You should read the items from the help menu as they are a bit more decriptive than the printed stuff that came with my graphite one. I presume this is a new unit, atleast for you. I would first reset the base station to its factory settings just to make sure any settings from the previous owner are gone. If its factory new, forget the reste. Make sure your computer is set up to connect to the internet and can do so without problems. If you just got broadband service go through your ISP's set up process. Once your computer is good to go, plug the base into the socket and plug the ISDN cable into the base. Make sure the Airport card in you computer is also good to go. Run the Airport set up utility and it will copy the network settings from your computer onto the base station. Once the station reboots you should be good to surf. That is a quick and dirty. The help menu is considerably more detailed.