AirPort Extreme  802.11n WiFi is blinking amber after changing from cable to DSL.  Everything works well; but light used to be solid green.

I changed from cable to DSL yesterday.  Technician connected the new modem and all is working excellently, except that the light on my AirPort Extreme which used to be a solid green, is now blinking amber.  I know this is not right, yet everything else is working well.  What's wrong and how can I fix it?

We need to do some troubleshooting to find out why the amber light is blinking, and to do that we need to know what operating system you are using on your Mac or PC.
If you have a Mac, and are not sure what operating system it is using, click the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, then click About This Mac. Post back with the OS X Version number that you see there.

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    Walter Wedler wrote:
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