User manual APPLE DESIGNING AIRPORT EXTREME NETWORKS, FOR WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS 2000

[. . . ] Designing AirPort Extreme Networks For Windows XP and Windows 2000 1 Contents Chapter 1 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 13 14 15 21 38 51 52 53 53 56 57 Getting Started How AirPort Works How Wireless Internet Access Is Provided Configuring AirPort Extreme Base Station Internet Access AirPort Extreme Admin Utility for Windows Extending the Range of Your AirPort Network Printing via an AirPort Extreme Base Station Sharing Your Computer's Internet Connection AirPort Security Security for AirPort Networks at Home Security for AirPort Networks in Business and Education Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) AirPort Extreme Network Designs Using AirPort Extreme Admin Utility for Windows Setting Up the AirPort Network Configuring and Sharing Internet Access Setting Advanced Options Solving Problems More Information About AirPort Behind the Scenes Basic Networking Using the AirPort Extreme Base Station Items That Can Cause Interference With AirPort Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 3 1 Getting Started 1 With this version of the AirPort Extreme Admin Utility you can set up and manage an AirPort network using Microsoft Windows, and wirelessly share a single Internet connection with multiple computers. Instead of using traditional cables to create a network, AirPort uses wireless local area network (WLAN) technology to provide communication between computers. Through a wireless network you can access the Internet, share files, play multiplayer games, and more. Using AirPort technology, you can: · Create a wireless network in your home or school using an AirPort Extreme Base Station, then connect to the Internet and share the connection among several computers simultaneously. An entire family or classroom can be on the Internet at the same time. [. . . ] Do not connect the AirPort Extreme Base Station to the uplink port. Check Comments Ethernet cables What to Do To set up your base station using AirPort Extreme Admin Utility for Windows: 1 Open AirPort Extreme Admin Utility for Windows. 2 Select your base station and click Configure. 3 Click Internet and choose Ethernet from the "Connect using" pop-up menu. 4 Choose Manually or Using DHCP from the Configure pop-up menu, depending on how IP addresses are provided on your Ethernet network. If you aren't sure, ask your service provider or network administrator. If your addresses are provided manually, choose Manually from the Configure pop-up menu. Enter your IP address information in the fields below the Configure pop-up menu. Contact your network administrator for the information you should enter in these fields. 34 Chapter 3 AirPort Extreme Network Designs If your IP address is provided by DHCP, choose Using DHCP from the Configure pop-up menu. 5 Click the Network tab and select how the base station will share its Internet access with AirPort and Ethernet computers. · If you want to use the base station to share a single IP address, click the "Distribute IP addresses" checkbox and the "Share a single IP address (using DHCP & NAT)" button. · If you want to share a range of public IP addresses, click the "Share a range of IP addresses (using only DHCP)" button. Chapter 3 AirPort Extreme Network Designs 35 · If you don't want the base station to provide IP addresses (using DHCP or NAT) to AirPort computers, see "Using the AirPort Extreme Base Station as a Bridge" on page 38. Important: Since the base station can provide network services, you must set it up carefully to avoid interfering with other services on your Ethernet network. · If you want to use the parental controls you have set up with your America Online (AOL) account, click the Access Control tab and select the "Enable AOL Parental Control Filter (AOL only)" checkbox. This will copy the parental controls to your base station. · If your base station has an internal modem, click the Dial-In tab to enable users to dial in to the AirPort Extreme Base Station from a computer modem over a standard phone line. Dialing in to your base station gives you access to your home network and the Internet through your home network Internet service provider (ISP). To set up your base station for PPP dial-in: a Connect a phone line to the modem (W) port on your base station. b Click Dial-In and enter the user name and password, and set other options. Because you set the base station to answer incoming calls, consider using a dedicated phone line for your base station. Other calls coming in on the same line could cause the AirPort Extreme Base Station modem to disconnect. With PPP dial-in enabled, the base station is set to share a single IP address (using DHCP and NAT) only; it cannot share a range of IP addresses (using only DHCP). Note: If you dial in to your base station from a V. 90 modem, the best speed you can expect is the V. 34 speed of 33600 bits per second (bps). This is a limitation of the V. 90 standard and is not caused by a problem with your modem or base station. 6 If you want to adjust optional advanced settings, go to "Setting Advanced Options" on page 38. If you are finished changing settings, click the Update button. Your computer transfers the new settings to the base station. [. . . ] Connecting to a subnet involves connecting to the appropriate hardware network and configuring IP for that network. Chapter 4 Behind the Scenes 55 Using the AirPort Extreme Base Station This section describes the different network interfaces of the AirPort Extreme Base Station and describes the functions the base station can provide. Base Station Interfaces To configure the AirPort Extreme Base Station, you configure how its networking interfaces will be used. The AirPort Extreme Base Station has five hardware networking interfaces: · AirPort interface The AirPort interface creates an AirPort network for AirPortequipped computers to join. The base station can provide IP services like DHCP and NAT over this interface. The base station cannot use the AirPort interface to establish a connection with the Internet. [. . . ]