2002 Airport Base Station & Snow Leopard

I've got an old ABS that I purchased in 2002 along with my 867-Powerbook-Ti... trying to figure out what software I can use to administrate the unit...
I recall that it was the 'Airport Admin Utility' but can't seem to find a version compatible with SL...

hi! Have you tried to unplug the power from your cable modem and plug it back in? Your cable modem has to see it's connect to a new device. If it was previous plugged into your G4 then even if you unplug the cable modem network cable from the G4 and plug it into the Airport it's not going to get a new address.
Unplug the power to both the Airport and the Cable Modem (Not Sleep mode, but physically pull out the Power Cord). Then plug in the Cable Modem first, then the Airport.
See if that helps.
AL

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