Airport Extreme setup in my class... HELP

Ok so I've had this issue before & fixed it but it always takes forever. I'm setting up a brand new basestation on a macbook, ran the install software got the green light but I can't connect to the internet. Have ran diagnostics etc but won't work. I'm trying to remember was it something about a new location that fixes the problem? Help help help!

a bit more info... I work in a school & I am connecting via the ethernet cable that we always connect to. It is a network cable though. Having said that the teacher next door has a linkys wireless solution & no problems. I get a green light but no internet. When I go through network diagnostics it is the internet & server lights that are still red. I always seem to have this problem. The majority of the macbooks will connect to the linkys setup next door but some won't. As I said in my previous post, I'm pretty sure I've had this problem befoe at home when I'm brought a school mac home. Location seems to ring a bell?

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