Novice needs help, please

Question

I recently moved from outside Chicago to Davenport, Iowa. Have mediacom as high speed internet company. I-book not used for at least a month so power seems depleted; how long to recharge? Or will I need to replace battery? Further, I had wireless network in Chicago, can't seem to get it to fly here by connecting ethernet from cable's modem to <---> on back of airport extreme and other port WAN to broken circle on back of airport extreme. (used to have separate vonage modem in Chicago, but phone is part of VOIP cable modem in Davenport.) Any help? I'm rather lost. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Full battery recharge may take at least 8 hours to overnight.
Your wireless problem is due to the fact that you have two routers vying for control. The VoIP telephone is one and the AEBS is the other. If you have a separate cable modem then connect it directly to the WAN port on the AEBS. Connect the telephone combo to a LAN port on the AEBS. You can also configure the telephone router to turn off DHCP functions. This will allow the AEBS to handle all the routing.
After you get the network connected properly and the computer's Network preferences configured properly shut everything off. Wait at least one minute. Then first turn on the cable modem and wait for the status lights to indicate communication with the ISP. Then turn on the AEBS and wait for it to indicate communication with the cable modem. Turn on the telephone. It may take up to five minutes until the phone starts to function. Last, turn on the computer.