> I don't recall if it's been suggested, but I have often had to > completely shut down my cable modem and router, let them sit for a > minute or so, then fire up the cable modem first, letting it connect to > my ISP. After it's connected I turn my Airport back on, letting it > register it's MAC address with my modem and pull a valid IP address > from the ISP.
Bryan, One of the Apple Documents mentions a procedure like that: 1. modem off and ABS unplugged 2) turn on modem 3) plug cable into ABS 4) power up ABS I tried to do it everytime I attempted a new config., but still no success. I did some searching this morning and found a document re ABS firmware 4.08 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120140 One of the purposes of 4.08 was to fix a incompatibility w/ Bellsouth DSL. I did the ABS upgrade along w/ the regular software upgrade, but I'll go back and check it. It makes me think there is a problem getting Bellsouth DSL and Airport to work together. > cable modem/dsl modem won't recognize the ABS for some reason. In those > cases, I've seen people stick a cheap cable modem router between the > ABS and the DSL modem. The DSL modem will sync to the cheap router, the Good idea, Bryan. I though of just getting another wireless router, but your idea is cheaper, in fact I could probably borrow one from someone just to try it out. Tony Wilson | 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>.
