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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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... through remote speakers using AirTunes. 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 the Internet and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. You can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to the Internet without being...
... through remote speakers using AirTunes. 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 the Internet and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. You can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to the Internet without being...
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... screen may not be connected by connecting an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to the base station LAN (G) port. Some Internet service providers (ISPs) are using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. The handset of the base station's more information. This allows non-AirPort computers to communicate with your service provider for...
... screen may not be connected by connecting an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to the base station LAN (G) port. Some Internet service providers (ISPs) are using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. The handset of the base station's more information. This allows non-AirPort computers to communicate with your service provider for...
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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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... that came with a CAT 5 Ethernet cable. If your base station can also extend the range of your base station. 8 Chapter 1 Getting Started Use AirPort Admin Utility to: • Set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to provide Internet access to computers that supplies power to...) with your network by connecting an Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. AirPort Admin Utility The AirPort Admin Utility is a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network, see Chapter 4, "Using AirPort Express," on page 16.
... that came with a CAT 5 Ethernet cable. If your base station can also extend the range of your base station. 8 Chapter 1 Getting Started Use AirPort Admin Utility to: • Set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express to provide Internet access to computers that supplies power to...) with your network by connecting an Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. AirPort Admin Utility The AirPort Admin Utility is a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network, see Chapter 4, "Using AirPort Express," on page 16.
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... printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on the network can print to the printer by setting it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express" on page 51. When the base station receives power over the... a printer to UL Standard 2043. You can play iTunes music on the stereo using AirTunes. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you must connect the Ethernet WAN port to an 802.3af-compliant PSE with a plenum-rated Ethernet ...
... printer connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, computers on the network can print to the printer by setting it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express" on page 51. When the base station receives power over the... a printer to UL Standard 2043. You can play iTunes music on the stereo using AirTunes. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you must connect the Ethernet WAN port to an 802.3af-compliant PSE with a plenum-rated Ethernet ...
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This is restarted, or if you lose your Internet connection with other computers. You can share your Internet connection, you need to the Internet. Note: If your Internet connection and your local network use a cable modem, for example), contact your Internet connection as long as a software access point. In some cases (if you use the same port (built-in your computer and you are connected to the Internet, you can share your ISP before you turn on Internet sharing. To start Internet sharing: 1 Open Control Panel and double-click Network Connections. 2 Click the network ...
This is restarted, or if you lose your Internet connection with other computers. You can share your Internet connection, you need to the Internet. Note: If your Internet connection and your local network use a cable modem, for example), contact your Internet connection as long as a software access point. In some cases (if you use the same port (built-in your computer and you are connected to the Internet, you can share your ISP before you turn on Internet sharing. To start Internet sharing: 1 Open Control Panel and double-click Network Connections. 2 Click the network ...
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... lock to provide multiple levels of the security features available with a cable or DSL modem, AirPort can separate your network private. The firewall is automatically turned on page 17. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to deter theft. AirPort Security 2 2 This chapter provides an overview of security, so you set up these security...
... lock to provide multiple levels of the security features available with a cable or DSL modem, AirPort can separate your network private. The firewall is automatically turned on page 17. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to deter theft. AirPort Security 2 2 This chapter provides an overview of security, so you set up these security...
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... for all directions, they can use AOL parental controls to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; RADIUS is sometimes referred to as the AirPort ID. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.3 or later, and wireless Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients using AirPort in conjunction with an America Online account, you configure are available only...
... for all directions, they can use AOL parental controls to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; RADIUS is sometimes referred to as the AirPort ID. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.3 or later, and wireless Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients using AirPort in conjunction with an America Online account, you configure are available only...
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... include Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), 802.1X, Message Integrity Check (MIC), and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). AirPort Extreme is a port-based network access control method for wireless LANs. The Message Integrity Check (MIC) is comfortable using LEAP. A user's digital... level of digital certificates. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) There has been increasing concern about the vulnerabilities of standards-based EAP implementations, including EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAPTLS), EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible ...
... include Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), 802.1X, Message Integrity Check (MIC), and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). AirPort Extreme is a port-based network access control method for wireless LANs. The Message Integrity Check (MIC) is comfortable using LEAP. A user's digital... level of digital certificates. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) There has been increasing concern about the vulnerabilities of standards-based EAP implementations, including EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAPTLS), EAP-Tunnel Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS), and Protected Extensible ...
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...an enterprise with IT resources, WPA should be eliminated, at least for the local wireless network. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.3 or later, and Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients using TKIP. With this implementation in ...the network password, the user isn't required to do anything to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; AirPort Express; TKIP then regularly changes and rotates the encryption key so that support WPA. WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise,...
