Apple AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Generation) - Manual (Page 21)

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Setting Up Your AirPort Express
This chapter provides information and instructions for using
the AirPort software to set up your AirPort Express.
Use the diagrams in the previous chapter to help you decide where you want to use
your AirPort Express, and what features you want to set up on your AirPort network.
Then use the instructions in this chapter to easily configure your AirPort Express and
set up your wireless network.
With AirPort Utility you can:
 Set up a new network that wireless computers can use to communicate with each
other. If you set up your AirPort Express as a base station and connect it to the
Internet, wireless computers can also share the Internet connection.
 Connect your AirPort Express to your existing wireless network and use AirTunes to
play iTunes music on your home stereo or powered speakers, and connect a USB
printer to share.
You can use AirTunes to play music from iTunes and share a USB printer in any type of
network you set up, whether it is a new network or you are joining an existing network.
If you have more than one AirPort Express, you can connect one to the stereo in your
living room and connect another to the powered speakers in your den, for example.
Using AirTunes, you can stream your iTunes music to either AirPort Express, depending