Airport ID and Ethernet ID mixing up

Well, here is the issue. I've fed up with calling my ISP with the same issue over and over. It's simple but just drives me crazy. Each time I have my Airport Express being rebooted mostly because of power cut offs I have to call my ISP and tell them that once again they 'see' the wrong mak address. Somehow their server 'sees' me as my Airtport ID (internal one) but not Ethernet ID and sure they don't allow me to connect to their network and then let me to login their VPN server:((
Did anybody face the same issue?
Thanks a LOT for any help!

If you are connecting to the Extremes using ethernet, you would use the Ethernet ID, which is also known as the wired MAC address.

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Please tell us if you are using an apple router and which one.. exact model will help.
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So my connectivity issues are only when I connect the Play 5 to the AX ethernet port.
That would be the Ethernet port on the AirPort Express then, correct?
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If that is the case, then you are going to have to pull an Ethernet cable so that the Sonos 5 connects directly to the AEBS. You can run Ethernet 300+ feet or 100 meters with virtually no loss.
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I've had similar problems, as described above. I have called AppleCare; I have found other threads on the forum(s) dealing with AirPort dropping connections; I have found much discussion of the subject on the web. There is a problem, and there appears to be no solution. Here is my related situation.
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Hi. Ive searched around and cant find an answer for this.
I have a 27" imac connected to my router and all works fine for accessing the internet.
I have several other devices close by that I want to connect via ethernet. If i connect the imac to another router via ethernet I can browse my local devices but loose internet connectivity. It is as if the imac will suspend the airport connection while the ethernet cable is connected. I don't want my second router to act as a bridge as it doesn't support N speeds.
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http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2006/10/airportswitch/index.php
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