AirPort Graphite works. Airport Extreme (n) does not.... (well sort of...)

Hi all,
Just received my AirPort Extreme. I've been using the original AiPort Base Station since it first shipped. But I wanted to increase speed and range...
The Base Station works...but the amber light keeps blinking, even if I am getting a connection to the Internet. Strange.
BUT... I cannot get the old Base Station to work connected to one of the Ethernet ports. Should I configure something in any specail way?
The most strange thing to me is that the Original BS and the new one show ciffernet Router and Ip addresses when connected to the cable modem. One of them must be getting the woring info, as I can't beleive that my ISp keeps assigning me different IPs jsut beacuse I connect different AirPorts (and they always get the same each one, but different from the other...).
So: what special feature do I need to check in order to connect the old base station though the ethernet port of the AP BS Extreme? (so the old iMca with 802-11b connects to that network, and the newer ones connect to the n one). And if I keep getting a blinking light despite getting a connection... does it mean that the base station is broken?
Amadeu
ps: As for range.... what a deception. In "b/g compatible mode" is roguhly the same as my old graphite BS, reaching just half my flat....

I had this problem on one of my Airport N units. I deleted the base station from the preferred networks and also from the (I think) two locations from the keychain.
I then connected again and had the Airport added to the keychain again and since then I haven't had the problem.

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