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Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station v4.2 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station

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If your base station has a built-in modem and you connect to the Internet using it, the
base station can provide Internet access to computers connected to both Ethernet
ports (WAN < and LAN G).

Step 2:

Use the AirPort Setup Assistant

The AirPort Setup Assistant:

 Sets up your AirPort network
 Configures your computer to access the AirPort network created by the AirPort

Extreme Base Station

Note: You can’t use the AirPort Setup Assistant to set up some advanced features. Use
AirPort Admin Utility, located in Applications/Utilities.

To use the AirPort Setup Assistant to configure the AirPort Extreme
Base Station:

1

Make sure you have plugged in the base station and the middle light is on.

2

Open the AirPort Setup Assistant (in Applications/Utilities on a Macintosh computer,
and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows XP or Windows
2000) and follow the onscreen instructions.