User Guide

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, the
base station can provide Internet access to computers connected to both Ethernet
ports (WAN < and LAN G).
Step 2: Use the AirPort Setup Assistant
The AirPort Setup Assistant:
 Sets up your AirPort network
 Configures your computer to access the AirPort network created by the AirPort
Extreme Base Station
Note: You can’t use the AirPort Setup Assistant to set up some advanced features. Use
AirPort Admin Utility, located in Applications/Utilities.
To use the AirPort Setup Assistant to configure the AirPort Extreme
Base Station:
1 Make sure you have plugged in the base station and the middle light is on.
2 Open the AirPort Setup Assistant (in Applications/Utilities on a Macintosh computer,
and in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a computer using Windows XP or Windows
2000) and follow the onscreen instructions.