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Knowledge Base
Airport Setup in OSX Without Airport Setup Assistant
- Close all open windows
- Insert the CD-ROM that came with the Airport Base Station and installation should begin automatically. If it does not, double-click on the AirPort icon on the desktop.
- Choose Install Airport and iTunes by double-clicking on the icon
- At the "Welcome to the Airport Installer" screen, press Continue
- After reading the "Important Information," press Continue
- After reading the "License Agreement," press Continue
- Click on Agree to confirm the "License Agreement"
- Choose to install on the Macintosh HD and click Continue
- Click Install to begin the installation process
- Click Continue Installation after the warning pops up about restarting your computer
- The window will now read "Preparing the Disk"
- After preparation has finished, the "Airport 4.2" installation will take place
- Next, iTunes will be installed automatically
- Next, it will show that the program is "Finishing Installation"
- You will then be prompted to restart. Do so by clicking on Restart
- After the computer boots, double-click on Macintosh HD and double-click on Applications
- Double-click on Utilities
- Double-click on Airport Setup Assistant
- At the "Introduction" screen, click Continue
- Choose to "Set up a new AirPort Base Station" and click Continue
- At the next screen, you will be told that a "new Airport Express" was found. Click Continue at the bottom of the screen.
- Choose to "Create a new wireless network" and click Continue
- You will then be asked to name your wireless network and your Airport Express
- Choose a unique name that only you would know and click Continue
- Choose 128-bit WEP for your security and enter a 13-digit unique strong password (including one number and one special character). Choose to Remember this password and then click Continue
- Choose to connect to a "local area network (LAN)" and click Continue
- Choose to configure TCP/IP Using DHCP and click Continue
- Choose a unique strong password (including one number and one special character), choose to "remember this password" and click Continue
- Double-check the settings and click Update
- A progress bar will now show that the update is running and that the setup assistant is "waiting for Airport Express to restart"
- The progress bar will then show that the setup assistant is "looking for your wireless network"
- After the progress is complete, the window will show a "Summary" screen. Click Quit
- In "Utilities", open the Airport Admin Utility
- Choose your Airport Express and click Configure
- Make sure that "Channel" is set to Automatic and "Mode" is set to 802.11b/g Compatible
- Then, click the box next to "Create a Closed Network" and click OK on the pop-up
- Click Update
- A window will now alert you that the base station is restarting. Click OK
- Close all open windows
- Plug an ethernet cord from the wall to the device and restart the computer.
- Click on wireless menu on the top right of the screen and choose to connect to the '''Other..." network
- Enter the SSID you chose earlier (this is shown as the "Network Name"). Also, choose WEP Password for "Wireless Security" and enter the 13-digit password you chose earlier. Click OK
- YOUR AIRPORT IS ALL SET AND YOU SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET!!
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