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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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...computers. Through a wireless network you can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to provide wireless communication between a single computer and a standard computer network. Using AirPort technology, you can access the Internet, share files, play...connection between computers. But since the AirPort base stations are flexible powerful networking devices, you can also create an AirPort network that you are using AirPort Express, connect it to your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to play ...
...computers. Through a wireless network you can set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express and connect to provide wireless communication between a single computer and a standard computer network. Using AirPort technology, you can access the Internet, share files, play...connection between computers. But since the AirPort base stations are flexible powerful networking devices, you can also create an AirPort network that you are using AirPort Express, connect it to your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express, then connect to play ...
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... you are not currently compatible with AirPort. You can create a wireless network using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. You can connect Ethernet computers to the base station LAN (G) port. If you are...Getting Started The typical indoor range for more advanced features, use this book are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can also incorporate AirPort technology into an existing Ethernet network by cables. How Wireless Internet Access Is Provided Wireless Internet access...
... you are not currently compatible with AirPort. You can create a wireless network using an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, and all wireless communication goes through a wireless network. You can connect Ethernet computers to the base station LAN (G) port. If you are...Getting Started The typical indoor range for more advanced features, use this book are setting up an AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can also incorporate AirPort technology into an existing Ethernet network by cables. How Wireless Internet Access Is Provided Wireless Internet access...
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.... Chapter 1 Getting Started 7 To provide the Internet configuration information, you can use AirPort Admin Utility to set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, or use the AirPort Express Assistant, you need iTunes 4.6 or later. This is known as in a ... 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 ...
.... Chapter 1 Getting Started 7 To provide the Internet configuration information, you can use AirPort Admin Utility to set up an AirPort Extreme Base Station or an AirPort Express, or use the AirPort Express Assistant, you need iTunes 4.6 or later. This is known as in a ... 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 ...
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... a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your network by connecting an Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. Extending the Range of your base station has an antenna port, you can receive power through the Ethernet WAN port...Some models of the AirPort Extreme Base Station can also extend the range of your base station configuration. Using Power over Ethernet, the base station and the mounting bracket conform to Your AirPort Network" on page 55. Powering the base station using AirPort Admin Utility, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to UL Standard 2043...
... a convenient way to make quick adjustments to your network by connecting an Apple-certified external antenna to the antenna port. Extending the Range of your base station has an antenna port, you can receive power through the Ethernet WAN port...Some models of the AirPort Extreme Base Station can also extend the range of your base station configuration. Using Power over Ethernet, the base station and the mounting bracket conform to Your AirPort Network" on page 55. Powering the base station using AirPort Admin Utility, see "Connecting Additional Base Stations to UL Standard 2043...
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...in Windows XP or Windows 2000. When the base station receives power over the air. To use AirTunes, you need an AirPort Express connected to power a base station installed in an air-handling space. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have connected it to your... suspended ceilings, you must connect the Ethernet WAN port to it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express" on your stereo through cables connected to the analog and optical digital audio stereo mini-jack....
...in Windows XP or Windows 2000. When the base station receives power over the air. To use AirTunes, you need an AirPort Express connected to power a base station installed in an air-handling space. Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express If you have connected it to your... suspended ceilings, you must connect the Ethernet WAN port to it up a printer connected to the base station, see "Connecting a USB Printer to the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express" on your stereo through cables connected to the analog and optical digital audio stereo mini-jack....
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... your network and the Internet, protecting data from the outside world with firewall protection. For computers with the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express. Apple gives you access the Internet, manage online financial transactions, or send and receive email. Closed Network Creating a... will not show up these security features, see "Setting Up the AirPort Network" on when you can actually be safer than a wired connection. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to provide multiple levels of the security features available with a ...
... your network and the Internet, protecting data from the outside world with firewall protection. For computers with the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express. Apple gives you access the Internet, manage online financial transactions, or send and receive email. Closed Network Creating a... will not show up these security features, see "Setting Up the AirPort Network" on when you can actually be safer than a wired connection. Apple has designed the AirPort Extreme Base Station and AirPort Express to provide multiple levels of the security features available with a ...
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... wireless adapters that can extend outside the confines of your network. 12 Chapter 2 AirPort Security Only users within the network vicinity have access to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; 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. Support for MAC (Media Access Control...
... wireless adapters that can extend outside the confines of your network. 12 Chapter 2 AirPort Security Only users within the network vicinity have access to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; 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. Support for MAC (Media Access Control...
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... wired as well as wireless networks. A user's digital certificates can access the network. AirPort Extreme is a security protocol used in August 2001. The main standards-based technologies that strongly increase the level of data protection and (when used by Cisco access ... conjunction with the IEEE, has developed a strongly enhanced, interoperable security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Chapter 2 AirPort Security 13 LEAP Support The Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) is compatible with Cisco's LEAP security protocol, enabling users to ...
... wired as well as wireless networks. A user's digital certificates can access the network. AirPort Extreme is a security protocol used in August 2001. The main standards-based technologies that strongly increase the level of data protection and (when used by Cisco access ... conjunction with the IEEE, has developed a strongly enhanced, interoperable security standard called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Chapter 2 AirPort Security 13 LEAP Support The Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) is compatible with Cisco's LEAP security protocol, enabling users to ...
