Apple AirPort Express User Manual

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Setting Up AirPort Express

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. Using AirTunes,

you can stream your iTunes music to either AirPort Express, depending 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 iTunes.

This chapter provides an overview for using the AirPort Express Assistant 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,

refer to the document “Designing AirPort Networks,” or “AirPort Networks for Windows,”

located on the AirPort Express CD, and at www.apple.com/airportextreme.

You can do most of your network setup and configuration tasks with the AirPort Setup

Assistant for Mac OS X and the AirPort Express Assistant for Windows XP. To set

advanced options, you need to use AirPort Admin Utility. See “Setting Advanced

Note:

If you are using Windows 2000, use AirPort Admin Utility for Windows to

set up your AirPort Express. The AirPort Express Assistant is not compatible with

Windows 2000.

Using the AirPort Setup Assistant or the AirPort Express Assistant

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

and Internet access, use the AirPort Setup Assistant for Mac OS X, or the AirPort Express

Assistant for Windows XP. (The assistant is installed on your computer when you install

the software on the AirPort Express CD.)

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