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
18 Chapter 3
m Change the AirPort Base Station name and password.
m Enter the TCP/IP settings for your AirPort Base Station.
m Configure ISP information such as telephone number, user name, and password.
m Set up the way Internet access is provided to computers on the AirPort network.
Note: By default, the AirPort Base Station is set to use the DHCP Internet protocol to
share a single IP address. The base station provides a private address in the range of
10.0.1.2 to 10.0.1.200. You can use the AirPort Admin Utility to configure the base station
to distribute a specified range of IP addresses or turn off Internet Sharing and assign fixed
IP addresses to all computers on the network instead.
More Information About AirPort
You can find more information about AirPort in the following locations:
m AirPort Help
Look in AirPort Help for information on setting up an AirPort network, using an AirPort
Base Station, editing base station settings, avoiding sources of interference, locating
additional information on the Internet, and more. Open Mac Help from the Help menu
and click the “Go to Help Center” button in Mac OS X, and choose AirPort Help from the
list. In Mac OS 9, choose Help Center from the Help menu. In the Help Center, click
AirPort Help.
m Balloon Help
For information on specific items in any of the AirPort applications, open the Help menu
and choose Show Balloons. Then point to the item that interests you.
m “__________________”
For in-depth information on configuring AirPort networks, open the “_____________”
document, located on the AirPort CD in Mac OS X, and in the AirPort folder inside the
Apple Extras folder on your hard disk in Mac OS 9.
m World Wide Web
The Apple AirPort Web site at www.apple.com/airport
The Apple Support Web site at www.apple.com/support
Important If you use the AirPort Admin Utility instead of the Setup Assistant to configure
your base station for the first time, you may be asked for a password. The initial password for
the AirPort Base Station is public.
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