Connecting AirPort Extreme to the Inet

Hey there,
So my problem is that I don't know how to connect the Airport Extreme to the Internet. Sure I do know that I have to plug in the cable from the modem. But what then? I tried to go into the PPPoE option on the airport extreme. But there it says I have to type in the Username and Password. But where do I get those?
My former router is made by t-online and it asked for the connection Number, the t-online number and a password. All of those are series of numbers. T-online sent me those when they installed the internet in my house. When I am putting the password in it always adds two ** to my pw so it becomes 8 digits long.
Does anyone has an idea how to fix the problem?
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

iMeal, Welcome to the discussion area!
Does your ISP require PPPoE? If not, then disable and disregard the PPPoE settings.
You will need to contact your ISP and determine how to configure a router to connect. Then you will have the proper settings to connect.
As an alternative, you could connect the Ethernet output of your "t-online" router and connect it to the WAN port on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). Then configure the AEBS so that the option to distribute IP addresses is DISABLED.

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