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AboutYourAirPort Card
Includes general information about the AirPort Card and AirPort software
About Your AirPort Card
With the AirPort Card installed in your computer, you can do the following:
mAccess an AirPort network at your work or school and use it to browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail, and more.
mSet up a direct link between two or more AirPort-equipped computers (known as a “computer-to-computer” AirPort connection). You can use the link to play multiplayer games.
mSet up an AirPort network using your computer as a base station and provide Internet access to other AirPort-equipped computers. You can also set up an AirPort network using an external device called an “AirPort Base Station,” available from your Apple-authorized dealer or The Apple Store at www.apple.com/store
About AirPort
AirPort technology offers an easy and affordable way to provide wireless Internet access anywhere in your home or classroom. Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort uses wireless local area network (LAN) technology to provide wireless communication between multiple computers.
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How AirPort Works
In a traditional network, computers are connected through a series of wires that transfer information between the different computers on the network. With AirPort, data is transferred between computers over a wireless network using radio waves.
There are two ways to create a wireless network. When two or more AirPort-equipped computers are in range of one another, they can use AirPort to communicate directly. This connection is known as a “computer-to-computer” AirPort connection.
You can create a more permanent wireless network using a device known as a “base station.” In this kind of network, all wireless communication goes through the base station to other computers on the network or to the Internet.
How AirPort Provides Wireless Internet Access
The following are ways that you can use AirPort technology to provide Internet access to AirPort-equipped computers:
mConnect an AirPort Base Station (available from your Apple-authorized dealer or The Apple Store at www.apple.com/store) to an existing network that already has Internet access, such as in a school or small office.
mConnect a telephone line, cable modem, or DSL modem to an AirPort Base Station. The AirPort Base Station establishes an Internet connection and also creates a wireless network though which multiple computers can get access to the Internet.
mShare the Internet connection (phone line, cable modem, or DSL) of a single AirPortequipped computer with other wireless-equipped computers. When the other computers need to access the Internet, all information passes through the computer with the Internet connection.
Note: To use AirPort to access the Internet, you must have an account with an Internet service provider (ISP). In addition, you need to have a traditional way to access the Internet, either through a phone line, cable, or DSL modem.
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