Base Station to DSL Modem

Hi All,
How can I connect my base station directly to dsl modem. right now, it's going through a router and i don't need it any more. and i just want to connect the base station to the modem. what configuration do i need to do?
thanks for reading,
tom

Connect your DSL modem to the WAN port on your AirPort base station (ABS).
If your ISP requires PPPoE, then you need to enable PPPoE in AirPort Admin Utility.
Otherwise, you would configure the ABS to use DHCP to get an IP address.

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Then, I got a G4 iBook to replace G3/400. Wanted to get 802.11g to support “g” Airport card in iBook. Got a Linksys 802.11g Wi-Fi with 4-port router for $50. Hooked it up directly with DSL modem. (Couldn’t get it to send out to hub). Hooked the desktop and ethernet laser printer into Linksys Wi-Fi/router. The only way I could use the printer was by having it be a shared printer from the desktop. This was often problematic.
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DSL modem -> Linksys router -> to AEBS -> Hub. I plugged my Epson 820 (USB) into the AEBS and can see it to print to.
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Here’s my issue:
I can’t see the ethernet laser printer. It will occasionally flash available, but is gone in less than a minute. The printer is HP 2100 series.
Sometimes I can connect to the desktop G4 tower; most times I can’t.
I have checked and double-checked the cables.
Both the printer and desktop are connected to the Hub.
What can I do so that I can see the HP 2100 series printer and the G4 tower?

Don,
Thanks for the suggestions. Glutton for punishment that I am, I tried this again, “just for grins.“ The six other times I tried this, I couldn’t get the AEBS to “see” the Internet. And lo, this time it worked. Here’s the setup now:
DSL modem -> AEBS -> 4-port hub (which is connected to G4 tower and HP 2100 Ethernet printer). My USB Epson is connected to the AEBS, and I can print from the laptops. AEBS is set up: manual IP info, Network: distribute IP address; share a single IP using DHCP.
When I still couldn’t see the desktop G4 and the Ethernet HP 2100 connected via the hub (not), I got a flash. I had swapped out the cable a number of times to no avail. Then I realized, the hub is old and all the cables I was using are the new CAT5s. I dug out an old four-wire with RJ45 connectors that my husband made years ago (probably a cross-over cable). It was quite an effort as the cable is 30 ft. long and wrapped around the perimeter of the office behind desks and file cabinets, entwined with all the other wires. But I plugged it in and, Shazam! I am WORKING!
And, Don, thanks to you, I have eliminated the router from my gaggle of electronic boxes.

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I recently set up DSL service in my apartment. I have ATT yahoo DSL modem, and an Airport extreme base station plugged into it. The network works fine with my Vista PC connected to it, but when I try to connect my macbook to the network I get errors telling me the IP address the macbook wants to use is already in use, and my PC gives me an IP address conflict error.
The internet is fine, and the modem is configured automatically, so I think it must be a problem with the way the network is set up or the network settings on my macbook...
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All,
I recently posted what I believe to be a similar/identical issue. See my post here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1378849
I have not changed my AEBS to "Off (Bridge Mode)" yet, because everything currently 'works' but I continue to get the occasional "Double NAT" warning suggesting I switch the AEBS to bridge mode. When this happens, I lose connection to the internet and need to unplugged both the AEBS and my modem to re-establish a connection to the internet and the external HD I have connected to the AEBS.
My question for Jmiller1138, do you continue to get the "Double NAT" warning even when you changed your AEBS to "Off (Bridge Mode)"? I am hesitant to change my AEBS to bridge mode since I'm assuming I'll need to totally reconfigure my entire network (meaning both the AirPort Extremes, my wireless HP printer, and my firewalls on my PCs).
The ignoring of the warning (i.e. closing the AirPort Utility without updating the AEBS) is what triggers the need to reset my AEBS and modem. Not fun.
I guess I'll just need to bite the bullet and set the AEBS to bridge mode . . . yes?

Wireless connection airport extreme base station to dsl modem

Attempting to set up a home network through an old Airport Extreme Base Station. My old DSL modem (AT&T's 2 Wire Gateway) has one enthernet port that is taken up, and I want to know if there is a way to connect the DSL modem wirelessly to the AEBS. I have a laptop PC, my wife has a MacBook, and a Mac Mini is connected to the HDTV. Currently, the AEBS is only connected to a printer, and all computers can connect to it fine. Want to home netweork for back up files, and to share movies, music and vidoes. Just want to work with the equipment I have and not buy a new modem.

