No sound using Isight

My son and I are using 2 I books w/ tiger and did video chats using SBC dsl., on his end. All worked fine except the picture quality. Now he installed an airport express and has switched over to Broadband.We use the ichat applications on both end....mac to mac.
Now, although the picture quality is superb, I cannot hear him throught the computer. He can hear me though. The Mic / camera settings are checked on both ends, He is able to E mail , get on line, but now no sound! This all happened after he installed the airport express to gain wireless capabilities.
Help!!
Thanks
Bmack
Ibook Mac OS X (10.4)
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Hello, Bmack. I am not certain I understand you question, but I will try to provide some suggestions you can consider.
DSL is broadband. If you mean that your son is using an Apple Airport Express (AE) to connect DSL broadband service for his Mac via a wireless connection, he should check to see whether his DSL modem is a combination modem/router. If it is, its default settings and those of the AE may result in BOTH devices acting as DHCP servers. iChat AV cannot deal with multiple DHCP servers.
The simplest fix is to remove the AE. Hopefully, iChat AV will then work properly for you two again.
If your connection works properly when his AE is disconnected, but your son want to continue to use a wireless connection, he should enable "Bridge" mode on his AE. His AE users guide will give him instructions on how to do this, but it will certainly involve disabling DHCP serving. Apple calls DHCP serving "Distribute IP addresses."
Depending upon which hardware and OS he is using, the process may be as simple as deselecting the Distribute IP addresses checkbox in the Network Tab of the AirPort Admin Utility software on his Mac.
If you determine that the above is NOT the problem, test with other users to determine which system is the source of your symptoms. Then consider suggestions applicable to that system from Help for iChat AV 3 Problems and How to get iChat AV working again.
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