Dual Ethernet Airport Not Broadcasting?

I have a dual ethernet Airport base station connected to a cable modem. I started having connectivity problems between the airport and my three Macs (G5, G4 Powerbook 17-inch and older G4 Powerbook 15-inch) a couple of days ago. Today none of the Macs can access the internet.
I've tried everything: using Airport Admin to reconfigure, resetting the base station, working with the cable internet ISP folks, etc. The Internet Connect interface tells me the Airport is indeed connected to the internet, but none of the Macs seem to be able to connect with the Airport. Also, hardwiring the ethernet cable to the G5 works just fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

I too am having the same problems with the dual ethernet airport. This happened around 3/29 as well. I have called the cable co. for dsl modem advice, the tech says its a apple problem. the apple tech says all is hooked up ok. but when the air port is connected to the dsl modem all the lights are green except the internet. will not talk to the modem. I have done a hard reset and followed all the steps.
When dsl modem is directly connected to g4 cube... all is ok.
My house has been wireless for a long time..... Please does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
KB

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