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Setting Up Your AirPort Extreme
Use your Mac or an iOS device to set up your AirPort Extreme.
You can set up your AirPort Extreme to do one of the following:
 Create a new network that wireless computers and devices can use to connect to the
Internet and to each other.
 Extend an existing network. If the network is connected to the Internet, all the computers
and wireless devices on the AirPort network can use the Internet connection.
Computers connected to your AirPort Extreme using Ethernet can also access the network to
share les and connect to the Internet.
If you’re using your AirPort Extreme to connect to the Internet, you need a broadband (DSL
or cable modem) account with an Internet service provider, or a connection to the Internet
using an existing Ethernet network. If you received specic information from your ISP (such
as a static IP address or a DHCP client ID), you may need to enter it in AirPort Utility. Have this
information available before you set up your AirPort Extreme.
Setting Up AirPort Extreme Using a Mac
You’ll need:
 A Wi-Fi enabled Mac computer or a Mac computer connected to your AirPort Extreme with
an Ethernet cable (in order to set it up using Ethernet)
 OS X v10.7.5 or later
 AirPort Utility v6.3 or later
Use Software Update to get the latest version of OS X and AirPort Utility.
