Connection dropping with Airport base station but not other routers

i have and airport express base station and two macs: a PBG4 running 10.4.6 and an old ibook running 9.2. just in the last few weeks the internet connection (DSL), which has been rock solid stable, has become intermittent. i will be working away with a fast internet connection and then it will drop, sometimes for as long as 10 minutes. when i am at work with the PDG4, i never experience this problem (work has a linksys router). i have been reading about airport problems but it seems they are with the airport software. what doesn't make sense to me is why i don't ever have the problem at work but i do at home. any thoughts on my problem because it is REALLY frustrating at home.

to add to this description, my email always works, even when my web browsing craps out...

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You should be able to use the second Airport Extreme
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settings
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Hello sjobizz,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628?viewlocale=en_US
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1365
Best of luck,
Mario

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Whenever I connect via wifi or vpn using my MBP, I am not able to "bind" to the server (via system preferences : users : login setting) using the FQDN. The error is "can't resolve address. -2200" Instead it only finds myserver.local - and then I am able to set up my wifi connected client.
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Hi Davidh and thanks for posting!
I had 3 DNS entries in my client's network settings - one was the server and the other 2 were from my ISP. Removing the ISP's DNS entries and keeping the server DNS IP solved my kerberos issue. Wow!
I'd never thought that it won't work with more than the server given as DNS entries. I'll need to check this with my iPhone later, because I had a similar issue with that device yesterday when trying to connect via VPN.
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Still one question:
The sidebar of my clients still don't show the server's FQDN - but only its bonjour name. Is this right? I read in another forum that the client's sidebar should show the FQDN if everything is configured right.

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Hello,
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Yes, if you perform a reset on the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS), it will default to 10.0.1.1.
I have gone into the airport setup manager and have tried to set up the base station from there without having success. Do you have any suggestions on how I can set up this base station to get Internet connection?
Try connecting directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the AEBS you want to setup.
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