Plug-in order for connecting to internet via AP Extreme with cable modem?

Help!
My internet's been a bit slow the past few days. I was scared to do anything because when I first got my Airport Extreme, it took me several days to figure out how to get connected, and it was highly frustrating. I remember that there was always a blinking orange light and some issue the utility couldn't identify, and the ultimate fix had something to do with unplugging and replugging my cable modem, but I'm not sure at what step in the process I did this.
Now, I tried unplugging and replugging the modem and though my base station was showing up in the list of networks under the Airport icon at the top of the screen, it kept saying there was an error when I tried to connect. Airport Utility wasn't even finding any base stations at all, so I tried several orders of unplug/replug to no avail. Each time, the green light was coming on but my computer couldn't find the base station and wouldn't connect to the network. I then tried the reset button (5 seconds). When I reset, the utility could find the base station, but I'm back to blinking amber and when I try to configure the base station, it says "the wireless network could not be found." Does anyone here know the magic order of the plugs? I'm using an Ethernet cable to connect from modem to base station and running Tiger on a Powerbook G4. Any help would really be appreciated!!

Is this a cable modem with a usb port? If so you are correct. It doesn't connect easily. You're better off with a modem that has an ethernet port. Now if you are referring to a Sprint Novatel U720 USB modem I can tell you it works.

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> Hi Dennis,
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