22 Chapter 2 SettingUpYourTimeCapsule
SettingAdvancedOptions
UseAirPortUtilitytosetupyourTimeCapsulemanuallyifyouwanttosetadvanced
TimeCapsuleoptionssuchasadvancedsecurityoptions,closednetworks,DHCPlease
time,accesscontrol,powercontrols,useraccounts,andmore.
To set advanced options:
1 OpenAirPortUtility,locatedintheUtilitiesfolderintheApplicationsfolderonaMac,
andinStart>AllPrograms>AirPortonacomputerusingWindows.
IfAirPortUtilityisn’tinstalledonyourcomputer,youcandownloaditfrom
www.apple.com/support/airport.
2 Ifthere’smorethanonewirelessdeviceinthelist,selecttheoneyouwantto
congure.Ifyoudon’tseetheTimeCapsuleyouwanttocongure,clickRescanto
scanforavailablewirelessdevices,andthenselectyourTimeCapsulefromthelist.
Ifyou’remakingchangestoaTimeCapsulethathasalreadybeensetup,you
mighthavetoconnecttothenetworkit’screatedbeforemakingchangestoyour
TimeCapsule.
TochoosethewirelessnetworkyouwanttochangeonaMac,usetheAirPortstatus
menuinthemenubar.OnacomputerusingWindows,holdthepointeroverthe
wirelessconnectioniconuntilyouseethenetworkname(SSID),andthenchooseit
fromthelistiftherearemultiplenetworksavailable.
3 ChooseManualSetupfromtheBaseStationmenu.Ifyou’repromptedfora
password,enterit.
FormoreaboutthemanualsetupfeaturesinAirPortUtility,see“AppleAirPort
Networks”atwww.apple.com/support/airport.