Please help - I need to find a compatable UK ISP provider

I recently bought a MAc Mini and my ISP doesn't work on it. I was told by my current ISP that I need to buy a wireless connection, so went to John Lewis and bought a Airport (the guy in the shop said this would work on my Mac Mini).
I have not been able to get past switching it on and the light flashed amber and does not go to green as it's suposed to.
I have called the ISP and they say that it should work and they can't help.
All it says in the Airport book is that if the line flashes amber it means there's a problem with the connection or ISP. Could it also be that when I configured the Airport I have done it wrong? Would that also cause it to flash?
I think it might be the ISP is not compatable.. it does say in the AIrport smallprint that not all ISPs are compatable..
Does anybody know of a UK ISP that can offer assistance to set up that I can join - I have phoned a few but nobody seems to be able to help.
Please reply soon if poss - I don't have internet cannot go home to do this forum!

Hi there, I have checked and see that the Mac Mini has Airport built in. I take it therefore that the guy in John Lewis sold you an Airport Extreme Base Station (white dome like thing!)?
If so this is fine but you will need something else to connect to the net. Basically the Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS from now on!) does not contain an ADSL modem (the bit that connects to the internet). The AEBS is for wireless networking and will send a signal around your house that the Mac Mini can receive. If you want to connect to the net you need a modem (unless you have cable access and if so shout) and a typical device would be like the one below:-
http://www.adslnation.com/products/xmodem-m3.php
Very good supplier too!
Once you have this box the modem plugs in to the phone socket and from the modem you connect to the AEBS with via ethernet connections. A bit of configuring (ask if you need help with this) and the Mac Mini should be able to connect.
As for compatible ISP's then most, if not all, are OK with Macs. You find that some of them don't offer support (AOL, Tiscali) but they will work happily - all you need is username and password and pop this in to the configaration for the AEBS and off you go.
Back to John Lewis - if they sold you a small square device then this is basically used to extend your wireless network when, for instance, you want to share music with your hi-fi or perhaps share a printer. Hopefully you got the dome like device!
I have this setup and it works well. I have set others up with devices from the likes of netgear that contain a wireless box plus modem but for some reason Apple never offered one to the UK market. I think it has something to do with the fact that the US tends to have cable access to the internet and so on.
Let us know how you get on!
Cheers
Michael

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