Advanced Networking
Did the simplified setups explained in Set Up a Network not cover
everything you needed to get up and running? In this chapter, I spell
out the details for connecting a base station to a WAN and for further
configuring addressing on your LAN. Advanced options are needed
for networks that use static or fixed addresses, and for anything the
slightest bit unusual.
Note: If you’re building or re-building a network with more than one
base station, read this chapter first to set up the base station that
connects directly to your broadband service provider. Then read
Connect Multiple Base Stations.
Note: To stream music to an AirPort Express with AirPlay, see AirPort
Express Extras.
Get a WAN Address
The more complicated scenarios start with getting a WAN address
for your base station; you’ll then move to LAN configuration.
To communicate with the rest of the world, you need to hook the wide
area network (WAN) port of your base station either into a broadband
modem or, if you have
an existing Ethernet LAN to which you are
connecting the base station, into that larger network (Figure 42).
Figure 42: Plug your broadband modem into the base station’s
WAN port.
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