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I got it to work. I purchased the Airport Extreme Base Station and took the following steps which I found here http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-68141.html
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9. Hold paper clip in for ten (10) full seconds
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4. Click on Disable PVC Search
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6. Click Submit/Save
7. Have cu go to http://homeportal/management
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9. Have cu Uncheck Enable Routing
10. Click Submit
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1. Open the AirPort Admin Utility and select your Base Station.
2. Click Configure and enter your password.
3. Click the Internet tab.
4. Choose PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) from the Connect using pop-up menu.
5. If required by your ISP, enter your user name, password and service name in the appropriate fields. ( Your name and password is you full email including the @sbcglobal.net part and your email password)
6. Click Update.
7. After the base station restarts itself, quit the AirPort Admin Utility.
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Back to My Mac now works. Hope this helps someone else.
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Airport Extreme Base station and speedtouch modem router

hi
i was wondering will my speedtouch(THOMSON ST585v6sl) modem router (wireless) work with the Airport extreme base station? or do i need a modem only?
thanks in advance

Welcome to the discussions, dood!
The Thompson ST585 appears to be a combination modem and router, so you could use one of the LAN ports on that device to connect an ethernet cable to the WAN port on the Airport Extreme. In this configuration, the Extreme would act as a "bridge" to the Thompson, which would function as the main router and supply the IP addresses for the network. You would be able to create a wireless network with the Extreme in this setup, but only the "main" network would be active. In effect, you have two routers in this setup.
If you connected the Extreme directly to a modem only, then it would serve as the main router for your network and you would be able to make use of the "dual band" wireless capability of the Extreme to create a "main" and "guest" wireless network. There are 3 LAN ports on the Extreme that you can use for ethernet devices.

Base station, SBC dsl & printer

To get your Base Station to "talk" to your 2Wire wireless router, you will need to:
- connect to the Airport Base Station's wireless network, run the Airport Admin Utility, then (1) under the Airport tab, turn the transmitter power down all the way since you don't really need to have two base stations running, and (2) under the Network tab, uncheck the box to "Distribute IP addresses". Then update settings to the Base Station.
NOTE: Did all of this but:
Won’t let me update:
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Can anyone help?

No. I'll try to find what you're referring to and give that a try.
If it matters, I'm using OS 10.2.8
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Hi everyone,
I have just bought an Airport Extreme Base Station. I connected it to my cable modem (Surfboard 3100) through the WAN port and my iMac G4 is connected to it through the Ethernet port. Installed the Airport Utility, and configured the base station with the normal settings of DHCP for Internet and DHCP for internal network.
After restarting the base station, my Internet connection from the iMac through the base station is very slow and most of the time will time-out. My Internet connection through my PowerBook G4 using wireless through the base station is ok though.
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My iMac G4 does not have an Airport card. I did not physically restarted the base station, its part of the sequence when we update the configuration, that the base station will restart on its own.
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Airport express won't recognize dsl modem

hi:
my recently acquired airport express base station does not recognize my paradyne dsl modem signal.
when plugged into ac power the airport express function light goes from steady green to steady amber to blinking amber.
according to the airport documentation the blinking amber indicates that the dsl modem (connected by ethernet cable) is not being recognized by the base station.
the dsl modem and ethernet cable connected directly to my computer operate perfectly.
the airport base station operates perfectly with respect to the USB printer connection and the audio connection. only the ethernet/dsl function is not working.
i have attempted to use airport administrator utility to upload the IP addresses to the base station. i use the same IP numbers as those that are working for the direct dsl modem to computer connection. i even cut and pasted the numbers. but i receive an error message from the utility saying that the IP and subrouter numbers don't match.
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bob schwalbach

