Enjoy your iTunes music library in virtually any
room of your house!
Faster Is Better
Now with blazing 802.11n, the affordable AirPort Express is powerful enough to run a home Wi-Fi network, yet small enough to take on the road. Here's some of the ways you can integrate it into your home.
Music
AirTunes takes the music from the iTunes library on your computer and
sends it wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your home. All you have to do
is plug an AirPort Express into an electrical outlet near those speakers, then
connect them with an audio cable. In iTunes, you can choose which speakers you
want your music to play on--in your den, living room, or bedroom. If you have
more than one AirPort Express connected to speakers, you can play the same music
on all your speakers at the same time to create a whole-house musical
experience. Plus, if you already have a wireless network in place, you can use
AirPort Express to add music to its capabilitie
s.
Wireless Printing
With wireless printing through AirPort Express, it’s almost like having a printer in every room of the house. AirPort Express uses the Mac- and PC-compatible Bonjour networking technology to let everyone in the house take advantage of one centrally available printer. Wirelessly, of course. If all you want to do is access your USB printer wirelessly, you don’t even need a broadband Internet connection. You can just set up your AirPort Express for wireless printing and that’s it.
Internet Sharing
With AirPort Express connected to your DSL or cable modem, up to 10 users at a time can surf the web, send email, annihilate the competition in multiplayer games, and much more--wire-free. AirPort Express connects people to each other as well. You can wirelessly share photos, movies, and other files without having to worry about slow data transmissions. Nor do you have to concern yourself with a difficult network setup. AirPort Express uses the Bonjour technology in Mac OS X to allow your AirPort-equipped Mac computers running Mac OS X to find each other with no effort on your part--they discover each other just by virtue of being in range of the network.Compact and portable, AirPort Express is also a great way to share Internet access when you go on the road.
802.11n
The AirPort Express Base Station now features 802.11n, the next-generation
high-speed wireless technology included with most shipping Mac computers and
some newer PCs with compatible cards. Based on an IEEE 802.11n draft
specification, AirPort Express features two antennas and uses a technology
called multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) to transmit multiple data streams
simultaneously. The result? AirPort Express delivers data transfer speeds up to
five times those of previous-generation 802.11g wireless networks--while
achieving up to twice the range. And with its support for both the 2.4GHz and
5GHz wireless frequencies, AirPort Express reduces the possibility of
interference from appliances and cordless phones that use the 2.4GHz frequency.
Driving the Wi-Fi Revolution
In 1999, Apple sparked the wireless revolution with the introduction of AirPort,
the first affordable and easy-to-use solution for accessing the Internet without
restrictive cables. In 2003, AirPort Extreme took your unwired connection to the
next level by harnessing the superfast 802.11g wireless standard for data rates
nearly five times those of the 802.11b standard that the original AirPort used
and many current wireless networking devices still use. With AirPort Express,
Apple continues to advance wireless, delivering the first device to pack
wireless networking, audio, printing and bridging capabilities into a single
affordable, portable unit.
AirTunes Unleashes Your Music
AirPort Express with AirTunes brings your iTunes music in your Mac or PC into
your living room -- or wherever in your home you have a stereo or a set of
powered speakers. All you have to do is connect your sound system to the audio
port on the AirPort Express Base Station using an audio cable (included in the
optional AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit) and AirTunes lets you play your
iTunes music through your stereo or powered speakers -- wirelessly. iTunes
automatically detects the connection of your remote speakers, so you just have
to select them in the popup list that appears at the bottom of the iTunes window
and click play.
Enjoy your playlists, set iTunes to shuffle through your entire library or
repeat your favorite songs over and over again -- however you like to enjoy your
music on iTunes, you can now enjoy it that way through your stereo speakers,
wherever they're located in your house.
Compatibility
Part Wi-Fi access point. Part wireless router. AirPort Express just works,
seamlessly and wirelessly, with all your Wi-Fi devices. In fact, it’s the
easiest way for everyone in your family to share a single broadband Internet
connection and USB printer without messy cables.
Security
The AirPort Express Base Station takes strong measures to keep your online world
as safe as possible--from securing your base station to preventing outside
intruders. It starts with the industry-standard encryption technologies built
into AirPort Express, including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP.1 When you turn on
encryption--easy to do using AirPort Utility--you’ll ensure that only people
with the correct password can join your wireless network. AirPort Express
includes a built-in firewall that creates a barrier between your network and the
Internet. When you set up the base station, the firewall is automatically turned
on to keep the bad guys out. For computers with a cable or DSL modem, using
AirPort is actually safer than being directly connected to the modem.
AirPort Utility
If you think setting up a wireless network is difficult, think again. AirPort
Utility for Mac and Windows guides you through the process, and you’ll have
your network up and running in minutes. AirPort Utility does most of the work
for you by stepping you through the setup process quickly and easily. For the
most basic setup, all you have to do is plug your AirPort Express into an
electrical outlet and connect your DSL or cable modem. Then open the AirPort
Utility software and just follow the onscreen instructions.
AirPort Express works effortlessly with any computer that uses Wi-Fi
standards, whether it’s a Mac or a Dell, HP, IBM, or any other Windows-based
PC. That’s because the AirPort Express is compatible with computers using the
802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g specifications, and it also works with computers
that are 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant.
- Take the music from the iTunes library on your computer and sends it
wirelessly to any stereo or speakers in your home
- Share a single broadband Internet
connection and USB printer without inconvenient and obtrusive
cables
- Create an instant wireless network on the
go
- Print wirelessly through AirPort Express--it's almost like having a
printer in every room of the house
- Wirelessly share photos, movies, and other files without having to worry
about slow data transmissions
- The AirPort Express Base Station now features 802.11n, the next-generation
high-speed wireless technology included with most shipping Mac computers and
some newer PCs with compatible cards
- Industry-standard encryption technologies built into AirPort Express,
including WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP, plus a built-in firewall that creates a
barrier between your network and the Internet
- Wireless Protocols: Draft 802.11n, 802.11 a/b/g
- Compatibility: Interoperable with Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a,
802.11b, and 802.11g and 802.11n draft 2.0 Mac computers, Windows-based
PCs, and other Wi-Fi devices. NAT, DHCP, PPPoE, VPN Passthrough (IPSec,
PPTP, and L2TP), DNS Proxy, SNMP, IPv6 (6to4 and manual tunnels)
- Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2), wireless security
(WEP) configurable for 40-bit and 128-bit encryption, MAC address
filtering, NAT firewall, support for RADIUS authentication, 802.1X, PEAP,
LEAP, TTLS, TLS, FAST, and time-based access control
- Included software and accessories: AirPort Utility for MAC and
Windows, 802.11n Enabler for Mac, Bonjour for Windows, printed and
electronic documentation
- Interfaces: 802.11n wireless, one 10/100 Ethernet port for
connecting a DSL, cable modem or Ethernet network, USB port for
connecting a USB printer, 3.5mm audio minijack for analog or optical
digital sound, built-in power supply
- Electrical and environmental requirements: 100-240V AC,
50-60Hz; input current: 0.2 amps.
- Operating Temperature: 32 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit (0
to 35 degrees Celsius)
- Storage Temperature: Negative 13 degrees to 140 degrees
Fahrenheit (negative 25 to 60 degrees Celsius)
- Relative humidity: 20 percent to 90 percent, noncondensing
- Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet
- Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet
- Frequency bands: 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
- Radio output power: 20 dBm (nominal)
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