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If youre trying to solve a particular problem, you can jump in and read the topics in this ebook in any order, but if you start at the beginning, youll learn how Apples 802.11n gear fits into the world of Wi-Fi networking.
With that background, youll learn where to position and how to set up base stations, with diagrams showing common network scenarios - see two examples above - and with step-by-step instructions for configuring key Internet sharing and security options and connecting client computers. For those who have funky Internet connections or tricky IP addressing needs, Glenn provides extended advice for creating a working Wi-Fi network.
Glenn provides real-world directions for important scenarios, including how to:
Create a basic (or not so basic) Wi-Fi network, using Apples base stations:
Set up a wireless network with a single base station, or with multiple base stations - whether you want to extend a network with Ethernet or a wireless connection (or a mix of the two), Glenn examines your options and provides configuration steps. He also touches briefly on powerline connections.
Keep your existing network, but replace an older or broken base station with a new one.
Export your base stations configuration, either to make a backup or to create a model configuration to use on other base stations.
Connect Macs (specific steps for 10.5 Leopard and later), iOS devices, and Windows 7 computers to your network.
Set up reliable and relevant security for your network. Also, add a guest network that gives your guests Internet access while restricting their access to local resources.
Attach peripherals to your network:
Add a USB-connected printer, and connect to the printer from Mac and Windows computers.
Add a USB-attached drive to a Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme, and configure client access.
Connect a 2nd- or 3rd-generation Apple TV to your network
Do more networking:
Set up a Time Machine backup to a Time Capsule base station.
Expand the capabilities of an AirPort Express by setting up audio streaming, trying Rogue Amoebas Airfoil media streaming utility, or extending your network with ProxySTA.
Share files conveniently and wirelessly with Lions AirDrop file-transfer feature, plus understand the type of networking that AirDrop uses.
Put computers more directly on the Internet with port mapping or a default host.
Set up Back to My Mac with iCloud in order to access an AirPort or Time Capsule drive remotely, or to configure your base station remotely.
Set up a Software Base Station or do ad-hoc networking.
Understand whats going on and solve problems:
Find out what the icon on your Wi-Fi menu means, and discover what the colored light on your base station is trying to tell you.
Learn what a MAC address is, plus how to find it. (Hint, 1 Infinite Loop is not the MAC address that you seek.)
Read background information about the bands and channels used with Wi-Fi networking, understand how Apples Wi-Fi gear fits into the picture, and get ideas for how to create an optimal network that avoids interference problems.
Understand the differences among AirPort Utility 6 (for Mac), AirPort Utility for iOS, and AirPort Utility 5 (for Mac and Windows). Find a free download link for the previous edition of this ebook, which covers AirPort Utility 5.
Learn how to update the firmware in your base station, and how to revert to an older version of your firmware, if necessary.
If anyone knows about real-world Wi-Fi, its Glenn Fleishman.
Mark Frauenfelder, co-founder of bOING bOING
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Welcome to Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network, Third Edition, version 3.0, published in May 2012 by TidBITS Publishing Inc. This book was written by Glenn Fleishman and edited by Tonya Engst.
If youre setting up, extending, or retooling a Wi-Fi network with one or more 802.11n base stations from Appleincluding the AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, or Time Capsuleusing AirPort Utility 6 on the Mac or AirPort Utility in iOS, this book will help you get the fastest network with the least equipment and fewest roadblocks. This book also has advice on connecting to a Wi-Fi network from older versions of Mac OS X and Windows 7.
Copyright 2012 Glenn Fleishman. All rights reserved.
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Here are a few rules of the road that will help you read this book:
Path syntax: I occasionally use a path to show the location of a file or folder in the Macs file system. For example, AirPort Utility gets installed into the Utility folder, which is in the Applications folder. The path to AirPort Utility is /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility .
Menus: When I describe choosing a command from a menu in the menu bar, I use an abbreviated description. For example, the abbreviated description for the menu command that creates a new folder in the Mac OS X Finder is File > New Folder.
Big cats: I often mention features specific to a particular version of Mac OS X, which Apple usually refers to by their big cat names:
Mountain Lion: 10.8
Lion: 10.7
Snow Leopard: 10.6
Leopard: 10.5
Tiger: 10.4
Panther: 10.3
Finding preference panes: I sometimes refer to Mac OS X preferences, such as those in the Network preference pane. To reach a preference pane, open System Preferences by clicking its icon in the Dock or by choosing Apple > System Preferences. Then, to open a preference pane, click its icon or choose it from the View menu.
