User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introduction to AirPort5
- 2 Setting Up Your AirPort Base Station9
- 3 Using Your AirPort Base Station15
- Monitoring the AirPort Base Station’s InternetConnectionStatus15
- Monitoring AirPort Base Station Communication16
- Connecting to the Internet16
- Disconnecting From the Internet17
- Connecting Additional Computers to Your AirPort Network17
- Configuring the AirPort Base Station With the AirPortAdminUtility17
- More Information About AirPort18
- 4 Troubleshooting19
- Appendix AirPort Base Station Specifications23
- Introduction to AirPort
- Setting Up Your AirPort Base Station
- Using Your AirPort Base Station
- Monitoring the AirPort Base Station’s InternetConnectionStatus
- Monitoring AirPort Base Station Communication
- Connecting to the Internet
- Disconnecting From the Internet
- Connecting Additional Computers to Your AirPort Network
- Configuring the AirPort Base Station With the AirPortAdminUtility
- More Information About AirPort
- Troubleshooting
- Communications Regulation Information
Using Your AirPort Base Station 17
Connecting to the Internet Manually
If you don’t want the AirPort Base Station to connect automatically, open the AirPort Admin
Utility, select your base station, and click Configure. Then click the checkbox in the Internet
panel to deselect “Automatically dial.”
When you want to connect to the Internet
m In Mac OS X, open the Internet Connect application, located in the applications folder on
your hard disk.
m Choose AirPort from the Configuration pop-up menu, and click Connect.
m In Mac OS 9, open the AirPort application, located in the AirPort folder in the Apple Extras
folder in Application (Mac OS 9) on your hard disk.
m Click Connect.
Disconnecting From the Internet
The AirPort Base Station automatically disconnects from the Internet after a period of
inactivity.
If you are using a dialup ISP, you can manually disconnect from the Internet using the
Internet Connect application in Mac OS X, or the AirPort application in Mac OS 9.
m Open the application and click the Disconnect button.
Connecting Additional Computers to Your AirPort Network
Once you’ve set up the AirPort Base Station, you can configure any AirPort-equipped
computer to access the wireless network you just created.
m Open the AirPort Setup Assistant on the computer you want to use and select the “Set up
your computer to join an existing wireless network” option.
Configuring the AirPort Base Station With the
AirPort Admin Utility
The AirPort Setup Assistant provides complete configuration options for most AirPort
networks. For advanced settings, you can use the AirPort Admin Utility (located in the
Utilities folder in the Applications folder in Mac OS X, and in the AirPort folder inside the
Apple Extras folder in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder on your hard disk in Mac OS 9) to
configure your AirPort Base Station. The AirPort Admin Utility allows you to do the following:
m Configure your AirPort network, including changing the network name and the password,
and indicating whether users need a password to join your network.
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