> Can you give a listing of each of the set-up screens. It sounds like > the DSL modem to ABS half of the configuration is still not set > correctly.
Is this what you're asking for: System Preferences => Network Show, Airport (selected) there are tabs for: 1)TCP/IP - configure - choices are manually, DHCP w/ manual IP address, DHCP (selected this one), BootP - places to input IP address, DNS servers, subnet mask, router, DHCP client ID, Search Domains 2)Airport - Join network w/ best signal, join most recently used, join specific network (selected this one) Under Utilities: Airport Setup Assistant - selected "set up an Airport Base Station" - Internet access, select cable modem or DSL using static IP or DHCP - Ethernet access, selected Configure Base Station "Using DHCP" (options for IP address, subnet mask, router address are grayed out when DHCP is selected) - Network Name and password, WEP Key Length (options are 128-bit and 40-bit) - Base Station Password, use the same or separate. - Conclusion, "assistant was able to configure ABS..etc." Airport Admin Utility - select base station - it scans and previously named network is listed, IP address is 10.0.1.1 - configure --Airport, name channel, density multicast rate, enable encryption (WEP) --Internet, --- connect using Ethernet (selected), Modem, PPP over Ethernet, AOL --- Configure Using DHCP (selected), Manually --- IP address - 169.254.22.120 is grayed out --- Subnet mask - 255.255.0.0 is grayed out --- options for inputting DNS servers, domain name, DHCP client ID --Network, Distribute IP Addresses (checked) --- Airport client computers, share a single IP address (selected), share a range of IP addresses Internet Connect - configuration, Airport - network selected - signal level, bar shows strong signal - base station ID: (long number) - Status: connected to the internet via Ethernet Note: a few times, during the many attempts at configuration, the signal would drop and Airport Admin would not see a network during the scan, and Airport setup could not configure the ABS . It made me think there may be a problem with the ABS, but then I would go away and come back, and there'd be a signal. One time I just unplugged the ethane cable from ABS and the signal returned. I can't get signal drop to replicate itself, it just happens at random. As John Robinson said in an earlier post, the problem could just be that the ABS is defective. I don't remember what the warranty is on the ABS; it was purchased last Dec. Tony | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
