Airport express Green light on, itunes transmitting, internet not working

Hi,
I have a thinkpad running XP and a cable/telephony modem from comcast. I installed the airport express following the directions and got a blinking amber light and no functioning internet or airtunes. I then took down the IP address, router address, etc (IP Address: 66.30.116.41 Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0 Default Gateway: 66.30.112.1
DHCP Server: 68.87.71.8 DNS Servers: 68.87.71.226, 68.87.73.242) from my modem and manually configured those settings into my airport express, and now I have a green light and am able to transmit itunes but can't access the internet. My computer connects to the network but then I can't load any pages. When I try "repair," it fails when reconnecting to the network. The IP adress when I'm connected to AX begins with 10.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
RCC

no answer but same problem as yours. any news on your side ?

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