Time Capsule, Airport, and Airport Utility - setting up for SBCGLOBAL

HI,
I'm new, and relatively new to the MAC world. I have an iMac 24, 2007 year model and I have kept all the updates current. I just today purchased a Time Capsule and I would like to switch from the Linksys to the Airport attached to the Time Capsule. I tried the typical customer setup but I was not successful. Anyone that can give me some tips I'll owe you 10 cents.
I'm using sbcglobal as my ISP through a Speed Stream 5100 modem and a Linksys WRT54GS version 3. The Time Capsul is the newest and latest (I guess version 7.5). A search on the keyword sbcglobal resulted in on thread that has been archived.
Help?

Wayne M, welcome to the discussion area!
There are several ways to configure a router to connect to your modem and internet service. During the setup of the Time Capsule in AirPort Utility, you were asked how you wanted to connect to your internet provider. Among these choices were:
Connect Using = Ethernet or DHCP
Connect Using = PPPoE
What we don't know is how your modem is configured now. If it is configured as a "bridge" (our guess), you would use the PPPoE method to connect.
Do you recall how you tried to connect when you tried the setup?
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
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Use around 40 and around 150 for 5ghz.
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Factory reset the TC and it should come back to life.
The Factory Reset.
Power down the TC.
Hold in reset. and keep holding it in. Be Gentle! It is a tiny surface mount switch with a plastic lever.. Attempting to push it out the other side of the TC will not make the switch turn on better.
(I fix TC and have several reset levers bent over and jammed or broken off).
Power on the TC.. remember with the reset held in.. this needs three arms.. a friend or power switch you can get to with your feet..
Keep holding in reset for about 10sec until the front LED flashes rapidly.
Release reset and wait .. the boot will be slow as it deletes previous setting.. only from router side and pulls out the factory defaults. No files are deleted on the hard disk.. but the name of the TC may change.
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Apple doesn't insist on wired connections.. some other manufacturers do.. and post warnings not to attempt it over wireless. Warnings inevitably read after the failed firmware update btw.. so perhaps Apple have decided to just save themselves the hassle.
I believe it is just good practice to use ethernet for any time that sitting on a branch.. whilst sawing it off (ie failure will kill any future access).. means you always use ethernet for any setting up of a wireless router.. but you see I am old.. with grey/white hair.. and too many dead modems and routers around me.

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life is a lot more complicated than it was when I bought my first 128K Mac in 1984.
Not always.. networking with modems and telephone wires was not always fun.. !!
You forget what it was like 30years ago.. !!
I started about that time but could never afford Macs. When I think of all the money I spent on computer gear over the years it is frightening.
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