Now, when I look up my IP address with the modem connected directly to the computer, in Network Prefs, I see one that appears to change each time I connect.
Ok, that is normal for consumer-grade Internet service from most ISP, whether DSL or cable. On the other hand to get a static IP address you would typically have to upgrade (at additional cost) for a business-grade type service. The important thing here is the address provided. Although it may be different each time you connect, it should be roughly in the same range with only the last three digits changing. So, I wouldn't expect the iBook and AX to get the exact same address, but they should be very close. However, the DNS server IP addresses should be the same as these shouldn't change often.
When i click on "Advanced" it says on the TCP/IP menu that I am connecting via PPP.
That would tell me that your DSL ISP requires PPPoE credentials (a username & password) in order to access their Internet service. Is this correct for your situation? If so, it appears that your iBook is properly configured to provide those credentials when connected directly to the modem and why you are successful in getting Internet access. That would mean that in order for the AX to connect properly, it too would need to be configured for PPPoE. The final configuration would have the AX providing and PPPoE credentials and to reconfigure the iBook not to, but to be a DHCP client instead.
There is also an option that says configure IPv6 and I have it on auto.
should that latter setting be manual?
I recommend setting it to "Off" instead.
Should the router address I use be the same one I see in the TCP/IP panel when i am connected to the Internet directly through the modem?
For both cases where the AX or the iBook is connected directly to the modem, the router IP address should be the same.

Ethernet modem to extreme base station trouble

Hi
I am having trouble connecing my ethernet modem (DSL 300t) to my airport extreme base station.
The modem works fine plugged directly into my computer.
The base station seems to be working fine when it is not connected to the modem.
It was suggested that the problem was due to a DHCP conflict... I have tried a number of things including turning the modem to 'bridge' mode only (no success) and turning the option on the base station to issue IP addresses off (limited success - worked for a while then connection dropped out, also I got a few messages saying "The IP address 82.25.182.107 is already in use by device 192.168.1.1" which is the address used to set up ethernet modem using browser).
Since I have very little idea what most of the paragraph above really means would someone be able to give me a simple step-by-step solution?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
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Hi Donald,
Thanks for the welcome and the advise. Unfortunately it did not do the trick.
When I restarted the 'internet connect' window said I was connected but I couldn't open any webpages or connect anything to the internet.
However as I said above, when I disabled the base station from distributing IP addresses I got intermittant access - I am wondering if this will help point to a solution?
Otherwise; it is possible to use the modem only as a bridge, but when I tried this the only way to put in ISP account information seemed to be using the PPoE option in 'network'. Then all I get is a message saying "searching for PP host" (or similar) which it never finds... is there a method to set it up this way that will work?
Any further advise would be much appreciated as there is not very much detail that I can find in the airport manual about this.
Cheers!

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kersto, Welcome to the discussion area!
No. The built-in 56k modem is only for connecting to a dial-up ISP. There is no ability to send FAXes.

2 airport extreme base stations later and still no internet connection-

Sorry - yet another beginner with internet connection troubles! (I have read all the posts I could find relating, but without any help).
I have had a Demon broadband account now for about a month (I’m in the UK) and in that time I have purchased a D-Link DSL-300T Ethernet modem and an Airport Extreme Base Station. I got wireless internet working relatively easily – with a powerful range over the whole house and garden, but then one Sunday night, the internet connection via the base station suddenly ‘died’.
I spent the following 3 days scrutinising all of my settings of both the Modem and the Base station, re-setting both, and bought new Ethernet cables / micro filters etc but with no luck. (I’ll point out at this stage that my broadband account is still active, and if I connect the Ethernet modem directly to my iBook [wired] I can still get my broadband connection. Alternatively, I tried daisy chaining the modem to the base station and then via an Ethernet cable to an iBook, but no connection could be made).
When wireless, Airport Admin recognises there is a modem there, and under preferences > network under Airport it states I am connected to the internet – but I’m not.
I then phoned D-Link and they confirmed my firmware was up-to-date for use with Apple products and talked me through all of the modem settings and tweaked a few things, but there was still no connection to the base station. I then phoned Apple. They were incredibly helpful (as ever) and after 35 min. came to the conclusion the base station might not be re-setting itself properly. The replacement one came yesterday, and again I spent a number of hours trying to get it connected to the internet, but there is still no internet connection via airport and I can confirm this from both my eMac and iBook.
Reading through the forums on here, I understand that my particular modem is problematic with the base station, but I can’t work out why it use to work and now it doesn’t! One theory I have investigated is that the firmware of the base station is two advance for the modem following an update, but after reinstalling the original firmware I started with, I still have no luck.
- The eMac is running 10.3.9 / iBook is running 10.4.3. The base station is reinstalled with the latest firmware via system update. The first base station and the modem were delivered to me 31/10/05.
Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated if anyone has any ideas
Thanks for your time
Will.
UK.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2316
78&tstart=0
I think if you follow the instructions I gave in this
link you will be fine.
Remember, If you for any reason loose your
connection, it is normally always a Power Issue..Your
ISP is down for service ..or some other anomoly, If
you were good before your settings will still be
good...Good Luck...Don
Hi Don,
Thanks for you quick response. I printed off the instructions you posted on the support forum before, and ran through your procedue exactly, (twice) but I'm sorry to inform you that I haven't been able to re-establish my wireless internet connection. Would it be safe for me to assume at this stage that my modem is indeed fualty? It contines to work fine independantly, (I'm using it right now) but it can't seem to make contact with the basestation.
Will.

