Hello again Tony, Sorry I could not stick around last night to try to follow through with getting the ABS going.
http://www.appletechs.com/ suggests that you may be having DSL modem problems rather than ABS problems. They have a article there dealing just with the same thing you are experiencing. Hope it helps. Jerry On Nov 9, 2003, at 8:37 AM, Anthony Wilson wrote: >> 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>. > | 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>.
