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Using airport utility – Apple AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Generation) User Manual

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Chapter 3

Setting Up Your AirPort Express

on where you are in your house. Choose the name of the AirPort Express you want to

use from the speakers pop-up menu in the lower right corner of the iTunes window.

You can also stream iTunes to more than one AirPort Express simultaneously.

This chapter provides an overview for using the setup assistant in AirPort Utility to set

up your network and other features of your AirPort Express. For more detailed wireless

networking information, and for information about the advanced features of AirPort

Utility, refer to the “Designing AirPort Networks Using AirPort Utility (Mac OS X v10.5 +

Windows)” document, located at www.apple.com/support/airport.

The document provides details for both of the following:

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Using AirPort Utility with the AirPort Extreme 802.11n Base Station

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Using AirPort Utility to set up your AirPort Express 802.11g Base Station

Note: You can do most of your network setup and configuration tasks using the setup

assistant in AirPort Utility. To set advanced options, choose Manual Setup from the Base

Station menu of AirPort Utility. See “Setting Advanced Options” on page 27.

Using AirPort Utility

To set up and configure your AirPort Express to use AirPort for wireless networking and

Internet access, use the setup assistant in AirPort Utility. AirPort Utility is installed on

your computer when you install the software on the AirPort Express CD.

On a Macintosh computer using Mac OS X v10.4 or later:

1

Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.

2

Select your AirPort Express and click Continue.