User Guide

Setting Up AirPort Express 27
 Connect your AirPort Express to your existing AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express
network and extend the range of your wireless network using the AirPort Express as a
wireless bridge. This is known as a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
You can use AirTunes to play music from iTunes and share a USB printer in any type of
network you set up, whether it is a new network or you are joining an existing network.
If you have more than one AirPort Express, you can connect one to the stereo in your
living room and connect another to the powered speakers in your den, for example.
Using AirTunes, you can stream your iTunes music to either AirPort Express, depending
on where you are in your house. Choose the name of the AirPort Express you want to
use from the speakers pop-up menu in iTunes.
This chapter provides an overview for using the AirPort Setup Assistant to set up your
network and other features of your AirPort Express. For more detailed wireless
networking information, and for information about the advanced features of AirPort,
refer to the “Designing AirPort Networks” or “AirPort Networks for Windows” document,
located on the AirPort Express CD and at www.apple.com/airportextreme.
You can do most of your network setup and configuration tasks with the AirPort Setup
Assistant. To set advanced options, you need to use AirPort Admin Utility. See “Setting
Advanced Options” on page 32.