Apple AirPort Extreme Setup Guide

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10 Chapter 2 Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station If you use an Ethernet LAN for Internet access, such as in a school or office, connect

Chapter 2 Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station 11 3 Locate the two mounting bracket holes on the bottom of the base station. 4 Feed the

5 Carefully insert the bottom two prongs on the mounting bracket into the mounting bracket holes on the bottom of the base station. Clip the top pron

Chapter 2 Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station 13 If your base station has a built-in modem and you connect to the Internet using it, th

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3 153 Using Your AirPort Extreme Base StationThe information in this chapter will help you understand how to use your base station and how to get

16 Chapter 3 Using Your AirPort Extreme Base Station Important: If you use AirPort Admin Utility instead of the AirPort Setup Assistant to configu

Chapter 3 Using Your AirPort Extreme Base Station 17 Monitoring AirPort Extreme Base Station CommunicationThe following table explains the AirPort

18 Chapter 3 Using Your AirPort Extreme Base Station Connecting Additional Base Stations to Your AirPort NetworkYou can connect additional AirPort

Chapter 3 Using Your AirPort Extreme Base Station 19 Controlling the Range of Your AirPort NetworkYou can also shorten the range of your AirPort ne

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4 214 Basic Network DesignsYou can set up your AirPort Extreme Base Station just about anywhere and use it for Internet access and wireless netwo

22 Chapter 4 Basic Network Designs Setting Up a Home Office NetworkIf you are setting up an AirPort network in your home or small office and you ha

Chapter 4 Basic Network Designs 23 Setting Up a Network at SchoolIf you are setting up a network at school, and have a broadband DSL or cable modem

24 Chapter 4 Basic Network Designs USBMainTo Ethernet (LAN) Power adapter To the InternetTo USB printer RemoteRelayLL2870.book Page 24 Thursday,

Chapter 4 Basic Network Designs 25 Connecting AirPort Base Stations Using Power Over Ethernet (PoE)You can connect multiple base stations that supp

26 Chapter 4 Basic Network Designs To 802.3af-compliant PSEBase stations mountedin air-handling space802.3af-compliantPower Sourcing Equipment(PSE)

5 275 TroubleshootingUse the information in this chapter if you are having trouble setting up your AirPort Extreme Base Station.If the AirPort Se

28 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting The middle light flashes, indicating that the base station is in reset mode. The base station remains in reset mode fo

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 29 If you move your AirPort Extreme Base Station to a location on your network with a different subnet and lose communica

3 1 Contents Chapter 1 5 Introduction to AirPort5 About the AirPort Extreme Base Station 6 The AirPort Extreme Base Station at a Glance 7 AirP

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31AppendixAirPort Extreme Base Station SpecificationsAirPort Specifications• Wireless Data Rate: Up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps)• Range: U

32 Appendix AirPort Extreme Base Station Specifications Base Station LED SequencesThe following table explains the base station’s light sequences

33Communications Regulation InformationFCC Declaration of ConformityThis device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to t

34 VCCI Class B StatementEurope — EU Declaration of ConformityComplies with European Directives 72/23/EEC, 89/336/EEC, 1999/5/ECSee http://www.ap

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1 5 1 Introduction to AirPort AirPort is a simple and fast way to access the Internet from anywhere in your home, classroom, or office without

6 Chapter 1 Introduction to AirPort The AirPort Extreme Base Station has the following ports: • 10/100Base-T Ethernet WAN ( ) port for connectin

Chapter 1 Introduction to AirPort 7 AirPort Extreme Base Station Ports Your AirPort Extreme Base Station may have six ports, depending on which

8 Chapter 1 Introduction to AirPort About the AirPort Software To extend the range of your network, you can use AirPort Admin Utility to set up

2 9 2 Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme Base Station Use the information in this chapter to set up your AirPort Extreme Base Station. Before you