Ichat, AIM, Adium frequently disconnect using Airport

Ichat, AIM, & Adium all frequently disconnect when using Airport. I use a Linksys Wireless Router with an Airport extreme card. When directly connected to the router, I have no problem. Using a PC with Windows XP, AIM operates fine. Safari and Firefox work fine, although sometimes I receive errors connecting to pages, when I try again no problem. Using any of the chat programs, I lose connection, but then can reconnect. After a few times, the AOL servers will prevent login.
I use COMCAST Cable internet service. My wireless router uses WEP encryption. I would switch to an AIrport Base station, but doubt it would correct the problem.
I have had this problem previously, but it corrected itself. now it is making chat programs unusable.
Any ideas?

Hi John,
By default Linksys units normally have the IP address of 192.168.1.1
Is this true for both your units or have you changed one of them ?
You may only find this out if you connect directly to the Modem one.
Also you have not said if only one of them is doing DHCP.
Example pic 3 on this page. This shows this device as getting it own contact IP address by DHCP (like from your ISP). Further down the page in the pic it shows the device is also acting as a DHCP server to the local net.
If your router is set up like this it could be getting an IP address usng DHCP like this device shows and that would tend to mean that the Modem is acting as a DHCP server as well.
If both devices still have the default IP addresses you will have conflicts, which probably explians the problems you have.
Ralph

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I use COMCAST Cable internet service. My wireless router uses WEP encryption. I would switch to an AIrport Base station, but doubt it would correct the problem.
I have had this problem previously, but it corrected itself. now it is making chat programs unusable.
Any ideas?

Hi John,
By default Linksys units normally have the IP address of 192.168.1.1
Is this true for both your units or have you changed one of them ?
You may only find this out if you connect directly to the Modem one.
Also you have not said if only one of them is doing DHCP.
Example pic 3 on this page. This shows this device as getting it own contact IP address by DHCP (like from your ISP). Further down the page in the pic it shows the device is also acting as a DHCP server to the local net.
If your router is set up like this it could be getting an IP address usng DHCP like this device shows and that would tend to mean that the Modem is acting as a DHCP server as well.
If both devices still have the default IP addresses you will have conflicts, which probably explians the problems you have.
Ralph

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Hello all,
I have seen numerous discussions posted similar to this problem but I have tried everything that seemed applicable and no luck so far...
I'm just wondering if there is something obvious about our setup that could be causing the problem or if anyone has any helpful suggestions.
My fiance (who is in Korea) and I can only seem to get one way audio on video conference. He can hear me but I cannot hear him. The video connection is fine.
I have a G5 using 10.3.9 with an isight. I use AirPort Extreme and connect to a lynksys router/cable modem. He is on a PC with XP and is using AIM to connect with a logitech camera. His internet connection is ASDL but that's about all I can tell you about it at the moment.
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EZ Jim & Ralph, thanks so much for the advice. I have read posts throughout the apple website from both of you and no one has helped me more with my mac.
Dexter,
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I am currently replying to this as it shows in the iChat Community.
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My house has a Comcast cable-modem, which is connected to an Airport Extreme (AEx).
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There is one ethernet wire running out of the AEx, which goes 150 feet to the rear of my house, across a short corridor (protected from weather with insulated pipe) and into my garage apartment, where it terminates into an Airport Express (APress.)   This garage apartment is frequently used as part of a rental property. The APress is extending the same WiFi SSID/settings.
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Picture attached of current landscape:
So, maybe....
I've spent the better part of a couple of hours searching here, particularly for the terms "access point" but the terminology isn't what I need. What I wonder if perhaps I need to place an APress beside the AEx, turn on Guest Network at the AEx, then "pick it up" with a second APress, and carry the ethernet signal to the garage apartment and allow guest WiFi and wired. (see second picture)   Will this work?

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hi
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you can do search on
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q=macwirelesswebcam&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_en-GBGB393GB393&ie=UTF-8
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