your service provider provides IP addresses. Choose ...
...and other numbers with cable modem or DSL service provider AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express Check √ Comments Does your service provider use the Ethernet port address, printed on . 2 Open AirPort Admin Utility, select your base station, and click Configure. 3 Click Internet. What to Do...up menu, choose Manually or Using DHCP from the "Connect using" pop-up a base station using PPPoE and your base station is connected to the Ethernet WAN ( ) port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to the Ethernet port on how your service provider provides IP addresses. Choose ...