For example, to see the Network preference pane, launch System Preferences and then click the Network icon or choose View > Network. To find the Wi-Fi view in the Network preference pane, you would click the Wi-Fi item in the list at the left of the pane.
Wi-Fi menu: The Wi-Fi 
status menu appears near the right side of the menu bar on a Macintosh. If yours isnt showing, you can turn it on via a checkbox in the Network system preference pane, in the Wi-Fi view. To learn about the icons that may mark the top of this menu, see .
Configuring a base station: Throughout the book, I refer to using a program called AirPort Utility to configure a base station. In almost all cases, to configure a base station in AirPort Utility 6 on the Mac or in AirPort Utility in iOS (both versions are covered in the book), you select the base station in the AirPort Utility graphical display, and then click or tap the Edit button that appears. (You may have to enter a password for the base station first.)
This third edition has a significant change: it replaces its former coverage of AirPort Utility 5 in favor of focusing on AirPort Utility 6, which was released in February 2012. AirPort Utility 6 runs on 10.7 Lion or later. AirPort Utility 6 has many of the features that are documented in previous editions of this book, but it omits several options designed for mixed 802.11g and 80211.n networks and it cant configure 802.11b and 802.11g AirPort base station models (any base station released from 1999 to 2006). Also, it supports only iCloud, not MobileMe, for remote connections.
The big new feature in AirPort Utility 6 is a graphical depiction of the layout of an AirPort network. This is terrific for visualizing how parts are connected and seeing where errors lie.
This third edition also discusses AirPort Utility for iOS, which has a similar approach to AirPort Utility 6, and makes it possible to configure and manage an Apple base station without a desktop computer. Thats a first for Apple.
Older versions of AirPort Utility remain available:
AirPort Utility 5.5.3 for Leopard and Snow Leopard and 5.6 for Lion are the latest releases of the previous version of AirPort Utility.
AirPort Utility for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 is, at this writing, nearly identical to version 5.5.3/5.6 for Mac. I expect that Apple will update the Windows version of AirPort Utility to be feature identical to the latest Macintosh version.
Free download: If you need help with AirPort Utility 5, you can refer the previous edition of this ebooktheres no extra charge. Follow the access extras link in , and look in the blog.
Apple introduced integrated Wi-Fi wireless networking to the world with AirPort in 1999. Although corporations had already been using forms of wireless networking for warehouse tracking and to connect buildings in large campuses, the costs were high, speeds were low, and complexity was manifest. Apples products shot off the shelves due to their relatively low initial price, simple configuration interface, and excellent performance.
Apple originally required add-on cards for Macs to use Wi-Fi; a few years ago, the Mac Pro became the last model for which Wi-Fi was an extra-cost option. Apple now builds the fastest flavor of Wi-Fi, called 802.11n , into every Mac it sells, as well as every iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Despite Apples 13-year history with wireless networking and the general excellence of their software and support, setting up a wireless network isnt always a snap. This book helps you set up an 802.11n AirPort network and offers tips to help save time, improve security, extend range, and enjoy a technical edge when working with Wi-Fi.
Although this book focuses on using AirPort Utility 6 (with Lion and later) and AirPort Utility (for iOS) to configure your network, I also cover compatibility and connections with older computer hardware, and how to connect to 802.11n via Mac OS X and Windows 7. I also provide some information to help you use Wi-Fi with 10.6 Snow Leopard and 10.5 Leopard.
I start with wireless basics, move through installation and configuration, explain how to share printers and hard disks, tell you how to connect to a Wi-Fi network, give advice on extending a networks range and quality, look at using an AirPort Expresss unique features, and finish with how-to information on security for those who want their AirPort networks safe from freeloaders and intruders.
Free download: If you need help with AirPort Utility 5, you can refer the previous edition of this ebooktheres no extra charge. Follow the access extras link in , and look in the blog.
You can read this book from start to finish, and youll find that it covers topics like learning about Wi-Fi, unpacking a base station, starting configuration, figuring out the network you want to build, and then configuring that network. More specific cases follow, such as how to add a printer, separating older and newer flavors of Wi-Fi into two separate networks, and securing a network.
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