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Specification Sheet
AirPort
AirPort delivers all of the components you need to set up your network in minutes:
• An AirPort Card—a card about the size of a credit card that fits easily into a conveniently located
slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
• An AirPort Base Station—a small device similar to the base station of a cordless telephone that
plugs into your telephone outlet, DSL or cable modem, or Ethernet network. It receives web
pages and email from the Internet and sends them to your computer, without wires.
• AirPort software—all the software you need to set up and operate an AirPort network.
And, of course, AirPort is a fully integrated hardware and software solution designed to work
seamlessly with all AirPort-enabled Apple computers. Unlike other radio cards and antenna
that are attached to the outside of the computer, the AirPort Card fits completely inside the
computer—so you don’t have to worry about external components breaking or disappearing.
And because AirPort is based on industry standards, it may also be used in a cross-platform
environment, where there are different types of computers.
Best of all, because AirPort is so easy to install and set up, you’re just minutes away from
working and playing on the Internet.
AirPort at home
Imagine surfing the web from your sofa. Checking email from your dining room. Enjoying a
multiplayer game from your deck. With a transmission radius of approximately 150 feet from
the base station, and more in certain environments, AirPort lets you put the computer where
you want, not just where the phone jack is located. You’ll especially appreciate the benefits of
AirPort if you use a DSL or cable modem; it lets everyone in your home take full advantage of
your single high-speed Internet connection.
The simplest and fastest way to set up an AirPort network is to plug an AirPort Card into an
AirPort-ready iBook, iMac, PowerBook, or Power Mac G4 computer and an AirPort Base Station
into your telephone jack. Within minutes, you’ll be free to move from room to room while you
use the Internet or share files among the computers in your home without cables. The AirPort
Base Station provides wireless Internet access to as many as 10 computers equipped with
AirPort Cards. This way, computers can communicate directly with each other or log on to the
Internet from any room in the house.
AirPort provides wireless Internet access for AirPort-
enabled Apple systems through the AirPort Base
Station. Similar to the base station of a cordless
telephone, the AirPort Base Station is a small device
that combines a modem, Ethernet, and wireless LAN
technology to provide connections between your
computers and the Internet.
Instead of communicating through a wired network,
all AirPort-enabled Apple computers can com-
municate directly with each other without cables
or complicated networking hardware. It’s a much
simpler way to transfer files to other computers
without using floppy disks, cables, or infrared
equipment. You can share files and play games
wherever you happen to be.
