Snow, first time setting up, can't connect...
Hi, I am pretty embarassed about the vagueness of my problem, but it is because my Graphite base station has been so very good to me the past 5 years, I really don't know how to set these things up.
Ok, after trying to search as much as possible on this forum before I posted, I found out that my Graphite has a blown capacitor (single non-flashing red light). And I am Ok with that - I'm not going to bother trying to repair it. Instead, I borrowed my parents' Snow Base Station. I have renamed it, reconfigured it and everything I could find to do in the AP Utility. I have bars in the upper right hand of my screen, so it is noticed. But there is NO time elapsing. In Internet Connect, it says "connected to the internet via PPPoE", but when I am really not. I can't retrieve mail or surf the web. It seems to me that I do not have some ISP setting right... right? I've tried everything without luck. Right now, I am connected to the internet with the modem connected directly to my computer, so why are the settings working here?
I do have my Graphite manual somewhere, but like I said, I haven't seen it in 5 years! Just hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I have DSL through SBC Yahoo (with a @pacbell.net addy), WireSpeed modem. Thanks for any info!
Can you connect to the Base Station's wireless network, run the Airport Admin Utility, and view the configuration of the Airport Base Station? If so, click on the Internet tab of that Utility. Make sure you have selected to "connect using PPP over ethernet". Enter your internet account user name and password. Click the box to "Always stay connected". Update settings to the Base Station.
Then make sure your modem is cabled to the Base Station's WAN port (labelled with the "circle of dots" icon). Pull power to both the modem and Base Station for five minutes. Then plug the modem into power and wait a minute. Then plug the Base Station into power and wait a minute. Then reconnect your Mac to the Base Station's wireless network, and try internet access again.
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