Certain web address not available when using Airport Extreme Base Station

Hello. To access my "secure" account at the local library, I must use a web address that contains a colon followed by a number. I believe that this is a port number, but I confess that all the discussions here regarding ports are going well over my head, and I may be incorrect with this assumption.
My problem is that while I CAN access this site by connecting to my DSL router directly via ethernet cable from my iMac G5, I cannot access the site when connecting to the internet in the mode: iMac Airport to Airport Extreme Base Station to DSL router via ethernet.
The format of the web address is: http://xxxx.yyyy.net:####/zzzzz/, where #### is the number I guess may be specifying a port and causing my problem.
Can anyone advise me, in simple terms, how to get to this address when in the Airport--internet connection mode? Will the solution have any adverse side effects?
Regards and Thanks
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Very likely the embedded firewall that comes with your AirPort blocks the port you are trying to use.
In order to solve this, best way is to modify the AirPort settings (open the AirPort maintenance app):
Click at the tab "port forwarding" and add the desired port as "public port" to the list. "private IP" is the IP of your Mac and for "private port" type in the port number again.
If you are unsure about the IP of your Mac, look at the network maintenance application.
Well, one side-effect is that you have an open port in your configuration which could cause security issues... but only if you are paranoid So there is nothing to care about (note that without the AirPort inbetween your Mac and your modem, this port would be not blocked and freely accessible

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I live in China and use a macbook and an Airport Express base station to acess internet. It used to work really well, but after I changed my internet conection to China telecom (using an Alcatel ADSL home plusplus 500 modem) I can't acess using airport express (because every time I conect it to the modem it does not work - doesn't get signal). The amber light keeps flashing... I tried through the airport utility, but the base station doesn't appear on the list.
I also already reset the airport express base station. Still the same.
The China telecom technician was not helpful at all - he told me he "doesn't know apple"....
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http://www.efelix.co.uk/tech/1010.html
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I've replaced all my ethernet cables, tried it with my AirPort Express (which works more often, yet has the same problem occasionally), yet my connection uptime and signal still drops to 2 bars and essentially disconnects.
Even stranger, the computer I have connected to the LAN port seems to work fine even when the computers connecting wirelessly are having issues.
I'm going down to a Comcast Support Center on Friday to (hopefully) replace my modem with a newer model (someone told me that older Comcast modems "kill" AirPort Base Stations), but other than that, any ideas? Anyone have this type of issue with Comcast in the past?
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Don,
Thank you for the link. However, it did not seem to solve my issue.
It's not that I haven't been able to connect to the internet at all using wireless. I will be connected fine (all 3 computers connecting to the internet simultaniously) when suddenly, any machine connected via AirPort (specifically my Dual-Core Power Mac G5) will receive two bars of signal and will no longer connect to the internet. The only remedy I've found is to reset both the cable modem and AirPort Extreme Base Station, and this only works about 50% of the time.
I am going to have Comcast replace the modem (and in the meantime, get new Ethernet cables) tomorrow, so hopefully I won't be having this issue anymore, but I'm more curious what may be causing the issue. Have you heard anything about older Comcast modems causing latency issues with AirPort Extreme Base Stations?
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Alexis

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