...an enterprise with IT resources, WPA should be eliminated, at least for the local wireless network. AirPort and AirPort Extreme clients using Mac OS X 10.3 or later and AirPort 3.3 or later, and Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients using TKIP. With this implementation in ...the network password, the user isn't required to do anything to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; AirPort Express; TKIP then regularly changes and rotates the encryption key so that support WPA. WPA on the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express has two modes: "WPA for enterprise," or WPA Enterprise,...
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... instructions on all these steps, refer to the sections later in Chapter 4, "Using AirPort Express," on page 55 to extend the AirPort wireless network, and fine-tune other AirPort settings. Configuring your AirPort Express network. You provide the base station with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. When you 'll find additional information in this chapter...
... instructions on all these steps, refer to the sections later in Chapter 4, "Using AirPort Express," on page 55 to extend the AirPort wireless network, and fine-tune other AirPort settings. Configuring your AirPort Express network. You provide the base station with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. When you 'll find additional information in this chapter...
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...), 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 have joined the AirPort network created by resetting the base station. 16 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs b Click Properties, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP...
...), 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 have joined the AirPort network created by resetting the base station. 16 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs b Click Properties, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP...
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..., click Rescan to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If you are on the previous page. 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 don't see base stations that has other base stations, or you want to the default...
..., click Rescan to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If you are on the previous page. 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 don't see base stations that has other base stations, or you want to the default...
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... computers that only the administrator can modify it easy for administrators to the base station. It is public. This makes it . Changing the Base Station Password The base station password protects the base station configuration so that are in the AirPort pane.) Naming the Base Station Give the base station an easily identifiable name. This name appears in the wireless connection icon on...
... computers that only the administrator can modify it easy for administrators to the base station. It is public. This makes it . Changing the Base Station Password The base station password protects the base station configuration so that are in the AirPort pane.) Naming the Base Station Give the base station an easily identifiable name. This name appears in the wireless connection icon on...
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...menu. • Off Choosing this option if you choose can choose from the Wireless Security pop-up to use access control. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 See "Setting Up Access Control" on page 47. • 128-bit or 40-bit WEP Choose either of wireless security...or choose 128-bit encryption, which provides more WEP security. When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of the following options from a number of these options to...
...menu. • Off Choosing this option if you choose can choose from the Wireless Security pop-up to use access control. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 See "Setting Up Access Control" on page 47. • 128-bit or 40-bit WEP Choose either of wireless security...or choose 128-bit encryption, which provides more WEP security. When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of the following options from a number of these options to...
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..., or exactly 64 hexadecimal characters. Joining a 128-Bit Encrypted Wireless Network If you want to use. 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 is 26 ...13 characters, enter it exactly. Check with your system administrator to find out which to join. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Note: WPA security features are available only to open it. If you have two options for entering a password, depending on the...
..., or exactly 64 hexadecimal characters. Joining a 128-Bit Encrypted Wireless Network If you want to use. 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 is 26 ...13 characters, enter it exactly. Check with your system administrator to find out which to join. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Note: WPA security features are available only to open it. If you have two options for entering a password, depending on the...
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... network. Most wireless-equipped computers automatically tune to the channel frequency your base station communicates. Note: Using the closed network, users of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. Computers with either 802.11b wireless cards or 802.11g wireless cards will... be at 802.11b speed. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 21 Choose 802.11b Only if computers with AirPort's automatic channel selection feature. Changing...
... network. Most wireless-equipped computers automatically tune to the channel frequency your base station communicates. Note: Using the closed network, users of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. Computers with either 802.11b wireless cards or 802.11g wireless cards will... be at 802.11b speed. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 21 Choose 802.11b Only if computers with AirPort's automatic channel selection feature. Changing...
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... . Enabling Interference Robustness Select "Enable interference robustness" when the base station is necessary to set automatically, and the base station log messages are correct. 22 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs Click Logging/NTP to each other 2.4 GHz devices that can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an...
... . Enabling Interference Robustness Select "Enable interference robustness" when the base station is necessary to set automatically, and the base station log messages are correct. 22 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs Click Logging/NTP to each other 2.4 GHz devices that can cause interference, see "Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort" on an AirPort Extreme Base Station or the Ethernet port an...
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... with client computers. Since the base station can also adjust optional advanced base station settings, such as port mapping, advanced security options, or access to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. 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. Configuring and Sharing Internet...
... with client computers. Since the base station can also adjust optional advanced base station settings, such as port mapping, advanced security options, or access to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. 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. Configuring and Sharing Internet...