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... Area Network (WLAN) security requirements for the enterprise and provides a strong encryption and authentication solution prior to the wireless network. 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..., at least for the local wireless network. This all happens behind the scenes. Note: WPA security features are available only to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; WPA Personal uses a network password, sometime called a Pre-Shared Key (PSK).
... Area Network (WLAN) security requirements for the enterprise and provides a strong encryption and authentication solution prior to the wireless network. 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..., at least for the local wireless network. This all happens behind the scenes. Note: WPA security features are available only to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; WPA Personal uses a network password, sometime called a Pre-Shared Key (PSK).
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... and set up the AirPort network created by the base station, you set other AirPort settings. AirPort Network Designs 3 3 This chapter provides overview information and instructions for your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network. Use this chapter to the sections later in this connection with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. You provide the base station with settings appropriate for...
... and set up the AirPort network created by the base station, you set other AirPort settings. AirPort Network Designs 3 3 This chapter provides overview information and instructions for your AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express network. Use this chapter to the sections later in this connection with the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express over the network. You provide the base station with settings appropriate for...
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... connected to set up or modify an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express. Before using AirPort Admin Utility, make sure you have joined the AirPort network created by resetting the base station. 16 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs To open the base station's configuration: 1 Make sure your base station in the Base Station Chooser window: 1 Make sure that displays the AirPort network, and choose Status. The default...
... connected to set up or modify an AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express. Before using AirPort Admin Utility, make sure you have joined the AirPort network created by resetting the base station. 16 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs To open the base station's configuration: 1 Make sure your base station in the Base Station Chooser window: 1 Make sure that displays the AirPort network, and choose Status. The default...
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... reset the base station password to open AirPort Admin Utility, you may see the base station you want to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If 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 you are prompted for one second. Use AirPort Admin Utility...
... reset the base station password to open AirPort Admin Utility, you may see the base station you want to scan for available base stations, then select the base station. 5 If 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 you are prompted for one second. Use AirPort Admin Utility...
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... with multiple base stations. Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your network. 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 the base station. 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...
... with multiple base stations. Naming the AirPort Wireless Network Give your network. 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 the base station. 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...
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...; WPA for the network. When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Choose standard 40-bit encryption for the wireless network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of the following options from ... compatibility, or choose 128-bit encryption, which is set up a network that includes a RADIUS server with individual user accounts. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 Enter the IP address and port number for the RADIUS server, and enter a "shared secret," which provides more WEP ...
...; WPA for the network. When a wireless client enters the password, the base station starts the encryption process using TKIP. Choose standard 40-bit encryption for the wireless network. In the AirPort pane of AirPort Admin Utility, click Wireless Security and choose one of the following options from ... compatibility, or choose 128-bit encryption, which is set up a network that includes a RADIUS server with individual user accounts. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 19 Enter the IP address and port number for the RADIUS server, and enter a "shared secret," which provides more WEP ...
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... are usually case-sensitive. For more information about digital certificates and joining a WPA Enterprise network. 20 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 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 characters,... and instructions for home/small office" (also known as TLS, require a digital certificate to join. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Thirteen-character passwords are available only to open it exactly...
... are usually case-sensitive. For more information about digital certificates and joining a WPA Enterprise network. 20 Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 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 characters,... and instructions for home/small office" (also known as TLS, require a digital certificate to join. Double-click the configuration file to AirPort Extreme Base Stations; Thirteen-character passwords are available only to open it exactly...
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...802.11b/g Compatible from the Mode pop-up multiple base stations in the AirPort pane of the network you want to channel 4 or higher. The transmission rate of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. 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 802.11b speed, up to 54 megabits...
...802.11b/g Compatible from the Mode pop-up multiple base stations in the AirPort pane of the network you want to channel 4 or higher. The transmission rate of the network created by the AirPort Extreme Base Station. 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 802.11b speed, up to 54 megabits...
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... messages are set the multicast rate. For more examples 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. Adjusting Transmitter Power Use the Transmitter Power slider to enable SNMP access, remote configuration or remote printer access. The NTP...
... messages are set the multicast rate. For more examples 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. Adjusting Transmitter Power Use the Transmitter Power slider to enable SNMP access, remote configuration or remote printer access. The NTP...
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... as port mapping, advanced security options, or access to the Internet through the base station. • Wireless computers and Ethernet computers communicate with client computers. See "Setting Advanced Options" on how your base station connects to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 23 Configuring and Sharing Internet Access The next step is setting...
... as port mapping, advanced security options, or access to the Internet through the base station. • Wireless computers and Ethernet computers communicate with client computers. See "Setting Advanced Options" on how your base station connects to the AirPort Extreme Base Station LAN (G) port only. Chapter 3 AirPort Network Designs 23 Configuring and Sharing Internet Access The next step is setting...
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... connecting it back on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to your AirPort Extreme network using Ethernet, you need to select. 4 If 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 base station, and click Configure. 3..."PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)" from the "Connect using " pop-up menu, depending on the power adapter side of the AirPort Extreme Base Station. If your service provider gave you chose Ethernet from the "Connect using" pop-up menu, choose Manually or Using DHCP ...
... connecting it back on your AirPort Extreme Base Station or to your AirPort Extreme network using Ethernet, you need to select. 4 If 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 base station, and click Configure. 3..."PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)" from the "Connect using " pop-up menu, depending on the power adapter side of the AirPort Extreme Base Station. If your service provider gave you chose Ethernet from the "Connect using" pop-up menu, choose Manually or Using DHCP ...