WAN/LAN IP DHCP Airport Extreme problems

Hi! I just moved and changed internet provider. Set up my computers and the Airport Extreme (AEBS) and things are a bit different. I used to put an ethernet cable from the wall (ethernet broadband socket) into the WAN port on the AEBS and an ethernet cable from the LAN port on the AEBS into my Ethernet port on the G5. This way I had my Ibooks wireless connected and my G5 with a cable. Worked fine. Now it seems I can't get on the internet with a cable from the wall into the AEBS WAN port. So I have used the LAN port connecting with DHCP instead. Works fine for the wireless Ibooks, but when I hook up the G5 from the AEBS WAN port to the G5 Ethernet port, it says the Ethernet connection has a fixed IP-address an may not be able to connect to the internet. And the printer I had in the network is not responding at all. Does anyone know I can solve this? Best regards Børge

Hi Børge,
Were you ever able to resolve your problem? I am having the same issue. For some reason the wireless works fine if I connect an ethernet cable from the DSL router to the LAN port, NOT the WAN part, which is completely backwards. And of course, trying to connect another computer to the AEB via ethernet using the only port left open (the WAN port) does nothing. If you managed to fix it, I'd love to know how.
-Jp

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