User's Manual

Setting Up Your AirPort Base Station
11
Step 2: Plug in the AirPort Base Station
1
Plug the AirPort Base Station power adapter into the power adapter port and connect it to an
electrical outlet.
The AirPort Base Station automatically turns on when the power adapter is plugged in and
connected to an electrical outlet. There is no power switch.
When you first plug in the base station, the status lights glow green. These lights indicate that
the base station is starting up. When the middle light glows green, startup is complete. The
startup process takes about 30 seconds. See “Monitoring AirPort Base Station
Communication” on page 16 for a complete explanation of the lights on the AirPort Base
Station and what they indicate.
2
Connect the AirPort Base Station to your phone line, DSL or cable modem, or network.
m If you use a standard modem and analog telephone line (the type of telephone line found
in most residences) to access the Internet, connect one end of the phone cord to the
internal modem port (
W
)and the other end to your telephone jack.
m If you have an Internet account that uses a device such as a DSL or cable modem, connect
the device to the Ethernet WAN port ( ) on the AirPort Base Station the same way it
was connected to your computer.
m If you use an Ethernet LAN for Internet access, connect the Ethernet cable to the
Ethernet LAN port ( G ) on the AirPort Base Station the same way it was connected to
your computer.
Note: All of the wired traffic on the AirPort network travels through the LAN port only,
unless you are connected to the Internet via the internal modem, then both Ethernet ports
(WAN and LAN G ) carry wired traffic.
Important
Use only the power adapter that came with your AirPort Base Station. Adapters for
other electronic devices may look similar, but they may damage the base station.
Internal
modem port
Power
adapter port
Security
slot
Ethernet
(LAN) port
Ethernet
(WAN) port
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