Manual

46 Chapter 3 Problem, Meet Solution
Forsetupinformation,checkthedocumentationprovidedwithyourrouteror
askthepersonwhosetupyournetwork.YoucanuseanAirPortbasestationto
shareoneIPaddressamongmultiplecomputers.Forinformationaboutusing
anAirPortbasestation,checkMacHelporvisittheAppleAirPortwebsiteat
www.apple.com/support/airport.
Ifyoucannotresolvetheissueusingthesesteps,contactyourISPornetwork
administrator.
Problems with AirPort Extreme Wireless Communication
IfyouhavetroubleusingAirPortExtremewirelesscommunication:
Â Makesurethecomputerornetworkyou’retryingtoconnecttoisrunningandhas
awirelessaccesspoint.
Â Makesureyou’veproperlyconguredthesoftwareaccordingtotheinstructionsthat
camewithyourbasestationoraccesspoint.
Â Makesureyou’rewithinrangeoftheothercomputerorthenetwork’saccess
point.Nearbyelectronicdevicesormetalstructurescaninterferewithwireless
communicationandreducethisrange.Repositioningorrotatingthecomputermight
improvereception.
Â ChecktheAirPort(Z)statusiconinthemenubar.Uptofourbarsappear,indicating
signalstrength.Ifsignalstrengthislow,trychangingyourlocation.
Â SeeAirPortHelp(chooseHelp>MacHelp,andthenchooseLibrary>AirPortHelp
fromthemenubar).Alsoseetheinstructionsthatcamewiththewirelessdevicefor
moreinformation.