Can't connect thru dial-up on AEBS 802.11g modem

I have a new MacBook Pro 15" and discovered it has no internal modem. So I bought an Airport Extreme Base Station with modem (802.11g) because I'm going on vacation in a remote area and can only access the internet through dial-up.
I'm testing the modem at home first and have had no luck. I set up the new station to "connect by modem." I can connect to the new Airport network, but when I try to connect to the internet (via AOL), I don't get a dial tone and of course, don't connect. Network diagnostics said everything checked out except internet connection and server.
I attached the new base station to my DSL line to see if that worked and here I am--querying you good folks (using WDS). I tried the dial-up on a separate phone line, in case it was something in the DSL wiring that was causing interference, but no luck. Maybe the DSL is throughout every phone plug in the house? Should I be trying the dial-up on a line with no DSL access?
The Help menus suggest clicking "Modem" in Network options to choose PPP connections, but since there's no internal modem, I don't have a Modem option in my System Preferences.
Surely, it's not supposed to be this difficult to connect through dial-up?
All suggestions welcome!

The modem in the 802.11b/g AEBS is not a DSL modem.
You will need a DSL modem with an Ethernet output.
You will connect the output of the DSL modem to the
AEBS's WAN port.
Thanks, Duane, but I think my question may be unclear. Here at home, I have a DSL modem and right now I am accessing the internet with it connected to AEB's WAN port.
However, I will be traveling to a place with only dial-up access and want to take the AEBS with me, so I can use its dial-up modem.
I've tried to practice at home by connecting the AEBS thru its internal modem port to my phone line, but I can't get it to work or even get a dial tone when AOL begins its connection routine.
Since my home phone is set up for DSL, I was wondering if that might be causing the problem. I've been disconnecting the DSL modem and plugging the phone line directly into the AEBS modem port. But all attempts to log on to AOL by dial-up have failed.
Thanks for your help!

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