Windows XP SP 2 Home and Airport Extreme and Mac OS X 10.4.11

At this time my girlfriend just had a Comcast connection in Howard County Maryland installed. She does though want eventually to connect a MacBook Pro running 10.4.11 to the Comcast connection. I don't know where to read the settings to copy into the Airport Admin Utility of an 802.11n Aiport Extreme base station so both the Mac and the PC will be able to share the same connection, and then what settings to configure on the PC to be able to see the airport settings. If someone has a step by step set of instructions I can see to read in XP, I'll see if I can follow them. Bear with me, as it may take a couple days for me to get over to her machine and see where the settings are. I won't be doing it until after I purchase a Time Capsule to replace my existing base station at my home, and move the Extreme base station to her apartment.

Comcast's cable internet service uses the standard DHCP protocol to provide client computers with a connection and an IP address. Since this is the default configuration of Apple's base stations, they should "just work" when plugged in to Comcast's cable modem. Resetting the modem connection is often necessary if it has previously been connected to a computer - do this by unplugging the modem from power for five minutes or so.
There is no special configuration required on either Macs or PCs to establish a wireless connection to an Airport base station, particularly one that hasn't yet been configured for wireless security (ie the default state). Just select the Base Station's wireless network and connect to it - that's it.
In its default configuration, the Airport Base Station will be able to connect with Comcast, share the connection, and allow PCs and Macs to connect to it wirelessly. The only configuration of the Base Station that should be done is to (a) give it a unique admin password, (b) give it a unique name for the wireless network it is transmitting, and (c) select a security protocol (preferably WPA) and a wireless security password. That's it - and the Airport Utility will walk you through that whole process the first time around.

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