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LL2009.book Page 3 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM 1 About Your AirPort Card With the AirPort Card installed in your computer, you can do the following: m Access an AirPort network at home, school, or work and use it to browse the Internet, send and receive email, and more. m Set up a Computer-to-Computer network between two or more AirPort-equipped computers, which you can use to transfer files or play multiplayer games.
LL2009.book Page 4 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM About AirPort AirPort technology offers a simple, fast, and affordable way to provide wireless Internet access anywhere in your home, classroom, or small office. Instead of using traditional cables to create a network, AirPort uses wireless local area network (LAN) technology to provide wireless communication between computers.
LL2009.book Page 5 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM Setting Up Your Computer to Use AirPort Step 1: Do You Need to Install the AirPort Card? If you ordered your AirPort Card with your new computer, the AirPort Card is already installed. If the AirPort Card came in a separate kit, you need to install it yourself. Instructions for installing the AirPort Card are in the manual that came with your computer. You can also find them on the Apple Support Web site at www.apple.
LL2009.book Page 6 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM Step 2: If Necessary, Set Up the AirPort Base Station If you purchased the AirPort Base Station at the same time as your AirPort Card, do the following: 1 Install the AirPort Card in your computer. 2 Skip the rest of the steps in this booklet and set up the AirPort Base Station using the instructions provided with the base station. The AirPort Setup Assistant described in the next step is the same one used to set up the AirPort Base Station.
LL2009.book Page 7 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM 2 Open the AirPort Setup Assistant, located in the Utilities folder, in the Applications folder on your hard disk in Mac OS X. In Mac OS 9, the Setup Assistant is located in the AirPort folder in the Apple Extras folder, inside the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder on your hard disk. Select “Set up your computer to join an existing AirPort network” to configure your computer to access an existing AirPort network.
LL2009.book Page 8 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM Step 4: Join a Wireless Network To join an AirPort wireless network in Mac OS X, choose a network from the AirPort status icon in the menu bar. In Mac OS 9, choose a network from the AirPort Control Strip module. If you are joining a closed network, enter the password to the network.
LL2009.book Page 9 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM What’s Next? Additional AirPort Software In addition to the AirPort Setup Assistant, you can use the following software to work with AirPort. In Mac OS X AirPort Admin Utility The AirPort Admin Utility, located in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder, is an advanced tool used to set up and manage the AirPort Base Station. Use the AirPort Admin Utility to adjust network, routing, and security settings, and other advanced options.
LL2009.book Page 10 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM For more information on AirPort, see AirPort Help in the Help Center, available in the Help menu. There you will find 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. For information on specific items in any of the AirPort applications, choose Show Balloons from the Help menu.
LL2009.book Page 11 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM Communications Regulation Information FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. See instructions if interference to radio or television reception is suspected.
LL2009.book Page 12 Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:20 PM © 2001 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. AirPort, Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, and PowerBook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Apple Store and Balloon Help are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
