Powerbook G4 unable to load from Airport Extreme...

Hello: I have been wanting to go wireless at home and finally purchased a new Airport Extreme base station at the newly opened Apple store in San Luis Obispo. The unit is connected to Earthlink DSL and is working when connected to the LAN ports. However, my 12 inch Powerbook indicates it is receiving the signal, but fails to load internet pages. The light is green on the Airport Extreme and dashboard reads, just unable to load any internet pages. I know that the 12 inch Powerbook works on wireless because it has been flawless. Is it possible that Earthlink DSL doesn't work with Airport Extreme since it is not the new base station or the G4 Powerbook? Could it be the older G4 PowerMac that the Airport Extreme is connected?
Triple Thanks,
PowerMac G4, Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hello OpticalArtisan. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Is your current network configuration, with the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn), something like the following...
DSL modem > (Ethernet cable) > [WAN port] AEBSn > (wireless) > wireless devices?
If so, can you get Internet access with any of your Macs connected to any of the AEBSn's LAN ports?

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