Using the Airport with Multiple Macs

I have three Macs in my house. An eMac, an iMac and an iBook. All three are wireless, we have an Airport. However, we have to reset the DSL everytime we use a different computer. Is this a problem with the Airport or our DSL service? If it's the Airport, what can I change so that we can all use the DSL at the same time?
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Airport

Welcome to the discussions.
Your problem is how you are confiqured.
1. Make sure that the drivers are set to infrastructure mode and obtain IP auto.
2. Router's DHCP On. (Static IP will work too if set correctly.)
3. Make sure that the Router does not have any MAC or IP filtering on.
4. Disable WEP/WPA on both devices.
5. Set the SSID and channel of the Router and the Client card to be is same.
Don

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