OK, I'm freakin' with my Express

Just added optonline phone service this morning. I was using Vonage and everything worked fine with the Airport Express. Optonline swapped out the old cable modem with a new one (Voice over IP cable modem, same make, Motorola). Now my Express won't go green, it just flashes amber. I tried hard reset on it, then a factory default reset, then ran Airport Setup assistant. It said "Congratulations...setup successful (or complete, i forget). Express still flashes amber. Plugging the ethernet cable directly into my Mac works fine. Express shows up in Airport menu with new name I set up for it set up assistant, but no internet access. I think I may have a new IP address but not sure. But the Express should get it automatically right?
Thanks in advance
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I'm having to guess at a little bit of your configuration but I am thinking your ISP may be using your MAC address. The MAC address is like the serial number for your network card. If your ISP uses this, you either need to ask them to change it to the MAC address of your router or you need to configure your router to show your computers MAC address to your ISP. Most routers support this but I can't find this option on the Airport Express.
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